Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery (1998): Cast

Everything you thought you knew about slavery is about to be challenged. This groundbreaking six‑hour series, Africans in America: America’s Journey Through Slavery, was ten years in the making and tells the story from a fresh perspective. It combines dramatic recreations, rare archival photographs, surprising revelations and powerful first‑person accounts to reveal the true depth of America’s slave history.

• Angela Bassett as themselves