New PBS Series: The Abolitionists January 8, 2013 [quote type=”center”] The story of how abolitionist allies William Lloyd Garrison, Frederick Douglass, Harriet Beecher Stowe, John Brown and Angelina Grimke turned a despised fringe movement against chattel slavery into a force that literally changed the nation. [/quote] PBS will be airing a new American Experience episode, a three part series entitled “The Abolitionists,” beginning Tuesday, January 8th. Find out more… [button link=”http://video.pbs.org/video/2274405136/” color=”lightblue” newwindow=”yes”] An American Experience: The Abolitionists[/button]