On Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.

• David L. Wolper Productions
• Warner Bros. Television
• LeVar Burton
• Louis Gossett Jr.
• Jerry Hardin
• Kate Mulgrew
• Shaun Cassidy
• Avery Brooks
• Michael Learned
• John McMartin