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The Fight against slavery

Title
The Fight against slavery [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Christopher Ralling.
Publication
New York : Time-Life Video, 1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Jones, Evan, 1927-2012.
  • Ralling, Christopher.
  • Castle, John.
  • Scully, Terry, 1932-2001.
  • Collings, David, 1940-2020.
  • Thomas, Gareth.
  • Lacey, Ronald.
  • Pickup, Lacey.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • Time-Life Video.
  • Time-Life Television.
Description
6 videocassettes of 6 (U-matic) (326 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
Summary
A dramatization in six parts tracing the history of the fight against slavery in Great Britain and the British West Indies from 1750 through 1834. Episode one follows captain John Newton's first voyage as a slave trader from England to Africa to Jamaica in 1750. Episode two traces the events leading up to the Somerset Case in 1772. Episode three portrays the change in British public opinion when a slave captain is brought to trial for murdering slaves to collect insurance. Episode four presents the heightening conflict between the abolitionists and those with vested interest in the slave trade. Episode five deals with the great slaverydebate in Parliament in 1792. Episode six follows the slave insurrectionin Jamaica in 1831 led by Daddy Sharpe and the eventual emancipation of the slaves in 1834.
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Genre/Form
Docudrama.
Credits (note)
  • Introduced and written by Evan Jones.
Contents
1. The old African blasphemer (55 min.) -- 2. One man's property (57 min.) -- 3. A matter of insurance (52 min.) -- 4. Tight packers and loose packers (57 min.) -- 5. A grateful peasantry (53 min.) -- 6. Free paper come (54 min.).
Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-79a-f
OCLC
  • 19709917
  • NYPG89-F14
Title
The Fight against slavery [videorecording] / British Broadcasting Corporation in association with Time-Life Television ; produced by Christopher Ralling.
Imprint
New York : Time-Life Video, 1977.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Credits
Introduced and written by Evan Jones.
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Added Author
Jones, Evan, 1927-2012.
Ralling, Christopher. Production personnel
Castle, John. Actor
Scully, Terry, 1932-2001. Actor
Collings, David, 1940-2020. Actor
Thomas, Gareth. Actor
Lacey, Ronald. Actor
Pickup, Lacey. Actor
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Time-Life Video.
Time-Life Television.
Research Call Number
Sc Visual VRB-79a-f Original of Sc Visual VRA-853a-c
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