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A Woman Called Moses

A Woman Called Moses

19787.01 Season2 EpisodesEndedTV-14

Overview

A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

Created by Lonne Elder III
Written by Lonne Elder III, Marcy Heidish
Produced by Michael Jaffe, Ike Jones
NetworksNBC

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Top Cast

Cicely Tyson

Cicely Tyson

Harriet Ross Tubman

Will Geer

Will Geer

Thomas Garrett

Robert Hooks

Robert Hooks

William Still

Orson Welles

Orson Welles

Narrator (voice)

Jason Bernard

Jason Bernard

Daddy Ben Ross

John Getz

John Getz

Stewart

James B. Sikking

James B. Sikking

McCracken

Clifford David

Clifford David

Doc Thompson

Mae Mercer

Mae Mercer

Aunt Juba

Charles Weldon

Charles Weldon

Shadrack Davis

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About A Woman Called Moses

A Woman Called Moses is a drama series that first aired in 1978 exploring themes of biography, miniseries, harriet tubman. Created by Lonne Elder III, it stars Cicely Tyson, Will Geer, Robert Hooks. A television miniseries based on the life of Harriet Tubman, the escaped African American slave who helped to organize the Underground Railroad, and who led dozens of African Americans from enslavement in the Southern United States to freedom in the Northern states and Canada.

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