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S01E01: Episode 1

The first episode develops the relationship between James Jackson III, a rich plantation owner's son and Easter, a slave. James marries a wealthy Southern lady, but he carries on with a lifelong affair with Easter, which will result in the birth of a girl, Queen. Queen's fair skin makes her soon notice that she is not as black as her fellow slaves. She is taken into the main plantation house to be the personal slave of James' daughter, where she spends her youth years trying to discern if Jackson is her real father. The Civil War seriously affects James' plantation putting an end to the old ways and the family matriarch tells Queen to find some other place to live.

Genres:

Drama

Air Date:

Feb 14, 1993

Runtime:

60 minutes

Production:

The Wolper Organization , Elliot Friedgen & Company , Warner Bros. Television

Casts:

Halle Berry, Ann-Margret, Jane Krakowski, Frances Conroy, Raven-Symoné, Tim Daly, Danny Glover, Paul Winfield, Jasmine Guy, Christopher Allport, Erik King, James McDaniel, Leo Burmester, Madge Sinclair, Linda Hart, Martin Sheen, Ossie Davis, Patricia Clarkson, Peter Maloney, Sada Thompson, Samuel E. Wright, George Grizzard, Dennis Haysbert, Richard Jenkins, Patrick Malone, Jussie Smollett