From “Kindred” to “Underground” and 2016’s reimagining of “Roots,” television has not shied away from depicting a wide range of stories about enslaved people. As the current presidential administration attempts to suppress history and the truth,

It's a much more hopeful and optimistic ending than the novel's. There, Wash heading into the sandstorm reads as a mirror to Titch walking out into a snowstorm, suggesting that perhaps, like Titch, Wash is losing himself in the pains of his past.

Based on Esi Edugyan's prizewinning novel, this 19th century-set Hulu miniseries centers on George Washington Black, a young escaped slave seen in two different timelines.