"Slavery." . . "Territorial expansion United States." . . "To 1899" . . "WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.)" . . "Sectionalism (U.S.)" . . "Slave trade." . . "United States" . . "United States." . . . "Slave trade United States History." . . "Slavery United States History." . . "Judgment day"@en . . "Judgment Day (1831-1861)"@en . . "Africans in America : America's journey through slavery"@en . . . . . . . . "Africans in America: America's journey through slavery"@en . . "Judgement day"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Judgment day"@en . . . . . . . . "Tells of the last years before the Civil War. Black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Rev. Jermain Loguen and Sojourner Truth agitate against southern slavery and northern racism. Southern states threaten to leave the union. In 1850, a last political compromise trades away black rights to keep the nation united. As slaveholders call for reopening the slave trade, abolitionists fight back. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry seems the final blow."@en . . . . . . "Historical television programs"@en . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . "Trials, litigation, etc"@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. In this final episode, as the nation expands westward slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before. When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage."@en . . . "As the nation expands westward slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before. When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage."@en . . . . "Tells of the last years before the Civil War. Black abolitionists like Frederick Douglass, Rev. Jermain Loguen and Sojourner Truth agitate against southern slavery and northern racism. Southern states threaten to leave the union. In 1850, a last political compromise trades away black rights to keep the nation united. As slaveholders call for reopening the slave trade, abolitionists fight back. John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry seems the final blow." . . "Judgement day [1831-1865]"@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. In this final episode, as the nation expands westward slavery becomes the most divisive issue in American life. Abolitionists struggle to bring the institution down and the nation is tested as never before. When tensions over slavery erupt into violence, Americans are forced to consider how long the country can continue as a democracy built on the profits of bondage."@en . "Judgement day"@en . . "Judgement day" . . . . . . "America's journey through slavery"@en . . . . "Documentary television programs"@en .