In the river region of the Gambia in 1750, Omoro Kinte and his wife, Binta, have a son named Kunta. Kunta is kidnapped in 1767 and sold to British slave traders. After he ...

Redcoats attempt to persuade slaves to run away and join the English army; Kunta escapes but slave catchers apprehend him and amputate half of his foot to ensure that he ...

George becomes an accomplished trainer of gamecocks and earns the nickname of Chicken George; George marries Matilda, a preacher's daughter, and fathers many children; To ...

Chicken George spends 20 years in England, before being set free and returning to America. He finds out his mother, Kizzy has passed, and his wife and children were sold ...

An adaptation of Alex Haley's Roots, chronicling the history of an African man sold to slavery in America, and his descendants. ...