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Many Thousand Gone

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NOTE: This play is extracted from our master play, "The Road Back to Equality"

Significant changes have been made for time allotment and it some parts rewritten, so if you have already purchased "The Road Back to Equality" you may not want to purchase this one.

Table of Contents  (please click here for excerpts of the play)

Many Thousand Gone

Director’s Notes

Characters

Introduction

Spain and the Americas

Jamestown Settlement

Slavery in Full Swing

The Zong Ship

Beginning of the Revolt

General Toussaint L'Ouverture

Charles Ball

Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Memphis 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Labor Dispute

Many Thousand Gone

Resources  

"Many Thousand Gone" walks you through the journey of the struggle of African-Americans and their resilience and determination to overcome.  

A great deal of research has gone into making this compilation of plays thorough enlightening, and entertaining.

It includes lyrics to historical songs as well as some sheet music.

This play is not divided in Acts and Scenes, but in Events and Eras. It walks you through the beginning and ending of slavery in America.

This play is a great educational tool as well as a masterpiece of theatrical work.


This is play is 89 minutes (with songs) . It includes the lyrics and some sheet music, it is 57 pages.

Click here to see a detail overview with times for each era and excerpts.

A great learning tool that you need to take your church, students, school, and community.

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Play is in Adobe Reader.  Bound copies are available for $45.00