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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWho is watching "Book of Negroes" on BET?
It's really good. The true story of slaves who sided with the British against Americans in the Revolutionary War and how many of them fled to Nova Scotia afterwards.
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Who is watching "Book of Negroes" on BET? (Original Post)
MuttLikeMe
Feb 2015
OP
There were some genuinely decent people on the British side, no doubt, just as with the Patriots....
AverageJoe90
Feb 2015
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madamvlb
(495 posts)1. Wish I had BET...
My cable company doesn't carry it.
applegrove
(118,677 posts)2. It was a book first. Didn't sell so well outside of Canada. I read somewhere
that readers did not know what to make of the "n" word in the title. The lead actress is American. I'm going to wait for it to come out on dvd. I liked the book.
laundry_queen
(8,646 posts)3. I saw the whole series already
It aired on CBC here in Canada over the last few weeks. The last episode was last week. It's a must-watch, IMO.
AverageJoe90
(10,745 posts)4. There were some genuinely decent people on the British side, no doubt, just as with the Patriots....
But then again, had the British actually won, would this still have happened? I'm not so sure.....it's probably because they lost, in reality. But still, good for those Afro-Americans lucky enough to make the trip.