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Africans in America: Judgment Day (1831-1861), Program Three, Interview with Noel Ignatiev, Writer and Historian, Du Bois Institute, Harvard...
directed by Jacquie Jones, 1965-; produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston; interview by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, in Africans in America: Judgment Day (1831-1861), Program Three (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 57 mins
Noel Ignatiev is interviewed about the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion and the beginning of abolitionism, the expulsion of Native Americans to expand the system of slavery, westward expansion, slavery in the 19th century, slavery and race, fear of black equality, Frederick Douglass, racial supremacy, free soil...
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directed by Jacquie Jones, 1965-; produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston; interview by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, in Africans in America: Judgment Day (1831-1861), Program Three (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 57 mins
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Noel Ignatiev is interviewed about the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion and the beginning of abolitionism, the expulsion of Native Americans to expand the system of slavery, westward expansion, slavery in the 19th century, slavery and race, fear of black equality, Frederick Douglass, racial supremacy, free soilism, Emancipation Proclamation as a military necessity, domination by slave owners in American society replaced by bankers and railroad...
Noel Ignatiev is interviewed about the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion and the beginning of abolitionism, the expulsion of Native Americans to expand the system of slavery, westward expansion, slavery in the 19th century, slavery and race, fear of black equality, Frederick Douglass, racial supremacy, free soilism, Emancipation Proclamation as a military necessity, domination by slave owners in American society replaced by bankers and railroads, the Civil War, fugitive slaves and the underground railroad.
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Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Jacquie Jones, 1965-
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Judgment Day (1831-1861)
Person Discussed
Noel Ignatiev, 1940-, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895, Nat Turner, 1800-1831
Topic / Theme
Labor force, Settlements, Trade and commerce, Racial groupings, Forced migration and expulsion, Slavery, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862, Nat Turner's Insurrection, 1831, Migration and Diaspora, Trade and Commerce, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, Early National Era (1790–1828), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Civi...
Labor force, Settlements, Trade and commerce, Racial groupings, Forced migration and expulsion, Slavery, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862, Nat Turner's Insurrection, 1831, Migration and Diaspora, Trade and Commerce, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, Early National Era (1790–1828), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Civil War (1860–1865), Reconstruction (1866–1876), Americans, African Americans, Irish
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Labor force, Settlements, Trade and commerce, Racial groupings, Forced migration and expulsion, Slavery
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Alien Employees on the Gold Roll
in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1916), Box 136, 2-E-11 Part 2a , 2 page(s)
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in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1916), Box 136, 2-E-11 Part 2a , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1916
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Jobs and positions, Wages and salaries, Labor force, Construction of the Panama Canal, 1881 to 1915
Subject
Jobs and positions, Wages and salaries, Labor force
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Cablegram from Governor Harding to General Goethals re: Unemployed West Indian Laborers Available for Work at U.S. Terminals, April 15, 1918
written by Chester Harding, 1866-1936, in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1918), Box 136, 2-E-4 Part 1a , 1 page(s)
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written by Chester Harding, 1866-1936, in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1918), Box 136, 2-E-4 Part 1a , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1918
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Chester Harding, 1866-1936
Topic / Theme
Labor force, Construction of the Panama Canal, 1881 to 1915, Caribbean and West Indians
Subject
Labor force
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Canal Zone Executive Department - Memorandum for Record Bureau re: Sending Negro Laborers from Canal Zone to U.S., October 31, 1918
in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1918), Box 136, 2-E-4 Part 1a , 1 page(s)
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in Records of the Panama Canal, 1848 - 1999 (RG185). General Records, 1914 - 1934 (A1 34-B), of United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Federal Records (1918), Box 136, 2-E-4 Part 1a , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1918
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Labor force, Construction of the Panama Canal, 1881 to 1915, Caribbean and West Indians
Subject
Labor force
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Colonial Office Correspondence Register, re: Letter from Foreign Office on Removal of Colonial Restrictions for Recruiting Black Labour for...
written by United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 318 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence. CO 318/285 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Correspondence from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations), of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1896), Panama Canal: sends copy of communications from French Charge d'Affaires (in French) requesting removal of restrictions by colonial authorities on recruitment of 'black' labour. States that the advantageous wages offered to workmen are enough to attract them to the Isthmus. Foreign Office, folios 394-400 (CO/318/285/54) , 2 page(s)
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written by United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 318 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence. CO 318/285 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State: Correspondence from 'offices' (Government departments and other organisations), of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1896), Panama Canal: sends copy of communications from French Charge d'Affaires (in French) requesting removal of restrictions by colonial authorities on recruitment of 'black' labour. States that the advantageous wages offered to workmen are enough to attract them to the Isthmus. Foreign Office, folios 394-400 (CO/318/285/54) , 2 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1896
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
United Kingdom. Colonial Office
Topic / Theme
Labor force
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Colonial Office Correspondence Register, re: Letter from Governor Le Hunte on Panama Canal Labour and Trinidad, with Related Minutes, July 1...
