FILM 2401 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Jim Crow Laws, American Civil War, Emancipation Proclamation
30 May 2017
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Chapter 16 african americans in american film and television. Central contradiction at heart of american democratic project; american society is supposed to be based on liberty and equality for all. However an institution that was inconsistent with these principles was allowed to persist in the early years of the institution. Millions of africans from the western regions of the continent were transported to america to work as slaves at plantations. Reconciled institution of slavery with principles of christianity which spoke of a creator that made all of us in his image and later the principles of equality founded in the founding documents of america. The humanity of these slaves was denied to assert their inferiority: message was reinforced in the 19th century in theatre, literature, magazines, newspapers and visual arts perpetuated discrimination. Civil war started in 1861, whether the settlement of the west would be based on free or.
