The BEST episodes of The Book of Negroes

Every episode of The Book of Negroes ever, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of The Book of Negroes!

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 18th century.

Last Updated: 3/5/2024Network: CBC (CA)Status: Ended
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Episode 6
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8.19
135 votes

#1 - Episode 6

Season 1 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/11/2015

Upon their arrival in Africa, Aminata leaves the Loyalists behind to find her way back to her home village of Bayo.

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Episode 5
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8.01
158 votes

#2 - Episode 5

Season 1 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/4/2015

As racial tensions boil in barren and destitute Shelburne, Aminata organizes a final journey back to Africa.

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Episode 2
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8.01
173 votes

#3 - Episode 2

Season 1 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/14/2015

Aminata, now grown beautiful, healthy, and literate, is the flower of Robinson Appleby’s Indigo plantation. After several seasons of deflecting Appleby’s advances, Aminata marries Chekura and has his child. Appleby, infuriated, sells her and her child to separate owners. Her new owners, a Jewish Indigo Trader and his wife, Solomon and Rosa Lindo, are more trusting: they treat her as a servant rather than a slave. But after Rosa’s death and the revelation that Solomon brokered the sale of her child, Aminata’s trust is broken. Lindo, desperate for a distraction to ease his grief, sets sail to New York with Aminata, who plots her escape to freedom.

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Episode 4
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7.97
190 votes

#4 - Episode 4

Season 1 - Episode 4 - Aired 1/28/2015

After the British defeat, Aminata registers Black Loyalists in The Book Of Negroes for an escape to freedom in Nova Scotia.

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Episode 3
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7.81
133 votes

#5 - Episode 3

Season 1 - Episode 3 - Aired 1/21/2015

When Revolution breaks out in New York, Aminata seizes her chance and escapes to freedom in the haven of Canvas Town.

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Episode 1
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7.76
229 votes

#6 - Episode 1

Season 1 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/7/2015

A young girl is taken from her home in Africa and forced on a treacherous journey to America.

Directors: Clement Virgo
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