American Experience: The Abolitionists
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American Experience: The Abolitionists

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Season 1
American Experience tells the story of how Douglass, Garrison and their abolitionist allies Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.
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Episodes

  1. S1 E1 - Part One: 1820s-1838

    January 7, 2013
    54min
    TV-14
    The abolitionist movement is in disarray and increasing violence raises doubts about the efficacy of its pacifist tactics.
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  2. S1 E2 - Part Two: 1838-1854

    January 14, 2013
    53min
    TV-14
    The divide between North and South deepens, touching off a crisis that is about to careen out of control.
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  3. S1 E3 - Part Three: 1854 - Emancipation and Victory

    January 21, 2013
    53min
    13+
    The battle between pro-slavery and free-soil contingents rises to fever pitch.
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