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Underground Railroad: The Secret History
2022 · Rated 6.8/10
Last aired: S1 E4, Setting Sail for Freedom · 2022-02-27
Underground Railroad: The Secret History brings new focus on courageous Freedom Seekers and their allies in this critical chapter of American history. These are the stories of those who risked their lives in the ultimate pursuit of freedom, and the ingenious methods used achieve liberty.
Season 1
E1
Seeking Southern Sanctuary
2022-01-30 · 60 min
Retracing the steps of Freedom Seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore Negro Fort, a Florida fort nearly erased from history. Routes through Texas to Mexico are also explored.
E2
Midwest Refuge
2022-02-06 · 60 min
Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kansas, a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters. In Alton and Miller's Grove, Illinois, experts use high-tech tools to explore secret underground tunnels.
E3
Contradictions Along the Atlantic
2022-02-20 · 60 min
Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.
E4
Setting Sail for Freedom
2022-02-27 · 60 min
Underwater archaeologists search for the wreck of the USS Planter, a Civil War vessel seized by Freedom Seekers to escape the Confederacy; in Canada, experts use high tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.
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Clark Johnson
Narrator