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Tonight, we present a landmark in
television entertainment.

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Roots, the true story Alex Haley
uncovered in his 12-year search across

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the seven generations of his ancestry.

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After two years of production, we
present this incredible saga in an epic

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motion picture.

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Roots, the current number one
best-selling novel, is the television

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event of the year.

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From primitive Africa to the old south.

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Roots sweeps across the panorama of a
young America, bursting with all the

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dreams, all the joys, and all the
hardships of a vibrant country and its

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people through the years of slavery.

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The Civil War.

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Reconstruction.

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And the struggle to survive.

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A film spanning more than a hundred
years, generation to generation,

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continent to continent, slavery to
freedom.

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Hear me, oh African.

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The flesh of your flesh has come to
freedom.

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We are free.

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Roots, starring Ben Vereen, Edward
Asner, Lorne Green, Cicely Tyson.

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O.J. Simpson, Linda Day George, Chuck
Connors, John Amos, Leslie Uggams, Lloyd

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Bridges, Burl Ives, Louis Gossett Jr.,
Vic Morrow, George Stanford Brown, Ralph

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Waite, and introducing LeVar Burton as
Kunta Kinte.

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Now, we are proud to present the triumph
of an American family, Roots.

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A very strong son.

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Being born is hard work.

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We will give him a very good life.

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We've given him life, Binta.

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Good or not good, that is for Allah to
say.

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We call him baby boy.

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And we'll go on calling him that until
his father decides on a name for him

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eight days from today.

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Peace

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be

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unto you. And unto you, brother.

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You are the most important man in the
village. Yes, that is true.

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Well, tell me, which is best? You know
about these things.

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Should a child be named after a person
or a thing?

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Amoro, there are no rules.

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Whether it is a person or a thing, the
child will take on seven of the

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characteristics of that name.

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A person or a thing?

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It shall be for you to choose.

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I hope, Remus, I say, that a man of your
great learning will not be offended if I

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say that you've helped me a very small
amount.

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Amoro, tell me this.

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Do you believe your wife, Binta, has
been faithful to you?

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Yes,

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I know she has. You are truly the father
of the child born to Binta?

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Yes. If the child is truly yours, then
so is the problem.

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I have lessons I must teach.

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Shit.

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Behold... the only thing greater than
yourself.

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Three years at the helm of the merry
road.

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Very impressive, Captain Davies. Very
impressive.

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Thank you, Mr. Villers.

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May I ask why you left the Mary Rose?

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The vessel was sold to another owner,
and that owner refused to honor my

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contract, so I left.

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As simple as that.

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Either a man keeps his word to me or he
does not. The owners of the Mary Rose

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did not. There was nothing further to
discuss.

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Well, Captain, your credentials are fine
ones. The best I've seen.

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Good enough to lay any doubts to rest.

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Captain Davies, your vessel, sir.

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The Lord Ligonier? The same. She'll be
seaworthy by the end of the month. And

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her cargo will be?

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Tobacco from here to the mother country.

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Hardware of various sorts from England
to the Gambian coast.

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There to pick up any available spices.

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What need of the hardware, may I ask?

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Captain, our main...

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Cargo will consist of slaves will be
taking on slaves

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I see

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welcome aboard

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Yes, Mother.

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How does the she-goat look to you,
Quinta?

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Her belly grows every day.

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She'll have the kids soon, I think.

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Before the next moon.

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Maybe twins.

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If she dropped twins, you would find
some way to take the credit.

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My breakfast bowl is empty now.

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There are goats to be fed?

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Yes, Mother. Take care.

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Yes, Father, I will.

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He does a good job with our goats, you
know.

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I know.

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You might tell him so.

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He tells himself often enough.

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He's 15 reins, Binta.

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And all boys of 15 reins have a
partnership with impatience. That will

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pass. As quickly as yours passed, Umaru.

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It is so. I know it is absolutely so. If
you know, then, how are we taking the

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manhood training?

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A boy has a hood placed over his head.

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Then he is taken away to the secret
place of manhood.

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When he returns, he knows all the things
that men must know.

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And his photo is like that of a man's.

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His photo?

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The Fotova man and the Fotova child are
not the same, you know that.

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But do you know how this difference gets
done?

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There is cutting and blood.

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The she-goat.

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I must do it.

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Father? The she-goat?

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Yes, Father.

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There was a leopard.

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You're not harmed?

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No, I drove it off, but... Drove it off?

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How? How did you drive it off? All you
have is a slingshot.

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That's what I used.

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There is much you have to learn, Kunta.

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Yes, my father.

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Well, the first thing you must learn is
that all men make mistakes.

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I lost a goat to a lion when I was your
age.

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This I received from the lion.

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And I learned.

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Now you must learn from this thing
that's happened to you.

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Never run towards any dangerous animal.

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Never!

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Do you understand me?

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Yes, Papa.

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You said? Yes, Father.

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Good.

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Then that is all that needs to be said
on this matter between you and me, eh?

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Don't forget to bring firewood to your
mother.

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No, Father.

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I will not forget.

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We took on 250 pair of wrist shackles.

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250, yes. Go on.

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Same number neck rings, sir.

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250 neck rings.

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Chains and shackles to outfit properly.

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Yes. Two dozen thumb screws.

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Thumb screws.

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Aye, sir.

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Are those necessary, Mr. Slater?

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They've an advantage to them, sir.

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You're looking to punish a nigger,
especially a young nigger bitch.

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That's one way of doing it without
marring the skin and knocking down the

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purchase price.

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Mr. Slater, have you ever seen a thumb
that's been subjected to a thumbscrew?

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Oh, yes, sir. Many a time.

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But you see, Captain, a comely nigger
bitch is rarely purchased for the way

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her thumbs look.

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Thumbscrew's two dozen.

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Last item.

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Two branding irons marked double L.

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The Lord Ligonier.

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All right, Captain. Necessary.

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You weigh anchor tomorrow, Captain?

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No.

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We'll stay dockside for two more days.

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I've always preferred to set sail on the
Sabbath.

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Seems the Christian thing to do.

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All right, Captain. Whatever you say.

