The Great Argument: Slavery and Antislavery (Scripting: TV Documentary)
FAIN: GN-21929-84
Yale University (New Haven, CT 06510-1703)
William Peters (Project Director: July 1983 to October 1990)
To support the writing of a revised script for a television film exploring the pre-Civil War debate over slavery. Three actors in modern dress present a pro-slavery, anti-slavery, and a black perspective and, in narrating the history, adopt the roles of historical figures.