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RACE TO FREEDOM:
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD
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Directed by Don McBrearty
Written by Diana Braithwaite, Nancy Trites Botkin & Peter Mohan
Based on the novel Underground to Canada by Barbara Smucker
| Janet Bailey | Sarah |
| Courtney B. Vance | Thomas |
| Glynn Turman | Solomon |
| Dawnn Lewis | Cissy |
| Michael Riley | Dr. Alexander Ross |
| Alfre Woodard | Harriet Tubman |
| Nigel Bennett | Levi Coffin |
| Tim Reid | Frederick Douglass |
| Ron Small | Ben |
| Slaves risk their lives to escape to Canada the famous secret escape network. |
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race01.wav "Well, the slavers are out again. They watch the warehouse by day and night now. Still, it certainly makes the work more challenging." |
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race02.wav "Actually, it was the slavers and the bounty catchers who first called us that. They use to say that if a runaway got to Ohio, he'd disappear and go underground all the way to freedom. A compliment on our success." |
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race03.wav "Indeed. Friend Alexander has just had his first experience as a conductor." |
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race04.wav "And Friend Harriett - she's carried more slaves to freedom than anyone I know." race05.wav |
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race06.wav "Our friend Alexander has told me of thy Sarah. We will telegraph our stations to watch for her and give her news of thee if she be found." |
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