Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation (1450-1750) [electronic resource] / produced for PBS by WGBH Boston ; produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell, Susan Bellows ; writer, Steve Fayer.

Other Titles: Africans in America.

Publisher: [Arlington, Va.] : PBS, [2007]

Series: Africans in America

Subject: Slavery United States History.
Slavery United States History 17th century.
Slavery Economic aspects United States History 17th century.
Slavery Virginia History.
Slavery Economic aspects Virginia History.
African Americans History To 1863.
Slavery Justification.
United States History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Virginia History Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Documentary Television mini-series. migfg

Other titles: Africans in America (Television program).

Credits: Director of photography, Michael Chin; editor, Chuck Scott; music score, Bernice Johnson Reagon; associate producer, Patricia Garcia Rios.

Performers: Narrator: Angela Bassett.

Target Audience: Age group: NR.

Notes: Downloadable video file.
Title from title screen (viewed on Feb. 4, 2008).
Originally broadcast on PBS on October 19, 1998.
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Summary: Part 1 of Africans in America recounts history's largest forced migration and its economic benefits. After settling North American colonies, England joins Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands in the slave trade, abducting millions of Africans as laborers. Nearly a quarter of them die during the crossing. In America, Europeans rely on African labor to transform a continent, but come to fear the growing sub-population, sparking brutality.