The Lincoln League
How Slaves Became Spies To Free A Nation
Based on the true story of John Scobell, one of the first African American spies in our nation’s intelligence service. In 1861, President Lincoln commissions his spymaster Allan Pinkerton to incorporate a new network of African American spies. This group, operating right under the noses of their Southern masters, comes to be known as The Royal Lincoln League.
Top Cast

Sandra Ellis Lafferty
as Missus Hicks
Missus Hicks

T.C. Stallings
as John Scobell
John Scobell
Allen C. Shepherd Sr.
as Cleon Fisk
Cleon Fisk
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