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May 2, 2001 · Murder, She Wrote: The Last Free Man: Directed by Anthony Pullen Shaw. With Angela Lansbury, Phylicia Rashad, Michael Jace, David Ogden Stiers. A disturbing link is made between Jessica Fletcher's (Dame Angela Lansbury's) family history and the death of a slave in the 1860s.
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Jessica Fletcher attends a lecture in Virginia given by Dr. Cassandra Hawkins about the murder of a white plantation owner on his wedding night in the 1860s. While at the lecture, Jessica learns that her distant aunt, Sarah McCullough, owned a slave named Sam Pinckney and that he may have been...
Victim: Robert Mercer, Samuel Pinckney. Cause of Death: Gunshot. Killers: Charles Hobbs (Robert), Jed Mcnell (Samuel) Motive: Robert was helping set slaves free with the underground railroad and Charles didn't want him setting them free: Samuel tried to escape with Bess and Jeremiah but Jed spotted him.
Jessica investigates the death of a slave who was accused of murdering a plantation owner in the 1860s.
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Jessica Fletcher discovers a shocking old family secret that leads her on a journey to the deep South to bring to light the mysterious details surrounding the death of a slave owned by one of her long dead ancestors in the mid-1800s.
Phylicia Rashad guests as a black author trying to see if she can vindicate her great-grandfather of murder. We view a tale of misery through slavery, the revelation of the Underground Railroad, as well as bigotry at its worst.
