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Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

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Over 12 million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery with 10 percent dying en route.The series tracks the efforts of Diving with a Purpose (DWP), as they search for and locate six slave ships that went down with their human cargo. It’s a story of brutality and inhumanity, but also of resistance, accomplishment and hope.

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Season 1 Episode 102 | 52m 3s | CC

In his quest to tell the story of the transatlantic slave trade, Samuel L. Jackson joins forces with two award-winning journalists, Simcha Jacobovici and Afua Hirsch, who go on location in Ghana, the UK and Spain, tracing the footsteps of the enslaved.

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