
Morgan Freeman
Narrator


A documentary of the history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies through the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction, this series examines the integral role slavery played in shaping the new country and challenges the long held notion that it was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Remarkable stories of individual slaves offer fresh perspectives on the slave experience.

Morgan Freeman
Narrator
Jordan Brown
Petitioner
Fred Johnson
Reenactor

Joan Collins
Reenactor

Uzo Aduba
David Walker's Wife

Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Minister

Isiah Whitlock Jr.
Petitioner

Daphne Reid
Harriet Jacobs

Gary Graham
Reenactor

Carl Lumbly
Salomon Northup

Daniel Oreskes
Thomas Jefferson

Joe Holt
Robert Smalls

Cornell Womack
Louis Hughes

Chinasa Ogbuagu
Reenactor

Jordan Murphy
Reenactor
Chauncey Herring
Reenactor
Justin Jackson
Reenactor
Don Pentz
Reenactor
Virginia M. Pinckney
Reenactor