Tap Roots (1948)

Directors

George Marshall

Cast

Arthur Shields, Arthur Space, Boris Karloff, Griff Barnett, Julie London, Richard Long, Ruby Dandridge, Russell Simpson, Susan Hayward, Van Heflin, Ward Bond, William Haade

The story

A poor Mississippi farmer who has never owned slaves finds himself conscripted into the Confederate States Army to fight to defend the right of wealthy slaveowners to be able to maintain their grasp on their black property. After witnessing much deprivation and depravity, he deserts, returns home, and soon finds himself at the head of a band of former slaves, other Confederate deserters, and American Indians who had remained in Mississippi in defiance of the Indian Removal Act, fighting against the Confederacy and its sympathizers.

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