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Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with John Edgar Wideman, 1996

Part of Africans in America.

12/13/1996

John Edgar Wideman is interviewed about the aftermath of the Revolution in 1793, what it means to be an African American in white America, a separate black church, the Yellow Fever epidemic and racism, the Matthew Carey pamphlet, Richard Allen, African American migration south to work in cotton fields, what it felt like to be a slave, African Americans and the enlightenment in the late 18th century, celebrating Independence Day in Philadelphia, the Western Expansion, why he called his novel "The Cattle Killing," racism and class, slavery and the idea of freedom.


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

103

Title

Interview with John Edgar Wideman, 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

01:23:15

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

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

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation
Chicago: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with John Edgar Wideman, 1996,” 12/13/1996, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B6473B6A327642C99C5FF2FCFEA34830.
MLA: “Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with John Edgar Wideman, 1996.” 12/13/1996. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B6473B6A327642C99C5FF2FCFEA34830>.
APA: Africans In America; Brotherly Love (1776-1834); Interview with John Edgar Wideman, 1996. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_B6473B6A327642C99C5FF2FCFEA34830
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