Title Africans in America. Part 1, The terrible transformation. Interview with Peter Wood, professor of history, Duke University. 1 of 2 / [produced by WGBH]

Published Boston, MA : WGBH Educational Foundation, [1998]

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Description 1 online resource (113 min.) Summary Peter Wood is interviewed about the first settlers who came to America, the need for labor in Jamestown, English Protestantism, the implications of tobacco on labor needs in Virginia, the Africans' arrival in 1619, inheriting the mother's slave status, the shift from indentured servitude to lifelong slavery, the difference between being a slave and a servant, the meaning of indentured servants, and the Africans' experience Notes Title from resource description page (viewed September 12, 2017) Performer Interviewee: Peter Wood Notes In English Subject Wood, Peter H., 1943- -- Interviews SUBJECT Wood, Peter H., 1943- fast Subject African Americans -- History -- To 1863. Slavery -- United States -- History -- 17th century African Americans Slavery SUBJECT United States -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140131 Virginia -- History -- Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85143765 Subject United States Virginia Genre/Form interviews. History Interviews Unedited footage Interviews. Unedited footage. Interviews. Form Streaming video Author Bagwell, Orlando, director, producer Bellows, Susan, producer Wood, Peter H., 1943- interviewee. WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), production company.

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