A Question of Freedom
A Question of Freedom: The Families Who Challenged Slavery from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War with William G. Thomas III
For over seventy years and five generations, the enslaved families of Prince George’s County, Maryland, filed hundreds of suits for their freedom against a powerful circle of slaveholders, taking their cause all the way to the Supreme Court. Between 1787 and 1861, these lawsuits challenged the legitimacy of slavery in American law and put slavery on trial in the nation’s capital. Join us today as William G. Thomas, III, Department of History Chairman at University of Nebraska-Lincoln recounts the story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history.
For live only captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=DCAQuestionofFreedom15423
Видео A Question of Freedom канала US National Archives
For over seventy years and five generations, the enslaved families of Prince George’s County, Maryland, filed hundreds of suits for their freedom against a powerful circle of slaveholders, taking their cause all the way to the Supreme Court. Between 1787 and 1861, these lawsuits challenged the legitimacy of slavery in American law and put slavery on trial in the nation’s capital. Join us today as William G. Thomas, III, Department of History Chairman at University of Nebraska-Lincoln recounts the story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history.
For live only captions: https://www.streamtext.net/player?event=DCAQuestionofFreedom15423
Видео A Question of Freedom канала US National Archives
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