This accompanies a series of broadcasts on American public radio which collected many of the surviving audio recordings of ex-slaves which were made in the 1920s and 1930s throughout the United States. Put together by the Smithsonian Institute and supporting the 1998 book of the same name. The audiovisual part of the website is divided into five sections which looks at slavery in general, the work and home life of slaves and the adjustment to freedom and requires Real Audio to work, which can create some problems for Mac users - the site does offer help on how to overcome it however.