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 : Kunta Kinte

 To inform my audience about Kunta Kinte͛ s life as a strong-hearted and
strong-willed man.

 Introduction

A. ͞We all suffer, if a man͛s wise, he learns from it.͟ Alex Haley Roots 1976

B. Kunta a central figure in Haley͛s Roots.

C. Movie Roots became popular in the late 1970͛s.

D. 4
 talks about how strong-hearted and courageous he was.

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A.Y ÿrom freedom to slavery.


1. ÿrom a Gambian tribe called Mandinka.

2. Captured on July 1767, along with 140 other.

3. Aboard a ship The Lord Ligonier.

4. Arrived at Annapolis, Maryland on September 29th, with only 98

survivors.

5. At the age of seventeen. Y4


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 A. Sold!!!

1. Sold on October 7, 1767, to a plantation in Virginia.

2. A mean master.

3. Harvesting and planting tobacco and cotton.

 4. He couldn͛t see his family or his tribesmen.

5. Escape was always on his mind.

6. He didn͛t forget who he really was.

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 A. Three futile attempts to escape

1. ÿirst time he tried to escape.

2. Very cold night.

3. Began to snow.

4. Master͛s hounds hunted him down.

5. Got lashed at for attempting to escape.

B. Second escape attempt

1. Hitched a ride with a wagon. (To the docks)

2. Ran a couple miles to the nearest plantation.

3. His master found him on another plantation eating stolen food.

4. Tortured͙

C. Third and final attempt

1. Had a wife and a child

2. Had everything set up to escape

3. Realized he couldn͛t leave his family

4. Gave up on attempting to escape

5. Never gave up being a Mandinka!!!

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  A. A strong-willed and brave soul

1. Despite his many years in bondage

2. Never lost connection to his African heritage

B. ͞Things don͛t get better unless you make them better.͟ Tom
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1. He never escaped

2. Was always strong in his heart

C. Memorial

1. His memorial in Annapolis, Maryland

2. Only memorial in U.S that commemorates. (Actual

name/place) of arrival of an enslaved African.