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The struggles of Jamestown in the early 1600s

Secrets of the Dead
Air Date: 11/24/15 | Rating: NR

In the summer of 1609, a fleet of English ships sails across the Atlantic – bound for the American colony in Jamestown, Virginia. It carried over 500 settlers, 9 ships. Jamestown had been founded two years earlier but had not prospered and in fact the first couple of years of Jamestown’s history is pretty much a colossal failure.

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S14 Ep1 | 54m 40s
Air Date: 01/28/15 | Expires: 01/27/25 | Rating: NR

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S14 Ep2 | 55m 10s
Air Date: 08/04/15 | Expires: 08/03/25 | Rating: NR

In many ways, President Lyndon B. Johnson was the most unlikely champion of Civil Rights.

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S14 Ep3 | 54m 40s
Air Date: 10/13/15 | Expires: 10/12/25 | Rating: NR

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S14 Ep4 | 54m 41s
Air Date: 11/24/15 | Expires: 01/30/27 | Rating: TV-14

Discover the truth about the first permanent English colony in the New World

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