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Stamped from the Beginning

Reader, I draw no imaginary picturesof Southern homes

[Harriet Jacobs] Reader, I draw no imaginary pictures
of Southern homes

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[Harriet Jacobs] Reader,
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I draw no imaginary pictures of Southern homes.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:41:04
Uploaded
Apr 12, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
One Story Up Productions,story27

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Movie Summary

A hybrid documentary/scripted feature based on Dr. Kendi's National Book Award-winning "Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas".
Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for women. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
Slavery is terrible for men, but it is far more terrible for...
[tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:26
[tense music playing]
[panting] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:33
[panting]
[Jacobs] They would hide me in Snaky Swamp - Stamped from the Beginning 00:22
[Jacobs] They would hide me in Snaky Swamp
{\an8}A place of concealment had been provided for me at my grandmother's. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:29
{\an8}A place of concealment had been provided for me at my ...
There was joy, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:18
There was joy,
Reader, my story ends with freedom. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:16
Reader, my story ends with freedom.
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent about my own history, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:09
It would have been more pleasant to me to have been silent a...
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North - Stamped from the Beginning 00:13
I do earnestly desire to arouse the women of the North
I want to convince the people of the free states - Stamped from the Beginning 00:07
I want to convince the people of the free states
[haunting music continues] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:05
[haunting music continues]
[Jackson] The dominant slave narratives in the United States - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
[Jackson] The dominant slave narratives in the United States
Harriet Jacobs is the first, and I don't think that you have - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
Harriet Jacobs is the first, and I don't think that you...
[pensive music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:22
[pensive music playing]
And ironically, historians, they assumed it was written by a white woman, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:10
And ironically, historians, they assumed it was written by a...
[sighs] ...dramatic, the story of her life, that it couldn't have been real. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
[sighs] ...dramatic, the story of her life, that it couldn&#...
Women like Harriet Jacobs, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
Women like Harriet Jacobs,
They know that their stories are not supposed to be told. - Stamped from the Beginning 00:06
They know that their stories are not supposed to be told.
So when they tell their story, - Stamped from the Beginning 00:08
So when they tell their story,
[tense music playing] - Stamped from the Beginning 00:19
[tense music playing]