Dido Elizabeth Bell, the illegitimate, mixed-race daughter of a Royal Navy admiral, plays an important role in the campaign to abolish slavery in England.
Genres: Drama
Keywords: 18th-century , abolitionist , based-on-true-story , biracial , caribbean-sea , class-differences , costume-drama , high-society , illegitimacy , interracial-relationship , legal-drama , period-drama , slave , slavery , social-issues , trial , victorian-england , woman-director