Shows like The Book of Negroes
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
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John Adams
Series · 2008 · also dramaAdapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the B...
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Roots
Series · 2016 · also dramaAn adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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TURN: Washington's Spies
Series · 2014 · also dramaThe story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in...
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Franklin
Series · 2024 · also dramaIn December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to F...
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New Worlds
Series · 2014 · also dramaNew Worlds is a four-part 2014 British television drama serial created by Peter Flannery and Martine Brant, a follow-up to their 2008 series The Devil's Whore, produced b...
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Underground
Series · 2016 · also dramaA group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Undergro...
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The Testaments
Series · 2026 · also dramaGrowing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for all...
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Full Circle
Series · 2023 · also dramaAn investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
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Suspect: The Shooting of Jean Charles De Menezes
Series · 2025 · also dramaLondon is rocked by terrorist attacks as armed police shoot dead an innocent man on his way to work.
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Julia
Series · 2022 · also dramaThrough Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social ins...
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