Video: The Abolitionists: American Experience
On January 1, 1863, when abolitionist leaders Frederick Douglass and William Lloyd Garrison received word that the Emancipation Proclamation had declared three million enslaved African Americans "forever free," it was the culminating moment of the most important civil rights crusade in American history, and the climax of a long and difficult friendship between two remarkable men. In this series, the 150th anniversary of the Proclamation, American Experience tells the story of how Douglass, Garrison and their abolitionist allies Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation. The "holy warriors" of emancipation captured the private details of their tumultuous political and personal journeys toward freedom in letters, diaries, newspaper articles, and memoirs. They revealed themselves to be willful, arrogant, righteous, and unbending, yet empathic, faithful, loyal, candid, and just. They fought the slave-holding South with a moral passion and bickered among themselves with petty familiarity. Along the way, they fell in love, got married, had families, lost loved ones, formed cliques, quarreled and made up.
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Abolitionists | Who is Angelina Grimké? | PBS
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 02:00
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Abolitionists | Who is William Lloyd Garrison? | PBS
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 03:01
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Abolitionists | Who is Frederick Douglass? | PBS
AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists" premieres on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 01:57
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Abolitionists | A minute with Neal Huff #6 | PBS
Neal Huff discusses the value of AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 00:55
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Abolitionists | A minute with Neal Huff #5 | PBS
Neal Huff discusses the strength of William Lloyd Garrison's character. Watch Neal's portrayal of Garrison in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c.... 00:54
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Abolitionists | A minute with Kate Lyn Sheil #4 | PBS
Kate Lyn Sheil shares her favorite scene in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 00:43
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Abolitionists | A minute with Neal Huff #4 | PBS
Neal Huff discusses acting in a docudrama. Watch Neal's portrayal of William Lloyd Garrison in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more:... 01:08
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Abolitionists | A minute with Jeanine Serralles #3 | PBS
Jeanine Serralles shares what she hopes people will take away from her portrayal of Angelina Grimké in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn... 00:44
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Abolitionists | A minute with Neal Huff #3 | PBS
Neal Huff explains William Lloyd Garrison's burning of the Constitution in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's "The Abolitionists", premiering on PBS on January 8, 2013 at 9/8c. Learn more: www.pbs.org 01:16
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The Abolitionists title sequence | PBS
Watch the opening title sequence to AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering January 8 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org 00:37
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The Abolitionists trailer | PBS
Abolitionist allies Frederick Douglass, William Lloyd Garrison, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimké turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that... 02:01
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The Abolitionists | A minute with Kate Lyn Shiel #2 | PBS
Kate Lyn Shiel talks about her goal in playing Harriet Beecher Stowe in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering January 8 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org 00:42
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The Abolitionists | A minute with T. Ryder Smith #2 | PBS
T. Ryder Smith on playing abolitionist John Brown in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering January 8 on 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org 01:17
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Abolitionists | A minute with Jeanine Serralles #2 | PBS
Jeanine Serralles talks about Angelina Grimké's ideology in regards to abolitionism and women's rights and how her beliefs were expressed in the details of her wedding ceremony. See Jeanine as... 01:47
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The Abolitionists | A minute with Neal Huff #2 | PBS
Neal Huff talks about filming the scene where William Lloyd Garrison burns the Constitution in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering January 8 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more:... 01:18
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The Abolitionists | A minute with Richard Brooks #2 | PBS
Richard Brooks talks about slavery as an enterprise in America during the 18th and early 19th century. See Richard as Frederick Douglass in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists",... 00:32
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The Abolitionists | A minute with Kate Lyn Shiel #1 | PBS
Kate Lyn Shiel explains what inspired Harriet Beecher Stowe to write her novel "Uncle Tom's Cabin". See Kate as Harriet Beecher Stowe in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists",... 01:05
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The Abolitionists | A minute with T. Ryder Smith #1 | PBS
T. Ryder Smith on playing abolitionist John Brown in AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering January 8 on 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org 01:01
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The Abolitionists | A minute with Jeanine Serralles #1 | PBS
Jeanine Serralles on her favorite scene from AMERICAN EXPERIENCE's forthcoming "The Abolitionists", premiering on January 8 at 9/8c on PBS. Learn more: www.pbs.org 00:41
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A minute with Neal Huff | PBS
Neal Huff on abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison 01:16
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