The slave Spartacus leads a violent revolt against the decadent Roman Republic.
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.
As the War continues to rage, America's president struggles with continuing carnage on the battlefield as he fights with many inside his own cabinet on the decision to emancipate the slaves.
18th century Spanish Jesuits try to protect a remote South American Indian tribe in danger of falling under the rule of pro-slavery Portugal.