Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul
Season 24 Episode 54 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
Andrew Delbanco, winner of the 2019 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in Nonfiction.
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the beginning of forced migration of Africans to North America, serving as the start of America's complicated history of indentured servitude, slavery and structural inequity that reverberates today. Delbanco argues that the disputes over whether to harbor or return fugitive slaves pushed the nation into war.
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The City Club Forum is a local public television program presented by Ideastream
Fugitive Slaves and the Struggle for America’s Soul
Season 24 Episode 54 | 56m 46sVideo has Closed Captions
2019 marks the 400th anniversary of the beginning of forced migration of Africans to North America, serving as the start of America's complicated history of indentured servitude, slavery and structural inequity that reverberates today. Delbanco argues that the disputes over whether to harbor or return fugitive slaves pushed the nation into war.
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