Solomon Northup's Odyssey

A free Black man from New York is tricked, kidnapped, and sold into slavery in the South, where he endures twelve years of brutal servitude before finding a way to contact his family and secure his freedom.

Cast

Avery Brooks

as Solomon Northup

Rhetta Greene

as Jenny

Mason Adams

as Ford

Emory Beasley

as Alonzo

Kent Broadhurst

as Bass

Lee Bryant

as Mrs. Epps

Charles Darden

as Robert

Tony Dreyspool

as Senator Soule

Anthony Edenfield

as Ned

Art Evans

as Walton

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