A history of American slavery from its beginnings through post-Civil War Reconstruction, this series examines the role slavery played in shaping America and challenges the long held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise.
EPISODE 1
Slavery and the Making of America
The origins of slavery in America; expansion of slavery in the colonies.
EPISODE 2
Slavery continues to support economic development through the 1830s.
EPISODE 3
As the nation expands west, slavery becomes the overriding political issue of the time.
EPISODE 4
South Carolina slave Robert Smalls escapes to freedom, serves in the military and later becomes a member of Congress.
