Slave Catchers, Slave Resisters
Slavery was built on a brutal system of slave policing--enforced by armed community patrols, paid slave catchers, and federal law. While slave catchers were usually successful, the bounty hunters' bloodhounds were occasionally defeated by the intelligence and courage of the enslaved. In the North, slave catchers had to contend with an organized and armed free black community. Using recreations, archival material, and scholar interviews, SLAVE CATCHERS, SLAVE RESISTERS brings a story to life that has never before been portrayed on film. Through the lens of time, these tales demonstrate that within the darkness, there was also light. For even when freedom seemed no more than an elusive dream, the enslaved and their supporters struggled for the day when America could be America...for all its people.  when America could be America...for all its people.