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The Age of Slavery

Season 1 Episode 2 | 53m 10s

The Age of Slavery illustrates how black lives changed dramatically in the aftermath of the American Revolution. For free black people, these years were a time of opportunity, but for most African Americans, the era represented a new nadir. Yet as slavery intensified, so did resistance.

Aired: 10/28/13 | Expires: 07/11/21
Extras
A six-part series on African-American history, by Harvard scholar Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Survey the full sweep of African-American history with Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Rep. John Lewis, journalist Charlayne Hunter-Gault and Julian Bond, former NAACP Chairman.
Premieres Tuesday, November 5, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Premieres Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 8:00 p.m. ET/PT. Check your local listings.
Black is Beautiful was the message sent by films, products and Soul Train.
At age six, Ruby Bridges was the sole black child to desegregate her school.
Racist images were used as propaganda to demean African-Americans and legitimize violence.
The future South Carolina Representative to Congress made a daring escape from slavery.
Many stakeholders benefited from the cotton economy that fueled slavery's expansion.