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Examine the history of U.S. slavery and its key role in shaping
the country's development in this landmark, four-part series.
Encore: Fridays, October 3-24, 2008, 10:00 p.m.
ET
This groundbreaking series chronicles the institution of
American slavery from its origins in 1619 - when English settlers
in Virginia purchased 20 Africans from Dutch traders - through the
arrival of the first 11 slaves in the northern colonies (in Dutch
New Amsterdam), the American Revolution, the Civil War, the
adoption of the 13th Amendment and Reconstruction. With such
unprecedented breadth come entirely new perspectives on and facts
about slavery. These new perspectives challenge many long-held
notions (such as the idea that slavery was strictly a southern
institution; it was, in fact, a national institution) and highlight
the contradictions of a country that was founded on the principle
of "liberty and justice for all" but embraced slavery. Morgan
Freeman narrates.
"Seeds of
Destruction" - 2006 Emmy for
OUTSTANDING HISTORICAL PROGRAMMING - LONG FORM
