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Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams Alexander Murray Palmer Haley (August 11, 1921 – February 10, 1992) was an African-American writer. He is best known as the author of Roots: The Saga of an American Family. Unit 1 The Shadowland of Dreams In 1976, Haley published Roots, a novel based on his familys history, starting with the story of Kunta Kinte, kidnapped in The Gambia in 1767 and transported to the Province of Maryland to be sold as a slave. Haley claimed to be a seventh-generation descendant of Kunta Kinte. He went to the village of Juffure, where