Watch The Lincoln League for Free: How to Stream the Movie Online at 123Movies. . Based on the true story of John Scobell, one of the first African American spies in our nation’s intelligence service. In 1861 President Lincoln commissions his spymaster Allan Pinkerton to incorporate a new network of African American spies. This group, operating right under the noses of their Southern masters, comes to be known as The Royal Lincoln League.