African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War

African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War « Series from 2024

Series from 2024

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Genres: Documentary

In African American History: From the African Coast to the Civil War, you’ll learn about the history of slavery in America and its extreme brutality; how enslaved African Americans endured and worked tirelessly for freedom and justice; the hardships of free Black Americans; the abolition movements; the effects of the Emancipation Proclamation; and much more.

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The Origins of African Americans

Europe’s Expansion in the Atlantic World

The Transatlantic Trade in Humans

Enslavement from Capture to Sale

The Middle Passage

Slavery Takes Root

Slavery in Colonial America

Black Culture and Revolt in the Colonies

Black Protest in the Age of Revolution

Black Enlightenment Thought

Freedom’s Failures

How Cotton Revived Slavery

Black Culture and Resistance in the South

Armed Rebellion in the Antebellum Era

Free Black Communities in the North

Black Nationalism and Emigration

From Antislavery to Abolition

Black Political Thinkers in the North

The Black Struggle for Citizenship

Running for Freedom

Slavery Splinters the Union

The Politics of Emancipation

Battling the Curse of Slavery

The Fruits and Failures of Reconstruction