Surratt vehemently protests her innocence and prays for deliverance from a hostile court.
His fight to ensure Surratt gets one puts him in conflict with those around him.
Despite pulling every trick in the book, Aiken is unable to save Surratt from the hangman’s noose.
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Even today, her guiltremains a subject of debate.
The tension between the soon-to-be-defeated Confederacy and the Union is palpable throughout.
McAvoys Aiken is a former Union soldier, while Wright’s Surratt is a dyed-in-the-wool Southerner.
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