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Africans in America Part 3A - Brotherly Love (1791-1831) - 40:15 - Dec 15, 2008

Posted by Metric Clay on August 28, 2009 at 9:53am

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During its first 50 years the United States transformed itself from a small republic into an expansive democracy for white Americans. The nation tripled its population, doubled in size, and extended slavery to parts of the Western frontier. For black Americans, this same period was a contradictory mix of community-building for free blacks and entrenched enslavement for those not yet emancipated.

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