History Detectives - Season 2 Episode 7 Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House
Ventriloquist Dummy The Place: Brooklyn, New York An African American woman in Brooklyn, New York, has her father's black ventriloquist dummy, ""Sam."" Her father, John Cooper, was the first famous African American ventriloquist. In a time of minstrel stereotypes, did ""Sam"" help transform how Americans viewed race in the early 20th century? How was this dummy created and was it meant to be a protest against racial prejudice?
Witch's House? The Place: Essex County, Massachusetts Did this house once belong to an accused witch? History Detectives heads to New England to research the likelihood with local historians and a descendant of the accused witch, Martha Carrier, who was executed by hanging in 1692 during the infamous Salem Witch Trials.
Migrant Poems The Place: San Francisco, California In the first half of the 20th century, nearly 250,000 Chinese immigrants attempted to enter the United States. Because of discrimination against Chinese and laws meant to impede their pass
Year: 2014
Genre: Documentary
Country: United States of America
Studio: PBS
Director: Bernadette McDaid
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First Air Date: Jul 14, 2003
Last Air date: Jul 22, 2014
Season: 11 Season
Episode: 116 Episode
Runtime: 60 minutes
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 3.00 users
Popularity: 3.556
Language: English
Keyword : investigation
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Civil War Submarine / Red Cloud's Peace Pipe / Thomas Edison's House
Early Monopoly / Internment Artwork / Lewis and Clark Cane
Anti-Slavery Flag / Mail Order Brides / WWII Landing Craft
First Movie Studio / Hollywood: Warner's Lighter / King Kong Camera
Dueling Pistols / Little Big Horn Bayonet / Nesbit Portrait
Home of Lincoln Assassination Plot / Preston Brooks' Riding Crop / Revolutionary War Cannon
Chinese Poem / Ventriloquist's Dummy / Witch's House
Bonnie & Clyde Bullets / George Washington Portrait / Revolutionary War Poem
Lost Gold Ship / John Hunt Morgan Saddle / Cesar Chavez Banner
Continental Army Muster Roll / Pop Lloyd Baseball Stadium / Pretty Boy Floyd's Gun
Charlie Parker's Saxophone / Koranic School Book / Prison Plaque
Body in the Basement / Newport U-Boat / Shippen Golf Club