Africans in America. Revolution. Part 2

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John Ferling is interviewed about land ownership as power, George Washington as young man, his marriage to Martha, Washington as a slave owner in Virginia, Washington's attitudes towards slaves, Washington's growing displeasure with the British, Washington as commander of the Continental Army, African Americans' desires to participate in the Revolutionary War, Dunmore's Proclaimation, Washington's changing view of slavery, Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, life at Mount Vernon.

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108 minutes

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Alexander Street

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