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S01E02: Episode 2A Woman Called Moses stars Cicely Tyson as real-life escaped slave Harriet Tubman. At the risk of recapture, Tubman helped organize the Underground Railroad, which enabled hundreds of enslaved African Americans to make their way to the freedom of the North. Adding to the tension are Harriet's frequent epileptic fainting spells. Orson Welles narrates this adaptation of Marcy Heidish's novel.
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Air Date:
Dec 12, 1978
Runtime:
98 minutes
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Casts:
Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Robert Hooks, Orson Welles, Jason Bernard, John Getz, James B. Sikking, Clifford David, Mae Mercer, Charles Weldon, Dick Anthony Williams, Jean Foster
