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Bearing Witness: American Slavery As It Is

Clip: Season 25 Episode 12 | 1m 12s  | Video has closed captioning.

The 1839 book 'American Slavery As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses', written by Theodore Weld, his wife Angelina Grimke, and her sister Sarah Grimke, documented slavery's horrors.

Aired: 01/08/13

Rating: NR

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