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Thank you, sir.

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Thank you, Mr. Slater.

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Mother, do you know what Sattafa said
today?

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How would I know?

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He said that some of the boys have heard
the sound of axes and hammers in the

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woods. He said some think it's the white
toboggan. But do you know what I think?

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I do not.

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I think there is work being done in the
secret place where boys are taken for

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manhood training. That's what I think.

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It's possible.

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Do you think I'm right?

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Kunta, women do not know of such things.

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I do not believe women should even be
speaking of such things.

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Kunta.

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Kunta.

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You have been a very good boy.

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I want you to know that.

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A very good boy.

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Our boy has just left and man will
return.

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Come.

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Come.

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What's up?

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I am the Kintango.

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Kintango!

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As children must be careful not to anger
their fathers.

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You will be careful not to anger the
Kintango.

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As dry grass does not challenge the
fire, you will never challenge the

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Kintango. You will do everything I tell
you to do. You will do it when I tell

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you, and for as long as I tell you to do
it.

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I am the Kintango.

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You have left Jufari village.

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Men are to return.

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You must erase your fears.

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For a fearful person is a weak person.

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And a weak person is a danger to his
family, to his village, and to his

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tribe.

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If any are unable to become men, you
will be treated forever as children

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by your families, by all in the village.

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You will never be allowed to marry.

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For the offspring of such a marriage
will be weak and unworthy of our people.

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I will not permit you to be unworthy.

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I think he's trying to make us afraid.

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They do not have to try anymore.

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I'm not afraid. What is your name?

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Kunta Kinte.

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Kunta Kinte?

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Yes, sir.

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Who can tell me if there was a tribal
war and the men of the Mandinka had the

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enemy surrounded on three sides, what
should be the next thing done?

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Men of the Mandinka will enclose the
circle and surround the enemy. No.

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The goal of war is not to kill. The goal
of war is to win.

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By surrounding the enemy, you would
force him only to fight more

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desperately. If you surround him on
three sides and leave him an escape

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route, he will leave your land and there
will be less blood spilled on both

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sides.

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For a warrior of the Mandinka, courage
is not enough.

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But, sir, won't an enemy who escapes
alive fight you again?

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It is impossible to kill an enemy.

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You may end a man's life, but his son is
now your new enemy.

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A warrior respects another warrior, even
when he is his enemy.

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A warrior kills only to protect his
family or to keep from becoming a slave.

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We believe not in death, but in life.

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And there is no object more valuable
than a man's life.

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The way of the Mandinka is not easy, but
it is best.

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Everything all right, sir?

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Yes, Mr. Slater.

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Everything seems fine.

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I was just checking to see if all is in
readiness down here.

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Everything's ready, sir.

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Make no mistake about that.

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How many men do you estimate will be
able to fit in here?

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Taking the captain's part, sir.

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We're taking on women as well as men.

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You see, women take up less space than
the bucks.

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What you have to estimate in the
planning of it all is how many women as

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well as how many men.

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There's a certain mix that's the most
efficient and profitable, you see, sir.

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How many, Mr. Slater?

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Now, 170 more or less, sir.

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Yes, sir. Thank you.

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Tell me, Mr. Slater, how many voyages
like this one

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have you made?

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Oh, my, sir, that's a poser now.

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I'd say 18.

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18?

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That's 17 more than I've made.

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So I'd be willing to admit, Mr. Slater,
that below decks, let's say, you're the

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expert.

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That's very kind of you, Captain.

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What are they like, the blacks?

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Just a different kind of breed, sir.

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You know, like a man would breed a dog
for hunting and breed another sort of

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dog for his wife and children to play
with.

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Black breeds kind of slow at thinking,
but strong. They're suited to be slaves,

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sir. Just as you're suited to be
commander of this here vessel.

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The natural order of things, you might
say.

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Yes.

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00:28:17,770 --> 00:28:20,230
Yes, I could understand that, I suppose.

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Myself, I think it's good for them, us
taking them like that.

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00:28:26,350 --> 00:28:27,990
They're the better off for it, sir.

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00:28:28,930 --> 00:28:32,050
I'm not quite sure I understand that
part, Mr. Slater.

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00:28:32,670 --> 00:28:35,350
For one thing, there's Christianity,
sir.

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We're bringing them to a Christian land.

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00:28:38,990 --> 00:28:42,550
It's got to be better for them than that
heathen Allah they got with them now.

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00:28:43,930 --> 00:28:45,950
That's the first thing. Second thing
is...

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We're probably saving them from being
eaten by their own kind.

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They do that, sir, you know.

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Cannibals, all of them.

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Well, as I said before, Mr. Slater,
below decks,

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you're the expert.

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I'll get us there and home again.

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Can't ask no more than that, sir.

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I'll keep as many alive as can be kept
alive.

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Well, then.

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We'll both be doing our job, Mr. Slater.

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And surely that's as it should be.

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Aye, aye, Captain.

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You leave the cargo to me.

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I speak their language, you might say.

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Their language?

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In a manner of speaking, sir. They have
no proper language. No need of it. Just

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grunts and groans.

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The ability to wrestle with skill is the
ability to uphold the honor of your

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village.

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It is a test of strength.

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And the stronger you are, the more honor
to your people.

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You can learn to shoot a bull by
watching.

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You can learn to track in the forest by
hearing the words of great hunters.

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But there is only one way to learn to
wrestle.

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And that is to do it.

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Who will be first?

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Kunta Kinte.

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00:31:10,510 --> 00:31:11,510
Very well.

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Who will be next?

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00:32:28,110 --> 00:32:29,610
And now, who will be next?

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I

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don't

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think I'm strong or brave enough to be a
man.

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00:32:46,350 --> 00:32:47,870
We're all strong enough.

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We will all be men.

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You will see.

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Kunta Kinte!

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00:33:41,580 --> 00:33:46,140
Kunta Kinte, a panther has courage, so
does a warthog.

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00:33:46,860 --> 00:33:49,040
Which kind of courage should a man have?

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The best kind.

