Ned
This is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born freeman who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a freeman. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.
Escaped Prisoner
Una noche, dos hombres irrumpen inesperadamente en casa del doctor Mudd, exigiéndole que cure la pierna herida de uno de ellos. Al día siguiente se conoce la noticia del asesinato del presidente Lincoln y Mudd empieza a sospechar de sus huéspedes. Sin embargo, las vicisitudes del destino hacen que el acusado finalmente sea el médico. Telefilme basado en la historia del personaje real del doctor Samuel A. Mud, que fue acusado de cómplice y conspirador para el asesinato de Abraham Lincoln y condenado a trabajos forzados de por vida en la colonia penal de Fort Jefferson. La misma historia había sido adaptada a la gran pantalla anteriormente en por el maestro John Ford con "Prisionero del odio", en 1936. Esta adaptación para televisión contó con un reparto plagado de rostros conocidos, entre los que destacan el protagonista, Dennis Weaver ("McCloud"), y la estrella femenina, Susan Sullivan (la famosa Maggie de "Falcon Crest").
