Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble (2000)

It tore her world apart.

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.

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  • Release Date: 2000-04-23
  • Runtime: 2h 0min
  • Director: James Keach

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  • Cast

    • Jane Seymour

      Fanny Kemble Butler

    • Keith Carradine

      Pierce Butler

    • Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

      Joe

    • Janet-Laine Green

      Elizabeth Sedgwick

    • James Keach

      Dr. Huston

    • Arlene Duncan

      Harriet

    • Eugene Byrd

      Jack

    • Sharon Washington

      Psyche

    • Brett Porter

      Owen Parker

    • Gerard Parkes

      Charles Kemble

    • Kayla Perlmutter

      Young Sarah

    • Bernard Browne

      Sam Swift

    • Catherine Hayos

      Julia

    • Rick Demas

      Brutus

    • Jackie Richardson

      Daphne

    • Peter Mensah

      Quaka

    • Esther Cañadas

      Esther

    • Lili Francks

      Aunt Jerusalem

    • Colin Fox

      John Quincy Adams

    • François Klanfer

      Daniel Webster

    • Richard Yearwood

      Habersham