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Roots, Episode 10: The War

Presents George's return home, where he finds his son Tom, now a blacksmith and married himself, serving as head of the family. Shows the resentment of many white men against George's new freedom, which forces him to leave, but with a vow to return to buy his family's freedom. Follows Tom's recruitment at the start of the Civil War as a smith for the army, where he befriends a young white man named Ol' George Johnson., Tells how Chicken George returns to his family as a free man but soon leaves, promising to return with enough money to free them all. Shows how the family befriends a young white couple who have lost their farm to the ravages of the Civil War.
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Presents George's return home, where he finds his son Tom, now a blacksmith and married himself, serving as head of the family. Shows the resentment of many white men against George's new freedom, which forces him to leave, but with a vow to return to buy his family's freedom. Follows Tom's recruitment at the start of the Civil War as a smith for the army, where he befriends a young white man named Ol' George Johnson., Tells how Chicken George returns to his family as a free man but soon leaves, promising to return with enough money to free them all. Shows how the family befriends a young white couple who have lost their farm to the ravages of the Civil War. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.

More in Roots Series

  1. Roots, Episode 10: The War 1977
  2. Roots, Episode 11: Freedom, Part 1 1977
  3. Roots, Episode 12: Freedom, Part 2 1977
  4. Roots, Episode 1: The African, Part 1 1977
  5. Roots, Episode 2: The African, Part 2 1977
  6. Roots, Episode 3: The Slave, Part 1 1977
  7. Roots, Episode 4: The Slave, Part 2 1977
  8. Roots, Episode 5: The Escape 1977
  9. Roots, Episode 6: The Choice 1977
  10. Roots, Episode 7: Uprooted 1977
  11. Roots, Episode 8: Chicken George, Part 1 1977
  12. Roots, Episode 9: Chicken George, Part 2 1977

Sources

  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, description, catalog record

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