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4 Episodes 2006 - 2006
Episode 1
Wed, Feb 1, 200653 mins
Episode Four presents fascinating discoveries about participants' lineages thanks to DNA analysis.
Episode 2
Wed, Feb 1, 200653 mins
From the early 20th century to the end of the Civil War, a look at how African Americans defined their freedom after slavery. Dr. Gates learns that courthouse records of land acquisitions, documents from the Freedmen's Bureau and the 1870 census prove important resources for tracing the participants' lineage through Reconstruction.
Episode 3
Wed, Feb 8, 2006
Episode 4
Wed, Feb 8, 200654 mins
Dr. Gates visits scientists around the country using DNA analysis to trace ancestral roots. He and one participant make the last leg of the journey, back to Africa, visiting the West African port from which the participant's patrilineal ancestor was likely shipped into slavery, and meeting tribal elders whose DNA suggests are the participant's cousins.