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- DirectorPeter CousensStarsCuba Gooding Jr.Sharon LealDavid RascheTwo men separated by 100 years are united in their search for freedom. In 1856, slave Samuel Woodward and his family escape from the Monroe Plantation near Richmond, Virginia. A secret network of ordinary people known as the Underground Railroad guide the family on their journey north to Canada. They are relentlessly pursued by the notorious slave-hunter Plimpton. Hunted like a dog and haunted by the unthinkable suffering he and his forbears have endured, Samuel is forced to decide between revenge or freedom. 100 years earlier in 1748, John Newton the Captain of a slave ship sails from Africa with a cargo of slaves, bound for America. On board is Samuel's great-grandfather, whose survival is tied to the fate of Captain Newton. The voyage changes Newton's life forever and he creates a legacy that will inspire Samuel and the lives of millions for generations to come.1748, 1856
- StarsAunjanue Ellis-TaylorLyriq BentBen ChaplinKidnapped 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 eighteenth century.1783
Start/During of Slavery - StarsLeVar BurtonRobert ReedJohn AmosA dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.1750-1870
Start of Slavery - DirectorKevin HooksStarsLouis Gossett Jr.LeVar BurtonAvery BrooksOn Christmas Eve 1770, a young African warrior, who three years prior had been captured and sold into slavery in America, leads a desperate group of runaway slaves as they attempt to reach freedom in the North.1775 December
During Slavery - DirectorMichael AptedStarsIoan GruffuddAlbert FinneyMichael GambonThe idealist William Wilberforce maneuvers his way through Parliament, endeavoring to end the British transatlantic slave trade.1782, 1797
During Slavery - DirectorNate ParkerStarsNate ParkerArmie HammerPenelope Ann MillerNat Turner, a literate slave and preacher in the antebellum South, orchestrates an uprising.1809, 1831
During Slavery - DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsDjimon HounsouMatthew McConaugheyAnthony HopkinsIn 1839, the revolt of Mende captives aboard a Spanish owned ship causes a major controversy in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island. The courts must decide whether the Mende are slaves or legally free.1839
- StarsCicely TysonJason BernardClifford DavidA film about the life and career of the African American abolitionist and slave escape leader, Harriet Tubman.1840's-1860's
Araminta Ross a.k.a. Harriet Tubman
Born: March 1822 (estimate)
Died: March 10, 1913 - DirectorDon McBreartyStarsFalconer AbrahamDwight BacquieJanet BaileyA number of slaves risk their lives to escape their masters with their only help coming from the famous secret slave escape network.1840's-1860's
Araminta Ross a.k.a. Harriet Tubman
Born: March 1822 (estimate)
Died: March 10, 1913 - 1987– 1h6.9 (24)TV EpisodeDirectorOrlando BagwellStarsRuby DeeA chronicle of the organized efforts to help slaves find freedom in the north.
- DirectorKasi LemmonsStarsCynthia ErivoJanelle MonáeLeslie Odom Jr.The extraordinary tale of Harriet Tubman's escape from slavery and transformation into one of America's greatest heroes, whose courage, ingenuity, and tenacity freed hundreds of slaves and changed the course of history.1840's-1860's
Araminta Ross a.k.a. Harriet Tubman
Born: March 1822 (estimate)
Died: March 10, 1913 - 1980–19941h 55mNot Rated7.3 (304)TV EpisodeDirectorGordon ParksStarsAvery BrooksRhetta GreeneMason AdamsThis is based on a true story. Solomon Northrop is a black man in the mid 19th century before slavery was abolished. He's a born freeman who works as a carpenter and is also a part time musician. One day he is approached by some men who want him to play for them. However, that is not their intention; they have kidnapped him and sold him into slavery. Now he has to endure the hardships that he has been spared because of his status as a freeman. And his family who don't know what happened to him is searching for him but where do they go? And Solomon also wishes to let them know where he is so that they could get him but unfortunately no one believes his story or is willing to help him.1841-1853
Solomon Northup
Born: July 10, 1807 or 1808
Died: between 1857 and 1875
(estimates) - DirectorSteve McQueenStarsChiwetel EjioforMichael Kenneth WilliamsMichael FassbenderIn the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free Black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery.1841-1853
Solomon Northup
Born: July 10, 1807 or 1808
Died: between 1857 and 1875
(estimates) - DirectorQuentin TarantinoStarsJamie FoxxChristoph WaltzLeonardo DiCaprioWith the help of a German bounty-hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal plantation owner in Mississippi.1858-1859
- DirectorGary RossStarsMatthew McConaugheyGugu Mbatha-RawMahershala AliA disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.1860
American Civil War:
Started: 1861 April 12th
Ended: 1865 May 9th - StarsDavid McCulloughSam WaterstonJulie HarrisA comprehensive survey of the American Civil War.American Civil War:
Started: 1861 April 12th
Ended: 1865 May 9th - StarsBrian PohankaWilliam C. DavisDanny GloverA documentary series illustrating various episodes of the American Civil War.American Civil War:
Started: 1861 April 12th
Ended: 1865 May 9th - DirectorEdward ZwickStarsMatthew BroderickDenzel WashingtonCary ElwesRobert Gould Shaw leads the U.S. Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices from both his own Union Army, and the Confederates.Likely 1863,
American Civil War:
Started: 1861 April 12th
Ended: 1865 May 9th - DirectorAva DuVernayStarsMelina AbdullahMichelle AlexanderCory BookerAn in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.After the American Civil War:
Started: 1861 April 12th
Ended: 1865 May 9th - StarsWill SmithBryan StevensonLarry WilmoreWill Smith hosts this look at the evolving, often lethal, fight for equal rights in America through the lens of the US Constitution's 14th Amendment.July 9, 1868
The Fourteenth Amendment (Amendment XIV) to the United States Constitution was adopted. - DirectorWilliam GreavesStarsTroy DusterAl Freeman Jr.Paula GiddingsThe work of a notable civil rights crusader in the late 19th and early 20th century.Ida Bell Wells-Barnett
Born: 1862 July 16th
Died: 1931 March 25th - CreatorErnest KinoyStarsDebbi MorganDorian HarewoodPaul KosloThe dramatization of Alex Haley's family line from post Civil War America to the writer's search for his roots.1882 to 1967
- DirectorKevin HooksStarsDelroy LindoHenry CzernyBronwen BoothThe true story about Robert Peary's forgotten African American employee Mathew Henson who proved crucial in their race to North Pole.1909
Matthew Alexander Henson
Born: August 8, 1866
Died: March 9, 1955 - DirectorSteven LukeStarsBates WilderHiram A. MurrayRon PerlmanDuring the last days of the Great War, a group of U.S. soldiers are sent behind enemy lines to rescue a lost platoon.World War I
Started: July 28th 1914
Ended: November 11th 1918 - DirectorD.W. GriffithStarsLillian GishMae MarshHenry B. WalthallThe Stoneman family finds its friendship with the Camerons affected by the Civil War, both fighting in opposite armies. The development of the war in their lives plays through to Lincoln's assassination and the birth of the Ku Klux Klan.KKK Propaganda