In 1989, Morgan Freeman, Denzel Washington, Matthew Broderick, Cary Elwes, and Andre Braugher starred in the film "Glory," directed by Edward Zwick. It was the story of the American Civil War's 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, which was one of the earliest Black regiments in the Union Army. It was based on the 1965 novel "One Gallant Rush" by Peter Burchard, the 1973 novel "Lay This Laurel" by Lincoln Kirstein, and the personal letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, the leader of the 54th.
In the film, Shaw gives the Black soldiers the option to walk away after they learn that the Confederacy responded to the Emancipation Proclamation by ordering all captured Black men to be returned to slavery. No one left. The regiment made a heroic stand at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and not everyone made it out alive. Broderick played Shaw, Washington played Private Silas Trip, Morgan Freeman was Sergeant Major John Rawlins,...
In the film, Shaw gives the Black soldiers the option to walk away after they learn that the Confederacy responded to the Emancipation Proclamation by ordering all captured Black men to be returned to slavery. No one left. The regiment made a heroic stand at the Second Battle of Fort Wagner, and not everyone made it out alive. Broderick played Shaw, Washington played Private Silas Trip, Morgan Freeman was Sergeant Major John Rawlins,...
- 1/26/2023
- by Jenna Busch
- Slash Film
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