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The US Congressman who Escaped Slavery | The Life & Times of Robert Smalls

12th - Higher Ed
Robert Smalls was born in Beaufort South Carolina on April 5, 1839 and on April 5, 1839 he was taken and made some random dude’s property. Oh yeah, American chattel slavery episode, you know this one’s gonna be a downer. But lo, a...
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Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: Reconstruction and 1876

9th - 10th
In this Crash Course video with John Green, we look at Reconstruction after the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln's assassination, Andrew Johnson's divisive presidency, the election of 1876, and how African-Americans fared after the failure of...