Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors

History Alive: Season 2: Episode 5

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Slave Catchers, Slave Resistors

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History | The History Channel | Air Date: February 8, 2007
Starring: Joss Whedon, Kevin Smith, Edward Herrmann, J.J. Abrams, Stephen Colbert, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather, Peter Jackson, Elvis Mitchell, Newt Gingrich, Linda Ellerbee, Demetri Goritsas, Camille Paglia, James Laurie
Summary: This 2-hour special features stories about slave catchers and slave resistance, from the colonial era through the Civil War and its aftermath. Slavery was built on a brutal system of slave policing--enforced by armed community patrols, paid slave catchers, and federal law. And most of us think that slave catchers were always successful. ButThis 2-hour special features stories about slave catchers and slave resistance, from the colonial era through the Civil War and its aftermath. Slavery was built on a brutal system of slave policing--enforced by armed community patrols, paid slave catchers, and federal law. And most of us think that slave catchers were always successful. But the bounty hunters' bloodhounds occasionally lost against the intelligence and courage of the enslaved. … Expand
Genre(s): Reality, News/Documentary

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