Characters played by Campbell Scott
Self - Narrator
Characters played by John Ahlin
Southern Minister #2
Characters played by Catherine Brekus
Self - Historian
University of Chicago
Characters played by Keith David
Frederick Douglass
Characters played by Jeffrey DeMunn
John Hughes
Characters played by Daniel Dreisbach
Self - Legal Scholar
American University
Characters played by Richard Easton
Clarence Darrow
Characters played by Michael Emerson
John Winthrop
Characters played by Joe A. Garcia
Self - Okhay Owingeh Pueblo
Characters played by Jimmy Hager
Southern Minister #1
Characters played by Creighton James
James B. Finley
Characters played by Byron Jennings
Thomas Jefferson
Characters played by Toby Jones
George Whitefield
Characters played by Frank Lambert
Self - Historian
Purdue University
Characters played by Cynthia Lynn Lyerly
Self - Historian
Boston College
Characters played by Will Lyman
Narrator
Self
Characters played by Stephen Marini
Self - Historian of Religion
Wellesley College
Characters played by Mark S. Massa
Self - Theologian
Boston College
Characters played by Jefferson Mays
Jeremiah Moore
Characters played by Zahn McClarnon
Po'pay
Characters played by John McGreevy
Self - Historian
University of Notre Dame
Characters played by Peter McRobbie
Thomas Dudley
Characters played by Mary Beth Norton
Self - Historian
Cornell University
Characters played by Les Papp II
Rural Man
Characters played by Sarah Parish
Rural girl
Characters played by Sarah Jannett Parish
Rural girl
Characters played by Bryce Pinkham
Charles A. Briggs
Characters played by Stephen Prothero
Self - Professor of Religion
Boston University
Characters played by Laila Robins
Anne Hutchinson
Characters played by Jack Clark Robinson
Self - Franciscan Friar
Characters played by Chris Sarandon
Abraham Lincoln
Characters played by Cory Scott
Antislavery Minister
Characters played by Richard Shaw
Self - Roman Catholic Priest
Characters played by James Slatton
Self - Baptist Minister
Characters played by Cotter Smith
Northern Minister and General Assembly Orator
Characters played by Harry Stout
Self - Historian
Yale University
Characters played by Michael Stuhlbarg
Isaac Mayer Wise
Characters played by Joseph H. Suina
Self - Historian
University of New Mexico
Characters played by Porter Swentzell
Self - Santa Clara Pueblo
Characters played by Kenneth Tigar
William Jennings Bryan
Characters played by Sam Tsoutsouvas
Rev. Phineas Gurley
Characters played by Nico Ward
Woman whipped
Characters played by Lauren F. Winner
Self - Historian of Religion
Duke University
Characters played by Michael P. Winship
Self - Historian
University of Georgia
Characters played by Gary Yudman
Rev. Augustus Baldwin Longstreet
Characters played by Ellen Adair
Assistant Mother Superior
Characters played by Darius Bridges
Slave
Characters played by Heidi Gennaro
Rural woman
puritan woman
Characters played by Reagan Leonard
Irish mother
Characters played by Dan Marshall
Franciscan #1
Characters played by James Middleton
Slave Man #3
Characters played by Kenny Roach
Boy In Field
Characters played by Jeff Rose
1860 Minister
Characters played by David Weindel
Puritin Minister
Characters played by Lewis D. Wheeler
John Hay