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A New History of the American South

A New History of the American South

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S1 E3: Slavery Becomes American

6 Min Left • Original Air Date: Aug 17, 2018

Examining Virginia's economic conditions before slavery; discontent among English indentured laborers; the rise of slavery in the British Caribbean; the factors that made slavery a business model in Virginia; how colonists rationalized slaveholding.

7-7:30AM

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30 Min

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2022

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S1 E2: The World of Slavery

Original Air Date: Aug 17, 2018

Investigating the complex origins of slavery in Africa; how the Atlantic slave trade was initiated by the Portuguese; a system of vast economic gain; supplying labor for New World plantations; the intended functions of Britain's American colonies.

6:30-7AM

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S1 E1: The Geography of the American South

Original Air Date: Aug 17, 2018

Recounting the saga of the American South; the prehistory of the region, from its geographical features to its ancient peoples; the history of the chiefdoms that dominated the region before the Europeans; tracing the decimation of native populations.

6-6:30AM

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