Roots Part VIII (Season 1, Episode 8)
TV-14
TV Episode | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

Roots

Part VIII (Season 1, Episode 8)

TV-14

TV Episode | 96 min | Biography, Drama, History

The war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a senator and the sheriff have a meeting to discuss ...See moreThe war is over, the Confederacy having surrendered, freeing the slaves. Mr. Harvey invites the slaves to stay if they wish, maybe sharecropping. The rest of the plantation owners, a senator and the sheriff have a meeting to discuss options, with the senator declaring that he's come to buy a lot of land. When tempers flare, the sheriff leaves. President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth. The former Harvey slaves' encampment is visited by masked men with torches on horses and Harvey is warned to "keep out of it". See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Lloyd Bridges Evan Brent Evan Brent See fewer	Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993)
Georg Stanford Brown Tom Harvey Tom Harvey See fewer	Stir Crazy (1980)
Olivia Cole Mathilda Mathilda See fewer	Roots (1977)
Brad Davis Old George Old George See fewer	Midnight Express (1978)
Hilly Hicks Lewis Harvey Lewis Harvey See fewer	The Amazing Spider-Man (1977)
Burl Ives Senator Arthur J. Justin Senator Arthur J. Justin See fewer	The Big Country (1958)
Lynne Moody Irene Harvey Irene Harvey See fewer	Knots Landing (1979)
Ben Vereen Chicken George Moore Chicken George Moore See fewer	All That Jazz (1979)
Richard McKenzie Sam Harvey Sam Harvey See fewer	Being There (1979)
Sally Kemp Lila Harvey (as Elma Jackson) Lila Harvey (as Elma Jackson) See fewer	ABC Afterschool Specials (1972)
Austin Stoker Virgil Harvey Virgil Harvey See fewer	Assault on Precinct 13 (1976)
Lane Binkley Martha Johnson Martha Johnson See fewer	Butterfield (2008)
Charles Cyphers Fred Drake Fred Drake See fewer	Halloween (1978)
John Quade Sheriff Charlie Biggs Sheriff Charlie Biggs See fewer	Every Which Way But Loose (1978)
Macon McCalman Poston Poston See fewer	Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
Robert Phalen Rufus Jackson Rufus Jackson See fewer	Halloween (1978)
Wayne Heffley Telegrapher Telegrapher See fewer	Orca (1977)
Todd Bridges Bud Harvey Bud Harvey See fewer	Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
Sonny Jim Gaines Field Hand (uncredited) Field Hand (uncredited) See fewer	Malcolm X (1992)