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Season 7, Episode 8

By the early 19th century, the United States was home to increasing numbers of free blacks, many of whom sailed to West Africa to establish the Republic of Liberia. Our contributor has long been mystified by some old family letters. One letter is from her grandmother's brother, Harvey McLeod, and it suggests that he was heading to Liberia, but did he make it there?
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Season 7 Episodes

Season 7, Episode 9
S7 E9 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 08/24/09

Season 7, Episode 8
S7 E8 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 08/16/09

Season 7, Episode 6
S7 E6 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/26/09

Season 7, Episode 5
S7 E5 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/19/09

Season 7, Episode 4
S7 E4 Length 54:44 Premiere Date 07/12/09

Season 7, Episode 3
S7 E3 Length 54:54 Premiere Date 07/05/09

Season 7, Episode 2
S7 E2 Length 54:54 Premiere Date 06/28/09

Season 7, Episode 1
S7 E1 Length 54:51 Premiere Date 06/21/09

Scottsboro Boys Stamp
Clip Length 17:48 Premiere Date 09/06/09

Civil War Bridge
Clip Length 16:55 Premiere Date 09/06/09

Web Extra: Civil War Bridge
Clip Length 16:06 Premiere Date 08/31/09

Mussolini's Dagger
Clip Length 16:53 Premiere Date 08/16/09

N.E.A.R Device
Clip Length 16:47 Premiere Date 08/16/09

Liberia Letter
Clip Length 18:10 Premiere Date 08/16/09

Provenance
Clip Length 02:13 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Trash or Treasure
Clip Length 01:55 Premiere Date 05/31/03

House Dating
Clip Length 02:06 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Real or Fake
Clip Length 02:19 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Preservation
Clip Length 01:39 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Causes of the Civil War
Clip Length 01:37 Premiere Date 05/31/03

Behind the Scenes - Flintlock Rifle
Clip Length 02:49 Premiere Date 04/27/03

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Jackie Robinson All-Stars, Modoc Basket, Special Agent Five - S8 E9

Premiered On: 08/21/2010

Does the roster on a Jackie Robinson All-Stars scorecard signal early steps toward integration of major league baseball? Then, see the name 'Toby' worked into the weave of a basket. Could it be Toby Riddle, the woman congress honored as a heroine of the Indian Wars of the American West? And, why did J. Edgar Hoover endorse a radio script, a crime suspense drama based on an FBI case?

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WB Cartoons/Galvez Papers/Mussolini Dagger - S8 E10

Premiered On: 08/28/2010

A box of cartoon drawings and cels tell an unexpected story about the early days of animation and the people behind the art. Then, why did a regional governor care enough about a slave to sign her emancipation papers? And (in a repeated segment), did a dagger once belong to Fascist Italian dictator, Benito Mussolini?

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How could one clock regulate time for an entire region, and was this that clock? Then, a document seems connected to an early controversial religion, the first founded by an American-born woman. So why is her name missing from this document? And, in an encore segment, Tukufu Zuberi investigates what went wrong during a WWII dog-training program on Cat Island.

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Yakima Canutt's Saddle; The Ni'ihau Incident; Civil War Cannon - S9 E1

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Mysterious airplane engine parts lead Eduardo Pagan to a heroic story on a forbidden Hawaiian island. Elyse Luray tries to match metal shavings to the right Civil War cannon. Wes Cowan connects a rodeo saddle to a star that changed Hollywood movie-making.

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WWII Leaflets, Tiffany Window, Spanish Civil War Eulogy - S9 E2

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Wes Cowan decodes the message and strategy behind a U.S. World War II propaganda leaflet. Researching a family heirloom, a watercolor, leads Gwen Wright to Tiffany stained-glass, and opportunity for early 20th century women. And a touching eulogy unites a nephew and a son of two American soldiers who fought in the Spanish Civil War.

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