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� Enslaved black people were
the largest asset of wealth that we had in this country,
and so many Americans wanted to maintain
the right of enslavement, and when I say enslavement, I'm talking about for the right
to break up families, for the right to sell
somebody's mother, somebody's kid away, for the right
to torture people. ‐ So the question of slavery and the atrocities
of the system was about the direction
that the nation would take economically but also morally
the largest asset of wealth that we had in this country,
and so many Americans wanted to maintain
the right of enslavement, and when I say enslavement, I'm talking about for the right
to break up families, for the right to sell
somebody's mother, somebody's kid away, for the right
to torture people. ‐ So the question of slavery and the atrocities
of the system was about the direction
that the nation would take economically but also morally
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‐ Enslaved black people were
the largest asset of wealth
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that we had in this country,
and so many Americans
00:00:09.258 --> 00:00:12.845
wanted to maintain
the right of enslavement,
00:00:12.845 --> 00:00:14.597
and when I say enslavement,
00:00:14.597 --> 00:00:16.014
I'm talking about for the right
to break up families,
00:00:16.014 --> 00:00:17.433
for the right to sell
somebody's mother,
00:00:17.433 --> 00:00:18.851
somebody's kid away,
00:00:18.851 --> 00:00:20.811
for the right
to torture people.
00:00:20.811 --> 00:00:22.938
‐ So the question of slavery
00:00:22.938 --> 00:00:24.982
and the atrocities
of the system
00:00:24.982 --> 00:00:27.818
was about the direction
that the nation would take
00:00:27.818 --> 00:00:30.613
economically but also morally.
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Movie Summary
The documentary-series examines Ulysses S. Grant's life story using his perspective and experiences to explore a turbulent time in history: the Civil War and Reconstruction.
