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American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2, Interview with Eric Foner, Historian, Columbia University,...
directed by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017; produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic mo...
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directed by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017; produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston; interview by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, in American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War, Season 16, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 49 mins
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In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic moment for white planters, devastation caused by Civil War, rethinking race, Field Order Number 15 for settlement of black families, 40 a...
In the tumultuous years after the Civil War (1863-77), America grappled with how to rebuild itself, how to successfully bring the South back into the Union and how to bring former slaves into the life of the country. Foner talks about Reconstruction and its impact on the 21st century, Sherman's March, traumatic moment for white planters, devastation caused by Civil War, rethinking race, Field Order Number 15 for settlement of black families, 40 acres and a mule, access to education, creation of the black church, Andrew Johnson, Tunis Campbell and establishment of black community on St. Catherines Island.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017
Date Published / Released
2004, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: Reconstruction: The Second Civil War
Person Discussed
Eric Foner, 1943-, Tunis Gulic Campbell, 1812-1891, Andrew Johnson, 1808-1875, William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-1891, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Black community, Civil rights, Postwar reconstruction, Race relations, Race discrimination, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Amer...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Black community, Civil rights, Postwar reconstruction, Race relations, Race discrimination, Reconstruction, US, 1865-1877, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Sherman's March to the Sea, November 16-December 10, 1864, Race and Gender, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, History, Politics & Policy, Reconstruction (1866–1876), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 6 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 16 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 16 mins
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David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, Politics, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with Erica Armstrong Dunbar, part 1 of 4
produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980- and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 28 mins
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, associate professor of Black American Studies with joint appointments in history and in women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.
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produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980- and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 28 mins
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Erica Armstrong Dunbar, associate professor of Black American Studies with joint appointments in history and in women and gender studies at the University of Delaware.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions, WGBH Boston
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
Erica Armstrong Dunbar, fl. 2007, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Literacy, Family, Slaveholders, Violence, Slavery, War and Violence, Family and Culture, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Early National Era (1790–1828), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with James Brewer Stewart, part 4 of 5
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 32 mins
James Brewer Stewart, James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus, Macalester College, retired, and the founder and director of Historians Against Slavery. Stewart's books include Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery. He has published biographies of four very well-known enemies of slavery: Joshua...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 32 mins
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James Brewer Stewart, James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus, Macalester College, retired, and the founder and director of Historians Against Slavery. Stewart's books include Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery. He has published biographies of four very well-known enemies of slavery: Joshua R. Giddings, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Hosea Easton. His most recent books include Abolitionist Politics and the Co...
James Brewer Stewart, James Wallace Professor of History Emeritus, Macalester College, retired, and the founder and director of Historians Against Slavery. Stewart's books include Holy Warriors: The Abolitionists and American Slavery. He has published biographies of four very well-known enemies of slavery: Joshua R. Giddings, Wendell Phillips, William Lloyd Garrison, and Hosea Easton. His most recent books include Abolitionist Politics and the Coming of the Civil War (2008) and Venture Smith and the Business of Slavery and Freedom (2009).
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Apograph Productions, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
James Brewer Stewart, 1940-, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Slave revolts, Abolitionists, Abolitionism, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Politics & Policy, Sociology, History, Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with W. Caleb McDaniel, part 3 of 4
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston; interview by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 30 mins
W. Caleb McDaniel is an assistant professor of history at Rice University and a scholar of the nineteenth-century United States and author of the book: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform.
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston; interview by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 30 mins
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W. Caleb McDaniel is an assistant professor of history at Rice University and a scholar of the nineteenth-century United States and author of the book: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
W. Caleb McDaniel, fl. 2006-2017, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, John Brown, 1800-1859, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Slavery, Abolitionism, Abolitionists, Harpers Ferry Raid, VA, October 16, 1859, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Politics & Policy, Sociology, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Civil War (1860–1865), Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with W. Caleb McDaniel, part 4 of 4
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston; interview by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 17 mins
W. Caleb McDaniel is an assistant professor of history at Rice University and a scholar of the nineteenth-century United States and author of the book: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform.
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017 and Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions and WGBH Boston; interview by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2013), 17 mins
Description
W. Caleb McDaniel is an assistant professor of history at Rice University and a scholar of the nineteenth-century United States and author of the book: The Problem of Democracy in the Age of Slavery: Garrisonian Abolitionists and Transatlantic Reform.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, Kathryn Lord, fl. 2005-2017, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Apograph Productions, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
W. Caleb McDaniel, fl. 2006-2017, William Lloyd Garrison, 1805-1879
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Slavery, Abolitionism, Abolitionists, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, Sociology, History, Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), Civil War (1860–1865), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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American Experience: The Abolitionists, Interview with David William Blight, part 5 of 6
directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2016), 29 mins
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War;...
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directed by Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009 and Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston, in American Experience: The Abolitionists (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2016), 29 mins
Description
David William Blight is Class of 1954 Professor of American History at Yale University and Director of the Gilder-Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance and Abolition. His works include: Race and Reunion: The Civil War in American Memory; Beyond the Battlefield: Race, Memory & the American Civil War; and A Slave No More: Two Men Who Escaped to Freedom, Including Their Own Narratives of Emancipation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009, Molly Jacobs, 1980-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Rob Rapley, fl. 1994-2009
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
American Experience: The Abolitionists
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-, Abraham Lincoln, 1809-1865, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Slavery, Slave revolts, Abolitionists, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industr...
Long Civil Rights Movement, United States, Politics, Slavery, Slave revolts, Abolitionists, Slavery and Abolition, 1776 - 1865, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Emancipation Proclamation, U.S., September 22, 1862, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Civil War (1860–1865), Expansion & Sectionalism (1829–1859), African Americans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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