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Africans in America. Part 4, Judgment day. Interview with Margaret Washington, associate professor of history, Cornell University. 4 of 4 /

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Margaret Washington is interviewed about Harriet Jacobs and the lives of slave women, gender conventions and racism, resentment of slave women by mistresses, Butler Island and religious life, the roles of women in the slave community, literacy and education among slaves, justifications by whites for...

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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
Subjects:
Washington, Margaret > Interviews.
Jacobs, Harriet A. > (Harriet Ann), > 1813-1897.
Jacobs, Harriet A. > (Harriet Ann), > 1813-1897
African Americans > History > To 1863.
Slavery > United States > History > 19th century.
Enslaved women > United States > Social conditions.
Noirs américains > Histoire > Jusqu'à 1863.
Esclavage > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Femmes esclaves > États-Unis > Conditions sociales.
African Americans
Slavery
Enslaved women > Social conditions
United States
To 1899
Interview
interviews.
History
Interviews
Unedited footage
Interviews.
Unedited footage.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:Margaret Washington is interviewed about Harriet Jacobs and the lives of slave women, gender conventions and racism, resentment of slave women by mistresses, Butler Island and religious life, the roles of women in the slave community, literacy and education among slaves, justifications by whites for slavery, minstrel shows, northern racism, Dred Scott decision, Kansas and Nebraska Act, John Brown, moral suasion, the legacy of slavery.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017).
Physical Description:1 online resource (84 min.)
Playing Time:01:24:19