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Slavery and the Making of America

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1 Season · 4 Episodes · Premiered July 1, 1981 · Ended March 2, 2005

Slavery and the Making of America is a four-part series documenting the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Drawing on a wealth of recent scholarship, it looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. At the same time, by focusing on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, it offers new perspectives on the slave experience and testifies to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.

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Morgan Freeman
Morgan Freeman as Narrator
Justin Jackson
Justin Jackson as Reenactor
Chauncey Herring as Reenactor
Don Pentz as Reenactor
Fred Johnson as Reenactor
Virginia M. Pinckney as Reenactor
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