Name: Underground Railroad: The Secret History
Released: 2022-02-27T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Clark Johnson

TV Show · Documentary · History

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD: THE SECRET HISTORY is a four-part documentary series that uses archaeology and modern technology to unlock some of the biggest mysteries surrounding this secret network that helped enslaved people escape to freedom.

2022 · 42m

Starring Clark Johnson

EPISODE 1

Seeking Southern Sanctuary

Retracing the steps of freedom seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore a Florida fort that was nearly erased from history.

42 min
EPISODE 2

Midwest Refuge

Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kan., a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters; in Illinois, experts use tech tools to explore a secret underground tunnel.

42 min
EPISODE 4

The Mid-Atlantic Route North

Archaeologists uncover remains of a Maroon community that lived in a forgotten Virginia swamp; lost artifacts are exposed at Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

45 min
EPISODE 5

Setting Sail for Freedom

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 tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.

42 min