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00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:58,240
If it is for certain that you are not
yet a man, and that is for certain, then

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00:33:58,240 --> 00:34:00,860
it is even more certain that you are not
a philosopher.

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00:34:01,560 --> 00:34:04,300
The best kind is not an answer, Kunta
Kinte.

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00:34:05,300 --> 00:34:08,580
Well, a warthog's courage, then. Why?

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00:34:09,420 --> 00:34:12,540
Well, a warthog never retreats. He never
gives up.

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00:34:12,760 --> 00:34:15,380
And all the hunters admire that
warthog's courage.

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00:34:16,060 --> 00:34:16,998
That's right.

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00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,639
They all say what a brave animal that
warthog is.

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00:34:19,940 --> 00:34:20,940
That's right.

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00:34:21,300 --> 00:34:25,100
And all the hunters usually end up
killing that warthog.

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00:34:25,420 --> 00:34:28,760
They all usually end up eating that
brave warthog.

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00:34:30,520 --> 00:34:33,159
You think I should have given up today
when we were wrestling?

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00:34:34,500 --> 00:34:35,800
We were not wrestling.

316
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:37,679
I was wrestling.

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00:34:38,230 --> 00:34:41,290
You were charging and flying and
landing.

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00:34:41,949 --> 00:34:44,090
You were the warthog, Kunta Kinty.

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00:34:46,770 --> 00:34:48,630
Thank you for teaching me these things.

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00:34:49,449 --> 00:34:50,449
You may go.

321
00:34:51,210 --> 00:34:52,210
Thank you.

322
00:34:52,429 --> 00:34:54,270
You have already thanked me.

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00:34:55,090 --> 00:34:56,090
Yes, sir.

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00:35:01,670 --> 00:35:05,450
Kunta Kinty, I can teach you many
things.

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00:35:06,220 --> 00:35:07,900
But I cannot teach you courage.

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00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:10,300
Not even a warthog's courage.

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00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,700
That is something you will take with
you, wherever you go.

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00:35:28,120 --> 00:35:29,180
What did he say?

329
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:30,800
Oh,

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00:35:31,160 --> 00:35:33,620
he just wanted me to tell him a few
things about wrestling.

331
00:36:03,340 --> 00:36:04,380
Congratulations, sir.

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00:36:04,720 --> 00:36:06,140
Thank you, Mr. Slater.

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Africa.

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00:36:26,720 --> 00:36:30,040
It is your task.

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00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:35,000
You are to leave this camp and catch a
bird.

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00:36:35,860 --> 00:36:42,340
Not kill the bird, mind you, but catch
it and return with it alive.

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00:37:41,260 --> 00:37:42,260
you

338
00:38:28,970 --> 00:38:30,890
But, sir, I am a Mandingo warrior.

339
00:38:31,270 --> 00:38:32,890
No, thank you, Mandingo warrior.

340
00:38:33,250 --> 00:38:37,230
Not yet. Well, I'm in manhood training
to become a Mandingo warrior, and I've

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00:38:37,230 --> 00:38:40,310
been assigned to... You were assigned to
speak to your elders without first

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00:38:40,310 --> 00:38:41,308
giving your name?

343
00:38:41,310 --> 00:38:42,310
No.

344
00:38:42,530 --> 00:38:45,830
I am Kunta Kinte, a Mandingo from the
village of Jujufare.

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00:38:46,350 --> 00:38:51,230
Ah, peace to you, Kunta. I am Katitere.
I am traveling with my family to the

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00:38:51,230 --> 00:38:52,250
village of Kerawang.

347
00:38:52,860 --> 00:38:53,860
Is it far?

348
00:38:53,980 --> 00:38:57,620
Caditore, I have been assigned by my
contango to catch a bird without the use

349
00:38:57,620 --> 00:39:01,860
of a weapon. And that... And to knock
over my midday meal and not bother to

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00:39:01,860 --> 00:39:04,180
put it back? Or apologize to my
daughter?

351
00:39:06,340 --> 00:39:10,000
No. I have been assigned to...

352
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:17,740
Cunicinte,

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00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:18,880
my daughter, Fanta.

354
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:20,400
Peace to you, Fanta.

355
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:22,000
Peace to you, Cunicinte.

356
00:39:23,160 --> 00:39:26,220
My daughter, Fanta, that you were going
to apologize to.

357
00:39:27,500 --> 00:39:30,560
I apologize for not apologizing louder
when you were hitting me.

358
00:39:35,520 --> 00:39:37,120
And it's one day to care a lot.

359
00:39:42,660 --> 00:39:45,540
Peace to you, Fanta.

360
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:50,460
Peace to you, Mandinka Warrior. I hope
you catch your bird.

361
00:44:00,400 --> 00:44:02,980
Kunta Kinte, are you to be a child
forever?

362
00:44:03,420 --> 00:44:07,020
Were you not sent to catch a bird? Did
you forget the instructions given you?

363
00:44:07,340 --> 00:44:08,420
I did not forget.

364
00:44:08,860 --> 00:44:12,540
Then you decided it would be better to
disobey those instructions and... I saw

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00:44:12,540 --> 00:44:13,560
white men.

366
00:44:16,160 --> 00:44:17,400
What did you say?

367
00:44:18,040 --> 00:44:21,560
I said I saw white men.

368
00:44:52,520 --> 00:44:54,300
Most on six months. How are you?

369
00:44:54,540 --> 00:44:56,900
Six months older, not a bit wiser, Mr.
Gardner.

370
00:44:57,380 --> 00:44:58,640
I'd like to meet Captain Davies.

371
00:44:59,040 --> 00:45:01,060
Captain Davies, sir, this here is Mr.
Gardner.

372
00:45:01,280 --> 00:45:02,280
Did you bring any rum?

373
00:45:05,120 --> 00:45:06,120
Yes.

374
00:45:10,700 --> 00:45:11,700
Fine, let's talk.

375
00:45:28,810 --> 00:45:30,210
Good to your health, Captain Davies.

376
00:45:31,590 --> 00:45:32,850
Welcome to Africa, you understand.

377
00:45:33,930 --> 00:45:36,030
Thank you, Mr. Gardner. Very kind of
you.

