Extras

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

America's Earliest Africans

Clip: Ep1 | 1m 19s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. discusses two of the earliest Africans to arrive in North America.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

The Black Atlantic (1500-1800)

Preview: Ep1 | 30s

The first Africans in America and the beginning of plantation slavery in the South.

The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross

Priscilla, a Slave

Clip: Ep1 | 1m 50s

Henry Louis Gates, Jr. learns about Priscilla, a slave on a South Carolina plantation.