The Amish |
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An intimate portrait of Amish faith and life, and an examination of how a closed and communal culture has thrived within one of the most open societies on earth.
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The Amish: Shunned |
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Watch the opening scene of The Amish: Shunned .
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The Amish: Shunned |
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Follow seven former Amish people who have paid deeply for their decision to leave their closed and tightly-knit communities for the outside world.
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Roberto Clemente |
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Major League Baseball tried to ignore the "un-American" heritage of Latino ballplayers.
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Roberto Clemente |
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Roberto Clemente is introduced to overt racism while training in the American South.
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The Abolitionists |
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The day after Lee's surrender at Appomattox, William Lloyd Garrison was met by 10,000 freed slaves outside the Charleston Citadel.
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The Abolitionists |
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In 1862, Lincoln promises to sign an Emancipation Proclamation on New Year's Day.
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The Abolitionists |
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John Brown put little stock in abolition through peaceful means. In 1855, he headed to the slave state of Kansas.
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The Abolitionists |
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With the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the war merged with the abolitionist cause. But the Union had to win, or the Proclamation would mean nothing.
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The Abolitionists |
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By killing of five pro-slavery men, John Brown hoped to strike terror in the hearts of pro-slavery settlers in Kansas.
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The Abolitionists |
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Harriet Beecher Stowe made millions of Americans see slavery through the eyes of its victims.
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The Abolitionists |
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The Fugitive Slave Law of 1850 made the hunting down of escaped slaves, even in free states, fully legal.
