It was also the second most-watched series finale in U.S. The series finale holds the record as the third highest-rated episode for any television series according to the Nielsen ratings. Alex Haley Book CoverĪs the story progresses toward the Civil War, other characters are introduced, including Matilda (Olivia Cole), Tom Harvey (Georg Stanford Brown), Irene Harvey (Lynne Moody), and Ol’ George Johnson (Brad Davis). Moore raped Kizzy, and she had a child, Chicken George. Kizzy was sold to Tom Moore (Chuck Connors), a plantation owner from North Carolina. He met and married Bell (Madge Sinclair), and the couple had a daughter named Kizzy (Leslie Uggams). After being captured by slave catchers, they chopped off half of his foot. LeVar Burton in Slave ShipĪs an adult, Kunta Kinte’s continued efforts to escape slavery resulted in his being maimed. Kunta Kinte made multiple attempts to escape from slavery, for which he was whipped severely. Reynolds gave Kunta Kinte a new English name, Toby. The ship sailed to Annapolis, Maryland, where Kunta Kinte was sold to plantation owner John Reynolds (Lorne Greene) from Spotsylvania County, Virginia. Kinte was captured by slave traders and placed on the British slave ship Lord Ligonier in 1767. Roots begins with Kunta Kinte’s birth in Gambia in 1750. Simpson as Kadi Touray, Ben Vereen as Chicken George Moore, Louis Gossett Jr. The series had an all-star cast, including LeVar Burton as young Kunta Kinte, John Amos as older Kunta Kunte, Cicely Tyson as Binta, Maya Angelou as Nyo Boto, O.J. The original series followed the story of Kunta Kinte, from his capture and enslavement in West Africa during the colonial period through the family’s history until the end of the Civil War. The miniseries aired January 23-30, 1977, on the ABC network. Roots was a television miniseries based on Alex Haley’s 1976 novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family.
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