Introduction: The Downward Spiral (1:00); Dutch West India Company and Slaves (5:22); Life for New Amsterdam Slaves (4:14); Half Freedom (3:35); Indentured Servitude (5:03); Emanuel Driggus and Slave Children (6:11); Frances Driggus Court Records (5:34); Racial Slavery Becomes Law (3:59); Expansion of Slave Trade (3:12); Human Cargo (3:14); Industrial Slavery (5:06); Resistance and Stono Rebellion (6:24); Credits: The Downward Spiral (0:45);
New York Conspiracy of 1741 (5:27); System of Exploitation (1:59); Thomas Jefferson and Jupiter (2:33); Slave Resistance and Culture (3:24); Family Separation (2:39); Titus Runs Away (2:39); Mum Bett Overhears Colonist Plotting (3:06); Slave Petitions and the Declaration of Independence (4:51); Colonel Tye and Black Soldiers (3:19); "Central Cause of Freedom" (2:01); Mum Bett Sues for Freedom (1:55); Slavery in the Constitution (2:20); Emancipation Movement (3:06); David Walker's Appeal (7:31); Maria Stewart Speaks Out (6:03); Credits: Liberty in the Air (0:46);
Harriet Jacobs Autobiography (9:07); Jacobs' Lover and the Church (3:19); Nat Turner's Rebellion (3:05); Jacobs Escapes (5:15); Deep South (5:59); Solomon Northup Abducted (3:08); Louis Hughes Enslaved (3:02); Slaveholders Gain Political Clout (2:51); Hughes Attempts Escape (2:24); Jacobs Joins Abolition Movement (5:22); Fugitive Slave Act (2:59); Hughes' Children Die (1:34); Political Turmoil (4:45); Credits: Seeds of Destruction (0:47);
Robert Smalls Escapes (3:44); Smalls Early Years (4:32); Precursors to Civil War (2:22); Smalls and Crew Steal the Planter (6:52); Black Soldiers (3:58); Emancipation Proclamation (2:34); War Ends (2:07); Lincoln Assassination (4:45); New Amendments (2:07); Smalls Returns, Enters Politics (2:13); White Backlash (3:29); Rifle Club Murders Black Militia Members (4:31); Compromise of 1877 (5:24); Rise of Jim Crow (4:38); Credits: Challenge of Freedom (0:48);