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How to Watch ‘Enslaved’ Docuseries Online Without Cable

Simcha Jacobovici, Afua Hirsch and Samuel L. Jackson at Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

EPIX Simcha Jacobovici, Afua Hirsch and Samuel L. Jackson at Fort Amsterdam, Ghana

This new six-part docuseries explores the transatlantic slave trade. Enslaved is hosted by Samuel L. Jackson and premieres Monday, September 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on EPIX.

If you don’t have cable, here’s how to watch Enslaved on your computer, phone, Roku, Fire TV, Apple TV or other streaming device:

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Watch Epix on Amazon Prime

If you’re an Amazon Prime subscriber or you start a free 30-day trial of Amazon Prime, you can watch all live and on-demand Epix content via the Amazon Epix Channel, which comes with a seven-day free trial:

Watch Epix on Amazon Prime

Once you’re signed up for both Amazon Prime and the Epix channel, you can then watch Enslaved either live as it airs or on-demand anytime after.

For either option, you can watch on your computer via the Amazon website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone compatible), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Fire TV Stick, Apple TV, Xbox One, PlayStation 4 or other streaming device via the Amazon Video app.

Watch Epix on Sling TV

Epix is available as its own standalone package through Sling TV, meaning you can sign up for Epix whether or not you also sign up for one of Sling TV’s main “Sling Orange” or “Sling Blue” channel bundles. As such, you can get Epix for a total of $5 per month through Sling, which is the cheapest option if you plan on keeping it long term:

Get Sling TV

Once signed up for Sling TV, you can watch Enslaved live or on-demand on your computer via the Sling TV website, or on your phone (Android and iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Chromecast, Xbox One, or other streaming device via the Sling TV app.

Watch Epix on Philo TV

Epix is available as a $6 per month add-on to Philo’s main channel bundle. You can include both the main package and the Epix add-on in your free seven-day trial:

Philo Free Trial

Once signed up for Philo, you can then watch Enslaved live or on-demand on your computer via the Philo website, or on your phone (iPhone supported), tablet, Roku, Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV or or other supported device via the Philo app.


‘Enslaved’ Preview

This six-part docuseries is produced and hosted by actor and human rights activist Samuel L. Jackson, offering a never-before-seen look at the transatlantic slave trade.

Enslaved aims to “shed new light on 400 years of human trafficking from Africa to the New World. Based on a DNA test identifying his ancestral tribe, the series traces Jackson’s personal journey from the U.S. to Gabon for his induction into the Benga tribe, with rare and unprecedented access to secret ceremonies and local customs.”

In the premiere episode, “Cultures Left Behind,” “divers from Diving With a Purpose go in search of sunken slave ships. Hollywood icon and human rights activist Samuel L. Jackson goes on a personal journey to meet the tribe of his ancestors for the first time.”

Using new diving technology – such as advanced 3D mapping and ground-penetrating radar – to locate and examine sunken slave ships on three continents, the series reveals an entirely new perspective on the history of the transatlantic slave trade. The series also tracks the efforts of Diving With a Purpose (DWP), a collaborating organization with The National Association of Black Scuba Divers (NABS), as they search for and locate six slave ships that sank drowning the enslaved humans aboard. Featuring the most dives ever made on sunken slave ships, Enslaved also chronicles the first positive identification of a “Freedom Ship,” an American schooner that ferried African American runaways to Canada.

Each episode follows three separate storylines: the quest for a sunken slave ship, a personal journey by Samuel L. Jackson, and a historical investigation led by investigative journalists Simcha Jacobovici and Afua Hirsch.

Enslaved also “celebrates stories of resistance, accomplishment, and hope; the cultures left behind and the culture that we live in presently… a culture that, in many ways, was born in the bowels of those sunken slave ships.”

Enslaved premieres Monday, September 14 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on EPIX.

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