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  1. The Book of Negroes: With Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Lyriq Bent, Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco. 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.

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  2. February 11, 2015. (2015-02-11) The Book of Negroes is a 2015 Canadian historical drama television miniseries directed by Clement Virgo, adapted by Virgo and Lawrence Hill from the latter’s 2007 novel of the same name. It stars Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Lyriq Bent, Cuba Gooding Jr., Louis Gossett Jr., Ben Chaplin, Allan Hawco, Greg Bryk, and ...

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    The fourth installment in this six-part miniseries, based on the book by Lawrence Hill, about the life of a young woman kidnapped from Africa and sold into slavery in America. In this episode, the many escaped slaves in Canvas Town resolve to protect themselves against bounty hunters, aware that New York is the only place still occupied by British ...

    NETWORK:BET
    DATE:9:00 PM
    RUNNING TIME:0:41:18
    COLOR/B&W:Color
    Carrie Stein … Executive Producer
    Margaret O'Brien … Executive Producer
    Daniel Iron … Executive Producer
    Michael Levine … Executive Producer
  3. Soon after Aminata reencounters Chekura, a fellow slave from West Africa, they are married in a clandestine ceremony. When their first baby is brutally abducted and sold by Appleby she vows to ...

  4. Jan 7, 2015 · The Book of Negroes. Season 1 Premiere: Jan 7, 2015. Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 9 Critic Reviews. 77. User Score Mixed or Average Based on 15 User Ratings. 6.0. My Score. Hover and click to give a rating. Add My Review.

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  5. Jul 26, 2020 · The Book of Negroes is coming back to a TV screen near you. The six-part miniseries, based on author Lawrence Hill's best-selling and award-winning novel, first aired on CBC back in 2015 to great ...

  6. A universal story of loss, courage and triumph, “The 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. Drama 2015. TV-MA. Starring Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Shailyn Pierre-Dixon, Lyriq Bent.

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