Roots
Part II
Season 1, Episode 2 · Aired 1977-01-24
Synopsis
Despite a violent rebellion, the slave ship Lord Ligonier completes its voyage and Kunta Kinte endures the indiginity 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 his escape.
In the series
This episode is part of Roots (1977) on ABC.
Event television that forced a nation to watch — and talk — together.
Key cast
- LeVar Burton as Young Kunta Kinte
- John Amos as Older Kunta Kinte
- Louis Gossett Jr. as Fiddler
- Leslie Uggams as Kizzy
- Ben Vereen as Chicken George