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Ex Libris: The New York Public Library

So they wrote a textbook, and in it, it mentioned, it was a section about slavery and it...

So they wrote a textbook, and in it, it mentioned, it was a section about slavery and it said something to the effect, I don't want to quote, but the slaves came to America as workers to lighten the load, but the thing that

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So they wrote a textbook, and in it, it mentioned,
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it was a section about slavery
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and it said something to the effect,
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I don't want to quote,
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but the slaves came to America as workers
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to lighten the load, but the thing that...
Duration
27 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
03:16:12
Uploaded
Oct 29, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
Zipporah Films,JustFilms / Ford Foundation,PBS

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Movie Summary

A look within the walls of the New York Public Library.
The significant point is when it... they were contacted, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
The significant point is when it... they were contacted,
So if you haven't heard about it, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
So if you haven't heard about it,
So this is information - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:12
So this is information
So McGraw Hill, in a geography book, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
So McGraw Hill, in a geography book,
And it's pitched to a ninth grade audience - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
And it's pitched to a ninth grade audience
And there's a little bubble that jumps out and says, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
And there's a little bubble that jumps out and says,
Now, that was egregious enough, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
Now, that was egregious enough,
So in reference to the quality of their experience - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:18
So in reference to the quality of their experience
There's an editorial board, and unfortunately - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:14
There's an editorial board, and unfortunately
The one thing I'll say, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
The one thing I'll say,
So, you do have a place - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:23
So, you do have a place
So we know that, - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
So we know that,
The black woman makes 62 cents on the dollar - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:08
The black woman makes 62 cents on the dollar
So are you supposed to walk into the marketplace - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:16
So are you supposed to walk into the marketplace
And I'm not sure where that came from - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:10
And I'm not sure where that came from
But if we don't teach our kids at an earlier date - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:19
But if we don't teach our kids at an earlier date
But I fell in love with this man - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:11
But I fell in love with this man
Tschirnhaus thinks that it's possible - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:17
Tschirnhaus thinks that it's possible
These objects can train - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:07
These objects can train
Because they exhibit - Ex Libris: The New York Public Library 00:06
Because they exhibit