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The North Star

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The North Star is the story of Benjamin 'Big Ben' Jones and Moses Hopkins, two slaves who escaped from a Virginia plantation and made their way to freedom in Buckingham, Pennsylvania in 1849. Big Ben's 6'10" size and a record bounty for…

DirectorThomas K. Phillips
WritersThomas K. Phillips·Tim O'Connell

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Cast · Directed by Thomas K. Phillips

JT
Jeremiah Trotter
'Big Ben' Jones
TJThomas C. Bartley Jr.
Thomas C. Bartley Jr.
Moses Hopkins
CPClifton Powell
Clifton Powell
Mr. Lee
JDJohn Diehl
John Diehl
Master Anderson
KDKeith David
Keith David
Frederick Douglass

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