Emancipation Road
From The Creators Of The Best-Selling Documentary Series "Up From Slavery"... A 7-Part Compelling Journey Through America's Greatest Saga. In 1860, the nation founded upon an idea that all men are created equal and endowed by their creator with the inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness had as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners and almost four million slaves. By denying these rights to more than twelve percent of its population, America would soon pay with the blood of a generation. The story of African Slavery in America started with the first permanent English Colony in the 17th century... and ended with the Civil War. But those two hundred and fifty years of struggle were just the beginning. The beginning of a journey down the long Emancipation Road...
Language
EN
Status
Ended
First Aired
September 16, 2014
Last Aired
September 16, 2014
Created By
Heather Bischoff
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Coby Batty
Narrator
Kevin R. Hershberger
Self
Barack Obama
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Self
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