Home > The Book of Negroes > Season 1 « TV Series Page The Book of Negroes: Season 1 (2015) Episode List All Critics | Top Critics TOMATOMETER 100% Average Rating: 8.17/10 Season Reviews: 7 Fresh: 7 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. 100% Average Rating: 7.5/10 Season Reviews: 4 Fresh: 4 Rotten: 0 Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Critic Consensus: No consensus yet. AUDIENCE SCORE 86% liked it Average Rating: 4.1/5 User Ratings: 35 ADD YOUR RATING - NOT INTERESTED + WANT TO SEE Share on Facebook Post Want to See Not Interested Add Rating My Rating × Want to See Not Interested Post Share on Facebook Episodes 1 Episode 1 The miniseries opens with the kidnapping of young Aminata from her West African village; and her treacherous journey to America. More 2 Episode 2 Aminata fends off attentions from the two men who own her, as she tries to adjust to living on a plantation in the Carolinas. More 3 Episode 3 The Revolution comes to New York and Aminata sees a chance to escape and seek freedom in the haven of Canvas Town. More 4 Episode 4 Following a British defeat, Aminata helps Black Loyalists escape to freedom in Nova Scotia. More 5 Episode 5 Racial tensions are enflamed in Nova Scotia as Aminata organizes a final return journey to Africa. More 6 Episode 6 The series concludes with the party arriving in Africa, where Aminata leaves the Loyalists to make her way to her home village of Bayo. More The Book of Negroes: Season 1 Photos View All Photos (11) Tv Season Info Genre: Drama Network: CBC Premiere Date: Jan 7, 2015 Exec. Producer: Damon D'Oliveira Cast Louis Gossett Jr as Daddy Moses Cuba Gooding Jr. as Sam Fraunces Aunjanue Ellis as Aminata Diallo Lyriq Bent as Chekura Tiano Ben Chaplin as Capt. John Clarkson Allan Hawco as Solomon Lindo Jane Alexander as Maria Witherspoon Show More Cast News & Interviews for The Book of Negroes: Season 1 Now Streaming: The Big Lebowski, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, E.T., and More View All The Book of Negroes: Season 1 News Episodes 1 Episode 1 The miniseries opens with the kidnapping of young Aminata from her West African village; and her treacherous journey to America. More 2 Episode 2 Aminata fends off attentions from the two men who own her, as she tries to adjust to living on a plantation in the Carolinas. More 3 Episode 3 The Revolution comes to New York and Aminata sees a chance to escape and seek freedom in the haven of Canvas Town. More 4 Episode 4 Following a British defeat, Aminata helps Black Loyalists escape to freedom in Nova Scotia. More 5 Episode 5 Racial tensions are enflamed in Nova Scotia as Aminata organizes a final return journey to Africa. More 6 Episode 6 The series concludes with the party arriving in Africa, where Aminata leaves the Loyalists to make her way to her home village of Bayo. More Critic Reviews for The Book of Negroes Season 1 All Critics (7) | Top Critics (4) | Fresh (7) | Rotten (0) Graphic cruelty, not to mention violence, makes for difficult viewing in this lavishly produced miniseries. But it's worthwhile. Mar 5, 2015 | Full Review… Joanne Ostrow Denver Post Top Critic When I popped in BET's The Book of Negroes, I had a lot of preview screeners to get through, and only intended to sample it. Six hours later, I was still still sitting in pretty much the same position, riveted. Feb 19, 2015 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… Gail Pennington St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Critic Historical tales like this can sometimes feel like homework - like "the right thing to do," or some sort of Black History Month obligation - but the creative team at work here makes The Book of Negroes a tough lesson worth learning. Feb 19, 2015 | Full Review… Sarah Rodman Boston Globe Top Critic The buried history of the secret second American Revolution this country would rather you never discover, of thousands of Northern slaves fighting alongside the Brits, in exchange for a promise of escape to freedom. Declaration Of Independence, indeed. May 18, 2015 | Full Review… Prairie Miller WBAI Radio ...a model for presenting a fictional story based on an admittedly terrible historical reality (the slave trade) without oversimplifying the moral and political issues involved. Apr 9, 2015 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review… Sarah Boslaugh Playback:stl The Book of Negroes is easily one of the best things to happen to television in quite some time. Feb 20, 2015 | Rating: 5/5 | Full Review… Kari Croop Common Sense Media [The heroine] is sometimes thwarted but never altered. If this makes The Book of Negroes less psychologically complex than it otherwise might be, there are real pleasures and comforts to be had from it. Feb 19, 2015 | Full Review… Robert Lloyd Los Angeles Times Top Critic View All Critic Reviews (7) Audience Reviews for The Book of Negroes: Season 1 There are no featured audience reviews yet. Click the link below to see what others say about The Book of Negroes: Season 1! View All News & Features 150 Erotic Movies Ranked worst to best! 2019's Most Anticipated 63 movies coming up this year 200 Essential Movies Chosen by RT staff! 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