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Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney

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Birthing a Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney
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Birthing A Nation: The Resistance of Mary Gaffney explores the story of forced reproduction in the antebellum South and reveals the agency of Mary Gaffney, an enslaved woman who takes control of her body and fertility.
StarringTera HunterJennifer L. Morgan
DirectorNazenet Habtezghi

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Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Liza Burnett Fefferman, Sheila Nevins, Nina L. Diaz, Stanley Nelson
Production Companies:MTV Documentary Films, Firelight Media