378
00:45:40,290 --> 00:45:41,290
Now then, Captain.

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00:45:42,750 --> 00:45:45,790
Can you give me some idea as to how many
blacks your vessel will hold?

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00:45:49,210 --> 00:45:50,590
170, Mr. Gardner.

381
00:45:54,950 --> 00:45:55,950
170?

382
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,100
You people seem to think this is the
easiest thing in the world to do.

383
00:45:59,380 --> 00:46:00,380
Well, it ain't.

384
00:46:00,540 --> 00:46:02,500
There are ships slaving all up and down
this coast.

385
00:46:03,160 --> 00:46:05,000
Competition the likes of which you ain't
never seen.

386
00:46:06,820 --> 00:46:10,520
If I can't capture enough blacks, I
gotta buy them from their own chiefs.

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00:46:11,540 --> 00:46:15,980
And they bring a tidy sum per head these
days. Mr. Gardner, I have neither the

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00:46:15,980 --> 00:46:19,460
time nor the temperament to sit here
through your price-raising maneuvers.

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00:46:20,100 --> 00:46:21,860
Monies will be discussed at a later
date.

390
00:46:22,160 --> 00:46:25,620
The question now is, can you capture or
buy?

391
00:46:26,759 --> 00:46:30,400
170 healthy blacks, and deliver them to
the hold of the Lord Ligonier.

392
00:46:35,860 --> 00:46:36,860
I'll capture some.

393
00:46:37,000 --> 00:46:38,000
I'll buy some.

394
00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:39,520
I'll fill your hold.

395
00:46:39,940 --> 00:46:40,940
I'll deliver.

396
00:46:45,120 --> 00:46:49,260
For the rest of your lives, even when
you have come to be men, you must be on

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00:46:49,260 --> 00:46:52,140
guard against the white tubab and the
black traders who help them.

398
00:46:52,910 --> 00:46:56,290
These things I'm going to tell you now
you must hear with more than your ears,

399
00:46:56,470 --> 00:47:01,250
for not to do as I say can mean you're
being stolen away to a place outside our

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00:47:01,250 --> 00:47:03,850
world, outside of us, forever.

401
00:47:04,770 --> 00:47:07,370
Never be alone when you can help it.

402
00:47:08,070 --> 00:47:11,550
Never be out at night when you can help
it.

403
00:47:12,330 --> 00:47:17,310
And day or night, if you are alone, keep
away from any high weeds or bushes.

404
00:47:18,030 --> 00:47:22,670
And if ever you see much smoke away from
any village, It is probably the white

405
00:47:22,670 --> 00:47:24,690
man's cooking fires, which are always
too big.

406
00:47:25,250 --> 00:47:29,930
And remember, when you are close to
where he has been, his scent remains in

407
00:47:29,930 --> 00:47:30,649
the air.

408
00:47:30,650 --> 00:47:33,150
It is a smell like a wet chicken.

409
00:47:34,230 --> 00:47:40,070
And most importantly, remember that
Kunta Kinte saw the white man less than

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00:47:40,070 --> 00:47:43,570
two days' walk from where we are now.

411
00:47:45,010 --> 00:47:48,690
The white man is here.

412
00:47:57,640 --> 00:48:00,860
There now remains but one more test on
the path to manhood.

413
00:48:01,600 --> 00:48:02,880
It has to do with your photos.

414
00:48:04,320 --> 00:48:07,880
You have seen that the photo of a man
and the photo of a child are not the

415
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:08,880
same.

416
00:48:09,160 --> 00:48:12,920
This difference will be brought about in
our traditional way by cutting.

417
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:20,080
Hold out your photos!

418
00:48:38,640 --> 00:48:42,600
This test will soon take away the
feeling, and there will be less pain

419
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:43,700
when the time comes.

420
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:06,020
This thing to be done also was done to
us, as to the forefathers before us.

421
00:49:06,920 --> 00:49:10,920
so that you will also become all of us
men together.

422
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:24,800
You will soon return as men to your
homes and to your farms, and in time you

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00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:29,080
will marry, and life everlasting will
spring from your loins.

424
00:49:39,690 --> 00:49:43,490
Which of you will speak to be first?

425
00:52:45,420 --> 00:52:47,140
I have your things all packed for you.

426
00:52:49,400 --> 00:52:53,160
You are a man now, and a man must have
his own heart.

427
00:52:54,580 --> 00:52:56,760
You cannot stay with us anymore, you
know that.

428
00:52:57,040 --> 00:52:58,060
Of course I know that.

429
00:53:00,000 --> 00:53:02,120
Your things are inside.

430
00:53:04,800 --> 00:53:11,680
Here is your spoon, and your bowl, and
cup, as well as your

431
00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:12,680
sleeping bag.

432
00:53:15,650 --> 00:53:20,550
Now that there's plenty of room in this
corner, I will have your father build a

433
00:53:20,550 --> 00:53:24,150
shelf where I can store my sewing
needles and thread so that your little

434
00:53:24,150 --> 00:53:26,570
brother will not lose what I need to
keep.

435
00:53:27,110 --> 00:53:34,010
Your father has built a hut for you.

436
00:53:34,070 --> 00:53:36,030
It is next to that of Brimeses, eh?

437
00:53:36,690 --> 00:53:37,910
I will find it.

438
00:53:38,330 --> 00:53:39,810
And you will thank your father?

439
00:53:40,230 --> 00:53:42,530
A woman should not tell a man what to
do.

440
00:53:53,710 --> 00:53:54,710
Have I your things?

441
00:55:30,220 --> 00:55:33,720
You were a dirty bottomed baby when I
first saw you. And when you forget that,

442
00:55:33,780 --> 00:55:34,980
I'll come and remind you again.

443
00:55:35,460 --> 00:55:40,180
You can grow as tall as a tree and I
will still be your grandmother.

444
00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:45,500
And you will still respect me. Do you
hear me? I hear you, grandmother.

445
00:55:45,820 --> 00:55:51,520
And do you understand that you do not
know everything, cannot do everything,

446
00:55:51,660 --> 00:55:55,300
and that Allah is still considered
greater than you?

