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The Book of Negroes

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.

Genres: Drama, War, History

Premiered: 2015-01-07

Runtime: 60 mins

Status: Ended

Rating: 7.3/10

Network: CBC

Main Cast

Aunjanue Ellis
as Aminata Diallo

Ben Chaplin
as John Clarkson

Lyriq Bent
as Chekura Tiano

Cuba Gooding, Jr.
as Sam Fraunces

Allan Hawco
as Solomon Lindo

Jane Alexander
as Maria Witherspoon

Louis Gossett, Jr.
as Papa Moses

Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1: Episode 1
Aired: Jan 7, 2015
Stolen from Africa, eleven-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.
Episode 2: Episode 2
Aired: Jan 14, 2015
Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.
Episode 3: Episode 3
Aired: Jan 21, 2015
When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.
Episode 4: Episode 4
Aired: Jan 28, 2015
After British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.
Episode 5: Episode 5
Aired: Feb 4, 2015
As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.
Episode 6: Episode 6
Aired: Feb 11, 2015
Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.