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Simon Schama presents a drama-documentary that charts the extraordinary journey of the American slaves who fought for the British side in the American War of Independence and were then led by a young Englishman to Africa. There, they struggled to establish a colony in Sierra Leone, where they could be free.
Directed by Steve Condie

Simon Schama
Host

Julien Ball
Henry Thornton
Catch the Black Sunshine
1972