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.
TV Schedules
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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 May 3, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday May 3, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
- Tuesday May 5, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday May 5, 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 May 10, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday May 10, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
- Tuesday May 12, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday May 12, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2
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New World Cultures - S1 E4
- Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday April 28, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2
- Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday April 26, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
Follow the Money - S1 E3
- Tuesday April 21, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday April 21, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2
- Sunday April 19, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday April 19, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
Rationalization - S1 E2
- Tuesday April 14, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2
- Sunday April 12, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
Cultures Left Behind - S1 E1
- Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
- Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2
- Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
- Sunday April 12, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
