Archaeologists uncover remains of a Maroon community that lived in a forgotten Virginia swamp; lost artifacts are exposed at Harriet Tubman’s childhood home; and experts explore a cemetery where Freedom Seekers hid amidst the dead in Washington DC.
Maritime routes of the Underground Railroad are traced as an underwater archaeologist searches for the wreck of a Civil War ship used by enslaved people to find freedom; and experts reveal waterways to Canada that made liberation possible.
Archaeologists unearth the lost community of Quindaro - a long-forgotten abolitionist town; they search for artifacts of Freedom Seekers in a hidden cave in Illinois; and experts explore a secret underground tunnel that hid enslaved people on the run.
Archaeologists help solve the mystery of what happened to a free Black fort in Florida, while thermal drones reveal Texas caves that Freedom seekers used en route to Mexico.