A Story of Bones

Season 36 Episode 3602

A burial site containing thousands of once enslaved Africans is discovered on St. Helena.

As Construction Environmental Officer for St. Helena's troubled airport project, Annina van Neel learns about an unmarked mass burial ground of an estimated 9,000 formerly enslaved Africans. Haunted by this historical injustice, she and African American preservationist Peggy King Jorde fight for their proper memorialization, exposing the UK's colonial past and present.

AIR DATE 7/3/23

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