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Edd 2022-03-14 08:01:02
In the fall of 1976, the United States published a family history novel "Roots" written by black author Alex Haley. The author claims that after twelve years of textual research, he traces his ancestors over six generations to Quinta Kent, a black man who was taken from the west coast of Africa by white slave traders to North America as slaves, and describes his life as a free man in Africa , his and his descendants' ordeal under American slavery, and what the family experienced after they were freed. When the book was published, it became a popular bestseller. At the same time, it has also attracted diametrically opposed evaluations and has become the focus of intense debate. Therefore, the issue of "Roots" is an event with high social significance and academic nature, which deserves study and discussion.
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Captain Thomas Davies: I'm a Christian Man and I command a Christian Ship! I will not lead men into sin!
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Kunta Kinti: I'm a Mandinka warrior!
Fiddler: [turns to stable horse] Horse! I hear tell that you ain't a horse at all. I hear tell that you think you a mighty crow! I hear tell that you fly from here 'bouts all the way to Annapolis and back again. Now horse... you look mighty like a horse to me. And you sure SMELLS mighty like a horse. So I'm saying to you, that you... is... a horse! What you think you is don't matter a damn bit.