A look at 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World, from the perspective of three different storylines.
Cast: Afua Hirsch, Samuel L. Jackson, Simcha Jacobovici, Kinga Philipps, Rachel Sophia-Anthony, Alannah Vellacott, Joshua Williams, Kramer Wimberley
This episode investigates African resistance to slavery in Africa and the “Underground Railroad.” The Diving With a Purpose divers embark on an investigation to positively identify a preserved wreck that ferried African Americans to freedom.
Samuel L. Jackson visits the only African town established in America. The Diving With A Purpose divers help youths in Costa Rica discover their African heritage, by diving and identifying a sunken slave ship off their coast.
Shot on location in Suriname, Brazil, Portugal and the UK, the team investigate the economics of the slave trade, while searching for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during the entire slave trade.
Shot on location in Suriname, Brazil, Portugal and the UK, the team investigate the economics of the slave trade, while searching for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during the entire slave trade.
Launching the epic story of the transatlantic slave trade, as told from the ocean floor, divers from Diving With A Purpose go in search of sunken slave ships, while Hollywood icon Samuel L. Jackson goes to meet the tribe of his ancestors.