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Africans In America; Revolution (1750–1805); Interview with Margaret Washington, 1997

Part of Africans in America.

03/04/1997

Margaret Washington is interviewed bout the slave labor economy in the 18th century, Stamp Act and resistance in South Carolina, Boston and Violet King seeking safety with the British, slaves follow the British to New York City, the Treaty of Paris and certificates of freedom, General Birch and The Book of Negroes, Phillis Wheatley's life and poetry, the contradictions and appeal of Christianity, The American Revolution and the first struggle for freedom, The Constitution and Bill of Rights, Elizabeth Freeman and suits for freedom, Colonel Tye, Maroon Societies, concepts of freedom.

Series

Africans In America

Program

Revolution (1750–1805)

Program Number

102

Title

Interview with Margaret Washington, 1997

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

102 Revolution (1750–1805)--While the American colonies challenge Britain for independence, American slavery is challenged from within as men and women fight to define what America will be. When the War of Independence is won, black people, both enslaved and free, seize on the language of freedom even while the new nation's Constitution codifies slavery and oppression as a national way of life. Producer: Noland Walker.

Duration

01:12:46

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

Genres

Interview

Topics

Race and Ethnicity

History

Creators

Smith, Llewellyn (Series Producer)

Contributors

Washington, Margaret (Interviewee)

Publication Information

WGBH Educational Foundation

Rights Summary

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation

Chicago: “Africans In America; Revolution (1750–1805); Interview with Margaret Washington, 1997,” 03/04/1997, GBH Archives, accessed December 4, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_361E2EB3A521435EBD85340BD3FD1E5E.

MLA: “Africans In America; Revolution (1750–1805); Interview with Margaret Washington, 1997.” 03/04/1997. GBH Archives. Web. December 4, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_361E2EB3A521435EBD85340BD3FD1E5E>.

APA: Africans In America; Revolution (1750–1805); Interview with Margaret Washington, 1997. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_361E2EB3A521435EBD85340BD3FD1E5E