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Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Over 12 million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery with 10 percent dying en route.The series tracks the efforts of Diving with a Purpose (DWP), as they search for and locate six slave ships that went down with their human cargo. It’s a story of brutality and inhumanity, but also of resistance, accomplishment and hope.

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Cultures Left Behind - S1 E1

Samuel L Jackson traces his ancestry to Gabon, visiting the coastal area in Loango National Park and divers from Diving With a Purpose (DWP) search for a slave ship that went down off the Florida coast.

  • Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 12, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

Rationalization - S1 E2

Samuel L. Jackson recruits two notable journalists to investigate the process that led Europeans to view slavery as not only profitable but justified; in the English Channel, DWP divers locate the earliest slave wreck ever found.

  • Sunday April 12, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 14, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

Follow the Money - S1 E3

The team investigates the economics of slave trade and searches for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during this time in history.

  • Sunday April 19, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 19, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 21, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 21, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

New World Cultures - S1 E4

Samuel L. Jackson visits Africatown, Alabama, the only African town established in America; the divers help youths in Costa Rica discover their African heritage by diving and identifying a sunken slave ship off their coast.

  • Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 19, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 21, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 21, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

Resistance - S1 E5

Exploring the African resistance to slavery in Africa and the thousands who risked their lives as part of the Underground Railroad; the DWP divers hope to identify a preserved wreck of a ship that ferried enslaved Africans to freedom.

  • Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 26, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 28, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

Abolition - S1 E6

Samuel L. Jackson explores the politics that brought the enslavement of Africans in the West to an end; the divers search for a ship that re-enslaved freed Africans from St. Lucia and illegally trafficked them to England.

  • Sunday April 26, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Tuesday April 28, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
  • Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

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