The Book of Negroes

Ended Wednesday / 7:00pm CBC 45 min.
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, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 18th century.

Season 1

6 Episodes

Episode 6 1x06
Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.
Feb 11 2015
Episode 5 1x05
As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.
Feb 04 2015
Episode 4 1x04
After the British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.
Jan 28 2015
Episode 3 1x03
When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.
Jan 21 2015
Episode 2 1x02
Aminata, now grown beautiful, healthy, and literate, is the flower of Robinson Appleby�s Indigo plantation. After several seasons of deflecting Appleby�s advances, Aminata marries Chekura and has his child. Appleby, infuriated, sells her and her child to separate owners. Her new owners, a Jewish Indigo Trader and his wife, Solomon and Rosa Lindo, are more trusting: they treat her as a servant rather than a slave. But after Rosa�s death and the revelation that Solomon brokered the sale of her child, Aminata�s trust is broken. Lindo, desperate for a distraction to ease his grief, sets sail to New York with Aminata, who plots her escape to freedom.
Jan 14 2015
Episode 1 1x01
A young girl is taken from her home in Africa and forced on a treacherous journey to America.
Jan 07 2015