Africans in America; Interview with Noel Ignatiev, Writer and Historian, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, Visiting Associate Professor Bowdoin College : Judgment Day
Africans in America; Interview with Noel Ignatiev, Writer and Historian, Du Bois Institute, Harvard University, Visiting Associate Professor Bowdoin College : Judgment Day
Description:
Noel Ignatiev is interviewed about the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion and the beginning of abolitionism, the expulsion of Native Americans to expand the system of slavery, westward expansion, slavery in the 19th century, slavery and race, fear of black equality, Frederick Douglass, racial supremacy, free soilism, Emancipation Proclaimation as a military necessity, domination by slave owners in American society replaced by bankers and railroads, the Civil War, fugitive slaves and the underground railroad.
