TY - ADVS AU - Grimberg,Sharon AU - Rapley,Rob AU - Brooks,Richard AU - Huff,Neal AU - Serralles,Jeanine AU - Sheil,Kate Lyn AU - Smith,T.Ryder AU - Platt,Oliver AU - Chimples,John AU - Tunsil,Aljernon AU - Cragg,Tim AU - Phillips,Tom AU - Mitterlehner,Akeime AU - Newhall,Deborah AU - Hughes,R.Mark AU - Viola,Elise AU - Williams,Jim ED - American Experience Films. ED - Apograph Productions. ED - WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.) ED - WGBH Educational Foundation. ED - PBS Distribution (Firm) TI - The abolitionists SN - 9781608838332 AV - E449 .A44 2013 U1 - 326/.80922 23 PY - 2013/// CY - Boston, Arlington, Va. PB - WGBH Educational Foundation, PBS Distribution KW - Garrison, William Lloyd, KW - Douglass, Frederick, KW - Grimké, Angelina Emily, KW - Stowe, Harriet Beecher, KW - Brown, John, KW - Slavery KW - United States KW - History KW - Abolitionists KW - Antislavery movements N1 - Originally broadcast on the television series, "The American experience" in 2013; Part 1. (54 min.) Introduction -- Angelina's religious struggle -- Slavery and the American economy -- The Liberator -- The postal campaign -- Garrison faces a mob -- Angelina & Theodore Weld -- Leaving the American anti-slavery society; Part 2. (54 min.) Introduction -- Douglass escapes slavery -- Douglass flees to Great Britain -- The North Star -- Harriet's loss -- The great compromise -- Uncle Tom's cabin; Part 3. (54 min.) Introduction -- Battle over Kansas -- Raid on Harpers Ferry -- The Civil War begins -- The Emancipation Proclamation -- Victory; Edited by John Chimples, Aljernon Tunsil ; cinematography by Tim Cragg ; original music, Tom Phillips. ; production designer, Akeime Mitterlehner ; costume designer, Deborah Newhall ; art directors, R. Mark Hughes, Elise Viola ; set decorator, Jim Williams ; executive producer, Sharon Grimberg; Featuring: Richard Brooks, Neal Huff, Jeanine Serralles, Kate Lyn Sheil, T. Ryder Smith ; narrated by Oliver Platt N2 - "Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy, these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history"--Container ER -