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The Book of Negroes

7.3/10
CBC Ended Drama • War • History

1 Season · 6 Episodes · Premiered June 12, 2004 · Ended February 11, 2015

Abducted from her village in West Africa, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is forced into a slave coffle and must endure a horrific ocean crossing. She is brought to a South Carolina plantation where she makes herself useful by using midwifery skills learned at her mother's side, all the while keeping the attentions of her jealous slave master, Robinson Appleby, at bay. Soon after Aminata reencounters Chekura, a fellow slave from West Africa, they are married in a clandestine ceremony. When their first baby is brutally abducted and sold by Appleby she vows to return one day to her homeland.

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

6 episodes
E01
Episode 1
Thu, Jan 8 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Stolen from Africa, eleven-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.
E02
Episode 2
Thu, Jan 15 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.
E03
Episode 3
Thu, Jan 22 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.
E04
Episode 4
Thu, Jan 29 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
After British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.
E05
Episode 5
Thu, Feb 5 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.
E06
Episode 6
Thu, Feb 12 2015 1:00 AM GMT+0000 60 min
Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.

Cast

Aunjanue Ellis
Aunjanue Ellis as Aminata Diallo
Ben Chaplin
Ben Chaplin as John Clarkson
Lyriq Bent
Lyriq Bent as Chekura Tiano
Cuba Gooding, Jr.
Cuba Gooding, Jr. as Sam Fraunces
Allan Hawco
Allan Hawco as Solomon Lindo
Jane Alexander
Jane Alexander as Maria Witherspoon
Louis Gossett, Jr.
Louis Gossett, Jr. as Papa Moses
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