The white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion.
The white “race” was invented by rich Virginians in 1676 in the aftermath of a populous rebellion of impoverished, indentured, and enslaved Africans and Europeans now known as Bacon’s Rebellion.
In the decades after Bacon's Rebellion, an African man and an English woman - husband and wife - sing of their their fate, their future as law by law, edict by edict, their family, their marriage, their love are made illegal.
In the decades after Bacon's Rebellion, an African man and an English woman - husband and wife - sing of their their fate, their future as law by law, edict by edict, their family, their marriage, their love are made illegal.
1x3Show finale How America Turned Skin Color Into Power Episode overview
Air date
Jul 08, 2020
How skin became color, color became race and race became power as told by President #ThomasJefferson, Sally Hemings, and one of their six children, Eston Hemings.
How skin became color, color became race and race became power as told by President #ThomasJefferson, Sally Hemings, and one of their six children, Eston Hemings.
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