The Book of Negroes
Overview
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.
Creator
Clement Virgo, Lawrence Hill
Origin
CA
Networks
CBC Television
BETProduction
Shailyn Pierre-Dixon
Young Aminata
Sandra Caldwell
Georgia
Dwain Murphy
Claiborne
Siya Xaba
Young Chekura
Armand Aucamp
Lieutenant Waters
Louis Gossett Jr.
Daddy Moses
Allan Hawco
Solomon Lindo
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Sam Fraunces
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
Aminata Diallo
Ben Chaplin
John Clarkson
Jane Alexander
Maria
Lex King
Woman at Port Charles
More Like This
Sons of Liberty
2015
Roots
1977
The Blue and the Gray
1982
TURN: Washington's Spies
2014
Roots
2016
New Worlds
2014
John Adams
2008
Underground
2016
Alex Haley's Queen
1993
Franklin
2024
Downton Abbey
2010
When We Rise
2017
The Slap
2015
Shōgun
1980
Full Circle
2023
Sanditon
2019
The Bible
2013
Banished
2015
The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox
2025
Harlots
2017