Roots

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A ship full of white slave traders come and hunt down all of the natives to be sold into slavery, and forced to wear the name Toby. During the course of their forced journey, a group of slaves rebel, but fail to take over the ship. After weeks of travel, the ship lands in America, where the captured people are sold as slaves...

TV Show Info

Type: Scripted
Status: Canceled/Ended
Premiered: Jan. 23, 1977
Normal Runtime: 720 min.
Genre:

/ drama
/ historical

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Telegrapher	Ames	Bud
Field singer	Gardner	[more cast]

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1x08 Part VIII - Jan. 30, 1977
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Random Fun Fact: Originally broadcast on ABC as eight one-hour and two-hour episodes as follows: Episodes 1,2,6, and 8 were two hours; Episodes 3,4,5, and 7 were one hour. Presented on VHS, DVD, and rebroadcast as six two-hour episodes. - [more trivia]

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