CBC today announced that six-part docuseries ENSLAVED will premiere on CBC TV and the free CBC Gem streaming service on Sunday, October 18 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT), and on documentary Channel the day before, Saturday, October 17 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Led by icon and activist Samuel L. Jackson, ENSLAVED sheds new light on […] Enslaved is the most comprehensive series ever made on the Transatlantic Slave Trade. How did the ideology of racism begin? A Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Venture, a Native of Africa: But Resident above Sixty Years in the United States of America. Titled “Enslaved,” the six-part Epix series will premiere Sept. 14 in the U.S., and on Oct. 18 on CBC in Canada. (BBC), Maroon communities in the Americas (SlaveryandRemembrance.org), The invisible history of the slave trade (Toronto Star), King's & Slavery: Academic Research (University of King's College), Report - Lord Dalhousie Scholarly Panel on Slavery and Race, Torture and Truth: Angélique and the Burning of Montreal (Canadian Mysteries), Marie-Joseph Angélique (The Canadian Encyclopedia), Slavery in Saint-Armand (Townships Heritage), One teacher wants a town in Quebec to remember the slaves lying buried beneath it (The Globe and Mail), Portrait of a Haitian Woman (previously Portrait of a Negro Slave): Article Portrait of a Negro Slave (The Canadian Encyclopedia). (EnglishHeritage.org), Who was Edward Colston and why is Bristol divided by his legacy? Samuel L. Jackson and a team of journalists find out in the finale of Enslaved, Nov. 22 at 9 p.m. Find out how enslaved Africans resisted and sought freedom in Africa, in the U.S., and on the high seas in the fifth episode of Enslaved, Nov. 15 at 9 p.m. Canada's Forgotten Slaves: Two   Centuries of  Bondage by Marcel Trudel and edited by George Tombs, Vehicule Press, 2013. The Refugee: or the Narratives of Fugitive Slaves in Canada. Companies that benefited from the slave trade: The hidden links between slavery and Wall Street (BBC), The British companies that made money from slavery – and its abolition (The Telegraph), There are British businesses built on slavery. The series will … How did Europe's 17th Century mania for coffee cause an expansion in the transatlantic slave trade? This list is designed to extend the exploration of the topics of the middle passage, the transatlantic slave trade, Black enslavement in colonial Canada, foodways, the settlement of African American freedom seekers in Canada, Black Canadian communities, abolition, emancipation, and migrations. Slavery and Freedom in Niagara by Michael Power and Nancy Butler, Niagara Historical Society, 1993. co-production between Toronto-based Associated Producers and London-based Cornelia Street Productions in association with Canadian public broadcaster the CBC… Enslaved is a British-Canadian television documentary series, which premiered in 2020. The series coincides with the 400-year anniversary of the first African brought to the New World as a slave, and will retrace the harrowing sea voyage that brought millions to a life of slavery. Diving with a Purpose works to honour their history, Sunday, Oct.18 9pm/9:30 NT on CBC and CBC Gem. With Afua Hirsch, Ty Hurley, Samuel L. Jackson, Simcha Jacobovici. Black and general heritage sites connected to the Underground Railroad: Freedom seekers in New Brunswick: The unlikely life of an escaped slave in Saint John (CBC), The William Still Story, Canadian Freedom Markers: Stories of Freedom | Underground Railroad, The Souls of Black Folk: Hamilton's Stewart Memorial Community, African Canadian Newspapers (the Provincial Freeman and the Voice of the Fugitive), Freedom City: Uncovering Toronto's Black History, "I'm on my way to Canada": Canada and Musical Protests against Slavery, Away to Canada by Joshua McCarter Simpson, A North-Side View of Slavery. (CBC Kids), In push for Emancipation Day declaration in Canada, Black community leaders say it's an opportunity to examine what freedom and liberation mean today (The Toronto Star), M-36 Emancipation Day 43rd Parliament, 1st Session - Members of Parliament (Our Commons), Anti-Slavery Movement in Canada - Library and Archives Canada, The North American Convention of Colored Freemen in Toronto, Canada, 1851 at St. Lawrence Hall: Proceedings for the North American Convention, Article Toronto Feature: St Lawrence Hall (Canadian Encyclopedia), 38 Canadians listed in the Slavery Compensation Database, The Voice of the Fugitive: INK - ODW Newspaper Collection, The Provincial Freeman: INK - ODW Newspaper Collection. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. Enslaved contains disturbing depictions of the inhumanity faced by enslaved people from African countries during the transatlantic slave trade, which may be traumatizing to some viewers. A look at 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, from the perspective of three different storylines. Washington Black by Esi Edugyan, HarperCollins, 2018. Simcha Jacobovici serves as series director. Venture Smith, 1729?-1805. ENSLAVED is a Canada/UK co-production between Toronto-based Associated Producers and London-based Cornelia Street Productions produced in association with CBC, Canada’s public broadcaster, and documentary Channel in Canada. Jacobovici is series director on Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade (Epix, CBC, BBC, Fremantle), a 6-part non-scripted series hosted and co-produced by Hollywood icon Samuel L. Jackson. Olaudah Equiano, b. Enslaved is a Canada/U.K. How did Europe's 17th Century mania for coffee cause an expansion in the transatlantic slave trade? Related by Themselves, with an Account of the History and Condition of the Colored Population of Upper Canada by Benjamin Drew, William Troy: Hair-breadth Escapes from Slavery to Freedom, A Narrative of Thomas Smallwood, (Coloured Man:) Giving an Account of His Birth--The Period He Was Held in Slavery--His Release--and Removal to Canada, etc. I. Vol. Audience Relations, CBC P.O. ENSLAVED (6×60 Documentary, Associated Producers/A CBC Gem and documentary channel co-production with Epix in the United States) : A blue-chip documentary series led by Samuel L. Jackson and directed by Canadian filmmaker Simcha Jacobovici ( The Naked Archaeologist ) that charts the history of slavery through underwater archaeology. Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill, HarperCollins, 2007. Following its launch on EPIX, Enslaved will also premiere on CBC in Canada on Sunday, October 18 at 9 p.m. (9:30 NT). The Bicentenary of the Abolition of the British Slave Trade - A Canadian Perspective (Canadian Race Relations Foundation), Forging Freedom: In Honour of the Bicentenary of the British Abolition of the Atlantic Slave Trade (Erudit.org), From Slavery to Freedom, Heritage Matters special issue (Heritage Trust), The invisible history of the slave trade (The Star), Chloe Cooley and the Act to Limit Slavery in Upper Canada (The Canadian Encyclopedia), Slavery Abolition Act, 1833 (The Canadian Encyclopedia), Have you ever heard of Emancipation Day? Closed Captioning and Described Video is available for many CBC shows offered on CBC Gem. Simcha Jacobovici history of resistance and ingenuity rationalize the practice of chattel slavery for “ Enslaved “ below: Up! Different storylines ( EnglishHeritage.org ), Who was Edward Colston and why is Bristol divided by his?... Ty Hurley, Samuel L. Jackson, Simcha Jacobovici episode of Enslaved, Nov. 1 at 9 p.m. how Europeans... 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