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<i>[man] We are on the shores </i>
<i>of Sullivan's Island,</i>

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<i>right here on the beach.</i>

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{\an8}<i>This would've been</i>
<i>the first stopping point for the enslaved</i>

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{\an8}<i>when they came</i>
<i>through the ports of Charleston.</i>

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<i>This was the entry point</i>
<i>for a lot of our ancestors.</i>

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<i>Upwards of 40 to 60%</i>
<i>of all enslaved Africans</i>

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<i>came through the ports of Charleston.</i>

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<i>It looks just like the landscape in parts</i>
<i>of West Africa where they came from.</i>

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<i>So, almost,</i>
<i>they thought it was a cruel joke.</i>

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<i>They were brought back</i>
<i>to where they were taken from.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] I imagine</i>
<i>that when our ancestors got here,</i>

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<i>they thought the voyage was over.</i>

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<i>Naw, man, it was just beginning.</i>

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Got my letter ♪

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<i>[all] </i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Got my letter ♪

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<i>[all] </i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Got my letter ♪

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<i>[all] </i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪

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<i>♪ The people keep a-comin' </i>
<i>And the train done gone ♪</i>

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>♪ John was a writer ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪</i>

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>♪ John was a writer ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪</i>

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>[man] </i>♪ John was a writer ♪

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<i>[all] </i>♪ Oh, yeah ♪

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<i>♪ The people keep a-comin' </i>
<i>And the train done gone ♪</i>

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<i>[all grunt]</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>Charleston, South Carolina.

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<i>There is an ancient beauty here.</i>

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<i>A mythical charm to this seacoast.</i>

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<i>This fertile land</i>
<i>they call the Lowcountry.</i>

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<i>And yet, I've always felt</i>
<i>an undeniable heaviness here.</i>

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<i>A darkness just below the surface.</i>

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<i>This was the capital</i>
<i>of the nation's slave trade.</i>

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<i>We arrived here, shackled,</i>
<i>by the hundreds of thousands,</i>

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<i>and stood on the auction blocks</i>
<i>of the city's old slave mart</i>

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<i>to be scattered across the South.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>But those that remained 
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{\an8}<i>were enslaved on plantations</i>

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{\an8}<i>that generated</i>
<i>the initial wealth of this country…</i>

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<i>not with cotton, but with rice…</i>

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<i>at one point exporting</i>
<i>over 100 million pounds of it a year.</i>

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<i>[man] Charleston became,</i>
<i>as a result of the slave trade…</i>

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<i>per capita,</i>
<i>the wealthiest city in early America.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>I've known culinary historian
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<i>and I'm always impressed by his ability</i>
<i>to cut to the truth of our history</i>

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<i>by simply talking about food.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Africans who are here</i>
<i>are a combination of people</i>

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{\an8}<i>who've been rice growers</i>
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<i>and when rice becomes the invested crop,</i>

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<i>there are all these trees and swampland</i>

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<i>that have to be moved around.</i>

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<i>More land was moved to create</i>
<i>the landscape of the rice plantations</i>

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<i>than was moved in the making</i>
<i>of the pyramids in Egypt.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Wow.</i>

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<i>The scar of these plantations</i>
<i>can be seen from space.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Hmm.</i>

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<i>And it shows you</i>
<i>the massive amount of labor it took</i>

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<i>just to make</i>
<i>these rice plantations possible.</i>

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<i>[Michael] Despite the fact </i>
<i>that we were in hell,</i>

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<i>we were suffering,</i>
<i>that we were being worked to death…</i>

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<i>somehow, in all of that nonsense,</i>

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<i>we created a cuisine.</i>

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<i>So when you eat the cooking that</i>

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<i>I try to pull together</i>
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<i>I want you to understand that you are</i>
<i>in the presence of your ancestors…</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>…and that our job is</i>
<i>to pass those traditions on,</i>

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<i>so that they, like the soul, never die.</i>

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<i>So, we're going to prepare</i>
<i>one of many one-pot meals.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Got rice.</i>
<i>-[Michael] The number-one ingredient.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] And the next crucial component?</i>

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<i>[Michael] Okra.</i>

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<i>Okra's everywhere</i>
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<i>[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>-[Michael] Everybody has okra.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Quintessentially African.</i>

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<i>[Michael] Quintessentially African.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Got some lard.</i>
<i>-[sizzling]</i>

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<i>About two-thirds of the onions.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Two-thirds.</i>

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<i>[Michael] All the tomato.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Okay, so all the tomatoes </i>
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<i>[Michael] Yes.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Spoonful of salt.</i>

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<i>Hot pepper, the most important ingredient.</i>

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<i>We were the hot pepper people.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] We brought it.</i>
<i>-[Michael] That's right.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Parsley.</i>

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<i>[Michael] One more pinch of rosemary, </i>
<i>we're good.</i>

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<i>Gonna put our crab in next.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Okay. Now the crab's going in?</i>
<i>-[Michael] Yep, all of it.</i>

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<i>Is this also typical</i>

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<i>of how enslaved people would have</i>
<i>been preparing food like this?</i>

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<i>During the warmer parts</i>
<i>of the year, absolutely.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Right.</i>
<i>-[Michael] Broth time!</i>

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<i>[Stephen] All right.</i>

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<i>[Michael] And the rice, please.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] All right.</i>
<i>-[Michael] There we go.</i>

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<i>Know how to taste it properly?</i>

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<i>How you taste it?</i>

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<i>Not from the spoon, how?</i>

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<i>Aha! How'd you know that?</i>

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<i>[Stephen] I don't know. How did you know?</i>

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<i>-'Cause my mama taught me so.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Yeah.</i>

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<i>Because when I went to West Africa…</i>

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<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-[Michael] Check.</i>

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<i>-That's how they do it.</i>
<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>So isn't it fascinating</i>
<i>that both of us learned.</i>

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<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-We saw that.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>But somebody had to do that motor function</i>
<i>from generation to generation</i>

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<i>-for us to know that's what you do.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>You got smacked</i>
<i>if you put the spoon in your mouth.</i>

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<i>[Michael] Put your mouth</i>
<i>on the spoon. Exactly.</i>

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<i>Exactly right.</i>

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<i>-Thank you so much.</i>
<i>-Okay.</i>

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<i>We're gonna put the top back on it.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Okay.</i>

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<i>[Michael] There you go. Perfect.</i>

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<i>And we gonna let it do.</i>

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<i>In my work,</i>

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<i>it's all about what the enslaved cooked</i>
<i>and what they ate.</i>

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<i>I think that's important</i>
<i>for people to realize</i>

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<i>that their material lives</i>
<i>and their food lives</i>

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<i>had nothing to do</i>
<i>with what people called them,</i>

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<i>who they thought they were.</i>

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<i>-</i>They <i>thought they were worthy…</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>…of a decent meal…</i>

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<i>of a meal prepared</i>
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<i>father to children,</i>
<i>grandmother to grandchild.</i>

