Freedom's A Hard Bought Thing
Set in the American South, the story follows an enslaved man who becomes consumed by the idea of freedom, accompanied by outstanding choral performances from the Juanita Hall Singers.
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A free company was an army of mercenaries between the 12th and 14th centuries recruited by private employers during wars. They acted independently of any government, and were thus "free". They regularly made a living by plunder when they were not employed; in France they were called routiers and écorcheurs and operated outside the highly structured law of arms. The term "free company" is most often applied to those companies of soldiers which formed after the Peace of Brétigny during the Hundred Years' War and were active mainly in France, but it has been applied to other companies, such as the Catalan Company and companies that operated elsewhere, such as in Italy and the Holy Roman Empire.
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“Freedom's A Hard Bought Thing.” The Free Company. Radio broadcast, March 23, 1941.
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