Series · 1978
A Woman Called Moses
The series
A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.
Episodes
Season 1 · 2 episodes · 1978
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Episode 111 Dec 19781h 38m
Episode 1
A Woman Called Moses stars Cicely Tyson as Harriet Tubman. In the first part of this series, we are told the story of Tubman's life as a slave. Her new owner claims to be a fair man, but treats her harshly, this provides her with the inspi…
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Episode 212 Dec 19781h 38m
Episode 2
A 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 fre…
Cast
Cicely Tyson
Harriet Ross Tubman
Will Geer
Thomas Garrett
Robert Hooks
William Still
Orson Welles
Narrator (voice)
Jason Bernard
Daddy Ben Ross
John Getz
Stewart
James B. Sikking
McCracken
Clifford David
Doc Thompson
Mae Mercer
Aunt Juba
Charles Weldon
Shadrack Davis
Dick Anthony Williams
John TubmanJean Foster
Young Harriet Tubman
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