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<i>They </i>thought
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<i>[Stephen] Brother Twitty,</i>
<i>seems like we're just about there, right?</i>

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<i>[Michael] Yeah, man.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] So the pot--</i>
<i>-See how your first okra soup comes out…</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Uh-oh, that's a lot of pressure.</i>

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<i>…on the open fire, brother.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] That's a lot of pressure.</i>

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<i>Oh, that's a nice boil.</i>

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<i>-[Michael] There you go, look at that.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Okay, I like that.</i>

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<i>It smells amazing.</i>

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<i>-All right, I'm gonna to try the new--</i>
<i>-[Michael] Real tight.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] Real tight. New method.</i>

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<i>Hmm.</i>

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<i>Wow, that is delicious.</i>

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<i>[Michael] So, what do you taste?</i>

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<i>Mostly what I taste is, um,</i>
<i>the tomato and onion interplay.</i>

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<i>-[Michael] Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-Mmm.</i>

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<i>-[Michael] Makes its own gravy.</i>
<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>[Michael] And then the okra's not</i>
<i>too overpowering, is it?</i>

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<i>-Okra's in the background.</i>
<i>-[Michael] Right.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] It's really nice.</i>

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<i>-Wow.</i>
<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>-This is…</i>
<i>-Told you so.</i>

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<i>…a spiritual experience.</i>

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<i>[Michael] We call our food soul food.</i>

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<i>We are the only people…</i>

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<i>who named our cuisine</i>
<i>after something invisible</i>

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<i>that you could feel, like love and God.</i>

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<i>Something completely transcendental.</i>

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<i>It's about a connection</i>
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<i>and us and those</i>
<i>who are waiting to be born.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>I think a lot
about how the<i> </i>economic legacy of the South

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<i>is tied to the land</i>
<i>that Black folks cultivated.</i>

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<i>And for generations, our expertise</i>
<i>defined this region for a singular crop,</i>

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<i>Carolina Gold.</i>

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<i>[man] When you fly into Charleston,</i>
<i>everything you see is rice field.</i>

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{\an8}<i>So many rices were here</i>
<i>before Carolina Gold showed up,</i>

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{\an8}<i>but no one was good at farming rice here</i>
<i>until Africans showed up.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>Glenn Roberts is like
a godfather in the food world,

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<i>and his company, Anson Mills,</i>

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<i>is largely responsible for returning</i>
<i>Carolina Gold to our tables</i>

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<i>when it had all but disappeared.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] So, this is </i>
<i>the famed Carolina Gold rice.</i>

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<i>[Glenn] It is.</i>

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<i>What's an important thing</i>
<i>for us to know about this rice?</i>

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<i>[Glenn] This is the rice </i>
<i>people wake up to.</i>

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<i>This is the rice they go home to.</i>

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<i>There are more early recipes</i>

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<i>from our antebellum colonial era</i>
<i>for Carolina Gold rice</i>

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<i>than any other strict staple</i>
<i>in the canon of American history.</i>

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<i>It's the first long-grain of the Americas</i>
<i>that's important to world commerce,</i>

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<i>and became desired in Indonesia and Asia,</i>

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<i>and even pierced the black curtain</i>
<i>of Japan, it was so famous.</i>

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<i>[rhythmic music playing]</i>

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<i>[Stephen] So, where did the rice </i>
<i>disappear to?</i>

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<i>A combination of a lot of things,</i>
<i>but it boils down to this.</i>

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<i>African expertise</i>
<i>to grow the rice disappeared.</i>

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<i>Slavery is over, they didn't have</i>
<i>a business model to go to,</i>

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<i>and it just blew up in everyone's face.</i>

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<i>It's staggering to realize</i>

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<i>that Charleston had a nearly 80% decrease</i>
<i>in rice production after the Civil War.</i>

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<i>So, how long have you been</i>
<i>cultivating this rice?</i>

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<i>[Glenn] Twenty-one years!</i>

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<i>The reason to get into this for me</i>
<i>was to pay homage to my mother.</i>

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<i>She missed this rice. She grew up with it.</i>

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<i>She pounded this rice herself.</i>

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<i>I realized when my mom was passing</i>

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<i>that I wanted to give her back</i>
<i>what she had in her childhood.</i>

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<i>That's really why I did this.</i>

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<i>And do you have complicated feelings</i>

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<i>as a white man</i>
<i>being involved in this trade?</i>

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<i>[Glenn] Totally.</i>

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<i>You don't wanna be, uh,</i>
<i>the white-privilege person,</i>

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<i>uh,</i>

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<i>monetizing something that isn't yours.</i>

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<i>I'd chosen what I'd call</i>
<i>a reparations pathway for what we do,</i>

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<i>which is, we don't monetize the seed.</i>

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<i>We give it away to anyone who asks</i>
<i>that's justified to get it.</i>

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<i>And what allows you to be able to do that</i>

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<i>is the fact that you are selling</i>
<i>to all of your accounts all over…</i>

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<i>-[Glenn] Worldwide.</i>
<i>-…the world.</i>

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<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-And the revenues that come from that</i>

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<i>allow you to be able to give</i>
<i>the seeds away to different communities.</i>

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<i>So, Glenn, do you think</i>
<i>that this Carolina Gold rice</i>

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<i>is the legacy of slavery?</i>

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<i>It wouldn't be here without slavery.</i>

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<i>That's something</i>
<i>that we tend to gloss over a lot.</i>

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<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-[Glenn] It's inescapable.</i>

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<i>Every time you turn around</i>
<i>in Charleston, it's rice everything.</i>

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<i>This represents the horrors of slavery.</i>

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<i>[soft, brooding music playing]</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>Charleston has a reputation
for culinary greatness.

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<i>But I couldn't help but notice</i>

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<i>that in a city that still profits</i>
<i>from the era of slavery,</i>

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<i>few of the downtown restaurants</i>
<i>are Black-owned,</i>

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<i>and history has been slow to recognize</i>

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<i>just where "Southern cooking"</i>
<i>came from in the first place.</i>

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<i>[BJ] As a chef, I saw, in my city,</i>

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<i>there was no representation</i>
<i>of our culture.</i>

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<i>But I saw our culture all through</i>
<i>these menus and restaurants in Charleston.</i>

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<i>Everybody loves the food of Charleston,</i>
<i>but where is that rooted in?</i>

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<i>The Gullah.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>Out of the common experience
of slavery in South Carolina

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<i>emerged a new people known as the Gullah.</i>

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<i>And chef BJ Dennis is leading a movement</i>

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<i>to ensure their culinary contributions</i>
<i>do not go unrecognized.</i>

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<i>Private chef and caterer by day, BJ,</i>

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<i>or as I like to call him, Brother BJ,</i>

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<i>has been hosting pop-up dinners</i>
<i>all over the country</i>

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<i>that have made him</i>
<i>the poster child for Gullah cooking.</i>

