Ple ase note\, doors will open at 1:00 p.m. Screening will begin at approximat ely 1:15 p.m.
\nRadicals. Agitators. Troublemake rs. Liberators. Called by many names\, the abolitionists tore the nation a part in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women\, black and wh ite\, Northerners and Southerners\, poor and wealthy\, these passionate an ti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil righ ts crusade in American history. What began as a pacifist movement fueled b y persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever c hanged the nation.
\nBringing to life the intertwined stori es of Frederick Douglass\, William Lloyd Garrison\, Angelina Grimké\ ;\, Harriet Beecher Stowe\, and John Brown\, The Abolitionists \;takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history\, amid white-hot religious passions that set souls on fire\, and bitter debates over the meaning of the Constitution and the nature of race . It reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others\, setting t he nation on a collision course. In the face of personal risks &mdash\; be atings\, imprisonment\, even death &mdash\; abolitionists held fast to the ir cause\, laying the civil rights groundwork for the future and raising w eighty constitutional and moral questions that are with us still. \;
\nCaptioning provided on screen.
\nOrigin ally aired on PBS\, January 2013
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