The Journey of August King (1995)

The Journey of August King is a multidimensional drama about a North Carolina farmer in 1815 August King a widower is on his way home as he does every year after selling his produce and purchasing the stock and goods he will need to survive the winter On his journey he comes upon a runaway slave a young woman about 19 and August King must decide to violate the law and help this slave to freedom or else leave her to be hunted down and ultimately returned to her slave owner