When Alex Haley was researching his family he found that the owner of Kunte Kinte was a family by the name of Waller. This family was still prominent in Spotsylvania Co., VA; Haley chose to not embarrass the Waller family and chose the family name of Reynolds as the owner of Kunte Kinte. You might question this act but you would have to know Alex Haley the man to understand the feelings that he had for others to understand why he would do this. There were Reynolds' in Spotsylvania Co. at the time but they did not own Kunte Kinte. Bill King