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Episode Guide
Seeds of Destruction
Series: Slavery and the Making of America
Series Progress: Episode 3 of 475% Completed
Synopsis
Part 3 covers the first half of the 19th century, when slavery was rejuvenated by the Louisiana Purchase and the cotton gin. Cotton was now immensely profitable, making slaves "the most valuable things in the nation beside the land itself," says historian James Oliver Morton. But cruelty to slaves was increasing, too, as was opposition to it, and this hour focuses on horrors that individuals faced. One, Harriet Jacobs, would find a way to fight back: she escaped, then published her story.
Cast
- Chana Gazit
- Andrew Billingsley
- Carla L. Peterson
- James Oakes
- Marilyn Richardson
- James Horton
- Douglas Deal
- William R. Grant
- Graham Russell Gao Hodges
- W. Martin Dulaney
- Norrece T. Jones Jr.
- Bobby Donaldson
- Sylvia R. Frey
- Jennifer L. Morgan
- Leslie M. Harris
- Peter P. Hinks
- Daniel C. Littlefield
- Edward Ball
- Jean Fagan Yellin
- John Sedgwick
- Thomas J. Davis
- Ira Berlin
- John K. Thornton
- Peter H. Wood
- Bernard E. Powers Jr.
- Caleb Mose
- Lawrence Rowland
- Mia Bay
- Nell Irvin Painter
- Morgan Freeman
- Erich Roland
- Deborah Gray White
- W. Scott Poole
Director
Producer
📊 Series Binge Profile
Total Content Density: 4 hours 0 minutes (4 episodes)
Intensity Rating: Relaxed Watch - Easy viewing. Perfect for casual watches.
Binge Milestones
1 episode/day: 4 days
3 episodes/day: 2 days
5 episodes/day: 1 days
Episodes (4)
- S01E01 - The Downward Spiral
- S01E02 - Liberty in the Air
- S01E03 - Seeds of Destruction Viewing
- S01E04 - The Challenge of Freedom