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A Woman Called Moses: 1x2

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 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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Synopsis

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.

Title A Woman Called Moses
First Air Date Dec 11, 1978
Last Air Date Dec 12, 1978
Episodes 2
Seasons 1
Companies Henry Jaffe Enterprises Inc., I.K.E. Productions
Keywords biography, miniseries, harriet tubman
Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Harriet Ross Tubman
Will Geer

Will Geer

Thomas Garrett
Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

William Still
Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)
Jason Bernard

Jason Bernard

Daddy Ben Ross
Clifford David

Clifford David

Doc Thompson
Mae Mercer

Mae Mercer

Aunt Juba
Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Shadrack Davis
Jean Foster

Jean Foster

Young Harriet Tubman