447
00:55:55,960 --> 00:55:57,440
I understand that, yes.

448
00:55:58,820 --> 00:55:59,820
That's good.

449
00:56:04,520 --> 00:56:07,060
Now that you are a man, what will you
do?

450
00:56:07,980 --> 00:56:12,900
Sit under that tree with the other men
and make important decisions?

451
00:56:13,220 --> 00:56:14,138
Is that it?

452
00:56:14,140 --> 00:56:15,380
I do not yet know.

453
00:56:16,080 --> 00:56:20,500
Well, while you're waiting to see what
your mind tells you, I believe there is

454
00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:22,300
some good thing you can do for your
mother.

455
00:56:22,820 --> 00:56:25,600
There were tears when you were away at
manhood painting.

456
00:56:25,960 --> 00:56:27,860
Oh, there was sadness, couldn't there?

457
00:56:28,320 --> 00:56:31,740
Well, she mentioned the building of a
shelf, but she said she would ask my

458
00:56:31,740 --> 00:56:32,740
father to do that.

459
00:56:33,799 --> 00:56:36,140
What about Lamine, your baby brother?

460
00:56:36,420 --> 00:56:41,020
Is there something that you can give to
him? A gift for him would touch your

461
00:56:41,020 --> 00:56:42,020
mother as well.

462
00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:43,680
Do you think he would like a drum?

463
00:56:45,140 --> 00:56:47,280
Oh, I know he would.

464
00:56:48,340 --> 00:56:50,700
Good. Then I'll make a drum for my
brother.

465
00:56:51,040 --> 00:56:53,360
Tomorrow I will hunt for a log to make
such a drum.

466
01:01:02,060 --> 01:01:03,620
Get in there! Get in there!

467
01:02:29,900 --> 01:02:32,660
A week or two more should do it, sir,
unless you want to wait and carry an

468
01:02:32,660 --> 01:02:33,660
even 200.

469
01:02:34,160 --> 01:02:36,140
I expressed my wish, Mr. Slater.

470
01:02:36,720 --> 01:02:38,220
Aye, that you did, sir.

471
01:02:38,880 --> 01:02:40,420
It's all a matter of philosophy.

472
01:02:41,380 --> 01:02:42,720
Philosophy? Aye, sir.

473
01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:45,220
It's a question of loose pack or tight
pack.

474
01:02:46,040 --> 01:02:50,180
Now, if we was using tight pack, we'd
pack them in laying on their sides.

475
01:02:50,820 --> 01:02:52,920
Like they was silver spoons, you might
say.

476
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:57,460
That way we get 14-inch shelf space to a
nigger and we can carry 200 of them.

477
01:02:58,020 --> 01:02:59,020
And, um...

478
01:03:00,590 --> 01:03:03,790
How many will we have left alive by your
reckoning?

479
01:03:04,730 --> 01:03:06,050
That's hard to say, sir.

480
01:03:06,370 --> 01:03:09,370
More of them die off. But then again, we
start with more, sir.

481
01:03:10,410 --> 01:03:11,410
Well,

482
01:03:12,430 --> 01:03:14,970
it's my responsibility, Mr. Slater.

483
01:03:16,070 --> 01:03:17,950
170 will be enough.

484
01:03:18,490 --> 01:03:19,490
Aye, sir.

485
01:03:19,790 --> 01:03:22,150
There's them that would agree with you.
Loose pack has its point.

486
01:03:22,750 --> 01:03:24,690
Better chance of bringing more through
the passage.

487
01:03:42,799 --> 01:03:43,799
Mr. Slater.

488
01:03:47,680 --> 01:03:49,620
Is there another cask of rum about?

489
01:03:50,100 --> 01:03:53,000
Aye, sir, I'm sure there is. I'll see to
it right now.

490
01:03:54,700 --> 01:03:56,860
I was under the impression you didn't
drink, sir.

491
01:03:58,700 --> 01:04:01,700
There are a number of things I've done
in connection with this voyage, Mr.

492
01:04:01,920 --> 01:04:03,600
Slater, that I've never done before.

493
01:04:31,920 --> 01:04:32,920
Gunter Kinte.

494
01:05:35,900 --> 01:05:37,700
Omaro! My son.

495
01:07:08,440 --> 01:07:09,600
Your family?

496
01:07:13,500 --> 01:07:17,320
My family is well. I know they are.

497
01:07:17,860 --> 01:07:20,500
Your family is well?

498
01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:23,020
They'll be coming after us.

499
01:07:25,820 --> 01:07:27,240
I know they will be.

500
01:07:29,960 --> 01:07:31,300
You were the only one taken.

501
01:07:31,700 --> 01:07:32,760
It was nighttime.

502
01:07:34,040 --> 01:07:36,360
But I'm sure my father fought them off.

503
01:07:38,360 --> 01:07:39,820
You saw my father.

504
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:42,600
He's a very great man.

505
01:07:43,560 --> 01:07:45,420
A very great warrior.

506
01:07:47,220 --> 01:07:49,340
Were there many who raided your camp?

507
01:07:50,820 --> 01:07:51,820
Yes.

508
01:07:55,600 --> 01:07:57,500
Did you hear your father cry out?

509
01:07:59,310 --> 01:08:00,310
Did he call your name?

510
01:08:01,990 --> 01:08:03,450
Did he just cry out?

511
01:08:07,870 --> 01:08:09,330
He just cried out

512
01:09:30,640 --> 01:09:32,520
You still have two sons, Vinton.

513
01:09:34,380 --> 01:09:37,500
But now one is forever outside your
embrace.

514
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:42,380
Forever outside of us all.

515
01:10:06,190 --> 01:10:07,190
the Lord.

516
01:12:31,630 --> 01:12:32,810
Kunta. Kunta Kinte.

517
01:12:34,410 --> 01:12:35,410
Wrestler.

518
01:12:36,150 --> 01:12:37,970
Will they come after us, our warriors?

519
01:12:38,390 --> 01:12:42,790
No. We're too far away. The canoe house
has traveled for three days now.

