Roots
Your name is your shield.
Rated 6.9180 votes20161 seasonTV-MA
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
- First aired
- May 30, 2016
- Status
- Ended
- Network
- History
- Episodes
- 4
- Country
- US
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May 30, 2016In the river region of The Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, give birth to a son, Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After arriving in Maryland, Virginia planter John Waller purchases Kunta.
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