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<i>And if I wanted to get to the heart</i>
<i>of the conversation about Gullah cuisine,</i>

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<i>I had to leave the city of Charleston</i>
<i>for the magic of the Sea Islands.</i>

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<i>[gently rousing music playing]</i>

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<i>When we talk about Gullah people,</i>

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<i>who are we talking about?</i>

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<i>We are talking about folks who lived</i>
<i>on the Sea Islands of the Lowcountry,</i>

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<i>who were free and enslaved.</i>

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<i>Who, through isolation, we--</i>

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{\an8}<i>Our ancestors were able to hold on to, um,</i>

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{\an8}<i>more of their Africanisms,</i>
<i>their African roots,</i>

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<i>than any other African American culture</i>
<i>in the country.</i>

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<i>What was the reason</i>
<i>that Gullah people were isolated?</i>

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<i>Truth be told, I mean, these islands,</i>
<i>back in the day, were not easy.</i>

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<i>-Mm-hmm.</i>
<i>-Malaria ran rampant.</i>

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<i>And a lot of Europeans, in the summertime,</i>
<i>would go up to the mountains</i>

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<i>or further upstate to escape the diseases.</i>

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<i>Um, we were more immune to malaria,</i>
<i>things like that, coming from West Africa.</i>

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<i>And so for us, that isolation was great</i>

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<i>because you were able</i>
<i>to hold on to your roots and culture.</i>

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<i>The isolation was great back then,</i>

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<i>but now, families don't want</i>
<i>to be on these islands.</i>

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<i>Things have become expensive.</i>

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<i>There's golf courses and resorts</i>
<i>all around us these days, right?</i>

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<i>But how do we continue to preserve?</i>

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<i>And to me, it's by not forgetting.</i>

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<i>This is not no dying, vanishing culture.</i>

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<i>We still here,</i>
<i>we're still thriving, we're still pushing.</i>

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<i>[gentle guitar music playing]</i>

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<i>[Stephen] </i>BJ took me to St. Helena Island,

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<i>where I met his mentors,</i>
<i>Bill and Sara Green,</i>

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<i>the owners of Gullah Grub.</i>

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<i>[BJ] Mr. Bill Green. His wife, Sara.</i>

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<i>They're the people I used to look up to.</i>

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<i>Mr. Green I'd watch on TV.</i>

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<i>He was unapologetic Gullah.</i>

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<i>Now we gonna get ready</i>
<i>for the fried chicken.</i>

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<i>We gonna do some pan-fried chicken</i>
<i>the old-fashioned way.</i>

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<i>The way my grandmama used to make 'em.</i>

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<i>That's the way we gon' make 'em today.</i>

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<i>[BJ] He was one of the first people I knew</i>

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<i>that was cooking food that resonated to me</i>
<i>because it was our heritage.</i>

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<i>[Bill] And then you add your shrimp.</i>

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<i>I can show you how to do it</i>
<i>the Gullah-style way.</i>

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<i>Most people just make all kind of roux</i>
<i>and all kinds of different things.</i>

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<i>I'mma show you how to make</i>
<i>the flavor stay in the gravy!</i>

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<i>[Sara] I would say Gullah cooking is</i>
<i>cooking, first of all, with love.</i>

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<i>And cooking in season.</i>

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<i>Everything that you eat,</i>
<i>you eat it according to the season.</i>

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<i>[Stephen] So, what are we gonna eat today?</i>

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<i>Oh, we gonna have some red rice,</i>

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<i>uh, some mullet fish,</i>

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<i>cornbread, and some string beans.</i>

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<i>I'll tell you a little story about that,</i>

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<i>because that's how I win my wife over. </i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Okay.</i>
<i>-Over the mullet fish. [laughs]</i>

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<i>Oh, yeah? What's the secret?</i>
<i>Tell us the secret.</i>

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<i>The secret about how I season the fish</i>
<i>and cook it with love and kindness in it,</i>

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<i>and when she bite into 'em, she said,</i>

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<i>"Oh, I ain't had no fish like this</i>
<i>in a long time."</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Sara, is that a true story?</i>
<i>-It is a true story.</i>

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<i>I had to have two servings of it</i>
<i>for him to win my heart over.</i>

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<i>-[Bill laughs]</i>
<i>-Just to make sure.</i>

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<i>"Damn," I said, "This man can cook!"</i>

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<i>[all laughing]</i>

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<i>[Bill] All right, gentlemen.</i>
<i>Mullet fish!</i>

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<i>All right.</i>

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<i>Mullet fish and rice!</i>

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<i>Mmm.</i>

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<i>Delicious.</i>

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<i>So good.</i>

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<i>[Bill] Mullet fish…</i>

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<i>We used to have the old gentleman</i>

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<i>that come around with a mule and a cart,</i>

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<i>with a big tub</i>
<i>of mullet fish on the back end.</i>

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<i>And he used to come through</i>
<i>the neighborhood, singing the song,</i>

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<i>♪ Mullet fish, mullet fish man ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Mullet fish, five cent a pound</i>
<i>Bring your pan ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Mullet fish man ♪</i>

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<i>Next thing you know,</i>
<i>you sitting down on your porch,</i>

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<i>you could smell mullet a mile away.</i>

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<i>Everybody cooking mullet fish</i>
<i>every different way.</i>

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<i>I can't stop talking</i>
<i>about the mullet fish.</i>

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<i>I better try to start eating</i>
<i>some of this mullet fish</i>

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<i>because it tastes so good.</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] What do we have here?</i>
<i>-[Bill] Oh, we got some okra gumbo.</i>

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<i>This be in the Gullah people diet</i>
<i>all through the week.</i>

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<i>You'll always find</i>
<i>one or two houses that have</i>

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<i>what they call either</i>
<i>okra gumbo or okra soup.</i>

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<i>-The okra's so good.</i>
<i>-[Bill] Mm-hmm.</i>

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<i>This type of food, Gullah food,</i>
<i>you can feel 'em when you eat it.</i>

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<i>That's the good thing</i>
<i>about Gullah style cooking.</i>

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<i>You can feel the food going in. You know</i>
<i>you got something go in your body.</i>

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<i>One bowl will carry you a long way.</i>

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<i>I think even if you don't like okra</i>
<i>in this culture…</i>

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<i>-[Stephen] Mmm.</i>
<i>-…you still gotta know how to cook it.</i>

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<i>Because it's</i>
<i>one of the main things we eat.</i>

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<i>One of the main vegetables</i>
<i>that's in our diet.</i>

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<i>Who taught you how to cook gumbo?</i>

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<i>Oh, man, you know I grew up…</i>

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<i>My grandfather, he planted a little bit</i>
<i>of everything, but he mainly planted okra.</i>

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<i>My grandmother made a mean okra soup.</i>

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<i>But I just grew up watching it.</i>
<i>My mother makes it.</i>

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<i>So, are y'all proud of Brother BJ here?</i>

