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Episode Guide
The Challenge of Freedom
Series: Slavery and the Making of America
Series Progress: Episode 4 of 4100% Completed
Synopsis
The conclusion covers the Civil War and Reconstruction while profiling a resourceful and courageous South Carolina slave named Robert Smalls, who learned nautical skills as a teenager. They proved useful in 1862, when he commandeered a Confederate ship and sailed it to freedom. Later, he was elected to Congress. Smalls' story was unusual, and in any case white Southerners soon crushed Reconstruction. But, says historian James Horton, it did provide blacks with "a ray of hope" for the future.
Cast
- Andrew Billingsley
- Carla L. Peterson
- James Oakes
- Jeffree Bloomer
- 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
- Caleb Mose
- Thomas J. Davis
- Ira Berlin
- John K. Thornton
- Peter H. Wood
- Bernard E. Powers Jr.
- Ben Wolf
- Merril Stern
- Lawrence Rowland
- Mia Bay
- Nell Irvin Painter
- Morgan Freeman
- Deborah Gray White
- W. Scott Poole
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
- S01E04 - The Challenge of Freedom Viewing