Underground Railroad: The Secret History
Bringing new focus on the stories of those people who risked their lives in the ultimate pursuit of freedom and the methods used achieve liberty.
- 2022-2022
- 1 season
- Discovery+
- Documentary
- TV-14
Bringing new focus on the stories of those people who risked their lives in the ultimate pursuit of freedom and the methods used achieve liberty.
Season 1 Episode Guide
4 Episodes 2022
Episode 1
Seeking Southern Sanctuary
Sun, Jan 30, 2022 42 mins
Retracing the steps of freedom seekers escaping on the Underground Railroad, archaeologists use high tech to explore Negro Fort, a Florida fort nearly erased from history. Routes through Texas to Mexico are also explored.
Episode 2
Midwest Refuge
Sun, Feb 6, 2022 42 mins
Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro, Kan., a long-forgotten abolitionist town that shielded Freedom Seekers from bounty hunters. In Alton and Miller's Grove, Illinois, experts use high-tech tools to explore secret underground tunnels.
Episode 3
Contradictions Along the Atlantic
Sun, Feb 20, 2022 42 mins
Archaeologists uncover evidence of a Freedom Seeker community in the swampy marshlands between Virginia and North Carolina; in Maryland, experts investigate artifacts that may confirm the location of Harriet Tubman's childhood home.
Episode 4
Setting Sail for Freedom
Sun, Feb 27, 2022 42 mins
Underwater archaeologists search for the wreck of the USS Planter, a Civil War vessel seized by Freedom Seekers to escape the Confederacy; in Canada, experts use high tech to uncover how Freedom Seekers lived once they made it to their new homeland.
