The history of American slavery from its beginnings in the British colonies to its end in the Southern states and the years of post-Civil War Reconstruction. Looks at slavery as an integral part of a developing nation, challenging the long held notion that slavery was exclusively a Southern enterprise. Simultaneously focuses on the remarkable stories of individual slaves, offering new perspectives on the slave experience and testifying to the active role that Africans and African Americans took in surviving their bondage and shaping their own lives.
Martijn Blekendaal and Finbarr Wilbrink travel along the Underground Railroad, the underground netwo...
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confede...
A look at the role of slavery in the development of wealth in the United Kingdom
The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, i...
In keeping with the original project, this series seeks to reframe the country's history by placing ...
See the real modern-day Amazonia through an exploration of the Amazon Basin, meeting a different gro...
The history of decolonization from the point of view of colonized peoples, an epic story that still ...
Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. Africans in America: Americ...
Hybrid docuseries offering an expansive exploration of the exploitative and genocidal aspects of Eur...
Explore the transformative years following the American Civil War, when the nation struggled to rebu...
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold...
In late 18th-century Martinique, a plantation owner, his irresponsible young aristocratic wife and h...
Hatori Chise has lived a life full of neglect and abuse, devoid of anything resembling love. Far fro...
“The White Slave”, is a production which narrates the story of Victoria, a woman who everyone knows ...
Winner of the International Emmy Award for Best Telenovela, "Side by Side" focuses on two women of d...
The Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on No...