
"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. Based on true events.
Atticus Hagen
Mary Barnes Cabell
Young Sam Cabell Barnes Junior
Henry Quarrier (Defense Attorney)
Baby Samuel Barnes
James Edwin Campbell
Eunice Cabell
George Ruffner (Prosecuting Attorney)
Governor Aretus Fleming
Sam Cabell

"River of Hope" tells the story of how a former slave Mary Barnes Cabell and her children helped found the first college for African Americans in West Virginia. Based on true events.
2020-02-15
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