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Race to Freedom” is a powerful two-hour cablefilm that breaks from the Black History Month staples of documentaries and repeats, by exploring the lives of the men and women, blacks and whites, who risked all for freedom.

The story is set in 1850.

The recently enacted Fugitive Slave Act allows slaves who have run away to the Northern “free states” to be recaptured and returned to their owners — meaning that runaways had to force their way even further north, into Canada.

Joe (Roy Lewis) and his 18-year-old sister Sarah (Janet Bailey) are owned by Col.

Fairling (James Blendick). Sarah’s intended, Thomas (Courtney Vance), plans to run away and wants Sarah to join him, but she believes the risk is too great.

Col. Fairling plays host to Alexander Ross (Michael Riley), who is actually a “conductor” sent to seek out slaves willing to make the journey on the Underground Railroad.

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