Excerpt from interview of Noel Ignatiev about slavery for the documentary "Africans in America" in which he discusses the role of ideas of white supremacy in enforcing the system of slavery in the U.S. in the 19th century.
In the full interview, he discusses the aftermath of Nat Turner's rebellion and the beginning of abolitionism, the expulsion of Native Americans to expand the system of slavery, westward expansion, slavery in the 19th century, slavery and race, fear of black equality, Frederick Douglass, free soilism, Emancipation Proclaimation as a military necessity, domination by slave owners in American society replaced by bankers and railroads, the Civil War, fugitive slaves and the underground railroad. The full interview is available through the American Archive of Public Broadcasting.