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The Abolitionists: 1820s-1838

The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation.
Aired: Jan 08, 2013 Genre: DocumentaryProducers: Rob RapleyDuration: 55m Rating: 2.5 Country: United States of America Production: GBH