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

TV Show · Documentary · History

Archaeologists and historians use cutting-edge technology to investigate and explore some of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Underground Railroad, a secret network that helped enslaved African Americans 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 and thermal drones to reveal caves of refuge in Texas along a secret road to Mexico.

42m
EPISODE 2

Midwest Refuge

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

42m
EPISODE 3

Contradictions in the Atlantic

Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in a surprising location, the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.

42m
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 high tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.

42m