Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble

Jane Seymour stars in this made-for-cable biographical drama as Fanny Kemble, a popular British stage actress of the 19th Century who, at the height of her career, quit acting to marry Pierce Butler, a successful planter in the American South. Kemble was deeply disturbed by the treatment of slaves on her husband’s plantation, which she soon discovered was par for the course in the South at that time. Eventually, her disgust led her to leave her husband, become an outspoken activist for abolition, and write a book about slavery in America — Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation, which caused a scandal in her native England and led to British support of the Union during the Civil War. Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble also stars Keith Carradine and James Keach., Fanny Kemble was the superstar of her day, a celebrated actress, poet and musician from one of the best-known families in England. She hobnobbed with Kings and Queens and was afforded all the privilege of a 19th century lady. Yet the very hands that touch those of royalty, would soon be scrubbing filthy living quarters of slaves., Fanny Kemble was a woman who was far ahead of her time. At one time an actress, poet and musician in England, Fanny left her home and eventually married a wealthy American lawyer. But when she moved to her husband’s estate in Georgia and took up the cause to free slaves, her marriage was torn apart in this compelling true-life story. With her husband’s rage now focused on her, and at great personal cost to herself and her family, Fanny does the unthinkable – she publishes a memoir detailing the horrors of slavery, which ultimately changes the course of history., Famous 19th-century British actress Fanny Kemble (Jane Seymour) becomes involved with the Underground Railroad after she marries an American lawyer (Keith Carradine). James Keach, Janet Laine-Green, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, Arlene Duncan, Richard Yearwood., This is the moving life story of celebrated actress and writer Fanny Kemble who dedicated her life to abolishing the practice of slavery and supporting the Underground Railroad. After witnessing the appalling treatment of Southern slaves, Fanny felt compelled to assist runaway slaves and publish her personal journal in order to bring about political change., Jane Seymour and Keith Carradine star in this compelling drama based on the true story of Fanny Kemble, the 19th-century Englishwoman who sacrificed everything she held dear to defend her belief that slavery was an indefensible evil. A superstar actress, poet and musician of her time, she mingled with royalty and high society, but very soon the hands that had touched those of the Queen of England would be scrubbing the filthy quarters of slaves. Horrified by the conditions she discovered on her husband’s plantations in Georgia, Fanny made a decision that devastated their marriage – and altered the course of social history.