Freedom Road
1979, drama
186 minutes
Ex-slave and former Union soldier Gideon Jackson represents other ex-slaves at the constitutional convention, and is soon elected to the U.S. Senate despite opposition from white landowners, law enforcement and the KKK. He unites with sharecropper Abner...
Cast
Gideon Jackson
Abner Lait
Francis Cardoza
Stephen Holmes
President Ulysses S. Grant
Narrator
Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
Brother Peter
James Allenby
Ellen Allenby
Ruth Lait
Trooper
Hannibal
Katie
Sheriff Bentley
Jason Hugar
Marion Jefferson
Louise Jefferson
Will Boone
Frank Carlson
Older Jeff Jackson
Young Jeff Jackson
Older Marcus Jackson
Young Marcus Jackson
Lawyer Greene
Isaac Went
Mrs. Carter
1st White Trash Delegate
2nd White Trash Delegate
Major at Convention
Mrs. Ganfret
Major Walsh
Uncle Baddy
3rd White Trash Delegate
Jimmy Lait
Black Delegate
Yankee Boss
Gen. Ganfret
Dudley Carwell
Convention Speaker
Soldier
Auctioneer
Young Black Man with Scars
Mrs. Dupre
Wounded Redshirt
Well-Dressed Black Delegate
Clair Willis
Roger Dupre
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