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Down the River

1918MovieDrama

Abraham Lincoln travels to New Orleans in an unsuccessful attempt to reunite a Negro boy with his mother who was kidnapped in Illinois and sold into slavery.

DirectorBenjamin Chapin
ProducerBenjamin Chapin

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Cast · Directed by Benjamin Chapin

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Benjamin Chapin
Abraham Lincoln

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