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.
as Fanny Kemble Butler
as Pierce Butler
as Joe
as Elizabeth Sedgwick
as Dr. Huston
as Harriet
as Jack
as Psyche
as Owen Parker
as Charles Kemble
as Young Sarah
as Sam Swift
as Julia
as Brutus
as Daphne
as Quaka
as Esther
as Aunt Jerusalem
as John Quincy Adams
as Daniel Webster
as Habersham
