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Author:
Haley, Alex
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This poignant and powerful narrative tells the dramatic story of Kunta Kinte, snatched from freedom in Africa and brought by ship to America and slavery, and his descendants. Drawing on the oral traditions handed down in his family for generations, the author traces his origins back to the seventeen-year-old Kunta Kinte, who was abducted from his home in Gambia and transported as a slave to colonial America. In this account Haley provides an imaginative rendering of the lives of seven generations of black men and women.

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African American families
African American families -- Biography
African Americans
African Americans -- Biography
African Americans -- History
Audiobooks
Family
Fiction
Haley, Alex
Haley, Alex -- Family
Haley family
Historical Fiction
History
Kinte family
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Slavery -- United States -- History

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Contributors:
Dyson, Michael Eric
Brooks, Avery
Dyson, Michael Eric,author
Playaway Digital Audio
BBC Audiobooks America
ISBN:
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9780792748526
9780385037877
9780816166398
9780517208601
9781602831971
9781482962062
9781602527881
UPC:
883761831973
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 7.4, 48 Points
Lexile measure:
1330L

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Grouping Authoralex haley
Grouping Categorybook
Grouping LanguageEnglish (eng)
Last Grouping Update2025-06-26 22:18:02PM
Last Indexed2025-06-26 22:21:15PM

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Roots : [the saga of an American family] / Alex Hailey ; [special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson]
Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley
Roots : the saga of an American family / Alex Haley ; with a special introduction by Michael Eric Dyson and Alex Haley On the Writing of Roots
Roots : the saga of an American family / by Alex Haley
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