Slave catchers, slave resisters.

Details the social structures devised by the U.S. to enforce slavery and other racial oppression from the colonial era through the late 1800s. Slave patrols were created and laws requiring every free person to become a slave catcher were implemented. The documentary covers the rise of abolition an...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: History Channel (Television network)
Other Authors: Hadden, Sally E.
Frey, Sylvia R., 1935-2021
Wood, Peter W. (Peter Wyatt), 1953-
Scheninger, Loren
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : History Channel, ©2005, ©2002.
Subjects:
Slave rebellions > Southern States > History.
Slave rebellions > South Carolina > Stono > History > 18th century.
Fugitive slaves > United States > History.
Enslaved persons > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States > History.
Vigilance committees > United States > History.
Law enforcement > United States > History.
Abolitionists > United States > History.
Ku-Klux Klan (1866-1869)
Ku Klux Klan (1915- )
Turner, Nat, > 1800?-1831.
Alberti, George F.
Walker, David, > 1818-1889.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Details the social structures devised by the U.S. to enforce slavery and other racial oppression from the colonial era through the late 1800s. Slave patrols were created and laws requiring every free person to become a slave catcher were implemented. The documentary covers the rise of abolition and vigilance committees, slave revolts (including the Stono rebellion of 1739), as well as the development of the Ku Klux Klan after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Note:Videorecording.
Call Number:E443 .S53 2005 VideoDVD
ISBN:0767086775
9780767086776
System Details:DVD.
Participant or Performer:
Sally E. Hadden, Sylvia Frey, Peter Wood, Loren Schweninger, James Horton.