The Lincoln League
How Slaves Became Spies To Free A Nation
Based on the true story of John Scobell, one of the first African American spies in our nation’s intelligence service. In 1861, President Lincoln commissions his spymaster Allan Pinkerton to incorporate a new network of African American spies. This group, operating right under the noses of their Southern masters, comes to be known as The Royal Lincoln League.
Directed by Kenny Saylors · Written by Art Ayris
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Sandra Ellis Lafferty Missus Hicks -
T.C. Stallings John Scobell - A Allen C. Shepherd Sr. Cleon Fisk
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Desiree Ross Mary Bowser
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