Introduction
North and South is the title of three American television miniseries broadcast on the ABC network in 1985, 1986, and 1994.
Set before, during, and immediately after the American Civil War, they are based on the 1980s trilogy of novels North and South by John Jakes.
Outline
Autumn 1865 to spring 1866.
Devastated by news of his wife’s murder, George begins searching for Bent to exact justice. Cooper Main, Orry’s older brother, becomes a member of the Ku Klux Klan and begins working to undermine his sister-in-law Madeline’s efforts to help local Blacks. Isabel Hazard, George’s greedy sister-in-law, wants to buy Mont Royal and evict the Main family. Charles continues to work as a cavalryman in the Old West, and continues to romance Willa. Realising that she cannot stand against Cooper and Isabel alone, Madeline asks George for help. Charles helps to form a unit of buffalo soldiers. Cavalrymen massacre a Cheyenne village.
North and South Series
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Production & Filming Details
- Release Date: 1994.
- Rating: 12.
- Running Time: 90 minutes.
- Country: US.
- Language: English.
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