"Closed captioned video." . . "United States" . . "Virginia" . . . . . "Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation (1450-1750)"@en . . . . . . "America's journey through slavery"@en . . . . "The terrible transformation" . "The terrible transformation"@en . . "Nonfiction films"@en . . . . "Part 1 of Africans in America recounts history's largest forced migration and its economic benefits. After settling North American colonies, England joins Spain, Portugal, and the Netherlands in the slave trade, abducting millions of Africans as laborers. Nearly a quarter of them die during the crossing. In America, Europeans rely on African labor to transform a continent, but come to fear the growing sub-population, sparking brutality."@en . . "Streaming video" . . . . . . . . . . . "Examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history--the import of Africans as slaves to the British colonies in America." . . . . . "Terrible transformation"@en . . "A four part series portraying the struggles of the African people in America, from their arrival in the 1600s to the last days before the Civil War. This first episode examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies laid the groundwork for a system of racial slavery which generated profits that ensured the colonies' growth and survival."@en . . . . . . . "Documentary television programs"@en . . . "Documentary films"@en . "History"@en . . "Documentary"@en . "History" . . . . . . "Television programs"@en . "Judgment day"@en . "Africans in America : America's journey through slavery"@en . . . . . . "The Terrible Transformation" . . "Brotherly love"@en . . "Examines the origins of one of the largest forced human migrations in recorded history. After the arrival of the first Africans in Virginia in 1619, the British colonies laid the groundwork for a system of racial slavery, which generated profits that ensured the colonies' growth and survival." . . . "Examine the largest forced migrations in world history and how this mass movement of people was instrumental in the creation of America. Millions of Africans are abducted from their homelands to labor in the colonies. Almost 1/4 of them die in crossing the Atlantic. In the American colonies, African skills and labor transform vast lands into agricultural profits. But slavery's inhumane codes and punishments foment African resistance and escape, bringing more brutality from slave holders."@en . . . "10 Days: Shay's Rebellion" . . . "Revolution"@en . . "Portrays the struggles of the African people in America."@en . . . . "Examines one of the largest forced migrations in world history and how this mass movement of people was instrumental in the creation of America. Millions of Africans are abducted from their homelands to labor in the colonies. In the American colonies, African skills and labor transform vast lands into agricultural profits. But slavery's inhumane codes and punishments foment African resistance and escape, bringing more brutality from slave holders."@en . . . . . "To 1863" . .