South Carolina · 1856
In Charleston, South Carolina, in the years before the Civil War, a white attorney and son of a prominent plantation owner fights to prove that a former slave is a free man — as the city slowly tears itself apart.
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Season One
01
The Caning
May 1856. A man returns from Washington carrying something he cannot put down.
02
Deed and Title
The Simmons case enters Beaumont's courtroom. William Carr begins to apply pressure.
03
The Patriarch
Robert Hale comes to Charleston. Solomon's brother enters the story.
04
What the River Knows
A second case arrives. The highest stakes the story can reach.
