The Abolitionists 11 years old

To create a more perfect union, they tore the nation apart.

Radicals. Agitators. Troublemakers. Liberators. Called many names, the abolitionists tore the nation apart in order to create a more perfect union. Men and women, black and white, Northerners and Southerners, poor and wealthy—these passionate anti-slavery activists fought body and soul in the most important civil rights crusade in American history. What began as a pacifist movement fueled by persuasion and prayer became a fiery and furious struggle that forever changed the nation. The Abolitionists takes place during some of the most violent and contentious decades in American history. It reveals how the movement shaped history by exposing the fatal flaw of a republic founded on liberty for some and bondage for others. In the face of personal risks—beating, imprisonment, even death—abolitionists held fast to their cause, laying the civil rights groundwork for the future and raising weighty constitutional and moral questions that are still with us today.

Credits

The Abolitionists Cast

Name Character
Neal Huff as William Lloyd Garrison
Oliver Platt He was 52, now 64 years old as Narrator (voice)
Richard Brooks He was 100, 79 years old when he died as Frederick Douglass
Kate Lyn Sheil She was 27, now 39 years old as Harriet Beecher Stowe
T. Ryder Smith He was 54, now 66 years old as John Brown
Jeanine Serralles as Angelina Grimké

The Abolitionists Crew

Name Department
Tim Cragg as Director of Photography. Camera
Caroline Aragon as Production Supervisor. Production
The Abolitionists (11 years)

To create a more perfect union, they tore the nation apart.

  • Release day: Tuesday, January 08, 2013
  • Runtime: 160 minutes