1.   For the finale, Tate portrayed a slave named Luther and his master, James McVicar.

2.   In the last skit of the evening, Curtis Tate portrayed a slave named Luther and his master, James McVicar.

3.   Later, in a burlap costume, she portrayed a slave named Secundia, who had just learned that her mother had died on another plantation.

4.   Neither woman apologizes for portraying slaves.

5.   The publications provoked slaveholders into publishing counter-narratives that portrayed slaves as intelligent people who loved being part of the plantation family.

6.   The slaves are portrayed as quietly influencing events, making things happen for their betterment.

7.   Through a boxwood hedge, the writer observed actors portraying slaves debating the rights and wrongs of rebellion.

8.   Black actors who portray slaves at Colonial Willamsburg complain that they are being typecast, underpaid and denied advancement.

9.   Richard Josey, who portrays the slave Peter, said the program seems to have really struck a chord with children.