The Abolitionists

The Abolitionists

American Experience

  • Genre: Nonfiction
  • Release Date: 2013-01-08
  • Advisory Rating: TV-PG
  • Episodes: 3
  • iTunes Price: USD 4.99
  • iTunes HD Price: USD 7.99
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7.5
From 27 Ratings

Description

On January 1, 1863, when abolitionist leaders Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison received word that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared three million enslaved African Americans "forever free," it was the culminating moment of the most important civil rights crusade in American history, and the climax of a long and difficult friendship between two remarkable men. In this series, the 150th anniversary of the Proclamation, American Experience tells the story of how Douglass, Garrison and their abolitionist allies Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.

Episodes

Title Time Price
1 Part One: 1820s-1838 53:38 USD 1.99 Buy on iTunes
2 Part Two: 1838-1854 53:07 USD 1.99 Buy on iTunes
3 Part Three: 1854 - Emancipation and Vict 53:06 USD 1.99 Buy on iTunes

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Reviews

  • Excellent

    5
    By vlech2
    Historically accurate.
  • Very Informative

    5
    By Tuskegee_Fan
    I really enjoyed his and recommend it.
  • Outstanding series on Abolitionists - Where are the other seasons, please??

    5
    By SolarWind
    I enjoyed this series on Abolitionists very much, and I have enjoyed nearly all of the other series of American Experience on PBS. This brings up an important point: Apple, will you be bringing the other seasons/series of American Experience to iTunes? PLEASE?
  • Thanks

    5
    By EzzyDT
    I saw the begining of the abolitionist of PBS and I knew I had to buy it. Thanks

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