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Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Catherine Brekus, 1996

Part of Africans in America.

11/14/1996

Catherine Brekus is interviewed about the religious life and autobiography of Jarena Lee, the first woman authorized to preach in the African Methodist Episcopal Church.


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

103

Title

Interview with Catherine Brekus, 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

01:01:59

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

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

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation
Chicago: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Catherine Brekus, 1996,” 11/14/1996, GBH Archives, accessed March 29, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3025C1E3A4A146E59B55EF5E11847782.
MLA: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Catherine Brekus, 1996.” 11/14/1996. GBH Archives. Web. March 29, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3025C1E3A4A146E59B55EF5E11847782>.
APA: Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Catherine Brekus, 1996. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_3025C1E3A4A146E59B55EF5E11847782
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