# Traveling the Freedom Road: From Slavery and the Civil War Through Reconstruction

The book draws on interviews with former slaves in the Library of Congress collections to convey the aspirations, sorrows, courage and hopes of ordinary people living through this period. More than 80 archival images complement the text. Major events covered include the rise of the domestic slave trade, the Emancipation Proclamation and the Republican Congress' Reconstruction policies.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2009
- By: Library Of Congress
- Genres: War, Education, History
- Archive: [Library of Congress](https://www.loc.gov/item/2021688064/)
- Licence or status: Rights statement at the Library of Congress (as the archive states it)
- Credit: Library of Congress
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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