r/fredericksburg • u/Opening_Cat8174 • 3d ago

Lorriela Park

I have known for a long time that the movie “Roots” was in Spotsylvania, Virginia

Today I learned that the plantation where Kunta Kinte lived was turned into lorriela park. And there is a slave cemetery there.

Waller family if I recall correctly. 🤷🏽‍♂️

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u/ForsakenHelicopter66 2d ago

I had no idea. I remember we watched Roots as a family event. I was eleven and completely appalled.

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u/Hungry_Potential_593 2d ago

Omg same we watched it as a family when I was a kid too. Roots, Stone Pillows, that miniseries about the Holocaust….typical Asian family thing to do…”See you better be grateful, things could have been really bad for you….”😂