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Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Emma Lapsansky, 1996
Part of Africans in America.
12/14/1996
Emma Lapsansky is interviewed about 1790 as a turning point for African Americans, opportunities in Philadelphia, the Yellow Fever epidemic, Richard Allen, the American Society of Free Persons of Color, Edward Clay cartoons, Pavel Svinin's portraits of African American life in Philadelphia, the 1830 National Negro Convention in Philadelphia, kidnapping of free people, changes from 1825 - 1840, unrest in cities, African Americans come together, Freedom's Journal, Nat Turner's Rebellion part of a bigger movement.
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- Series
- Africans In America
- Program
- Brotherly Love (1776-1834)
- Program Number
103
- Title
Interview with Emma Lapsansky, 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
01:02:25
- Asset Type
Raw video
- Media Type
Video
- Genres
- Interview
- Topics
- History
- Race and Ethnicity
- Creators
- Smith, Llewellyn (Series Producer)
- Contributors
- Lapsansky, Emma (Interviewee)
- Publication Information
- WGBH Educational Foundation
- Rights Summary
Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation
- Citation
- Chicago: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Emma Lapsansky, 1996,” 12/14/1996, GBH Archives, accessed November 21, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9F87E3738FE44983B18AB76C7B146B03.
- MLA: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Emma Lapsansky, 1996.” 12/14/1996. GBH Archives. Web. November 21, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9F87E3738FE44983B18AB76C7B146B03>.
- APA: Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with Emma Lapsansky, 1996. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_9F87E3738FE44983B18AB76C7B146B03