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The Book of Negroes: Full Cast & Crew 2015 History/Drama
Taken from her West Africa village and dragged in chains to the coast, 11-year-old Aminata Diallo is sold into slavery. After a horrific ocean crossing to South Carolina, she uses her midwifery skills to survive while keeping at bay the attention of slave master Robinson Appleby. Though she finds some happiness -- she marries and has a child -- Aminata vows to return home after she and her child are sold to different owners. The onset of the Revolutionary War helps Aminata flee her new owner in New York. Knowing how to read and write, she lands a job registering Black Loyalists for escape to freedom in Nova Scotia. Though her heart longs for home, Aminata weighs desire against the need to help her people and end the slave trade. TV-14 Air Date: Jan 7, 2015 See TV Series Details

Cast & Crew

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Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Aminata Diallo Actor Shailyn Pierre-Dixon Young Aminata Actor Lyriq Bent Chekura Tyano Actor Greg Bryk Robinson Appleby Actor Amy Louise Wilson Rosa Lindo Actor Allan Hawco Soloman Lindo Actor Cuba Gooding Jr. Sam Fraunces Actor Jane Alexander Maria Witherspoon Actor Cara Ricketts Bertilda Actor Sandra Caldwell Georgia Actor Ben Chaplin Captain John Clarkson Actor Louis Gossett Jr. Daddy Moses Actor Damon D'Oliveira Executive Producer Clement Virgo Executive Producer Carrie Stein Executive Producer Margaret O'Brien Executive Producer