Up From Slavery

Sep 13, 2011 (en) Documentary [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 13, 2011
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  • Original title
    Up From Slavery
  • Release
    Sep 13, 2011
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Overview

In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody cost for denying that right to more than twelve percent of its population. But when slavery was first brought to America's shores, this war, and even the nation it tore apart, was centuries in the future. With incredibly detailed historical reenactments, expert commentary and the stories of slavery told through first-hand accounts, this is an epic struggle 400 years in the making. A journey into the past like none other. This is the story of these men and women who by their hands laid the foundation of what would become the most powerful nation on Earth. Join us as we rise...UP FROM SLAVERY.

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  2. Producer

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  1. Coby Batty

    Narrator

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Casts : 1 / Crews : 2

Season 1 ( 2011-09-13)

Part One - 1619 Virginia - The First African Slaves arrive

Episode: 1

Part Two - 18th Century Colonial America and Slavery under the rule of the British Empire

Episode: 2

Part Three - Slavery in the United States after the Revolution

Episode: 3

Part Four - Nat Turners Rebellion, 1831

Episode: 4

Part Five - Abolition from the North grows

Episode: 5

Part Six - The Civil War. Emancipation Proclamation

Episode: 6

Part Seven - Aftermath of the Civil War and new freedom

Episode: 7
Sep 13, 2011 (en)
Documentary
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 13, 2011
  • Production
  • Rotten tomato 0%
Original Title Up From Slavery
en

Overview

In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The nation would pay a bloody cost for denying that right to more than twelve percent of its population. But when slavery was first brought to America's shores, this war, and even the nation it tore apart, was centuries in the future. With incredibly detailed historical reenactments, expert commentary and the stories of slavery told through first-hand accounts, this is an epic struggle 400 years in the making. A journey into the past like none other. This is the story of these men and women who by their hands laid the foundation of what would become the most powerful nation on Earth. Join us as we rise...UP FROM SLAVERY.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer