I have all 13 episodes of the Roots TV mini series. I have the original series (6 episodes) and next generation ( 7 episodes). All are in the covers. The tapes are in very good condition as well as the covers. (VHS tapes)
In 1750, Kunta Kinte is born. When he is 15, Kunta is captured and sold to slave traders and put on a slave ship..
The ship lands months later in the USA., where the Africans are sold at auction as slaves. Kunta Kinte is sold to a plantation owner and is given the slave name Toby. An older slave named Fiddler is put in charge of teaching Toby the ways of a slave. Kunta does not want to give up his Mandinka roots.
The adult Kunta Kinte eventually learns what it means to be a slave but cannot forget his Mandinka roots and his memories of being free. He married a slave named Belle who treats his cut off foot. They have a daughter named Kizzy. Kizzy gives birth "chicken" George.
George's son Tom Harvey is a blacksmith. Tom and his family, Chicken George and his wife move to George's land in Tennessee to begin a new life after the Civil War. And as the series ends, Chicken George tells his son about his grandfather, the African who went to find some wood for a drum, and was captured.