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<i>Yup. Seeing him trying to keep the culture</i>
<i>and everything going is a blessing.</i>

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<i>One of the greatest things for me is</i>
<i>for people I looked up to as a youth</i>

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<i>to tell me that I'm on the right track.</i>

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<i>It truly motivates me</i>
<i>to continue to do what I need to do.</i>

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<i>[soft music playing]</i>

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<i>[congregation singing]</i>

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<i>♪ Come by here, Lord</i>
<i>Come by here ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Lord, we need you to Kumbaya ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Well, Lord, </i>
<i>We need you to Kumbaya ♪</i>

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<i>♪ Lord, we need you to come by here ♪</i>

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<i>[woman] </i>♪ Oh, Lord come by here ♪

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<i>♪ Oh, come by here, Lord ♪</i>

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Come by here ♪

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<i>[woman] </i>♪ Come by here, Lord ♪

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Lord, come by here ♪

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<i>[woman] </i>♪ Come by here, Lord ♪

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<i>[man] </i>♪ Come by here ♪

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<i>[all] </i>♪ Oh, Lord, come by here ♪

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<i>[man 1] This Gullah </i>
<i>just did this jump here.</i>

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<i>Just came in when we were brought over.</i>

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<i>-[man 2] Right!</i>
<i>-[man 1] This is it.</i>

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<i>Now you got Gullah Festival</i>

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<i>and everybody else trying</i>
<i>to learn about it.</i>

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{\an8}<i>Huh? And you had it all the time,</i>
<i>but you just didn't know what you had</i>

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{\an8}<i>because they made you feel</i>
<i>as though you were inferior.</i>

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<i>But that's the best thing</i>
<i>to happen to you.</i>

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<i>You're closer to your culture</i>
<i>than anybody else.</i>

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<i>-[man 2] That's right.</i>
<i>-[Smalls] I thank God for that.</i>

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<i>I thank God for the prayer house.</i>

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<i>I thank God for the teachers that we got,</i>

392
00:23:02,777 --> 00:23:04,529
<i>and I'm proud of where I came from.</i>

393
00:23:05,405 --> 00:23:07,865
<i>Come, Holy Spirit,</i>
<i>heavenly endowed with thy power.</i>

394
00:23:07,949 --> 00:23:11,119
<i>Come put a flame with sacred love</i>
<i>in these cold hearts of ours.</i>

395
00:23:11,202 --> 00:23:13,121
<i>Look how we grab our heavy load!</i>

396
00:23:13,204 --> 00:23:14,372
<i>From of this earth,</i>

397
00:23:14,455 --> 00:23:17,834
<i>our souls will neither fly</i>
<i>nor go to reach eternal joy.</i>

398
00:23:17,917 --> 00:23:20,795
<i>We pray, Heavenly Father,</i>
<i>for this plantation, Heavenly Father.</i>

399
00:23:20,878 --> 00:23:23,923
<i>These are not our beds.</i>
<i>We ask in thy holy name. Everybody say…</i>

400
00:23:24,006 --> 00:23:24,882
<i>[all] Amen.</i>

401
00:23:24,966 --> 00:23:26,968
<i>[gentle music playing]</i>

402
00:23:37,645 --> 00:23:40,523
<i>[Stephen] </i>As I continued to immerse myself
in the Gullah culture,

403
00:23:40,606 --> 00:23:44,193
<i>I landed on one of the most</i>
<i>remote of the Sea Islands.</i>

404
00:23:48,364 --> 00:23:51,117
{\an8}<i>Daufuskie Island</i>
<i>is only accessible by boat,</i>

405
00:23:52,034 --> 00:23:57,373
<i>and I joined Brother BJ as he prepared</i>
<i>a traditional whole-hog roast</i>

406
00:23:57,457 --> 00:23:59,834
<i>at the home</i>
<i>of Miss Sallie Ann Robinson.</i>

407
00:23:59,917 --> 00:24:02,170
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

408
00:24:08,176 --> 00:24:10,303
<i>Miss Sallie, you… We got this right here.</i>

409
00:24:10,386 --> 00:24:13,890
<i>Okay, I'll just give you a hole here.</i>

410
00:24:17,810 --> 00:24:20,938
<i>[Stephen]</i> Miss Sallie Ann is
{\an8}a chef and cookbook author,

411
00:24:21,022 --> 00:24:23,608
<i>and is better known as the Gullah Diva.</i>

412
00:24:25,109 --> 00:24:26,360
<i>[Sallie Ann] There we go.</i>

413
00:24:27,820 --> 00:24:30,323
<i>I'm sixth generation, born native.</i>

414
00:24:31,699 --> 00:24:34,577
<i>We didn't know any more</i>
<i>than living off the land.</i>

415
00:24:35,453 --> 00:24:36,704
<i>Gardening…</i>

416
00:24:36,787 --> 00:24:41,125
<i>And we would go to the ocean and get</i>
<i>bundles of shrimp and fish and crabs.</i>

417
00:24:41,209 --> 00:24:42,043
<i>[Stephen] Wow.</i>

418
00:24:47,924 --> 00:24:51,385
<i>[Sallie Ann] We went to the woods</i>
<i>and seeked out the wild games.</i>

419
00:24:52,303 --> 00:24:53,721
<i>We just had a good life.</i>

420
00:25:00,102 --> 00:25:02,730
<i>So, I'm gonna put these pig feet in here.</i>

421
00:25:03,231 --> 00:25:06,234
<i>-[Stephen] Beautiful.</i>
<i>-[Sallie Ann] I start and I clean 'em up.</i>

422
00:25:06,317 --> 00:25:09,070
<i>And they ready for some good cooking.</i>

423
00:25:09,987 --> 00:25:12,990
<i>And I'm going to put some peas in there</i>
<i>once this meat boils.</i>

424
00:25:13,783 --> 00:25:15,660
<i>We gonna have some peas and pig feet.</i>

425
00:25:17,537 --> 00:25:19,872
<i>Are you familiar with the phrase</i>
<i>"high on the hog"?</i>

426
00:25:19,956 --> 00:25:20,790
<i>Oh, yeah.</i>

427
00:25:20,873 --> 00:25:23,584
<i>Going back to back in the slavery days.</i>

428
00:25:23,668 --> 00:25:25,670
<i>Hog was a big deal.</i>

429
00:25:25,753 --> 00:25:29,799
<i>Folks on the plantation</i>
<i>would kill it for they master,</i>

430
00:25:29,882 --> 00:25:31,968
<i>but all they got was the parts of the hog,</i>

431
00:25:32,051 --> 00:25:35,930
<i>like the feet and the tail</i>
<i>and the intestine,</i>

432
00:25:36,013 --> 00:25:42,311
<i>and they'd turn these actual</i>
<i>meaningless-to-the-master parts</i>

433
00:25:42,395 --> 00:25:45,147
<i>into great meals for their family.</i>

434
00:25:45,231 --> 00:25:49,944
<i>And now it's kind of coming back</i>
<i>into fashion as a delicacy.</i>

