Sons and daughters of thunder / written by Tammy Rundle and Kelly Rundle ; a Fourth Wall Films and WQPT-PBS production of a Kelly Rundle & Tammy Rundle Film.
Documentary. "Unrated, parental guidance suggested"--Container insert. Special features: Behind the scenes; outtakes; filmmakers' commentary. Introduction by Earlene Hawley. "Based on the play by Earlene Hawley & Curtis Heeter." -- container insert. Thomas Alan Taylor, Jessica Taylor, Janos Horvath, Anthony Stratton, Tom Walljasper, Mark Winn, Mike Kennedy, Don Denton, Tristan Tapscott, and Kimberly Kurtenbach.
Summary:
In 1834, if polite discussions about abolishing slavery were considered inappropriate among Americans in Northern states, then eighteen days of public student-sponsored debates on the divisive subject at Lane Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio were scandalous. Organized by Theodore Weld, one of the architects of the abolitionist movement, the shocking oratory sparked intense controversy and awakened a young Harriet Beecher Stowe to the horrors of slavery. When school trustees slapped a gag order on the "Lane Rebels," most of the students left the school in collective protest. Years later, Harriet's novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin" was described by President Abraham Lincoln as the book that started the Civil War.
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