Russell Scott, Jr. Northerners began sending clothing and food to the embattled free-soil settlers. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Mr. Garrison, you must understand how unexpected this is. His eulogy was more than a memorial to one man. Narrator:But victory was nowhere in sight. Frita Walker Charles Hibbler Julie Buck Slave Auctioneer (Brian Elder):Fifty. Alexandra Hannibal, Stage Managers He brought new life to the struggling operation, which had long been urging slaveholders to free their slaves so that they could be shipped back to Africa, leaving the United States a single-race country. Chuck Rayner "All persons," Lincoln wrote, "held as slaves within any State in rebellion shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free." Kareem Washington Michael Connolly American Slavery As It Iswas a book made up of first-hand accounts of slavery, handbills for runaway slaves, court records, and the words of slave owners themselves. few I show my Social Studies classes. Narrator:The following night, a crowd broke into the empty hall and set fire to the building. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):All right now. His first experience of slavery would haunt him to his grave. One good man could hold off a hundred soldiers. Douglass would have none of it. Brandon Green An innocent child. Manisha Sinha, Historian:Douglass recognizes the Republican Party for what it is. Every enslaved person in the South was then, thenceforward, and forever free. Some of them were deeply offended by his support of women's rights. Tony Horwitz, Author:Douglass expected Brown to unveil a mission to free slaves and funnel them north along the mountains to freedom. Lois Brown, Historian:You see the South rising to say, "This is yet another assault on our way of life. Radicals. We are the spark that will set this country ablaze. New Castle Courthouse Museum, New Castle, DE Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Good Lord, man. Tony Horwitz, Author:What Brown has done, ultimately, is just to expose the depth of the divide between North and South. Melissa Panos Performed by The master made a great pet of me, while the Negro boy was badly clothed, poorly fed, and beaten before my eyes with iron shovels or any other thing that came first to hand. David W. Blight, Historian:The Mexican War unshucked slavery. Narrator:By the time their six-month tour finally ended in the fall of 1837, Angelina could go no further. The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves, even in free states, fully legal. The Virginia Film Office Joan D. Hedrick, Historian:She was really fueled by the grief for her baby, but I suspect, too, perhaps, anger at a Calvinist God. There, everything cruel and revolting is carefully concealed from strangers. Liberators. The Bridge Sound and Stage, Cambridge, MA While one group tried to halt the proceedings through legal maneuvers, black and white activists mounted a desperate assault on the courthouse where Burns was being held. William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff, audio):I am willing to be persecuted, imprisoned, and bound for advocating African rights, and I should deserve to be a slave myself, if I shrunk from that duty or danger. Lincoln basically says to them, "This is a single race country. questions are designed so that they occur at a regular pace to keep th, - Episode 2 - Worksheet and Key PDF & Digital, - Episode 2: 1838-1854. Soon, Philadelphia's monument to free speech lay in ruins. First Assailant (Actor):Well, well, here's our little rabbit. Alan Davis There his horizons had widened. Cara White, Post Production A student-led discussion prompts the free exchange of ideas and opinions that encourages wide . T. Ryder Smith, Edited by Erica Armstrong Dunbar, Historian:Most fugitives, if they knew anything about the route to freedom, it was follow the North Star. From Boston, he directed an energetic campaign of meetings, petitions, and publicity. Westover Plantation, Charles City, VA, Special Thanks William Lloyd Garrison (Neal Huff):No, no I don't. John Stauffer They are also designed so that a review of the completed worksheet gives students a basic overall summary of the video. Cheryl Stark Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks):Slowly. R. Blakeslee Gilpin, Historian:Brown is drifting just further and further into a very deep and dark relationship with God. These trouble me less than the wind. Adrienne Weiss Franky Garrison (Jacob Washburn):Father! It would be a ceremony unlike any other. Narrator:With the outbreak of war, abolitionists faced a daunting new challenge: convincing the president and skeptical Northerners that the conflict was not about preserving the old Union, but ending slavery. Narrator:By the fall of 1835, anti-abolitionist violence was closing in on Boston. A collection of American Experience's most literary content. Tony Horwitz, Author:Pottawatomie scares, but also enrages, pro-slavery forces who don't need much incitement to violence. Frederick Douglass (Richard Brooks, audio):"Tell your story, Frederick," would whisper my friend, William Lloyd Garrison, as we stepped upon the platform. Nikita Moyer C. A. It must be crushed, it must be changed and reinvented. Narrator:George Latimer had arrived in Boston in the fall of 1842, only to be thrown in jail at the request of a Virginia planter. Vladimir Rachkovsky Now, they hoped to deprive them of their financial and political support in the North. In the 50 years since the Revolution, every Northern state had outlawed slavery. For her, its cruelty was all too real -- every account of flight, of capture, tore at the agonizing memory of Charley's death. I pray to God to let me do a little, and to cause my cry for them to be heard.