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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 1, Interview with Deborah Gray White, Professor of History, Rutgers University. 1 of 2
produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 45 mins
Deborah Gray White is interviewed about how most new slaves are now born in the colonies, relationships between parents and children, Br'er Rabbit, daily lives of slave women, relationships between white and black children, kinship among slave families, the Revolutionary period, how whites who did not own slaves t...
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produced by Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 1 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 45 mins
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Deborah Gray White is interviewed about how most new slaves are now born in the colonies, relationships between parents and children, Br'er Rabbit, daily lives of slave women, relationships between white and black children, kinship among slave families, the Revolutionary period, how whites who did not own slaves themselves participated in the culture of slavery, raising children in slave families, slave marriages, Venture Smith, how cotton change...
Deborah Gray White is interviewed about how most new slaves are now born in the colonies, relationships between parents and children, Br'er Rabbit, daily lives of slave women, relationships between white and black children, kinship among slave families, the Revolutionary period, how whites who did not own slaves themselves participated in the culture of slavery, raising children in slave families, slave marriages, Venture Smith, how cotton changed slavery.
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Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Llewellyn Smith, fl. 1987-2017, WGBH Boston
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Deborah Gray White, 1949-, Venture Smith, 1729-1805
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Human rights, Women's issues, Revolutions, Slavery, History, Sociology, Africans, Americans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914), Early Modern Period (1450–1750)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Betty Wood, Professor of History, Oxford University. 2 of 2
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 10 mins
Betty Wood is interviewed about blacks fighting in the American Revolution, blacks leaving the US with the British, Dunmore's Proclamation and the fear of slave rebellion, controlling slaves after Dunmore's Proclamation, the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation.
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 1998), 1 hour 10 mins
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Betty Wood is interviewed about blacks fighting in the American Revolution, blacks leaving the US with the British, Dunmore's Proclamation and the fear of slave rebellion, controlling slaves after Dunmore's Proclamation, the significance of Dunmore's Proclamation.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Betty Wood, fl. 1998, John Murray, 1732-1809
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Militias, War, Freed slaves, Rebellions, Slavery, Revolutions, Dunmore's War, 1774, American Revolution, 1775-1783, War and Violence, Race and Gender, Politics & Policy, History, British, Americans, Africans, Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with David Blight, Professor of History and Black Studies, Amherst College....
produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 38 mins
David Blight is interviewed about the contradictions of freedom and prosperity, The Great Awakening of the 1740s, Christianity spreads among black Americans, the Declaration of Independence and the challenge to slavery, The Constitution, free states vs. slave states, free blacks resulting from the Revolutionary...
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produced by Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 38 mins
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David Blight is interviewed about the contradictions of freedom and prosperity, The Great Awakening of the 1740s, Christianity spreads among black Americans, the Declaration of Independence and the challenge to slavery, The Constitution, free states vs. slave states, free blacks resulting from the Revolutionary War, expansion of southern slavery after the Revolution.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Jacquie Jones, 1965-, WGBH Boston
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
David W. Blight, 1949-
Topic / Theme
Revolutions, Voting rights, Abolitionism, Social movements, Slavery, African Americans, Americans
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Margaret Washington, Associate Professor of History, Cornell Universit...
produced by WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 17 mins
Margaret Washington is interviewed bout the slave labor economy in the 18th century, Stamp Act and resistance in South Carolina, Boston and Violet King seeking safety with the British, slaves follow the British to New York City, the Treaty of Paris and certificates of freedom, General Birch and The Book of Negroes...
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produced by WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 17 mins
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Margaret Washington is interviewed bout the slave labor economy in the 18th century, Stamp Act and resistance in South Carolina, Boston and Violet King seeking safety with the British, slaves follow the British to New York City, the Treaty of Paris and certificates of freedom, General Birch and The Book of Negroes, Phillis Wheatley's life and poetry, the contradictions and appeal of Christianity, The American Revolution and the first struggle for...
Margaret Washington is interviewed bout the slave labor economy in the 18th century, Stamp Act and resistance in South Carolina, Boston and Violet King seeking safety with the British, slaves follow the British to New York City, the Treaty of Paris and certificates of freedom, General Birch and The Book of Negroes, Phillis Wheatley's life and poetry, the contradictions and appeal of Christianity, The American Revolution and the first struggle for freedom, The Constitution and Bill of Rights, Elizabeth Freeman and suits for freedom, Colonel Tye, Maroon Societies, concepts of freedom.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
WGBH Boston
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Margaret Washington, fl. 1988, Elisabeth Freeman, 1876-1942, Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784, Boston King, 1760-1802
Topic / Theme
Christianity, Revolutions, Freed slaves, Labor force, Slavery, Stamp Act, 1765-1766, British, Africans, Americans
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Peter Wood, Professor of History, Duke University. 2 of 2
directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston; interview by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 17 mins
Peter Wood is interviewed about William Dunbar, Equiano's observations of independence, the Stamp Act, song as a means of protest, the dynamics leading up to the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley, Dunmore's Proclamation, the Somerset case, 18th century hope for freedom and equality, The Declaration of Independen...