520
01:12:43,110 --> 01:12:44,550
Our warriors will follow.

521
01:12:45,150 --> 01:12:48,490
There is no trail in the water. No trail
to follow.

522
01:12:50,110 --> 01:12:51,330
And we are alone.

523
01:12:51,890 --> 01:12:55,150
Oh, there are other Mandinka men. I
heard a shout, but I don't know...

524
01:13:02,350 --> 01:13:03,350
Listen to me.

525
01:13:06,330 --> 01:13:07,350
Listen to me.

526
01:13:08,010 --> 01:13:10,490
There are other tribes. I've heard their
words.

527
01:13:10,770 --> 01:13:15,130
The Woolof, the Fulani, the Suriri, and
some I do not know.

528
01:13:15,350 --> 01:13:16,350
But I'm not alone.

529
01:13:17,710 --> 01:13:22,010
Vessler, when the big canoe moved, my
stomach came up into my mouth and

530
01:13:22,010 --> 01:13:23,010
spilled.

531
01:13:23,310 --> 01:13:24,890
I am shamed.

532
01:13:25,230 --> 01:13:26,330
Do not be ashamed.

533
01:13:26,810 --> 01:13:27,970
It happened to me.

534
01:13:29,710 --> 01:13:30,710
Yeah.

535
01:13:31,130 --> 01:13:33,520
Now... When my stomach comes up, there
is nothing.

536
01:13:34,140 --> 01:13:35,740
Only bitter spit.

537
01:13:36,480 --> 01:13:39,060
Wrestler, I am a man, a warrior.

538
01:13:39,460 --> 01:13:45,140
Kunta, we have been chained in the white
man's canoe house for many days now.

539
01:13:46,820 --> 01:13:49,560
Alassine, he understands.

540
01:13:50,320 --> 01:13:52,520
He knows you are a man.

541
01:13:53,140 --> 01:13:54,200
He knows.

542
01:14:13,420 --> 01:14:16,600
Eighth day of July, year of our Lord,
1767.

543
01:14:17,380 --> 01:14:20,340
3,265 elephant teeth.

544
01:14:20,680 --> 01:14:23,460
3,700 pounds of beeswax.

545
01:14:23,740 --> 01:14:25,420
800 pounds raw cotton.

546
01:14:25,700 --> 01:14:27,280
32 ounces of gold.

547
01:14:27,600 --> 01:14:29,240
140 Negroes.

548
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:30,680
138, sir.

549
01:14:31,820 --> 01:14:33,080
How was that, Mr. Slater?

550
01:14:33,360 --> 01:14:37,160
There was that buck that went over the
side during the boarding. If the black

551
01:14:37,160 --> 01:14:38,740
was not loaded, why was he on the
manifest?

552
01:14:39,240 --> 01:14:40,340
It is a custom, sir.

553
01:14:40,910 --> 01:14:44,190
The seller takes the risk till the
merchandise is delivered to the beach.

554
01:14:44,450 --> 01:14:45,550
Then it's on our books.

555
01:14:46,730 --> 01:14:47,730
And the other?

556
01:14:48,150 --> 01:14:52,190
We found him dead in the dog watch. God
save us. Only eight days at sea.

557
01:14:58,610 --> 01:15:01,050
Is there anything else, Mr. Slater?

558
01:15:01,910 --> 01:15:02,910
Aye, sir.

559
01:15:03,530 --> 01:15:05,890
It's time to get him above hatches and
dance him, sir.

560
01:15:06,570 --> 01:15:08,510
Gotta have exercise, keep him in
condition.

561
01:15:09,440 --> 01:15:11,320
Gives us a chance to muck out the hold.

562
01:15:12,000 --> 01:15:15,200
The stench of them, sir. A bile-puking
smell down there.

563
01:15:16,120 --> 01:15:20,200
Besides, we can cull out them what ain't
worth feedin'. Yes, yes, yes.

564
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:22,080
And look over the wenches.

565
01:15:27,520 --> 01:15:34,440
I'm a Christian man and I command a
Christian

566
01:15:34,440 --> 01:15:38,260
ship. Aye, Captain. I will not lead any
man into sin.

567
01:15:38,830 --> 01:15:39,830
Sin?

568
01:15:41,830 --> 01:15:42,830
Fornication.

569
01:15:43,890 --> 01:15:45,310
Begging your pardon, Captain.

570
01:15:45,850 --> 01:15:48,190
You ain't never sailed a slaven ship
before.

571
01:15:50,530 --> 01:15:52,230
What are you getting at?

572
01:15:53,030 --> 01:15:56,310
Captain, you gotta give the men their
ease when they're off duty.

573
01:15:57,430 --> 01:15:58,930
Don't hurt the cargo none.

574
01:15:59,510 --> 01:16:01,130
Point of fact, it's good for them.

575
01:16:19,080 --> 01:16:21,540
And this is how we bring heathen souls
to Christ.

576
01:16:23,780 --> 01:16:29,060
Captain, sir, if I was you, with all
respect, I'd leave Christ's gospel to

577
01:16:29,060 --> 01:16:30,180
private prayer and meditation.

578
01:16:30,640 --> 01:16:32,480
Oh, and Sunday meetings, of course.

579
01:16:35,160 --> 01:16:37,080
Very well, Mr. Slater, that will be all.

580
01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:39,400
Aye, aye, Captain.

581
01:16:40,260 --> 01:16:41,920
You won't be wanting a belly warmer,
then?

582
01:16:42,140 --> 01:16:43,720
That will be all, Mr. Slater!

583
01:16:44,600 --> 01:16:45,600
Aye, aye, Captain.

584
01:17:30,380 --> 01:17:31,380
Allah, the merciful.

585
01:17:35,420 --> 01:17:39,960
Allah, the all-powerful.

586
01:17:42,920 --> 01:17:44,800
Allah, the compassionate.

587
01:17:47,560 --> 01:17:51,920
Please, hear my prayers.

588
01:17:54,440 --> 01:17:55,440
Allah.

589
01:17:58,560 --> 01:17:59,740
Allah, please.

590
01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:01,000
Peace.

