• 2015
  • 44m
The Book of Negroes

Summary 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 eighteenth century. View more details

  • 2015
  • 44m

The Book of Negroes

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Allan Hawco Ben Chaplin Lyriq Bent

All cast & crew

7.8

Details

Genres : Drama History War

Release date : Jan 6, 2015

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Production companies : Out of Africa Entertainment Conquering Lion Pictures

Summary 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 eighteenth century. View more details

Details

Genres : Drama History War

Release date : Jan 6, 2015

Countries of origin : Canada

Language : English

Filming locations : Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site, Louisbourg, Nova Scotia, Canada

Production companies : Out of Africa Entertainment Conquering Lion Pictures

Photos

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Jan 06, 2015
Episode #1.1
A young girl is taken from her home in Africa and forced on a treacherous journey to America.
Episode 2 • Jan 13, 2015
Episode #1.2
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; infuriated, Appleby, sells her and her child to separate owners. Her new owners, Jewish Indigo Trader Solomon Lindo and his wife Rosa, 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. Desperate for a distraction to ease his grief, Lindo sets sail to New York with Aminata, who plots her escape to freedom.
Episode 3 • Jan 20, 2015
Episode #1.3
Aminata 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 • Jan 27, 2015
Episode #1.4
The 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 • Feb 03, 2015
Episode #1.5
Racial tensions run high with Aminata's employer, adding fuel to the fire. Animata has found her husband alive once more, and they make a pact never to part again.
Episode 6 • Feb 10, 2015
Episode #1.6
Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.
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