Africans in America. Judgment day. Part 4

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William Dusinberre is interviewed about Frances "Fanny" Kemble, wife of Pierce Butler and her journals documenting slave life; brutality on Butler Island, the lives of headman Frank and the rape of his wife Betty on Butler Island, the breaking up of families, Dusinberre's belief that slaves practiced non-violent protest, coping mechanisms of slaves, Cooper London, the wealth and power of the Butler family, the Weeping Time. Dusinberre shows and discusses the historical records from Butler Island.

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93 minutes

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Alexander Street

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