Williamsburg Regional Library

America's Long Struggle against Slavery, Episode 22

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America's Long Struggle against Slavery, Episode 22
Language
eng
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videorecording
Main title
America's Long Struggle against Slavery
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electronic resource
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Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2020
Runtime
25
Summary
Learn about the confounding life of Roger Taney, who as a young man turned his back on his family's tobacco plantation and manumitted many of his own slaves. Yet, as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he dramatically expanded the rights of slaveholders through infamous decisions such as Dred Scott v. Sanford
Technique
live action
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