Finding your roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Season 1, Episode 4, Kevin Bacon/Kyra Sedgwick /
What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this country since its inception. But they share something else, too: Both had ancestors who were early opponents of slavery. Bacon's Quaker ance...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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Arlington, VA :
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS),
2012.
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| Series: | Academic Video Online
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| Summary: | What do Kevin Bacon and Kyra Sedgwick have in common? They are both famous actors and both descend from prominent American families that have been in this country since its inception. But they share something else, too: Both had ancestors who were early opponents of slavery. Bacon's Quaker ancestors repudiated slavery long before the rest of the country, in 1780. And Sedgwick's ancestor Theodore Sedgwick argued the freedom case of Elizabeth Freeman, also known as 'Mumbet, ' in 1781 - which helped bring an end to slavery in Massachusetts. These facts '' and many others '' are revealed to Sedgwick and Bacon in this episode, revealing quite a bit about slavery in the North in the process. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed August 13, 2015). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (57 min.) |
| Playing Time: | 00:56:17 |