Shadrach
In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born in to slavery. However, the land is owned by the large Dabney family and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of a strict Virginia law.


In 1935, 99-year-old former slave Shadrach asks to be buried on the soil where he was born in to slavery. However, the land is owned by the large Dabney family and to bury a black man on that land is a violation of a strict Virginia law.