Roots of resistance videorecording : a story of the underground railroad / produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell ; co-produced by Susan Bellows ; writer, Theodore Thomas ; a Roja Productions film for the American experience ; presented by WGBH/Boston, WNET/New York and KCET/Los Angeles.
Format:
videorecording :
Publisher:
PBS Video,
Copyright Date:
1990
Description:
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in.
American experience (Television program) Story of the underground railroad.
Notes:
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired. Presented as part of the PBS series The American experience. David McCullough, introduction.
Summary:
Recounts the story of the underground railroad through narratives of escaped slaves. Includes interviews with descendants of slaves and slave holders of Somerset Place, a plantation in North Carolina, who describe the personal danger and terrible risk involved in each slave's departure.
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