Log Line:
Mary Bowser, a freed woman, risks her own freedom by posing as an illiterate slave in the Confederate White House in order to spy on President Jefferson Davis. Her clandestine efforts were directly responsible for helping the North win the Civil War.
Synopsis:
Mary Bowser is based on a true story. Mary Elizabeth Bowser, 24 (1863), is a freed slave who spied for Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army. She was the personal servant to President Jefferson Davis in the Confederate White House. Her clandestine efforts directly influenced the outcome of the Civil War.