Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution

African Americans and the Revolution (1x35)

Air date: Apr 06, 2022

After the rebels signed the Declaration of Independence, many came to realize that the continued existence of slavery was a contradiction to the principles of universal human equality defined in it. Residents of northern states soon abolished the institution, but it clung to life in the Chesapeake states; only in the Deep South did some offer spirited defenses of slavery.