The Book of Negroes

Miniseries

TV-MA

100%

Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone to secure her freedom in the 18th century.

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6 Episodes

Episode 1
E1
Episode 1Stolen from Africa, eleven-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.
Episode 2
E2
Episode 2Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.
Episode 3
E3
Episode 3Aminata travels to New York with his Jewish owner and takes the opportunity to run during the confusion of the American Revolution. She gains respect in her community as a midwife and literacy teachings. She and her husband are reunited, only for him to enlist to fight. Sam (Cuba Gooding Jr.) helps her search for him and they find him wounded.
Episode 4
E4
Episode 4The Book of Negroes is born. Animata documents all Negroes' passages to freedom from New York to Nova Scotia. She enlists many with no judgment. When her time comes to leave, she is re-enslaved as a claim from Appleby, her original owner. This is disputed and won. She is declared a free woman and sails to reunite with her husband.
Episode 5
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Episode 5As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.
Episode 6
E6
Episode 6Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.