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* [[Generational Saga]]
* [[I Die Free]]
* [[Inspired By]]: The earlier parts, before Chicken George are all fiction. There ''was'' a Kunta Kinte and a ''Lord Ligonier
* [[Made a Slave]]: Kunta Kinte.
* [[The Man Is Keeping Us Down]]: And how! There are a couple of sympathetic whites, though, particularly George Johnson and his wife.
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* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: The [[Tear Jerker]] variety - it's Kunta Kinte, ''not'' Toby.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Some of the masters have a couple of moments that could count -- even Tom Moore, who would have been a [[Complete Monster]] otherwise.
* [[Playing Gertrude]]: The actress playing Kizzy was 3 years older than the guy who played her son, Chicken George. (necessary though, since she also played a younger version of Kizzy
* [[Rite of Passage]]: During the first episode, the adolescent boys of the village are taken out to a remote area and subjected to several rites of passage.
* [[Stock Subtitle]]: ''Roots the Next Generations''.
* [[Two Plus Torture Makes Five]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgGLjNMEVR4 "Your name is TOBY!"]
* [[You Can't Go Home Again]]: Kunta Kinte/Toby.
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