The Book of Negroes Season 1

The series tells the true story about a young African girl named Aminata Diallo. She was abducted from her native village in 18th century. Aminata falls into slavery in South Carolina. After a while, she manages to escape to Scotland. The book's title refers to the real object, which was a handwritten black passengers list. The book contained the following information: name, age, physical condition of each passenger who departing from New York on British ships in 1783. Also, there was information on their status: slave or free.