Rough Crossings
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On Shelf At: Downtown Library
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Originally broadcast on television in 2007.
Anamorphic widescreen format; Dolby digital stereo.
Joseph Marcell, Stephen Campbell Moore, Leo Wringer.
Tells the story of the struggle for freedom by thousands of African-American ex-slaves who fled Southern plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of Independence. Follows their dream of a journey to freedom in bone-chilling Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone. Features the stories of Englishman John Clarkson, a passionate advocate of the abolition of slavery, and two African men, Thomas Peters and David George, who escaped slavery in a quest for freedom.
DVD, region 1, widescreen.
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LANGUAGE OPTIONS
In English with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing.
PUBLISHED
Burbank, CA : Distributed in the USA and Canada by Warner Home Video, c2008.
Year Published: 2008
Description: 1 videodisc (ca. 84 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language: English
Format: DVD
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
1419864955
9781419864957
ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Schama, Simon.
Condie, Steven.
Marcell, Joseph.
Moore, Stephen Campbell.
Wringer, Leo.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
British Broadcasting Corporation.
SUBJECTS
Slavery -- United States -- History -- 18th century.
African Americans -- History -- Sierra Leone -- 18th century.
United States -- African Americans. -- Revolution, 1775-1783
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.