Als sich die aufstrebende junge Schwarze Schriftstellerin Dana allmählich in ihrem neuen Zuhause einzuleben beginnt, wird sie von heftigen Zeitsprüngen hin- und hergerissen – sie findet sich auf einer Plantage im 19. Jahrhundert wieder und muss sich völlig ungeahnten Geheimnissen stellen, die durch ihre Adern fließen.
Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
Naïve and provocative Gabriela is a raggedy migrant worker who arrives in town to mesmerize all with her playful and simple, yet raw sensuality. Set in 1925, the story unravels in Ilhéus, a quiet northeastern coastal city thriving with cocoa crops and aspirations for progress, even though the traditional ways still rule.
This top-seller recounts the saga of Italians who immigrated to Brazil during the XIX century, seeking their fortunes in America. The forbidden love between Giulliana and Matteo flowers in the midst of the sweeping changes ushered in by the arrival of these Europeans in Brazilian towns. This great epic has thrilled viewers in more than eighty countries.
Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.
Elspeth and her unconventional parents decide to settle down in Kenya and begin a coffee plantation. This is a time of discovery for Elspeth, as she encounters the incredible beauty and cruelty of nature, and new friendships with both Africans and British expatriates. A side plot involves the beautiful and bored British Lettice Palmer who enters into an affair with a handsome safari guide. Eventually, however, the excitement of Elspeth's life is disrupted by the onset of WW I, and the changes it brings.
Witwe Deborah Kendrick und ihre Kinder Selma und Leon leben auf der Beulah-Land-Plantage, Bonard und Edna Davis auf der Oaks Plantage. Der brutale Sklavenaufseher Roscoe Corlay unterstützt die Kendricks bei ihrer Arbeit. Penelope Pennington ist Deborahs beste Freundin, Sarah und Laurette ihre Nichten. Leon heiratet Sarah, die die neue Herrin auf Beulah Land wird. Die Geschichte begleitet die Familien über Jahrzehnte durch Höhen und Tiefen.
Gefeierte Miniserie über die Sklaverei in den Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika im 19. Jahrhundert.