The Abolitionists

To create a more perfect union, they tore the nation apart.

 

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Episode: The Abolitionists

The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.

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Duration: (2:34:01)
Episode Expires: Fri 01 Mar 2013
TV Rating: NR
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