Enslaved: The Lost History of the Transatlantic Slave Trade

Over 12 million Africans were kidnapped and sold into slavery with 10 percent dying en route.The series tracks the efforts of Diving with a Purpose (DWP), as they search for and locate six slave ships that went down with their human cargo. It’s a story of brutality and inhumanity, but also of resistance, accomplishment and hope.

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Follow the Money - S1 E3

The team investigates the economics of slave trade and searches for a sunken slave ship that represents the single greatest loss of life during this time in history.

Sunday April 19, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 19, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
Tuesday April 21, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 21, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

New World Cultures - S1 E4

Samuel L. Jackson visits Africatown, Alabama, the only African town established in America; the divers help youths in Costa Rica discover their African heritage by diving and identifying a sunken slave ship off their coast.

Sunday April 19, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 19, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
Tuesday April 21, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 21, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

Resistance - S1 E5

Exploring the African resistance to slavery in Africa and the thousands who risked their lives as part of the Underground Railroad; the DWP divers hope to identify a preserved wreck of a ship that ferried enslaved Africans to freedom.

Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 26, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2
Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 28, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2

Abolition - S1 E6

Samuel L. Jackson explores the politics that brought the enslavement of Africans in the West to an end; the divers search for a ship that re-enslaved freed Africans from St. Lucia and illegally trafficked them to England.

Sunday April 26, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 26, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2
Tuesday April 28, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 28, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2

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Rationalization - S1 E2

Tuesday April 14, 2026 3:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am CT on KET2
Sunday April 12, 2026 9:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm CT on KET2

Cultures Left Behind - S1 E1

Tuesday April 14, 2026 2:00 am ET on KET2
Tuesday April 14, 2026 1:00 am CT on KET2
Sunday April 12, 2026 8:00 pm ET on KET2
Sunday April 12, 2026 7:00 pm CT on KET2

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