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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

Slaves Without Masters is the idea of the Northern workingmen for Fitzhugh

Slaves Without Masters is the idea of the Northern workingmen for Fitzhugh

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Slaves Without Masters is the idea
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of the Northern workingmen for Fitzhugh.
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6 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
02:36:57
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
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documentary
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Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no masters. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
He says, "Look what happens when slaves have no...
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
"We in Southern society have figured out the remedy
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
John C. Calhoun, also a Southern ideologue,
The problem of capital and labor in America - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
The problem of capital and labor in America
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
Richard Hofstadter, one of the famous American historians,
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter class." - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
He puts "Fitzhugh, the marks of the planter...
You have a critique of this supposedly free society, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
You have a critique of this supposedly free society,
One, that as Marx says, "The working people knew," - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:09
One, that as Marx says, "The working people knew,"
This is in the address that Marx writes to Lincoln. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
This is in the address that Marx writes to Lincoln.
On behalf of the International Workingmen's Association, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
On behalf of the International Workingmen's...
And he says, "The workingmen knew, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:38
And he says, "The workingmen knew,
Because the workers' revolution, insofar as Marx was concerned, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
Because the workers' revolution, insofar as Marx was...
So in this sense, what we have - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
So in this sense, what we have
If one end is Karl Marx - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
If one end is Karl Marx
Lincoln says, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:13
Lincoln says,
The definition of that free society, they disagree on. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
The definition of that free society, they disagree on.
Those two groups of people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
Those two groups of people,
It's been good for him. - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
It's been good for him.
Let's hear it, New York! - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:05
Let's hear it, New York!
Genet took these very marginalized people, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:15
Genet took these very marginalized people,