He wakes up in an unfamiliar room as a tall toubob treats his wounds with the help of a black woman named Bell. Kunta runs away a total of four times, and on the fourth, he's captured by a group of professional slave catchers and they cut off his foot. "Terrible" doesn't even begin to describe this. Kunta's auctioned off to a toubob man and brought to a large farm, where he's locked up and forced to perform manual labor. Many don't survive the journey, but the ship reaches its destination: America. He endures unimaginable treatment and, although the imprisoned Africans plan to rise up, the conditions are so bad that an uprising becomes impossible. Kunta has a lovely, idyllic childhood, but it's cut tragically short when he's kidnapped by white slave traders (whom he refers to as "toubob") while looking for wood to build a drum.Īfter his capture, Kunta is brutally beaten, abused, and locked in the belly of a ship along with a mass of other enslaved Africans. So, Kunta Kinte is the first-born son of Omoro and Binta Kinte, Mandinka tribes-people who live in the village of Juffure, which is in The Gambia. Kick back and relax, guys-this one's going to take a minute. Roots: The Saga of an American Family Summary
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