Lincoln's Dilemma

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Discover a side of Abraham Lincoln you've never seen before. In this four-part docuseries, a diverse panel of historians and rare archival materials offer a more nuanced look into the man dubbed the Great Emancipator.

"History is never made by just one."

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Miniseries2022

6.118743h 41m

	Ep	Title	Rating	Yours	Votes	Runtime
▶	1	The Anti-Slavery Candidate	6.2	+ 12345678910	52	58 min
▶	2	So You See, The Man Moves	6.2	+ 12345678910	47	54 min
▶	3	A New Birth of Freedom	5.9	+ 12345678910	45	52 min
▶	4	A Sacred Effort	5.9	+ 12345678910	43	57 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Jeffrey Wright Narrator

Leslie Odom Jr. Frederick Douglass

Bill Camp Abraham Lincoln

Jeff McNeal Jefferson Davis, Edward Gorsuch, Stephen Douglas, Alexander Stevens, Edward Bates, Salmon Chase, Indiana Democrat Newspaper, New York Herald Newspaper, Sergeant at Gettysburg

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