The Book of Negroes

2015 β€’ BET
4.7
239 reviews
TV-MA
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Season 1 episodes (6)

1 Episode 1
5/17/15
Stolen from Africa, eleven-year old Aminata Diallo is enslaved and forced to endure a treacherous journey to America.
2 Episode 2
5/17/15
Aminata, forced to deflect the affections of the two men who own her, adjusts to plantation life in the Carolinas.
3 Episode 3
5/18/15
When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.
4 Episode 4
5/18/15
After British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.
5 Episode 5
5/19/15
As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.
6 Episode 6
5/19/15
Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.

About this show

A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, β€œThe Book of Negroes” recounts the extraordinary journey of Aminata Diallo, an indomitable African woman who survives in a world in which everything seems to be against her. Kidnapped by slave traders in West Africa then sold into slavery in South Carolina, Aminata navigates her way through the American Revolution in New York, the isolated refuge of Nova Scotia, and the treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, before finally securing her freedom in England at the dawn of the 19th century.

Ratings and reviews

4.7
239 reviews
Angela Forsythe-Sullivan
February 7, 2021
This movie is more than about Black History. It's about human history; I find it sad that we as humans can excuse another human for keeping a people as slaves, just because they sold each other it's still wrong. We didn't have a choice. We were not signing up for a trip to Disney World come on. PEACE Sister Angela
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Antaeus Stewart
October 13, 2015
They are trying to make it seem that other Africans sold our own people into slavery which is a bunch of bull white people came and they took by force just like they did when they came to America they killed and enslaved the Indians the same thing they did to the Africans I won't buy this crap I'm not born yesterday
19 people found this review helpful
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Smart as Hell
April 8, 2015
The book of Negroes made me almost cry had me on the edge of my seat everytime it was so inspiring 2 black history and there's always someone who has the hate but people can't hate because this is amazing I put in with all of my love I love this
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