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Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Rationalization
Two journalists go on location to trace the footsteps of the enslaved.
Resistance
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.
Resistance
Season 1 Episode 105 | 52m 3s | CC
Films on slavery most often focus on Africans as victims. But the Africans also resisted! This episode investigates African resistance to slavery in Africa and the diaspora - from Ghana to the UK to America, where thousands of “runaways” risked their lives as part of the “Underground Railroad”.
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