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Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Julius Scott, 1996

Part of Africans in America.

09/15/1996

Julius Scott is interviewed about Haiti in 1790, Saint-Domingue as important trading port for the US, Haitian Revolution eliminates slavery, fears of US plantation owners, reloction of Haitian refugees, legal efforts to keep black Caribbeans out of ports and stop communication of news from Haiti, 1798 ships arrive in Philadelphia from Saint-Domingue,Thomas Jefferson's apprehension about a black republic, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Napoleon's influence in the Caribbean, Haiti independence, John Brown Russwurm, Jean-Jacques Dessalines, the Louisiana Purchase.


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Series
Africans In America
Program
Brotherly Love (1776-1834)
Program Number

103

Title

Interview with Julius Scott, 1996

Series Description

Broadcast: October 1998 This series explores the central paradox that is at the heart of the American story: a democracy that declared all men equal but enslaved and oppressed one people to provide independence and prosperity to another. The series opens in the 16th century on Africa's Gold Coast with the European and African trade, and ends on the eve of the American Civil War in 1861. Africans in America examines the economic and intellectual foundations of slavery in America and the global economy that prospered from it. The series reveals how the presence of African people and their struggle for freedom transformed America. Series release date: 10/1998

Program Description

103 Brotherly Love (1776-1834)--Explores the first fifty years of the new nation. In Philadelphia, freedmen and fugitive slaves push the country to live up to the promises made in its Constitution. But with the invention of the cotton gin, slavery expands into America's western frontier, and a revolution in Haiti inspires slave rebellions throughout the southern United States. Producer: Jacquie Jones

Duration

01:13:43

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

Genres
Interview
Topics
History
Race and Ethnicity
Creators
Smith, Llewellyn (Series Producer)
Contributors
Scott, Julius (Interviewee)
Publication Information
WGBH Educational Foundation
Rights Summary

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation
Chicago: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Julius Scott, 1996,” 09/15/1996, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_207060E4E66F4B42A5FFEB58F7077B90.
MLA: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Julius Scott, 1996.” 09/15/1996. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_207060E4E66F4B42A5FFEB58F7077B90>.
APA: Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Julius Scott, 1996. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_207060E4E66F4B42A5FFEB58F7077B90
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