Underground Railroad: The Secret History

Season 1

TV-14

Archaeologists and historians use cutting-edge technology to investigate and explore some of the biggest mysteries surrounding the Underground Railroad, a secret network that helped enslaved African Americans escape to freedom.

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4 Episodes

Seeking Southern Sanctuary
E1
Seeking Southern SanctuaryRetracing 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.
Midwest Refuge
E2
Midwest RefugeArchaeologists 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.
Contradictions in the Atlantic
E3
Contradictions in the AtlanticArchaeologists 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.
Setting Sail for Freedom
E4
Setting Sail for FreedomUnderwater 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.