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November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true even...
November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.
In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her...
November 1815. An enslaved woman named Anna is sold away from her family in Maryland to slave traders, taken to Washington D.C., and locked in a tavern garret. She is about to be sold to Georgia and separated from her children. Desperate and trapped, she makes a decision that changes everything. Based on true events, 'Anna' is the untold story of one woman's quest for freedom and family.
In 2015, researchers uncovered original documents about her at the National Archives and began putting the pieces of her story together. Her name was Ann Williams. She and her husband were reunited and had four more children. Eventually she sued George Miller for her freedom and won. Anna is based on these remarkable sources.
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