Africans in America. Part 4, Judgment day. Interview with Norrece T. Jones, associate professor of history and African American studies, Virginia Commonwealth University. 4 of 4 /

Norrece Jones is interviewed about Butler Island and lives of slaves on large plantations, the breaking up of families and desperate actions by slaves to avoid being sold, Frances "Fanny" Kemble, Headman Frank and the rape of his wife Betty, sexual violence against female slaves, the bruta...

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Other Authors: Smith, Llewellyn (Producer, Director)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]
Series:Academic Video Online
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Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Norrece Jones is interviewed about Butler Island and lives of slaves on large plantations, the breaking up of families and desperate actions by slaves to avoid being sold, Frances "Fanny" Kemble, Headman Frank and the rape of his wife Betty, sexual violence against female slaves, the brutality of female slave owners, the Weeping Time, Cooper London, the lash and the whip, resistance, slave holders never held accountable for atrocities, mechanisms to keep black Americans down.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (53 min.)
Playing Time:00:53:04