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directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston; interview by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 17 mins
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Peter Wood is interviewed about William Dunbar, Equiano's observations of independence, the Stamp Act, song as a means of protest, the dynamics leading up to the Revolutionary War, Phillis Wheatley, Dunmore's Proclamation, the Somerset case, 18th century hope for freedom and equality, The Declaration of Independence, the dream deferred, the evacuation of the British from New York and the former slaves stuck in the middle.
Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Peter Wood, 1943-, Phillis Wheatley, 1753-1784, William Dunbar, 1748-1810, John Murray, 1732-1809
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Slaves, Revolutionaries, Laws and legislation, Stamp Act, 1765-1766, Declaration of Independence Signed, July 4, 1776, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, History, Politics & Policy, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), British, Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–...
American Revolution of 1776, Slaves, Revolutionaries, Laws and legislation, Stamp Act, 1765-1766, Declaration of Independence Signed, July 4, 1776, Imperialism and Colonialism, War and Violence, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, History, Politics & Policy, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), British, Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Thomas J. Davis, Professor of History, Arizona State University and au...
directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston; interview by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 43 mins
Thomas J. Davis is interviewed about Venture Smith and the relationship between slave and slave holder, Venture's loss of his family and the purchase of their freedom, the difference between a free Negro and a free person, the importance of waterways in colonial life, Venture Smith's acquisition of land, the signi...
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directed by Orlando Bagwell, 1951- and Susan Bellows, fl. 1989; produced by Susan Bellows, fl. 1989 and Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston; interview by Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 43 mins
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Thomas J. Davis is interviewed about Venture Smith and the relationship between slave and slave holder, Venture's loss of his family and the purchase of their freedom, the difference between a free Negro and a free person, the importance of waterways in colonial life, Venture Smith's acquisition of land, the significance of the Revolutionary War, Venture Smith as slave owner, The Constitution's sanction of slavery and what it meant to Venture Smi...
Thomas J. Davis is interviewed about Venture Smith and the relationship between slave and slave holder, Venture's loss of his family and the purchase of their freedom, the difference between a free Negro and a free person, the importance of waterways in colonial life, Venture Smith's acquisition of land, the significance of the Revolutionary War, Venture Smith as slave owner, The Constitution's sanction of slavery and what it meant to Venture Smith.
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Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Susan Bellows, fl. 1989, Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Orlando Bagwell, 1951-, Susan Bellows, fl. 1989
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Thomas J. Davis, fl. 1974, Venture Smith, 1729-1805
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Freed slaves, Revolutions, Slaveholders, Slavery, Waterways, American Revolution, 1775-1783, Political and Social Movements, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and West...
American Revolution of 1776, Freed slaves, Revolutions, Slaveholders, Slavery, Waterways, American Revolution, 1775-1783, Political and Social Movements, Family and Culture, Race and Gender, War and Violence, Sociology, Politics & Policy, History, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2, Interview with Norrece T. Jones, Associate Professor of History and African American...
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 6 mins
Norrece Jones is interviewed about realities for slave families, the importance of kinship, communications among slaves, the relationships between master and slaves, the fates of slave mothers and babies, contradictory notions of freedom, why many slaves supported the British, Venture Smith, capitalism as a driver...
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Part 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 6 mins
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Norrece Jones is interviewed about realities for slave families, the importance of kinship, communications among slaves, the relationships between master and slaves, the fates of slave mothers and babies, contradictory notions of freedom, why many slaves supported the British, Venture Smith, capitalism as a driver of slavery, resistance and its dangers, distortions of American history with regard to slavery.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Norrece T. Jones, 1953-, Venture Smith, 1729-1805, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826
Topic / Theme
Hope, Plantation life, Slavery, Family affection, American Revolution, 1775-1783, War and Violence, Race and Gender, Early National Era (1790–1828), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), Colonial Era (1650–1765), British, African Americans, Americans
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two, Interview with John Ferling, Professor of History, University of Georgia
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston; interview by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 48 mins
John Ferling is interviewed about land ownership as power, George Washington as young man, his marriage to Martha, Washington as a slave owner in Virginia, Washington's attitudes towards slaves, Washington's growing displeasure with the British, Washington as commander of the Continental Army, African Americans' d...
