revolutionaries

Introduces the life of Crispus Attucks, a former slave who died in the Boston Massacre, a fight between the British and American colonists that occurred before the American Revolution. Presented in Spanish.

Tells the life story of the Cuban patriot and poet.

A biography of eighteenth-century Romantic poet William Wordsworth, discussing his sexual experience, his complex relationship with his sister Dorothy, his affair with Annette Vallon, and his suspected activities as a spy for the British Secret Service.

Chronicles the life of Irish revolutionary Edward Fitzgerald, and discusses his involvement in the American War of Independence, the Irish Parliament, and the Iroquois tribes in America.

Profiles Robert Carter III, a Virginian who wrote the Deed of Gift and set free nearly 500 slaves in a single act of liberation prior to the Emancipation Proclamation. Carter built a church for blacks and whites and offered protection of and privileges for slaves that created conflict with neighbors, friends, family, and government officials. Examines why and how Carter succeeded in his action and why he is rarely mentioned in historical accounts of American slavery.