Rough Crossings

Film Description

Presented by Simon Schama, Rough Crossings is the story of the struggle by thousands of African Slaves who fled plantations in search of freedom.

Released to co-inside with the anniversary of the abolition of slavery in the UK in 1807, the series takes us on a journey through the cruel slave plantations of Georgia, the American revolutionary war, Nova Scotia in Canada, the coast of Sierra Leone and the trim parlours of Georgian England.

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• Documentaries / Transport & Travel