Africans in America. Part 3, Brotherly love (1791-1831) [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 19th century.
Slavery United States Extension to the territories.
Antislavery movements United States History 19th century.
Slaves Emancipation United States History 19th century.
Abolitionists United States History 19th century.
African Americans History To 1863.
Constitutional law United States Philosophy.
Slave insurrections United States.
United States Territorial expansion.
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Causes.
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 21, 1998.
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Summary: Brotherly love (1791-1831) examines the new nation through Philadelphia's free black community. Free men and fugitive slaves seek full citizenship; black churches promote education, aid to the poor, and abolitionism. The cotton gin pushes slavery west, while Haiti's slave rebellion parallels a local quest for autonomy. Southern brutality and a new culture of blackface minstrelsy trouble African Americans, who vow to challenge democracy.