435
00:25:50,027 --> 00:25:52,780
<i>People would say,</i>
<i>"Throw away. We throw these away."</i>

436
00:25:52,863 --> 00:25:54,740
<i>Well, you throw them over here,</i>

437
00:25:54,824 --> 00:25:58,035
<i>and then I'll make something like this,</i>
<i>and then they want it.</i>

438
00:25:58,911 --> 00:26:00,288
<i>[Stephen] So, what comes next?</i>

439
00:26:00,371 --> 00:26:03,416
<i>Well, we gonna let that cook</i>
<i>for a good 30, 40 minutes,</i>

440
00:26:03,499 --> 00:26:06,711
<i>and then I'll wash them peas</i>
<i>and throw them in there.</i>

441
00:26:06,794 --> 00:26:07,795
<i>[Stephen] Right in.</i>

442
00:26:07,878 --> 00:26:10,089
<i>[Sallie Ann] Today, </i>
<i>I'm doing the field peas.</i>

443
00:26:10,172 --> 00:26:12,592
<i>[Stephen] Do you add more seasonings</i>
<i>or anything like that?</i>

444
00:26:12,675 --> 00:26:15,177
<i>No. Right now, no.</i>
<i>I'm gonna wait 'til the peas get in,</i>

445
00:26:15,261 --> 00:26:18,055
<i>-then dice a little onion in it.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Then we'll be in business.</i>

446
00:26:18,139 --> 00:26:20,766
<i>-[Sallie Ann] We'll be in business. Yeah.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] All right.</i>

447
00:26:24,020 --> 00:26:27,732
<i>Ahh! That aroma. [laughs]</i>

448
00:26:28,899 --> 00:26:29,775
<i>[BJ] Y'all ready?</i>

449
00:26:30,526 --> 00:26:33,195
<i>I'm gonna take it out,</i>
<i>and just come my way.</i>

450
00:26:33,279 --> 00:26:34,447
<i>One, two, three.</i>

451
00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:36,824
<i>All right.</i>

452
00:26:38,117 --> 00:26:38,993
<i>Lift.</i>

453
00:26:40,161 --> 00:26:41,912
<i>Lift up. [grunts]</i>

454
00:26:45,207 --> 00:26:46,834
<i>[Stephen] What are you putting on there?</i>

455
00:26:46,917 --> 00:26:51,797
<i>[BJ] This is just some red pepper,</i>
<i>some dried ginger, and garlic in there.</i>

456
00:26:51,881 --> 00:26:54,550
<i>So, what makes this tradition so special?</i>

457
00:26:55,593 --> 00:26:57,053
<i>Um…</i>

458
00:26:57,136 --> 00:27:00,056
<i>You know, honestly, this was</i>
<i>really just done once a year,</i>

459
00:27:00,139 --> 00:27:03,476
<i>typically during the winter,</i>
<i>typically for the whole community.</i>

460
00:27:03,559 --> 00:27:07,188
<i>So, all the families.</i>
<i>And there are probably multiple hogs,</i>

461
00:27:07,271 --> 00:27:08,314
<i>broken down.</i>

462
00:27:08,856 --> 00:27:11,442
<i>-Some would be salted for ham…</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

463
00:27:11,525 --> 00:27:14,278
<i>…some would be smoked,</i>
<i>some would be made into sausage.</i>

464
00:27:14,362 --> 00:27:15,529
<i>It was a community thing.</i>

465
00:27:15,613 --> 00:27:19,241
<i>This is an animal that, honestly,</i>
<i>was not eaten every day,</i>

466
00:27:19,325 --> 00:27:20,826
<i>-like you see now.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Yeah.</i>

467
00:27:20,910 --> 00:27:22,203
<i>This was to feed the community.</i>

468
00:27:22,286 --> 00:27:25,706
<i>Usually done in the winter,</i>
<i>for your survival through the winter.</i>

469
00:27:25,790 --> 00:27:27,583
<i>It was a annual thing.</i>

470
00:27:29,043 --> 00:27:30,753
<i>[Stephen] So, </i>
<i>who taught you how to do this?</i>

471
00:27:30,836 --> 00:27:32,672
<i>-[BJ chuckles]</i>
<i>-[Stephen] You taught yourself?</i>

472
00:27:32,755 --> 00:27:34,173
<i>-Watched the elders.</i>
<i>-Yeah?</i>

473
00:27:34,256 --> 00:27:36,384
<i>-See Miss Sallie Ann right there?</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Yeah.</i>

474
00:27:36,467 --> 00:27:37,927
<i>[BJ] Having conversations with elders</i>

475
00:27:38,010 --> 00:27:40,596
<i>and older folks like--</i>
<i>Miss Sallie ain't no elder, though.</i>

476
00:27:40,680 --> 00:27:43,182
<i>-[Sallie Ann] No.</i>
<i>-I ain't gonna put that on her yet.</i>

477
00:27:43,265 --> 00:27:45,935
<i>-Kids have to be a part of the process…</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

478
00:27:46,018 --> 00:27:47,228
<i>so as they get older,</i>

479
00:27:47,853 --> 00:27:50,356
<i>they would know what to do</i>
<i>and how to feed they family.</i>

480
00:27:51,691 --> 00:27:54,443
<i>-[BJ] This animal gives us life.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Mm-hmm.</i>

481
00:27:54,527 --> 00:27:57,279
<i>You pay respects</i>
<i>to taking a life of a animal.</i>

482
00:27:57,363 --> 00:27:59,907
<i>-[Stephen] Definitely.</i>
<i>-Make sure you don't mess it up.</i>

483
00:27:59,990 --> 00:28:01,617
<i>So, you have to watch this all night?</i>

484
00:28:01,701 --> 00:28:03,953
<i>-[Sallie Ann] Oh, yeah.</i>
<i>-[BJ] No sleep gang tonight, baba.</i>

485
00:28:04,036 --> 00:28:05,621
<i>-No sleep?</i>
<i>-[Sallie Ann laughing]</i>

486
00:28:05,705 --> 00:28:07,039
<i>No sleep gang tonight, baba.</i>

487
00:28:07,123 --> 00:28:09,500
<i>-[Stephen] We drinking beer or coffee?</i>
<i>-[exhales]</i>

488
00:28:09,583 --> 00:28:11,585
<i>It ain't too hot,</i>
<i>so beer won't dehydrate us.</i>

489
00:28:11,669 --> 00:28:13,796
<i>-Okay.</i>
<i>-If it was hot, I'd tell you water, brah.</i>

490
00:28:13,879 --> 00:28:14,797
<i>-Yeah.</i>
<i>-Yeah.</i>

491
00:28:14,880 --> 00:28:17,633
<i>-[Sallie Ann laughing]</i>
<i>-I don't want you pass out out here, man.</i>