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston; interview by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 48 mins
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John Ferling is interviewed about land ownership as power, George Washington as young man, his marriage to Martha, Washington as a slave owner in Virginia, Washington's attitudes towards slaves, Washington's growing displeasure with the British, Washington as commander of the Continental Army, African Americans' desires to participate in the Revolutionary War, Dunmore's Proclamation, Washington's changing view of slavery, Constitutional Conventio...
John Ferling is interviewed about land ownership as power, George Washington as young man, his marriage to Martha, Washington as a slave owner in Virginia, Washington's attitudes towards slaves, Washington's growing displeasure with the British, Washington as commander of the Continental Army, African Americans' desires to participate in the Revolutionary War, Dunmore's Proclamation, Washington's changing view of slavery, Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, life at Mount Vernon.
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Field of Study
American History
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
John Ferling, 1940-, Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, 1731-1802, George Washington, 1732-1799
Topic / Theme
American Revolution of 1776, Slaveholders, Plantations, Revolutions, Slavery, Landowners, Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 1787, Dunmore's Proclamation, U.S., November 7, 1775, First Continental Congress Meets, September 1774, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutio...
American Revolution of 1776, Slaveholders, Plantations, Revolutions, Slavery, Landowners, Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, PA, 1787, Dunmore's Proclamation, U.S., November 7, 1775, First Continental Congress Meets, September 1774, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, Race and Gender, War and Violence, Politics & Policy, History, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), British, Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two, Interview with John Kaminski, Professor of History, University of Wisconsin Madi...
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston; interview by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 26 mins
John Kaminski is interviewed about the Declaration of Independence, the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, post-war America in the 1780s, the world "slavery" in the Constitution.
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston; interview by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Program Two (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation, 2017), 1 hour 26 mins
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John Kaminski is interviewed about the Declaration of Independence, the rough draft of the Declaration of Independence, post-war America in the 1780s, the world "slavery" in the Constitution.
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
1998, 2017
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
John P. Kaminski, fl. 1969, Thomas Jefferson, 1743-1826, George Washington, 1732-1799, Cato, fl. 1777
Topic / Theme
Economic depressions, Slave trade, Slavery, Decolonization, Emancipation of slaves, Constitution, Declaration of Independence Signed, July 4, 1776, Continental Congress Adopts the Articles of Confederation, November 15, 1777, Boston Massacre, MA, March 5, 1770, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789)...
Economic depressions, Slave trade, Slavery, Decolonization, Emancipation of slaves, Constitution, Declaration of Independence Signed, July 4, 1776, Continental Congress Adopts the Articles of Confederation, November 15, 1777, Boston Massacre, MA, March 5, 1770, Imperialism and Colonialism, Political and Social Movements, War and Violence, Colonial Era (1650–1765), Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), British, Americans, African Americans, Early Modern Period (1450–1750), Industrialization and Western Global Hegemony (1750–1914)
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Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Season 1, Episode 2, Interview with Colin Powell, Former Head of The Joint Chiefs of Staff
directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Season 1, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation), 31 mins
Colin Powell is interviewed about the Declaration of Independence and how it applied to black people, the spirit of liberty, on blacks fighting during the Revolutionary War
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directed by Noland Walker, fl. 2003; produced by Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston, in Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805), Season 1, Episode 2 (Boston, MA: WGBH Educational Foundation), 31 mins
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Colin Powell is interviewed about the Declaration of Independence and how it applied to black people, the spirit of liberty, on blacks fighting during the Revolutionary War
Field of Study
Black Studies
Content Type
Interview
Contributor
Noland Walker, fl. 2003, WGBH Boston
Author / Creator
Noland Walker, fl. 2003
Date Published / Released
1998
Publisher
WGBH Educational Foundation
Series
Africans in America: Revolution (1750–1805)
Person Discussed
Colin Powell, 1937-, George Washington, 1732-1799, Harry S. Truman, 1884-1972, Frederick Douglass, 1818-1895
Topic / Theme
Military personnel, Civil war, Military service, Slavery, Independence Day, Revolutionaries, U.S. Civil War, 1861-1865, Declaration of Independence Signed, July 4, 1776, War and Violence, Imperialism and Colonialism, Revolutionary Era (1765–1789), British, Americans, Africans
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