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Roots forever changed America. See photos from RD's extraordinary new book, Alex Haley: The Man Who Traced America's Roots.
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Slave House on Goree Island, Senegal
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Michael Mauney/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

A pensive Alex Haley stands inside the Slave House on Goree Island, Senegal. Captured Africans passed through this holding and transfer point before they were shipped to the New World.

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