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Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Daniel Littlefield, 1997

Part of Africans in America.

10/17/1997

Daniel Littlefield is interviewed about racism in the north and among abolitionists, challenges for former slaves and free blacks in the north, founding of black church congregations and community organizations, black labor vs. white labor, rice cultivation and malaria, preserving African traditions, matrifocal slave families, breaking of families by selling slaves.


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Series
Africans In America
Program
Judgment Day (1831-1861)
Program Number

104

Title

Interview with Daniel Littlefield, 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

104 Judgment Day (1831-1861)--The nation expands westward; slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down, and the nation is tested as never before. As tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage. Producer: Llewellyn Smith.

Duration

00:56:18

Asset Type

Raw video

Media Type

Video

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

Rights Holder: WGBH Educational Foundation

Citation
Chicago: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Daniel Littlefield, 1997,” 10/17/1997, GBH Archives, accessed March 28, 2024, http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DF3B2C93FFCA4E5BAE94F6D3D13014FF.
MLA: “Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Daniel Littlefield, 1997.” 10/17/1997. GBH Archives. Web. March 28, 2024. <http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DF3B2C93FFCA4E5BAE94F6D3D13014FF>.
APA: Africans In America; Judgment Day (1831-1861); Interview with Daniel Littlefield, 1997. Boston, MA: GBH Archives. Retrieved from http://openvault.wgbh.org/catalog/V_DF3B2C93FFCA4E5BAE94F6D3D13014FF
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