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The Book of Negroes

2015 · 1 season · 6 episodes · Ended · CBC Television

Drama

TMDB 6.6 · 24 votes

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Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.

Episodes

  • S01E01Episode 12015-01-0745m

    Stolen from Africa, eleven-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.

  • S01E02Episode 22015-01-1445m

    Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.

  • S01E03Episode 32015-01-2145m

    When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.

  • S01E04Episode 42015-01-2845m

    After British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.

  • S01E05Episode 52015-02-0445m

    ​As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.

  • S01E06Episode 62015-02-1145m

    Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.

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