James Mink is a black man in Canada who has built a very successful livery business, and enjoys a white wife and a beautiful daughter, Mary. An excellent match is arranged with an American businessman, but when he takes his new wife Mary across the border his true character emerges - he sells her into slavery. James and Elizabeth must go to Virginia to rescue their daughter.
Louis Gossett Jr.
as James Mink
Kate Nelligan
as Elizabeth Mink
Ruby Dee
as Indigo
Peter Outerbridge
as William Johnson
Michael Jai White
as Elroy
Rachael Crawford
as Mary Mink
Don Francks
as Risser
Aron Tager
as Conductor
J. Winston Carroll
as Stage driver