Slavery made the modern world. It transformed the economies of the West and the demography of the globe. It was one of the biggest movements of people in all of history. 1000 Years a Slave transforms our understanding of slavery and the slave trade. It will uncover forgotten stories, breath-taking locations, living communities, cutting-edge archaeology. It will reveal connections that link the history of slavery to modern communities across the world, and using drama-recon, it will bring to life key events in this thousand year history.

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S1E2 - Fighting for Freedom

Actor Ray Fearon reads the sadistic diaries of planter Thomas Thistlewood, who violently abused enslaved Africans who worked under him. Sam Pieh, the great, great grandson of the man who led the revolt on board the slave ship the Amistad, travels to Yale University to meet Professor David Blight, who tells him more about the circumstances of the revolt.

Air Date: 26 Oct 2021 16:00 (CDT)

S1E3 - A Global Trade

Shannon LaNier visits Monticello in Virginia and makes a discovery about the nature of his ancestor Sally Hemings' relationship with Thomas Jefferson, and how he tried to hide the fact he owned slaves while living in France. Trisha Goddard investigates how slaves have been traded across the Indian Ocean for millennia the incredible journey of an 18th-century classical musician who was enslaved twice before finding freedom is also featured.

Air Date: 02 Nov 2021 17:00 (CDT)

S1E4 - The Reckoning

The murder of George Floyd shook the world and sparked protests worldwide.

Air Date: 09 Nov 2021 16:00 (CDT)

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