Videocassette release of the 1985 PBS television program American Playhouse. "34890" Melba Moore, Mary Alice, Ned Beatty.
Summary:
Drama based on the true story of Charlotte Forten, a young black woman who proposed a unique experiment to President Lincoln. During the Civil War, Southern troops were forced off the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia, which left 8,000 slaves as free. Miss Forten's mission was to lead those slaves in the transition from slavery to freedom, and prove to the nation that they were equal.
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