1000 Years a Slave
A Global Trade
Season 1 Episode 2 of 4
Shannon LaNier visits Monticello in Virginia and makes a discovery about the nature of his ancestor Sally Hemings' relationship with Thomas Jefferson, and how he tried to hide the fact he owned slaves while living in France. Trisha Goddard investigates how slaves have been traded across the Indian Ocean for millennia the incredible journey of an 18th-century classical musician who was enslaved twice before finding freedom is also featured
1000 Years a Slave airs on 5 +1 at 4:25 AM, Monday 10 November. (Subtitles, repeat.)
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Marion Milne
Series Producer
Dominic Ozanne
Series Producer
Lucy Hershon
Producer