The rebellion may have caused stricter laws on slaves, but ultimately it was the right step in gaining slaves freedom.
In the 1915’s movie, D.W Griffith showed another point of view in his creation of “Birth of a Nation”. Griffith was praised and hated for this because of historical references explained in the movie. Griffith is often criticized about being a hardcore racist because of the movies theme; However, I believe that he was a victim of the society of that time. Griffith was raised during a time where lynching and race-riot mobs were casualties. He was a product of his surroundings and exploited them to their full potential.
This film portrays the Ku Klux Klan as the heroes, while negroes were the villains. Surprisingly, the problem was not slavery itself but the mixing of the races. Mulatto were threatening racial purity. This was shown in the scene when the white woman took her life by jumping off a cliff, rather than being raped by a Negro. Also, in 1915, Griffith presented a film that is three-plus-hours long with different angles was all the rage. Griffith created a scene that built suspense. For example, towards the end, the Ku Klux Klan came to the white woman and white man