492
00:28:17,717 --> 00:28:19,719
<i>[gentle music playing]</i>

493
00:28:32,898 --> 00:28:36,652
<i>We're waiting for these coals to cool off</i>
<i>'cause you don't want 'em too hot.</i>

494
00:28:36,736 --> 00:28:37,611
<i>Yep.</i>

495
00:28:41,824 --> 00:28:42,658
<i>Yep.</i>

496
00:28:47,288 --> 00:28:49,248
<i>-Right here.</i>
<i>-[man] Yes, sir.</i>

497
00:28:51,333 --> 00:28:52,168
<i>[BJ] Yeah.</i>

498
00:28:55,129 --> 00:28:56,547
<i>You're welcome to come back, baba.</i>

499
00:28:56,630 --> 00:28:58,132
<i>-[Stephen] Come back?</i>
<i>-Play with fire.</i>

500
00:28:58,215 --> 00:29:00,426
<i>You can come back</i>
<i>right 'bout two, three, four.</i>

501
00:29:00,509 --> 00:29:03,596
<i>Come out here day clean.</i>
<i>We'll be right here.</i>

502
00:29:03,679 --> 00:29:05,681
<i>[music continues]</i>

503
00:29:14,857 --> 00:29:17,318
<i>[BJ] I'm gonna start sliding charcoal in.</i>

504
00:29:31,707 --> 00:29:33,876
<i>I think we good.</i>
<i>Now it's just a waiting game.</i>

505
00:29:33,959 --> 00:29:35,961
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

506
00:29:47,848 --> 00:29:49,391
<i>[inhales and exhales deeply]</i>

507
00:29:52,061 --> 00:29:54,980
<i>[man] ♪ </i>Whoa, leaves ♪

508
00:29:55,064 --> 00:29:58,234
<i>♪ Adam in the garden picking up leaves ♪</i>

509
00:29:58,317 --> 00:29:59,151
<i>♪ Oh, Adam ♪</i>

510
00:29:59,235 --> 00:30:01,403
<i>-[women]</i> ♪ Picking up leaves ♪
<i>-[man] </i>♪ Oh<i>,</i> poor Adam ♪

511
00:30:01,487 --> 00:30:03,072
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh, brother ♪</i>

512
00:30:03,155 --> 00:30:04,990
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh, Adam</i> <i>♪</i>

513
00:30:05,074 --> 00:30:06,867
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh, Adam</i> <i>♪</i>

514
00:30:06,951 --> 00:30:08,702
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Yeah ♪</i>

515
00:30:08,786 --> 00:30:10,621
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh, Adam ♪</i>

516
00:30:10,704 --> 00:30:12,540
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Yeah, Adam ♪</i>

517
00:30:12,623 --> 00:30:14,333
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Yes, Adam ♪</i>

518
00:30:14,416 --> 00:30:16,252
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Adam in the garden ♪</i>

519
00:30:16,335 --> 00:30:18,212
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Adam in the garden ♪</i>

520
00:30:18,295 --> 00:30:20,130
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Adam and Eve ♪</i>

521
00:30:20,214 --> 00:30:21,924
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Adam and Eve ♪</i>

522
00:30:22,007 --> 00:30:23,759
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ God called Adam ♪</i>

523
00:30:23,843 --> 00:30:25,386
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Adam answered ♪</i>

524
00:30:25,469 --> 00:30:27,596
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh ♪</i>

525
00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,682
<i>-♪ Picking up leaves ♪</i>
<i>-♪ Oh, Adam ♪</i>

526
00:30:30,474 --> 00:30:33,561
<i>[Stephen] </i>It's hard not to feel
the impact of BJ's commitment,

527
00:30:34,311 --> 00:30:37,648
<i>and his influence has spread</i>
<i>outside of the Gullah community.</i>

528
00:30:41,151 --> 00:30:43,070
<i>Out in Apex, North Carolina,</i>

529
00:30:43,153 --> 00:30:45,573
<i>I met his friend Gabrielle Eitienne,</i>

530
00:30:45,656 --> 00:30:48,576
<i>who has been exploring</i>
<i>her own cultural roots through food.</i>

531
00:30:56,083 --> 00:30:59,253
<i>[Gabrielle] I started researching </i>
<i>the Sea Islands,</i>

532
00:31:00,004 --> 00:31:05,134
<i>and then learning about the work</i>
<i>that BJ was doing in South Carolina.</i>

533
00:31:06,010 --> 00:31:07,428
<i>And I remember coming home,</i>

534
00:31:07,511 --> 00:31:11,223
<i>and my grandfather had</i>
<i>some collard seeds hanging under his shed,</i>

535
00:31:11,307 --> 00:31:13,309
<i>and I was like, "What is that, Pop?"</i>

536
00:31:13,392 --> 00:31:17,229
<i>And he was like, "That's how you get</i>
<i>your collard seeds. I'm drying them out."</i>

537
00:31:18,147 --> 00:31:21,483
{\an8}<i>"Say that again, please, sir. </i>
<i>What is that you say?"</i>

538
00:31:21,567 --> 00:31:23,611
<i>And all the research I was doing</i>

539
00:31:23,694 --> 00:31:26,238
<i>was aligning with what I was learning</i>
<i>from my grandfather.</i>

540
00:31:26,822 --> 00:31:29,909
<i>So, you packed up from New York</i>
<i>and came back home, huh?</i>

541
00:31:29,992 --> 00:31:31,660
<i>Yeah, essentially.</i>

542
00:31:32,244 --> 00:31:34,914
<i>I packed my things in a minivan</i>

543
00:31:35,456 --> 00:31:36,957
<i>and got up the road.</i>

544
00:31:37,583 --> 00:31:39,919
<i>It felt like it was ordained.</i>

545
00:31:40,002 --> 00:31:42,588
<i>What did your grandpa say</i>
<i>when you came back home?</i>

546
00:31:43,339 --> 00:31:44,256
<i>[laughs]</i>

547
00:31:45,090 --> 00:31:47,259
<i>[Gabrielle] He was like,</i>
<i>"I didn't think I'd see you here</i>

548
00:31:47,343 --> 00:31:49,595
<i>until you were</i>
<i>walking around with a cane."</i>

549
00:31:49,678 --> 00:31:51,472
<i>[laughing] Which is kinda, like…</i>

550
00:31:52,348 --> 00:31:53,474
<i>hilarious.</i>

551
00:31:53,557 --> 00:31:55,559
<i>[soothing music playing]</i>

552
00:32:03,442 --> 00:32:05,986
<i>[Gabrielle] A part of the way </i>
<i>that I'm sharing</i>

553
00:32:06,070 --> 00:32:08,113
<i>some of these lessons from my elders</i>

554
00:32:08,197 --> 00:32:10,240
<i>is to host community dinners.</i>

555
00:32:11,325 --> 00:32:15,537
<i>These dinners are focused</i>
<i>on the cultivation and preservation</i>

