Black People of the Slave South, 1850

Duration: 10

Year Published: 1971

Creator: Steve Krantz Films

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Description: Examines the relationship between the cotton gin and the development of slavery in the South. Uses historical prints to describe plantation life in a frontier setting, explaining the function of field hands, house slaves, and skilled slaves. Discusses the attitudes of slave owners toward their slaves and the problems that slaves faced even after the Emancipation Proclamation.