Africans in America. The terrible transformation. Part 1
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Norrece Jones is interviewed about slavery on the basis of race, Africans' fear that the Europeans were cannibals,The Middle Passage, the horrific conditions on slave ships, Olaudah Equiano's observations of brutality, the early status of Africans in Virginia, Creoles' concern about the arrival of African slaves, the quest for freedom, South Carolina's preference for African slaves, opportunities for free blacks, black vs. white perception of freedom.
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52 minutes
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