556
00:32:15,621 --> 00:32:17,122
<i>of Black food tradition.</i>

557
00:32:23,128 --> 00:32:26,423
<i>This food feeds</i>
<i>our community all around us.</i>

558
00:32:27,591 --> 00:32:29,134
<i>We still have grocery stores,</i>

559
00:32:29,218 --> 00:32:32,888
<i>but that's not the same as being able</i>
<i>to come over and pick from the salad patch</i>

560
00:32:32,972 --> 00:32:35,724
<i>or getting your collards</i>
<i>from someone you know.</i>

561
00:32:36,433 --> 00:32:40,980
<i>I've been able to rethink how we can still</i>
<i>continue to access, like, fresh food.</i>

562
00:32:43,065 --> 00:32:45,526
<i>I feel like I've just started</i>
<i>getting warmed up</i>

563
00:32:45,609 --> 00:32:48,195
<i>-to some of the possibility of this space…</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Of course.</i>

564
00:32:49,238 --> 00:32:51,281
<i>…and what it could mean for our community,</i>

565
00:32:51,365 --> 00:32:53,534
<i>which is a historically Black community.</i>

566
00:32:56,370 --> 00:32:58,080
<i>[Stephen] </i>Gabrielle's commitment 
to the land

567
00:32:58,163 --> 00:33:01,375
<i>her family has lived on</i>
<i>for generations was admirable,</i>

568
00:33:01,458 --> 00:33:04,837
<i>but come to find out,</i>
<i>her whole setup was in jeopardy.</i>

569
00:33:08,590 --> 00:33:10,676
<i>So, what is happening with the land?</i>

570
00:33:11,510 --> 00:33:14,888
<i>The Department of Transportation</i>
<i>is building out a highway,</i>

571
00:33:14,972 --> 00:33:19,601
<i>and so what is now a two-lane road,</i>
<i>it'll be a seven-lane expressway.</i>

572
00:33:19,685 --> 00:33:23,272
<i>And so it's supposed</i>
<i>to cut through the garden,</i>

573
00:33:23,355 --> 00:33:24,982
<i>like right across there.</i>

574
00:33:25,065 --> 00:33:29,528
<i>Then on the other side, it's gonna</i>
<i>displace my uncle Andrew, my uncle Lynn.</i>

575
00:33:30,362 --> 00:33:32,614
<i>Um, all my relatives on that side</i>

576
00:33:32,698 --> 00:33:36,744
<i>and some further down</i>
<i>on our side also will have to move.</i>

577
00:33:36,827 --> 00:33:40,622
<i>And there's no, like, option.</i>
<i>They don't give you an option to stay.</i>

578
00:33:41,165 --> 00:33:44,376
<i>So, basically, eminent domain</i>
<i>is what we're talking about.</i>

579
00:33:45,044 --> 00:33:47,212
<i>Yeah. Exactly.</i>

580
00:33:47,838 --> 00:33:51,717
<i>And what is that like for your family?</i>

581
00:33:51,800 --> 00:33:55,345
<i>A lot of the conversations</i>
<i>are hard because</i>

582
00:33:55,429 --> 00:33:58,682
<i>people in their seventies and eighties</i>
<i>don't want to move</i>

583
00:33:58,766 --> 00:34:02,644
<i>from the homes</i>
<i>that they've known for a long time.</i>

584
00:34:02,728 --> 00:34:06,106
<i>Uncle Andrew is the one</i>
<i>who plants this garden with me.</i>

585
00:34:06,190 --> 00:34:08,567
<i>And so, like, to put him in another place,</i>

586
00:34:08,650 --> 00:34:12,696
<i>it just-- It repositions so much.</i>
<i>It changes so much.</i>

587
00:34:13,363 --> 00:34:15,365
<i>What's crazy is my uncle talks about</i>

588
00:34:15,449 --> 00:34:17,951
<i>how this land wouldn't even</i>
<i>bear grass at one point.</i>

589
00:34:18,035 --> 00:34:21,121
<i>It was really, like,</i>
<i>the undesired place to live.</i>

590
00:34:21,205 --> 00:34:23,582
<i>And that's how, you know,</i>
<i>Black folks got it.</i>

591
00:34:23,665 --> 00:34:26,752
<i>It was only sold</i>
<i>to Black people at one time.</i>

592
00:34:27,336 --> 00:34:31,757
<i>And so, now that we got it,</i>
<i>and we've grown it, and we've nurtured it,</i>

593
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,093
<i>and we've given it ourselves…</i>

594
00:34:34,843 --> 00:34:36,470
<i>now, you know…</i>

595
00:34:36,553 --> 00:34:38,972
<i>-[Stephen] It's time to go.</i>
<i>-Now it's time to go.</i>

596
00:34:40,224 --> 00:34:41,600
<i>[gentle music playing]</i>

597
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:59,159
<i>[Gabrielle] As we're re-imagining </i>
<i>this land and this space</i>

598
00:34:59,243 --> 00:35:01,537
<i>and what it means to us,</i>

599
00:35:02,621 --> 00:35:07,459
<i>we are also going to continue</i>
<i>to cultivate food</i>

600
00:35:07,543 --> 00:35:12,297
<i>and joy and laughter</i>
<i>and creativity on this land.</i>

601
00:35:14,049 --> 00:35:18,387
<i>Because continuing those things,</i>
<i>even with the given circumstances,</i>

602
00:35:18,470 --> 00:35:21,181
<i>feels like resistance to me.</i>

603
00:35:29,148 --> 00:35:31,942
<i>[man] Heavenly Father, we are so grateful</i>
<i>and thankful for Gabrielle</i>

604
00:35:32,025 --> 00:35:33,819
<i>and for all she does, Lord,</i>

605
00:35:33,902 --> 00:35:37,030
<i>to unite people in the community</i>
<i>around the food, around the table,</i>

606
00:35:37,114 --> 00:35:41,493
<i>because around the table,</i>
<i>that's where a lot of stories are created</i>

607
00:35:41,577 --> 00:35:43,453
<i>and legacies are made.</i>

608
00:35:43,537 --> 00:35:46,748
<i>And we are so grateful and thankful</i>
<i>for opening up this home,</i>

609
00:35:46,832 --> 00:35:51,461
<i>this farm that has</i>
<i>a lot of history, a lot of legacy,</i>

610
00:35:51,545 --> 00:35:56,175
<i>and we just ask that you bless this meal</i>
<i>for the nourishing of our bodies. Amen.</i>

611
00:35:56,258 --> 00:35:57,134
<i>-Ase.</i>
-Amen.

