Episode Detail: A Fatal Contradiction (1700-1861) - Freedom: A History of Us
“A Fatal Contradiction (1700-1861)” explores slavery in the U.S. Voices include Morgan Freeman (Frederick Douglass); Tom Hanks (Abraham Lincoln); Dabney Coleman (Stephen A. Douglas); Brad Pitt (William Lloyd Garrison); Whoopi Goldberg (Harriet Tubman); Anthony Hopkins (Robert Walsh); Samuel L. Jackson (Henry Highland Garnet); Matthew McConaughey (Alexander Stephens); Philip Bosco (Frederick Law Olmstead); Chevy Chase (Levi Coffin); Ralph Fiennes (Charleston eyewitness); and Ving Rhames (Josiah Henson).
Episodes: Freedom: A History of Us - 16 total Episodes
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2/21/2003: Becoming Free
Season 1, Episode 16
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2/21/2003: Marching to Freedom Land
Season 1, Episode 15
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2/14/2003: Let Freedom Ring
Season 1, Episode 14
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2/14/2003: Democracy and Struggles
Season 1, Episode 13
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2/7/2003: Depression and War
Season 1, Episode 12
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2/7/2003: Safe for Democracy
Season 1, Episode 11
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1/31/2003: Yearning to Breathe Free
Season 1, Episode 10
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1/31/2003: Working for Freedom
Season 1, Episode 9
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1/24/2003: Whose Land Is This?
Season 1, Episode 8
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1/24/2003: What Is Freedom?
Season 1, Episode 7
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1/19/2003: Wake Up America (1788-1848)
Season 1, Episode 4
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1/19/2003: Liberty for All? (1620-1849)
Season 1, Episode 3
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1/17/2003: A War to End Slavery (1861-1865)
Season 1, Episode 6
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1/17/2003: A Fatal Contradiction (1700-1861)
Season 1, Episode 5
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1/12/2003: Revolution (1776-1809)
Season 1, Episode 2
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1/12/2003: Independence (1765-1776)
Season 1, Episode 1
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