591
01:20:04,460 --> 01:20:05,460
There's no riverbank.

592
01:20:10,680 --> 01:20:12,000
Wrestler, where's the riverbank?

593
01:20:14,900 --> 01:20:15,900
Where's the earth?

594
01:20:17,000 --> 01:20:18,180
The earth is gone.

595
01:20:21,560 --> 01:20:23,160
Hurry along. Come on, boys.

596
01:20:23,480 --> 01:20:24,860
Come on over here.

597
01:20:26,520 --> 01:20:28,640
I don't blame you for standing in the
windward, sir.

598
01:20:28,960 --> 01:20:30,600
They stink something fierce.

599
01:20:40,720 --> 01:20:42,020
First batch on deck, sir.

600
01:20:45,960 --> 01:20:47,100
Don't you want to look them over?

601
01:20:47,920 --> 01:20:48,920
I do not.

602
01:20:51,480 --> 01:20:53,340
Here are likely cargo, sir.

603
01:20:53,960 --> 01:20:55,720
We'll lose some to the bloody flux.

604
01:20:57,100 --> 01:20:58,100
Mr. Slater.

605
01:20:58,980 --> 01:20:59,980
Aye, sir.

606
01:21:00,300 --> 01:21:01,940
Let's get them clean, please.

607
01:21:03,540 --> 01:21:05,840
Aye, sir. I believe in clean cargo.

608
01:21:06,920 --> 01:21:08,380
Cleanliness is next to godliness.

609
01:21:09,120 --> 01:21:13,400
It pays off in pounds, shillings, and
pence. Mr. Slater. Yes, sir?

610
01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:16,840
On your feet!

611
01:21:20,540 --> 01:21:23,200
Come on, you dirty hens! Move it! Let's
go!

612
01:21:27,020 --> 01:21:28,480
Carry on with your duties.

613
01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:31,160
Aye, sir.

614
01:21:31,680 --> 01:21:32,900
Heave away, bosun!

615
01:23:42,540 --> 01:23:45,060
What is it that they're saying there,
Mr. Slater?

616
01:23:45,700 --> 01:23:47,560
How would a white man know that, sir?

617
01:23:48,760 --> 01:23:51,340
African mumbo-jumbo is what it is, more
than likely.

618
01:23:51,720 --> 01:23:55,740
No, Mr. Slater, I don't understand a
syllable of their language, but I

619
01:23:55,740 --> 01:23:57,720
believe I can guess what they're saying
down there.

620
01:23:58,240 --> 01:23:59,800
What might that be, sir?

621
01:24:00,180 --> 01:24:02,700
They're telling us to sleep lightly, Mr.
Slater.

622
01:24:04,300 --> 01:24:06,780
But then I've not slept well since this
voyage began.

623
01:24:08,490 --> 01:24:10,350
I know the wherefore of that, I believe,
sir.

624
01:24:14,210 --> 01:24:15,970
Possibly, Mr. Slicker. Possibly you do.

625
01:25:28,860 --> 01:25:31,080
It's my fifth time down here this week.

626
01:25:35,240 --> 01:25:36,240
Count that.

627
01:25:55,799 --> 01:25:57,280
Kunta. Kunta Kenti.

628
01:26:02,020 --> 01:26:03,020
Do not eat?

629
01:26:05,540 --> 01:26:08,540
When I eat the white man food, my
stomach comes up.

630
01:26:08,940 --> 01:26:09,940
So does mine.

631
01:26:10,160 --> 01:26:11,680
But eat the food, Kunta.

632
01:26:13,580 --> 01:26:14,580
Listen to me.

633
01:26:14,920 --> 01:26:16,060
Listen carefully.

634
01:26:16,800 --> 01:26:18,080
You are a warrior.

635
01:26:18,540 --> 01:26:22,220
And a warrior must eat because he must
be strong to kill his enemy.

636
01:26:22,860 --> 01:26:24,760
So eat the white man's food.

637
01:26:25,640 --> 01:26:26,700
Live, Kunta.

638
01:26:27,420 --> 01:26:28,960
Live and be strong.

639
01:26:29,300 --> 01:26:32,020
Be strong to kill the white man.

640
01:26:33,240 --> 01:26:34,300
12-2.

641
01:29:01,070 --> 01:29:02,830
100 guineas to the sharks.

642
01:29:08,110 --> 01:29:15,010
Dearest Elizabeth, if only

643
01:29:15,010 --> 01:29:20,990
you could know

644
01:29:20,990 --> 01:29:27,230
how much I regret having taken this
command.

645
01:29:28,940 --> 01:29:34,760
Not only because it forces me to be
apart from you and the children, but

646
01:29:34,760 --> 01:29:39,940
because it...

647
01:29:39,940 --> 01:29:45,340
Yes,

648
01:29:49,320 --> 01:29:50,320
who is it?

649
01:29:50,400 --> 01:29:52,840
Mr. Slater, sir. Come with something for
your chill.

650
01:29:56,620 --> 01:29:57,940
Come in, Mr. Slater.

651
01:30:02,380 --> 01:30:03,380
Here you are, Captain.

652
01:30:09,040 --> 01:30:10,160
Mr. Slater,

653
01:30:11,400 --> 01:30:14,320
I've told you my views on fornication.

654
01:30:15,220 --> 01:30:16,740
Yes, sir, you did right enough.

655
01:30:17,580 --> 01:30:19,620
Just brought her as a belly warmer, sir.

656
01:30:19,900 --> 01:30:22,540
A little flesh to take the chill off
them cold sheets.

657
01:30:23,720 --> 01:30:27,100
Didn't figure it'd be any problem for a
highborn Christian white man like you,

658
01:30:27,140 --> 01:30:28,140
sir.

659
01:30:34,350 --> 01:30:35,830
I'll be by fetching in the morning,
Captain.

660
01:30:36,770 --> 01:30:37,770
Sleep well.

661
01:31:16,600 --> 01:31:18,240
My name is Thomas.

662
01:31:23,220 --> 01:31:24,580
That's my Christian name.

663
01:31:34,890 --> 01:31:35,890
What should I call you?

