Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery

Revolution (1x2)

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Revolution, examines how the colonies' struggle for sovereignty called into question the institution of American slavery. The film tells the story of the paradox at the heart of the nation's creation through the lives of two individuals: a fourth generation Virginian named George Washington, and an African captured and brought to America as a slave, named Venture Smith. Revolution shows the two men struggling in very different ways to become American.