Kunta Kinte survives the voyage of a slaveship and is sold at an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of his training, becomes his only friend; the friendship is tested when Kunta plans an escape to be with a woman he loves.
"Kunta Kinte endures travel aboard the slave ship Ligonier. Despite a violent shipboard rebellion, the vessel completes its voyage ... and Kunta Kinte endures the indignity of an Annapolis slave auction."
"Kunta Kinte survives the voyage of a slaveship and is sold at an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of his training, becomes his only friend; the friendship is tested when Kunta plans an escape to be with a woman he loves."@en
"Chronicles a black man's search for his heritage and reveals an epic panorama of America's past."@en
"Based on the novel by Alex Haley, the saga begins with an African boy kidnapped from his homeland by slave traders and brought to America in captivity. As an adult, Kunta Kinte marries but gives up his last chance at escape when daughter Kizzy is born. She is later sold to another plantation and her son is sent to England to pay off a debt. The story spans 100 years of American history from the mid-18th to mid-19th century."
"An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed. Episode 2. The shipboard rebellion, the vessel completes its voyage, and the Annapolis slave auction."
"The "Roots" saga continues as Kunta Kinte survives the horrendous journey from Africa to America, is sold in a slave auction to a Virginia farmer, and is taught by Fiddler how to survive on a Southern plantation."
"An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", in which Haley traces his African American family's history from the mid-18th century to the Reconstruction era."@en
"Despite a violent shipboard rebellion, the vessel completes its voyage ... and Kunta Kinte endures the indignity of an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of Kunta's training, becomes his only friend, a friendship that's tested when Kunta plans an escape so he can be with Fanta."@en
"Second episode of an adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors, Kunta Kinte, was captured and sold into slavery. The series follows the struggle for freedom which began with the young man's abduction and was continued by his descendants."@en
"A 1977 television adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots. It traces his family's history from mid-18th century Africa through the American Civil War and Reconstruction."
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