written by Gilbert E. A. Grindle, 1869-1934, United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 295 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 295 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1912), CO 295/475 - Despatches from George Ruthven LeHunte, Governor of Trinidad., Trinidad: Panama Canal labourers: recommends that there is no need to offer inducements to Trinidadians to return as employment is plentiful, and that it is not desirable to attract labourers from other colonies. No. 257, folios 316-324. (CO/295/475/40) , 4 page(s)
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written by Gilbert E. A. Grindle, 1869-1934, United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 295 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 295 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1912), CO 295/475 - Despatches from George Ruthven LeHunte, Governor of Trinidad., Trinidad: Panama Canal labourers: recommends that there is no need to offer inducements to Trinidadians to return as employment is plentiful, and that it is not desirable to attract labourers from other colonies. No. 257, folios 316-324. (CO/295/475/40) , 4 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1912
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
Gilbert E. A. Grindle, 1869-1934, United Kingdom. Colonial Office
Person Discussed
Sir George Ruthven Le Hunte
Topic / Theme
Wages and salaries, Labor force, Caribbean and West Indians, Maltese
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Colonial Office Correspondence Register, re: Letter from W. H. Orrett Protesting Laws on Repatriation Fees for Jamaican Labourers in Panama,...
written by H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967, United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1907), Jamaica: Letters from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from F Fritz (wrongful imprisonment in Panama); W Orrett (labourers for Panama) (CO/137/662) , 1 page(s)
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written by H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967, United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1907), Jamaica: Letters from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from F Fritz (wrongful imprisonment in Panama); W Orrett (labourers for Panama) (CO/137/662) , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1907
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967, United Kingdom. Colonial Office
Person Discussed
William H. Orrett, 1858-
Topic / Theme
Labor force, Jamaicans
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Colonial Office Minutes re: Recruiting Agents and Fees for Labour Repatriation, August [1907]
written by Charles Prestwood Lucas, 1853-1931 and H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1907), Jamaica: Letters from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from F Fritz (wrongful imprisonment in Panama); W Orrett (labourers for Panama) (CO/137/662) , 3 page(s)
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written by Charles Prestwood Lucas, 1853-1931 and H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 137 - Colonial Office and predecessors: Jamaica, Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 137 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1907), Jamaica: Letters from individuals on matters relating to Jamaica. Itemised and includes correspondence from F Fritz (wrongful imprisonment in Panama); W Orrett (labourers for Panama) (CO/137/662) , 3 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1907
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Minutes
Author / Creator
Charles Prestwood Lucas, 1853-1931, H. R. Cowell, 1877-1967
Person Discussed
Victor Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin, 1849-1917, William H. Orrett, 1858-
Topic / Theme
Labor force
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Colonial Office re: British West Indies and Labourers Returning from Panama, 1912
written by United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 295 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 295 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1912), CO 295/475 - Despatches from George Ruthven LeHunte, Governor of Trinidad., Trinidad: Panama Canal labourers: recommends that there is no need to offer inducements to Trinidadians to return as employment is plentiful, and that it is not desirable to attract labourers from other colonies. No. 257, folios 316-324. (CO/295/475/40) , 7 page(s)
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written by United Kingdom. Colonial Office, in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 295 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: Trinidad Original Correspondence. Subseries within CO 295 - Correspondence, Original - Secretary of State, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1912), CO 295/475 - Despatches from George Ruthven LeHunte, Governor of Trinidad., Trinidad: Panama Canal labourers: recommends that there is no need to offer inducements to Trinidadians to return as employment is plentiful, and that it is not desirable to attract labourers from other colonies. No. 257, folios 316-324. (CO/295/475/40) , 7 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1912
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Author / Creator
United Kingdom. Colonial Office
Person Discussed
Sydney Haldane Olivier, 1st Baron Olivier, 1859-1943, Sir William Grey Wilson, 1852-1926
Topic / Theme
Immigration and emigration, Wages and salaries, Labor force
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Confidential Code Telegram to Governor of Barbados re: Labour for Panama Canal, November 8, 1940
in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 318 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1940), Recruitment of labour in British West Indies for service in foreign countries: Panama Canal Zone (CO/318/444/1) , 1 page(s)
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in CO - Records of the Colonial Office, Commonwealth and Foreign and Commonwealth Offices, Empire Marketing Board, and related bodies. Division within CO - Correspondence with the colonies, entry books and registers of correspondence. CO 318 - Colonial Office and Predecessors: West Indies Original Correspondence, of United Kingdom. National Archives at Kew (London, England - Kew) (1940), Recruitment of labour in British West Indies for service in foreign countries: Panama Canal Zone (CO/318/444/1) , 1 page(s)
Date Written / Recorded
1940
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Government/institutional document
Topic / Theme
Labor force, Jamaicans, Barbadians
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