American Playhouse · SEASON 4
Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom
Episode 11 · 1985-02-25
- Drama
- Comedy
Episode overview
Charlotte Forten is a young Black woman who became an integral part of President Lincoln's 'Great Experiment'. During the Civil War, Southern troops were forced off the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia, which left 8,000 slaves as free. Miss Forten's mission was to journey south to Sea Island and lead those slaves in the transition from slavery to freedom, where she sought to give newly freed black children a decent education and chance for a better life.
113 minutes
Season 4 episodes
1. Testament1984-11-26
2. A Matter of Principle1984-12-03
3. Solomon Northup's Odyssey1984-12-10
4. Tomorrow1984-12-17
5. Go Tell It on the Mountain1985-01-14
6. Noon Wine1985-01-21
7. The Joy That Kills1985-01-28
8. Overdrawn at the Memory Bank1985-02-04
9. The Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski1985-02-11
10. Some Men Need Help1985-02-18
11. Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom1985-02-25
12. Breakfast with Les and Bess1985-03-11
13. Nightsongs1985-04-15
14. Under the Biltmore Clock1985-04-25
15. Displaced Person1985-05-06
16. The Europeans1985-05-15
17. El Norte1985-05-20
18. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (1)1985-05-27
19. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (2)1985-06-03
20. Three Sovereigns for Sarah (3)1985-06-10
21. Paper Angels1985-06-15
22. Cat on a Hot Tin Roof1985-06-24
