Roots of resistance : the story of the Underground Railroad [(DVD) videorecording] / a Roja Productions film for American Experience ; written by Theodore Thomas ; co-produced by Susan Bellows ; produced and directed by Orlando Bagwell.
1 videodisc (approximately 56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
System Details
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby Digital, NTSC.
Language
Closed-captioned.
Note
Title from container.
Originally broadcast on American Experience in 2005.
Credits
Narrator, Ruby Dee.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
At the time of the Civil War, one of every eight people living in the United States was considered the legal property of someone else. Men and women, black and white, risked their lives to carve an elaborate network of escape routes out of slavery that became known as the Underground Railroad. A loosely organized group of deeply committed individuals who employed everything from secret codes to false-bottom wagons to bring fugitives out of bondage to havens of freedom.