All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5
The powerful story of an enslaved woman who sued and won her family’s freedom in 1832.
All God's Children | The History of White People in America, Episode 5 Independent Lens
In this moving, animated short, poet Ashley M. Jones offers a lyrical historical account of Ann Williams, an enslaved Black woman who won her freedom in the 1830s. When faced with the torturous fate of being separated from her family and sold into Southern slavery, Williams took a literal leap of faith to avoid the dreadful mandate.
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