Season 1 Episode 4 Extra

Kyra Sedgwick | Not a Dumb Critter

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Kyra Sedgwick learns about the slave, Elizabeth "Mumbet" Freeman who, after hearing the Declaration of Independence, turns to Kyra's ancestor, the well-known attorney Theodore Sedgwick, to help secure her freedom.

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