American Experience · SEASON 25

The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838

Episode 1 · 2013-01-08

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The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.

55 minutes

Season 25 episodes

1. The Abolitionists: 1820s-18382013-01-08 2. The Abolitionists: 1838-18542013-01-15 3. The Abolitionists: 1854-Emancipation and Victory2013-01-22 4. Henry Ford2013-01-29 5. Silicon Valley2013-02-05 6. War of the Worlds2013-10-29 7. JFK (Part 1)2013-11-11 8. JFK (Part 2)2013-11-12