Despite a violent rebellion, the slave ship Lord Ligonier completes its voyage and Kunta Kinte endures the indiginity of an Annapolis slave auction. Fiddler, the slave in charge of Kunta's training, becomes his only friend, a friendship that's tested when Kunta plans his escape.
Elenco: Ben Vereen , LeVar Burton , Cicely Tyson , John Amos , Sandy Duncan , Louis Gossett , Jr. , Leslie Uggams , Olivia Cole , Scatman Crothers , Lloyd Bridges , Lorne Greene , Ed Asner , Vic Morrow , Lynda Day George , Chuck Connors , Lane Binkley , Ralph Waite , Carolyn Jones , Ji-Tu Cumbuka .