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 Lait, who helps Jackson unite ex-slaves and white tenant farmers.
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as Gideon Jackson
DeceasedBorn: January 17, 1942
Died: June 3, 2016
Age at death: 74
as Abner Lait
DeceasedBorn: June 22, 1936
Died: September 28, 2024
Age at death: 88
as Francis Cardoza
DeceasedBorn: September 1, 1937
Died: January 14, 2004
Age at death: 66
as Stephen Holmes
DeceasedBorn: July 21, 1943
Died: December 31, 2014
Age at death: 71
as President Ulysses S. Grant
DeceasedBorn: January 24, 1918
Died: April 16, 1994
Age at death: 76
as Narrator
DeceasedBorn: December 18, 1917
Died: February 4, 2005
Age at death: 87
as Rachel Jackson (as Barbara-O Jones)
AliveBorn: December 12, 1925
Age: 100
as Brother Peter
DeceasedBorn: September 10, 1927
Died: September 2, 2006
Age at death: 78
as James Allenby
DeceasedBorn: December 2, 1907
Died: February 2, 1990
Age at death: 82
as Ellen Allenby
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Ruth Lait
AliveBorn: May 17, 1941
Age: 85
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
as Trooper
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Hannibal
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as Katie
AliveBorn: November 8, 1952
Age: 73
Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA
as Sheriff Bentley
DeceasedBorn: July 1, 1928
Died: July 28, 1993
Age at death: 65
as Jason Hugar
AliveBorn: August 28, 1935
Age: 91
Valdosta, Georgia, USA
as Marion Jefferson
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Louise Jefferson
DeceasedBorn: October 28, 1941
Died: July 17, 2001
Age at death: 59
as Will Boone
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as Frank Carlson
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as Older Jeff Jackson
AliveBorn: January 24, 1954
Age: 72
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
as Young Jeff Jackson
AliveBirth date not on record.
as Older Marcus Jackson
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as Young Marcus Jackson
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as Lawyer Greene
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as Isaac Went
DeceasedBorn: August 2, 1911
Died: September 1, 1984
Age at death: 73
as Mrs. Carter
DeceasedBorn: May 12, 1919
Died: January 11, 2014
Age at death: 94
as 1st White Trash Delegate
AliveBirth date not on record.
as 2nd White Trash Delegate
DeceasedBorn: May 20, 1933
Died: February 23, 2019
Age at death: 85
as Major at Convention
AliveBorn: September 13, 1939
Age: 86
Fayetteville, North Carolina, USA
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