Fanny Kemble is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she gives up her career to marry wealthy American Pierce Butler. Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse. Undaunted by the consequences, Fanny eventually writes a book that strengthens the anti-slavery movement.
Directed by James Keach
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Cast

Jane Seymour
Fanny Kemble Butler

Keith Carradine
Pierce Butler

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje
Joe

Janet-Laine Green
Elizabeth Sedgwick

James Keach
Dr. Huston

Arlene Duncan
Harriet

Eugene Byrd
Jack

Sharon Washington
Psyche

Brett Porter
Owen Parker

Gerard Parkes
Charles Kemble
Kayla Perlmutter
Young Sarah
Bernard Browne
Sam Swift
Catherine Hayos
Julia
Rick Demas
Brutus
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