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Wade in the Water

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

Changes have been made for the sake of time, but if you have already purchased "The Road Back to Equality" do NOT purchase this one as it is included within it.

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

Wade in the Water

Director’s Notes

Characters

Introduction

Judge Samuel Sewall

William Lloyd Garrison

Sojourner Truth

Frederick Douglass

Harriet Tubman

Emancipation and General Granger

Black Codes and Jim Crow Laws

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Today and Onward

Resources

Narrator: History has a way of changing, depending upon who is telling it. Well, I invite you to take a journey with me glimpsing through the true history of Negroes, Blacks, African-Americans, or whatever classification you are using today. It is a journey of a race of valiant men and women who fought their way out of prejudicial degradation.

Somehow, in man’s search of gold, we became more valuable, causing men and women of varying countries, races, social, and cultural backgrounds to lay aside what they knew was humane and morally right and to justify what was done to a race of people as nothing more than a business transaction...

Hunted like animals, stripped of family, property, inheritance, and dignity, someway, we found strength to fight and rise out of the ashes of burnt homes, severed limbs, inhumane treatment, and shattered families. We, like Harriet Tubman, chose to wade in the water, abandoning the path of slavery and move into our place of freedom....

"Wade in the Water" is one of the most informative Black History plays, giving a glimpse of African-Americans fight for the right to be seen as more than property, but humans. 

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 91 minutes (with music) . It includes the lyrics and some sheet music, it is 60 pages.

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

This is a walk through history of African-Americans' fight for the right to be seen as more than property, but humans. The right to life, liberty, justice, and pursuit of happiness in America. A great learning tool that you need to take your church, students, school, and community.

Introductory Price through January 1, 2011:  $30.99  - order your copy today! 

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