I've heard of Spotsylvania before. And now after I watched Roots 2016 & Googled Kunte Kinte & Alex Haley. I remembered watched Roots(original) when I was a child & now as a adult I fully understand American History. Thank u so much for all u do! ❤ this is very interesting travels that u do.
Is there an old plantation house still standing on wallers road where Kunta Kinte may have lived. I heard there is a very old structure there which may have been there pre civil war!?
That house in the very beginning is actually used by the county for all recreation sports. I've been in there a couple of times to sign my Little one up for soccer. Supposedly kunta kinte is buried off wallers Road off of farm in Spotsylvania. It's unconfirmed but it's possible
In the ROOTS movie, Kizzy went to Kunta's grave and crossed out 'Toby' and wrote Kunta Kinte on the marker that was thete. Was that Movie fluff and buff, or is there a sign that says that?
His Gambian Ansestors would say otherwise! He was taken to St James Island when captured (now called Kunta Kinte Island) before being shipped off to San Domingo. Fofana said 76 of Kunta Kinte's descendants live in the compound, including 75-year-old Binta Kinte, who was named after Kunta Kinte's mother and whose husband narrated the “Roots” story to Alex Haley and Kunta was an encestor of Haley's - do your research!
I found all of the records of Kizzy and chicken George, James and John McDonald. The McDonald family is In Tennessee… Thomas Lea took Kizzy and George to North Carolina. George had a lot of children. I can direct you to the information if you’re interested. Kunta might not have been Alex’s family but he was absolutely real.
Some are true, some aren't. He called it "faction" - facts + fiction. Chicken George, his sonTom, and the younger generations are real people. There are pics of George & Tom. Kizzy & Kunta do not have photographs - they lived in pre-photograph times. The stories are based on oral tradition across several generations. Some events may have been embellished or fictionalized. You can't really know the stories from so long ago unless there are newspaper resports, census records, etc. But there are descendants of Kunta Kinte's siblings in The Gambia, so he was a real person. The TV series may have taken artistic license for some events. I think the impt thing to remember is that slavery and all atrocities related to it did happen and must not be forgotten.
Kunta Kinte was a real person. There are descendants of the Kinte family from the Gambia. Some have given interviews & they're on UA-cam. Some events have been fictionalised/ artistic license because one can't really know the stories from so long ago unless there are newspaper reports, census records, ship records, etc. Chicken George, his son Tom and the younger generations are real people. There are pics of them on the net. No pics of Kizzy & Kunta since they lived before that technology existed.
I've heard of Spotsylvania before. And now after I watched Roots 2016 & Googled Kunte Kinte & Alex Haley. I remembered watched Roots(original) when I was a child & now as a adult I fully understand American History.
Thank u so much for all u do! ❤ this is very interesting travels that u do.
Is there an old plantation house still standing on wallers road where Kunta Kinte may have lived. I heard there is a very old structure there which may have been there pre civil war!?
Great video. I grew up in the area and spent a lot of time at loriella Park in the 80s
Very interesting as always. Thank you
another great video, I always learn quite a few things that I never knew from each of your videos.
Thanks!
Thanks so much, interesting, I had heard about this but hadn’t been there! Great drone footage!!
Thanks!
Another great video!! Hope to meet you in person with Goober the Traveling Bear !
I’m willing to bet a million dollars cosmo gordon didn’t build that house. He probably design it
My mother built a home once. It just means it’s her desire, will, vision, and financial obligation. Doesn’t mean she had a tool belt
That house in the very beginning is actually used by the county for all recreation sports. I've been in there a couple of times to sign my Little one up for soccer.
Supposedly kunta kinte is buried off wallers Road off of farm in Spotsylvania. It's unconfirmed but it's possible
Is the Kenmore estate mentioned the same as the Fielding Lewis home ?
Thank you
Yep it’s the same house. Gordon family purchased it in 1819.
😊great video
Enjoy your Virginia travels ...used to live in Petersburg in the 70s. Do you work another job, too?
I do. I stay busy lol
@@VATravels Wow. Really like the places you choose...Virginia has so much history to offer.
@@Lavender0646 It does. Thanks for watching!
@@Lavender0646 they tore down half of it.
I assure you! Kunta Kinte isn’t a fictional character. He is my 4th Great Grandfather, according to my DNA results from Ancestry. 🧬
As a Stauntonian I will let you know it's pronounced Stant-un
In the ROOTS movie, Kizzy went to Kunta's grave and crossed out 'Toby' and wrote Kunta Kinte on the marker that was thete. Was that Movie fluff and buff, or is there a sign that says that?
That was for dramatic effect, in real life she never knew what happened to her Dad. His name around the plantation was hopping George
Looks like the front of my grandma's house. It was built before Civil War
Oh nice, glad it’s still in use. Thanks for watching!
this is crazy
Spotsylvania born and raised
We can't repent for our ancestors' sins. They have to deal with that problem themselves. 😊
Nothing fictional about kunta kinte guy, do your research
Table two with netflix an blockbuster outta place caption do your job an accept your punishment little sister
REPENT of your forefathers sins and your sins, REPENT! REPENT!
Y’all know kunta kinte was a fictional person right? Alex Haley came out and said the book roots isn’t a true story
That's not true. Some of his book was confirmed as plagiarized. The story of his ancestors is real.
You’re right 💯 fiction, people will entertain a lie then to study to show themselves approve and learn truths. Everything Is Lies. Repent
His Gambian Ansestors would say otherwise! He was taken to St James Island when captured (now called Kunta Kinte Island) before being shipped off to San Domingo. Fofana said 76 of Kunta Kinte's descendants live in the compound, including 75-year-old Binta Kinte, who was named after Kunta Kinte's mother and whose husband narrated the “Roots” story to Alex Haley and Kunta was an encestor of Haley's - do your research!
I found all of the records of Kizzy and chicken George, James and John McDonald. The McDonald family is In Tennessee… Thomas Lea took Kizzy and George to North Carolina. George had a lot of children. I can direct you to the information if you’re interested. Kunta might not have been Alex’s family but he was absolutely real.
I even have Kunta Kenteh’s mother and Father’s names.
Was Kunta Kinte actually a real person? I read and heard somewhere that Haley, himself said he lied and Roots isn’t actually true.
Some are true, some aren't. He called it "faction" - facts + fiction. Chicken George, his sonTom, and the younger generations are real people. There are pics of George & Tom. Kizzy & Kunta do not have photographs - they lived in pre-photograph times.
The stories are based on oral tradition across several generations. Some events may have been embellished or fictionalized. You can't really know the stories from so long ago unless there are newspaper resports, census records, etc.
But there are descendants of Kunta Kinte's siblings in The Gambia, so he was a real person. The TV series may have taken artistic license for some events. I think the impt thing to remember is that slavery and all atrocities related to it did happen and must not be forgotten.
Fictional character?! Really?! Damn! Even in death they will lie. 😏😒
Kunta Kinte was a real person. There are descendants of the Kinte family from the Gambia. Some have given interviews & they're on UA-cam.
Some events have been fictionalised/ artistic license because one can't really know the stories from so long ago unless there are newspaper reports, census records, ship records, etc. Chicken George, his son Tom and the younger generations are real people. There are pics of them on the net. No pics of Kizzy & Kunta since they lived before that technology existed.
You mean Toby?
No he is to be honored and revered by his Afrucan name given to him at birth, Kunta Kinte!
Say that in person
U in Va?
@chet73
@@keythegoat8312 Yep