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The Contradictions of Fair Hope

THE CONTRADICTIONS OF FAIR HOPE

Directed by S. Epatha Merkerson, Rockell Metcalf
United States, 2012
Documentary

Synopsis

Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed “benevolent societies” to respond to abject hunger, illness, and the fear of a pauper’s grave.

Synopsis

Go inside a virtually untold aspect of American history, when newly freed slaves throughout the South formed “benevolent societies” to respond to abject hunger, illness, and the fear of a pauper’s grave.