Roots: The Gift (1988)

Directors

Kevin Hooks

Cast

LeVar Burton, Louis Gossett jr., Shaun Cassidy, Jerry Hardin

The story

In December 1775, Cletus Moyer is a free black Northerner in colonial America, working with a pre-Underground Railroad network to help slaves escape captivity. In the days just prior to Christmas, a group of bounty hunters led by Hattie Carraway captures Moyer near the Parker plantation in Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Because of his capture, dozens of slaves who have already left their plantations in escape attempts are in danger of being captured as well.

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