Slavery and Slave Resistance

Duration: 24

Year Published: 1969

Creator: Arno Press

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Examines the history and long lasting effects of slavery and slave resistance in North America from its inception during the 17th century up to and through the 1960s. Discusses how the invention of the cotton gin, the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, and government legislation created obstacles in the path to freedom. Shows how some blacks rioted aboard slave ships, deliberately sabotaged work orders, and sometimes murdered to gain freedom. Narrated by Cleavon Little., Examines the history and long lasting effects of slavery and slave resistance in North America from its inception during the 17th century up to and through the 1960s. Discusses how the invention of the cotton gin, the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, and government legislation created obstacles in the path to freedom. Shows how some blacks rioted aboard slave ships, deliberately sabotaged work orders, and sometimes murdered to gain freedom. Narrated by Cleavon Little.

Complete Record: Examines the history and long lasting effects of slavery and slave resistance in North America from its inception during the 17th century up to and through the 1960s. Discusses how the invention of the cotton gin, the acquisition of the Louisiana Territory, and government legislation created obstacles in the path to freedom. Shows how some blacks rioted aboard slave ships, deliberately sabotaged work orders, and sometimes murdered to gain freedom. Narrated by Cleavon Little., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.


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Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Indiana University Library Moving Image Archive, Library of Congress


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