Roots: The Middle Passage | History

Historians talk about our changing understanding of the horrors of the slave trade's "middle passage" from Africa to America. #Roots

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Roots
Season 1
Part 1

A four-night, eight-hour event series, "Roots" is a historical portrait of one family's journey through American slavery and their will to survive and preserve their legacy in the face of unimaginable hardship.

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