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The Birth of a Nation

Two families, abolitionist Northerners the Stonemans and Southern landowners the Camerons, intertwine. When Confederate colonel Ben Cameron is captured in battle, nurse Elsie Stoneman petitions for his pardon. In Reconstruction-era South Carolina, Cameron founds the Ku Klux Klan, battling Elsie's congressman father and his African-American protégé, Silas Lynch.

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The story of the Civil War and the power of the Ku Klux Klan

The Stoneman family and their friends the Cameron’s find themselves supporting opposite sides during the Civil War. As the fighting rages on, the two families get caught up in the political and racial tension of the era. From the assassination of President Lincoln to the machinations of the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction, these two families are torn apart by a changing world.

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Lillian Gish

Stoneman's Daughter Elsie

Mae Marsh

Flora Cameron

Henry B. Walthall

Col. Ben Cameron

Miriam Cooper

Margaret Cameron

Mary Alden

Stoneman's Housekeeper Lydia

Ralph Lewis

Leader of the House Hon. Austin Stoneman

George Siegmann

Lieut. Governor Silas Lynch

Walter Long

Gus

Robert Harron

Tod

Wallace Reid

Jeff, the Blacksmith

Joseph Henabery

Abraham Lincoln

Elmer Clifton

Stoneman's Elder Son Phil

Josephine Crowell

Mrs. Cameron

Spottiswoode Aitken

Dr. Cameron

George Beranger

Wade Cameron

Maxfield Stanley

Duke Cameron

Jennie Lee

Mammy

Donald Crisp

Gen. U.S. Grant

Howard Gaye

Gen. Robert E. Lee

Sam De Grasse

Senator Charles Sumner (uncredited)

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The story of the Civil War and the power of the Ku Klux Klan

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