The Liberators
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Kenneth Johnson
Robert Carradine
Larry B Scott
Cynthia Dale
Renee Jones
Bumper Robinson
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Synopsis
Two young men, one white, one black, together lead runaway slaves on the dangerous journey from the American South to freedom in Canada in the years preceding the Civil War. John Fairchild, a member of the white plantation class in Virginia, and his best friend Bill Jackson, a slave, travel together up North in 1849. On the way, they take other slaves who are escaping into their care, bringing them safely across the border. The trip has a far reaching effect on their lives, for as word spreads of their daring journey, they are persuaded to bring other slaves to freedom. They travel back to the South, and begin a career of danger that continues for 12 years.
Director
Kenneth Johnson
Cast
Robert Carradine
Larry B Scott
Cynthia Dale
Renee Jones
Bumper Robinson
Caryn Ward
James B Douglas
Denis Forest
James Mainprize
Marsha Moreau
Ken Pogue
Chris Wiggins
Tonya Williams
Barry Edward Blake
George Buza
Herb J Chambers
Alexander Chapman
Gene Clark
Warren Davis
Michael Donaghue
Arlene Duncan
Yohance Dyer
Blain Fairman
Lorena Gale
Barbara Harris
Paul Horruzey
David W Hudson
David Hughes
Patricia Idlette
Nicholas Kilbertus
Gene Mack
Paul Mayers
Andrew Moodie
Benjamin Newton
Sandi Ross
Danovan Spence
Henderson Walcott
Barry Blake
Crew
Jacques M Bradette
Jeanne Marie Byrd
Joe Harnell
Kenneth Johnson
Kenneth Johnson
Lynda Kemp
George Koblasa
Ed Lahti
Philip Lathrop
Alan Marks
Barbara Palmer
Peter Shewchuk
Raymond G Storey
Malcolm Tanner
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Miscellaneous Notes
Aired in United States February 8, 1987
For its location shots, the film made use of historically preserved Upper Canada Village, and Dundurn Castle in Hamilton, Ontario.
