The Abolitionist Movement in America
Social Studies Collection
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12m
This program begins by exploring the development of slavery in America and the conditions under which enslaved people lived and worked. Then, through reenactments, the video focuses on key members of the abolitionist movement including William Lloyd Garrison, the Grimke sisters, Frederick Douglas, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Harriet Tubman.
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