664
01:31:42,610 --> 01:31:43,610
Of course.

665
01:31:48,250 --> 01:31:50,990
You don't understand anything I say, do
you?

666
01:32:29,840 --> 01:32:36,720
wrestler i was dreaming i dreamed i was
hunting running

667
01:32:36,720 --> 01:32:41,260
faster than i ever ran before spear in
my hand going to listen to me i was

668
01:32:41,260 --> 01:32:46,340
hunting a great huge bird whose wings
stretched from one riverbank to the

669
01:32:46,340 --> 01:32:53,220
other it turned and flew towards me and
i saw

670
01:32:53,220 --> 01:32:56,500
it was all white all white

671
01:32:57,960 --> 01:33:04,140
Its great flapping wings swallowed me up
and choked me.

672
01:33:06,480 --> 01:33:09,460
They choked me.

673
01:33:13,540 --> 01:33:19,980
I opened my eyes and I was here in

674
01:33:19,980 --> 01:33:24,220
the belly of that terrible bird.

675
01:33:28,430 --> 01:33:31,790
We will kill the white man, and we will
go home.

676
01:33:32,750 --> 01:33:34,330
It's in Allah's hands.

677
01:33:34,690 --> 01:33:35,910
It is in our hands.

678
01:33:36,950 --> 01:33:38,430
Allah made us warriors.

679
01:33:39,970 --> 01:33:40,970
Mandinka warriors.

680
01:33:41,990 --> 01:33:44,630
When we were up in the sun, I counted
the white man.

681
01:33:45,210 --> 01:33:49,450
I saw 20 with the long knives and the
killing sticks that make smoke and fire.

682
01:33:50,030 --> 01:33:55,890
Ten more are in the long poles, pulling
the ropes in great cloths. And the chief

683
01:33:55,890 --> 01:33:57,150
who stands and watches.

684
01:33:58,090 --> 01:34:00,730
There are 40 of us who are taken up out
of here together.

685
01:34:01,270 --> 01:34:02,270
I have listened.

686
01:34:03,130 --> 01:34:05,590
Three more times, the wolf beats the
drums.

687
01:34:05,990 --> 01:34:09,070
That means there are 160 people.

688
01:34:09,990 --> 01:34:10,990
Some are women.

689
01:34:11,210 --> 01:34:12,770
But at least 100 are men.

690
01:34:13,050 --> 01:34:16,870
And with 100 warriors, the chief could
raid a large village and carry off all

691
01:34:16,870 --> 01:34:17,749
the cattle.

692
01:34:17,750 --> 01:34:19,750
With chains on their feet.

693
01:34:21,030 --> 01:34:22,690
You have seen the piece of iron?

694
01:34:23,010 --> 01:34:26,490
They put it in a hole and turn, and the
anchor lines open.

695
01:34:27,160 --> 01:34:28,900
One of them wears it around his neck.

696
01:34:30,420 --> 01:34:31,780
I could get it.

697
01:34:32,300 --> 01:34:34,080
If we had a plan.

698
01:34:34,740 --> 01:34:38,080
If we had a signal when we could all
move.

699
01:34:38,480 --> 01:34:40,080
But we're different men.

700
01:34:40,540 --> 01:34:43,400
We can't even talk to each other. We're
different tribes.

701
01:34:43,940 --> 01:34:46,380
Men chained together are brothers.

702
01:34:46,740 --> 01:34:48,660
We are all one village.

703
01:34:49,520 --> 01:34:51,960
Who cannot speak the same words?

704
01:34:55,630 --> 01:34:56,630
Who is Mandinka?

705
01:34:58,530 --> 01:35:01,090
Who speaks the language of the Mandinka?

706
01:35:01,590 --> 01:35:07,290
I am Okiu, the wrestler, from the
village of Jehutzwa. Who is Mandinka?

707
01:35:07,630 --> 01:35:12,130
I am Mandinka. I am Buwayo, from the
village of Kufure.

708
01:35:12,990 --> 01:35:15,130
Malilu, from Uboa.

709
01:35:15,830 --> 01:35:17,950
Otibu, from the Futabe village.

710
01:35:18,290 --> 01:35:19,530
Listen, Mandinka.

711
01:35:19,910 --> 01:35:24,350
Those who speak other words, words of
the Wuluf, of the Suriri.

712
01:35:24,890 --> 01:35:25,890
The Fulani.

713
01:35:26,130 --> 01:35:28,850
Talk to the man chained to you.

714
01:35:29,170 --> 01:35:31,150
Teach him your words.

715
01:35:31,390 --> 01:35:32,690
Learn his.

716
01:35:33,310 --> 01:35:36,210
We will be one village.

717
01:35:37,510 --> 01:35:44,370
We will destroy our enemies, and we will
be one village!

718
01:35:45,050 --> 01:35:47,150
We will kill!

719
01:36:01,040 --> 01:36:02,420
Next on Roots.

720
01:36:04,740 --> 01:36:08,240
We will

721
01:36:08,240 --> 01:36:15,140
see each other again,

722
01:36:15,280 --> 01:36:16,840
Fanta. We will.

723
01:36:19,360 --> 01:36:20,360
So,

724
01:36:21,520 --> 01:36:25,900
your name, sir? John Reynolds,
Pennsylvania County, Virginia.

725
01:36:26,160 --> 01:36:27,700
Mr. Reynolds owns you.

726
01:36:28,480 --> 01:36:30,280
Fiddler is going to teach you.

727
01:36:30,760 --> 01:36:34,320
But sooner or later, nigger, you're
mine.

728
01:36:34,600 --> 01:36:36,520
Change ain't right for nigger fiddler.

729
01:36:39,980 --> 01:36:41,540
I'm going to never forget you.

730
01:36:42,320 --> 01:36:43,560
I'm going to be free.

731
01:36:49,500 --> 01:36:52,020
You're going to learn to answer to your
name.

732
01:36:53,360 --> 01:36:54,360
What's your name?

733
01:36:54,960 --> 01:36:55,960
What's your name?

734
01:37:09,200 --> 01:37:10,200
i mean