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1) Pocahontas
Author
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of Pocahontas, the daughter of the Chief Powhatan, who married an English colonist, and traveled to England before her death in 1617.
Author
Series
Fábula volume 245
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
2008, c1997
Language
Español
Description
Presents both the play revealing the Salem witch trials of the late seventeenth century and the problem of guilt by association and the screenplay that the author later wrote to adapt the same material to the medium of film.
Publisher
Schlessinger Media
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Learn the impact of indentured servitude and chattel slavery on American life and values, and trace the development of political ideals taking shape in representative governments and local meeting places. Also, the social impact of the Great Awakening.
5) Roots
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007], c1977
Language
English
Description
Follows several generations in the lives of a slave family. The saga begins with Kunta Kinte, a West African youth captured by slave raiders and shipped to America in the 1700s. The family is depicted up until the Civil War, when Kunte Kinte's grandson gains his emancipation.