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Time.Team.America.S01E03.New.Philadelphia.Illinois.HDTV.XviD-EPiSODE

TIME TEAM AMERICA is a new science-reality series from PBS that sends archaeologists on a race against time to excavate historic sites around the nation. The team has 72 hours to uncover the buried secrets of their assigned digs using the latest technology, decades of expertise and their own sharp wits. Host Colin Campbell guides each expedition as viewers peer over the shoulders of diggers, scientists and historians at work. You never know what they'll dig up next!

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http://www.pbs.org/opb/timeteam

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S01E03 - New Philadelphia, Illinois

Buried beneath farmlands in Western Illinois, lie the remains of the first American town founded by a free African American — decades before the Civil War. The story of New Philadelphia is a little-known episode from our frontier past and a dramatic testament to victory over enslavement. Born into slavery, "Free Frank" McWorter bought freedom for himself and his family from a Kentucky plantation owner, beginning with his wife Lucy in 1817. In 1830, Frank, Lucy and four of their children headed North to Illinois. After they arrived, he planted roots, started a town, and sold enough property to purchase the rest of his family out of slavery. Eventually, New Philadelphia became a thriving, multi-racial community which endured until well after the Civil War. The local landowners, descendants of the town's residents and the McWorter family want to uncover what remains of New Philadelphia to commemorate its place in history. Time Team America was invited to join the research already in progress and to help search for the schoolhouse where New Philadelphia's African American children learned to read and write in freedom.

Group : EPiSODE
Video Codec : XviD v1.2
Video Format : 1276 kb/s
Audio Format : 128 kb/s MP3 Stereo 48000 Hz
Resolution : 624x352
Aspect Ratio : 1.77:1
Euntime : 55 mins.
Framerate : 29.970 fps
Extras : N/A
Subtitles : English (CC)
Language : English (USA)
Genre : Documentary | History
IMDb Rating : 8.9/10 (134 votes)

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