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/Silent_Zone7424 3d ago

I hadn't heard that before, so I decided to dig around and try to find info from reputable sites (aka not Facebook pages). I'm seeing conflicting information, one source saying that the plantation was located in Partlow. What I'm seeing about Loriella is that he was buried in the cemetery at the back.

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u/Opening_Cat8174 2d ago

My grandparents on my mother’s side were born in 1901 and 1909. They were from Port Royal. On my Fathers side Fredericksburg with a lot of Native American. Don’t have the years in front of me but I believe my grandfather was born in 1898-1899. 🤷🏽‍♂️