Contains two sixty-minute audio tapes that include original live recordings of interviews conducted in the 1930s with former slaves, as well as dramatic readings by celebrities from written interviews; and includes a book that features a complete transcript of the tapes, and information about various aspects of slave life.

"Published in conjunction with the Library of Congress and as a companion to Smithsonian Productions's radio documentary". Dramatic readings by Debbie Allen, Clifton Davis, Louis Gossett, Jr., James Earl Jones, Jedda Jones, Melba Moore, and Esther Rolle. Last word in subtitle on title page is freedom. To be used with 2 sound cassettes RC 306.3 Rem