Jane Seymour
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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble is a 2000 American television film starring Jane Seymour and directed by James Keach. It depicts the life of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble, who sees first-hand the horrors of slavery when she marries an American plantation owner.
- Drama
Apr 23, 2000 · True story from the 19th century about an English actress who marries a US plantation owner. Appalled by slavery, she dedicates her life to oppose it and her husband and help her husband's slaves in any way possible, including escaping.
- (298)
- Biography, Drama
- James Keach
- 2000-04-23
Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble. 2000 · 1 hr 55 min. TV-14. Drama. Free-spirited actress Fanny Kemble runs afoul of her plantation owner husband when she begins a crusade against slavery in the Antebellum South.
- James Keach
- January 1, 2000
- 114 min
In this true story, Fanny Kemble (Jane Seymour) is a famous star of the English stage, but while touring the United States, she gives up her career to marry wealthy American Pierce Butler...
Moving with him from Philadelphia to his Georgia plantation, Fanny sees slavery firsthand, and her outrage leads her to help the family's slaves in open defiance of her spouse....
- (3)
- James Keach
- TV-14
- Jane Seymour
At the plantation, Fanny witnesses slavery and all its horror. She shows compassion by trying to aid Joe and Harriet, among others. Fanny seeks out medical care for the ill, teaches the slaves to read, and, with the help of Dr. Huston, helps several slaves escape through the Underground Railroad.
Nov 4, 2004 · World famous actress (Seymour) on a tour in pre-Civil War America. (Carradine) the handsome southern gentleman sweeps her off her feet. But he runs a brutal slave plantation. She tries to change things but is savagely punished. Time has come for her to make the ultimate moral choice.
