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Legacy (1998)

Legacy poster
Genre
drama television series
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 18 episodes
Rated
TV-PG
Rating
8.4 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Set on a horse farm in post-Civil War Kentucky, the series follows a widowed patriarch and his family. It shows their domestic struggles and romantic entanglements, including an interracial relationship with a former slave's daughter.

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What happens

Legacy is an American western drama series starring Brett Cullen which aired on UPN for eighteen episodes from 1998 to 1999. The series is set on a Kentucky horse farm soon after the American Civil War. Cullen's character of Ned Logan is the 42-year-old widowed patriarch of the family. The series focuses on domestic and romantic crises, such as the arrival of 17-year-old orphan Jeremy, and Sean Logan's interracial affair with the daughter of a former slave. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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