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Up From Slavery

20115h 15mMovieHistoryDocumentary

In 1860, as the American Experiment threatened to explode into a bloody civil war, there were as many as four hundred thousand slave-owners in the United States, and almost four million slaves. The nation was founded upon the idea that all…

DirectorKevin R. Hershberger
WriterBaron Blakley

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Cast · Directed by Kevin R. Hershberger

CBCoby Batty
Coby Batty
Narrator
KD
Keydron Dunn
Frederick Douglass

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Up From Slavery is streaming on Kanopy in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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