Episodes (6)

Episode #1.1
S01E01 · Episode #1.1

Dec 26, 2015

A young girl is taken from her home in Africa and forced on a treacherous journey to America.

Episode #1.2
S01E02 · Episode #1.2

Dec 26, 2015

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 ...

Episode #1.3
S01E03 · Episode #1.3

Dec 26, 2015

Amanita travels to New York with her Jewish owner. She 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. With Sam's help (Cuba Gooding Jr) they find him wounded.

Episode #1.4
S01E04 · Episode #1.4

Jan 02, 2016

The book of Negroes is born. Amenita documents all Negroes passage to freedom from New York to Novascotia. She enlist many with no judgement. 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 #1.5
S01E05 · Episode #1.5

Jan 02, 2016

Racial tensions run high with Amenitas employer adding fuel to the fire. Amenita has found her husband alive once more. A pact is made never to leave each other again.

Episode #1.6
S01E06 · Episode #1.6

Jan 02, 2016

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

About

The Book of Negroes Season 1 (2015) is released on Dec 26, 2015. Watch The Book of Negroes online - the English Drama TV series from Canada. The Book of Negroes is directed by Clement Virgo and created by Lawrence Hill with Aunjanue Ellis and Lyriq Bent. The Book of Negroes is available online on Tubi TV and Amazon Video.

As know as:

The Book of Negroes, Meu Nome é Liberdade, Aminata(French), Someone Knows My Name

Countries:

Canada

Language:

English

Production Companies:

Conquering Lion Pictures, Out of Africa Entertainment

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