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Radio 4,19 Sep 2008,15 mins

Southern Planters and Black Slaves

America, Empire of Liberty

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Series charting the history of America, written and presented by David Reynolds. The English settled in Virginia and Maryland. Tobacco became an important crop and slaves from Africa were introduced.

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