"The bloody writing is for ever torn" : domestic and international consequences of the first governmental efforts to abolish the Atlantic slave trade / a conference sponsored by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture of the College of William and Mary and the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation ; The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition at Yale University ; The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History ; The W.E.B. DuBois Institute for African and african American Research at Harvard University ; The Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation at the University of Hull ; written by Ronald Hoffman, Ted Maris-Wolf, Sally D. Mason ; Ronald Hoffman, director ; a Steve Mason Media Concepts production. The abolition of the Atlantic slave trade : origins, effects, and legacies : a film drawn from the proceedings of "The bloody writing is for ever torn" / directed by Ronald Hoffman ; written and produced by Ted Maris-Wolf ; a Steve Mason Media Concepts production.

Two videos discussing the outcomes of a 2007 conference, convened to consider the consequences of decisions made and implemented by the governments of Denmark, Great Britain, and the United States between 1792 and 1808 to end their participation in the Atlantic slave trade.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture
College of William & Mary
Colonial Williamsburg Foundation
Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research
Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
Media Concepts (Firm)
Bydesign, Ltd
Other Authors: Hoffman, Ronald, 1941-
Akyeampong, Emmanuel Kwaku
Afigbo, A. E. (Adiele Eberechukwu)
Maris-Wolf, Ted
Mason, Sally D.
Language:English
Published: Williamsburg, Va. : Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, [2009], ©2009.
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Physical Description:2 videodiscs (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 booklets (19, 23 pages ; 17 cm)
Format: Video DVD

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