612
00:35:59,970 --> 00:36:01,805
<i>[Gabrielle] Beautiful! Thank you, guys!</i>

613
00:36:01,889 --> 00:36:03,348
<i>[Stephen] Thank you.</i>

614
00:36:03,432 --> 00:36:06,894
<i>[Gabrielle] It feels so good</i>
<i>to be surrounded by all this love.</i>

615
00:36:08,395 --> 00:36:11,231
<i>-I have some poulet rouge hens…</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Amazing.</i>

616
00:36:11,315 --> 00:36:15,485
<i>…that I cooked over the coals</i>
<i>and brined for two days</i>

617
00:36:15,569 --> 00:36:20,032
<i>with love and cinnamon</i>
<i>and cumin and smoked paprika,</i>

618
00:36:20,949 --> 00:36:25,245
<i>and then I dressed 'em</i>
<i>in a strawberry wine glaze shallot.</i>

619
00:36:26,038 --> 00:36:29,041
<i>I have some dried field peas</i>
<i>and white beans,</i>

620
00:36:29,124 --> 00:36:33,754
<i>turnip salad,</i>
<i>red onion and shiitake mushrooms…</i>

621
00:36:35,964 --> 00:36:41,220
<i>and a hickory-smoked beet cornbread.</i>

622
00:36:42,095 --> 00:36:45,098
<i>This beautiful cabbage,</i>
<i>we charred and dressed them</i>

623
00:36:45,182 --> 00:36:48,393
<i>in a dressing that I made</i>
<i>from pear preserves,</i>

624
00:36:48,477 --> 00:36:53,315
<i>and red wine vinegar</i>
<i>and white pepper and benne seed.</i>

625
00:36:53,398 --> 00:36:55,234
<i>And I think that's it,</i>

626
00:36:55,317 --> 00:36:58,237
<i>so enjoy and dig in.</i>

627
00:36:59,446 --> 00:37:02,074
<i>-[woman] This particular variety--</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] Yeah?</i>

628
00:37:02,157 --> 00:37:04,576
<i>[guests chattering]</i>

629
00:37:06,870 --> 00:37:08,914
<i>-[Gabrielle] I don't know.</i>
<i>-[chatter continues]</i>

630
00:37:08,997 --> 00:37:10,374
<i>-So good.</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] I love y'all.</i>

631
00:37:10,457 --> 00:37:11,833
<i>-Y'all so dramatic.</i>
<i>-No.</i>

632
00:37:11,917 --> 00:37:12,876
<i>[Gabrielle laughs]</i>

633
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,670
<i>No, this is our restraint.</i>

634
00:37:15,587 --> 00:37:19,841
<i>[man] Your turnip greens</i>
<i>have transported me back in time.</i>

635
00:37:21,468 --> 00:37:25,430
<i>They are the closest, in terms of taste,</i>

636
00:37:25,514 --> 00:37:28,517
<i>that I've had since childhood,</i>

637
00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:30,936
<i>of greens cooked this way.</i>

638
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:35,232
<i>They have a richness of taste that</i>

639
00:37:35,899 --> 00:37:39,361
<i>I didn't realize</i>
<i>that I was missing until just now.</i>

640
00:37:40,946 --> 00:37:44,783
<i>I'm really interested in,</i>
<i>like, you as kind of,</i>

641
00:37:44,866 --> 00:37:49,997
<i>a guardian of this legacy of celebration</i>

642
00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,124
<i>and convening in this house.</i>

643
00:37:52,207 --> 00:37:55,168
<i>-What we're doing now, you know?</i>
<i>-Hello. And here's to the crew.</i>

644
00:37:55,294 --> 00:37:57,296
<i>-Oh, my God!</i>
<i>-Hey.</i>

645
00:37:57,379 --> 00:37:58,422
<i>[man] You made it!</i>

646
00:37:58,505 --> 00:38:00,507
<i>-[Stephen] Wow.</i>
<i>-[all laughing]</i>

647
00:38:00,590 --> 00:38:02,759
{\an8}<i>-All right. Y'all be good.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] That's all we get?</i>

648
00:38:02,843 --> 00:38:05,387
{\an8}<i>[Gabrielle] That's all we get?</i>
<i>You're not gonna chat for a minute?</i>

649
00:38:05,470 --> 00:38:06,346
<i>Y'all be good.</i>

650
00:38:06,430 --> 00:38:07,639
<i>[Stephen] No.</i>

651
00:38:07,723 --> 00:38:10,517
<i>-[Gabrielle] You don't want no chicken?</i>
<i>-Y'all be good.</i>

652
00:38:10,600 --> 00:38:11,893
<i>Thank you, Uncle Andrew.</i>

653
00:38:11,977 --> 00:38:13,353
<i>-This means so much.</i>
<i>-All right.</i>

654
00:38:13,437 --> 00:38:14,771
<i>[Stephen] Thank you, Uncle Andrew.</i>

655
00:38:14,855 --> 00:38:18,108
<i>-This is what I'm talking about.</i>
<i>-This is what I'm talking about, too.</i>

656
00:38:18,191 --> 00:38:20,819
<i>-Well, talk about it. Really.</i>
<i>-This is it.</i>

657
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:25,240
<i>This just feels so, like…</i>

658
00:38:25,324 --> 00:38:29,161
<i>To have dropped off, like,</i>
<i>the wine we made together, it's like…</i>

659
00:38:32,497 --> 00:38:34,958
<i>-[voice breaking] I'm sorry.</i>
<i>-No, it's okay.</i>

660
00:38:35,042 --> 00:38:37,044
<i>[gentle music playing]</i>

661
00:38:39,212 --> 00:38:40,756
<i>[sighs]</i>

662
00:38:43,925 --> 00:38:45,385
<i>So, the reason, um…</i>

663
00:38:46,428 --> 00:38:48,889
<i>communing in these spaces is important…</i>

664
00:38:50,098 --> 00:38:52,851
<i>um… is, like, just for this.</i>

665
00:38:56,021 --> 00:38:57,272
<i>My, um…</i>

666
00:38:58,106 --> 00:39:02,861
<i>My uncle that just dropped this off,</i>
<i>a lot of you already know that, um…</i>

667
00:39:04,237 --> 00:39:07,199
<i>he's being forcibly removed from his home.</i>

668
00:39:07,282 --> 00:39:09,785
<i>-Mmm.</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] Through eminent domain.</i>

669
00:39:10,494 --> 00:39:11,453
<i>[woman] Mm.</i>

670
00:39:12,662 --> 00:39:14,164
<i>[man] It sounds so benign.</i>

671
00:39:14,247 --> 00:39:16,124
<i>-[Stephen] Right?</i>
<i>-[man] And it's so otherwise.</i>

672
00:39:16,208 --> 00:39:17,042
<i>Yeah.</i>

673
00:39:18,752 --> 00:39:19,586
<i>Um…</i>

674
00:39:20,545 --> 00:39:22,464
<i>We've been packing his stuff…</i>

675
00:39:22,547 --> 00:39:24,674
<i>-Mmm.</i>
<i>-…for, like, the past month.</i>

676
00:39:25,425 --> 00:39:28,470
<i>I mean, this is the last week</i>
<i>that he's actually in his home.</i>

677
00:39:28,553 --> 00:39:29,429
<i>[woman] Mmm.</i>

678
00:39:32,808 --> 00:39:34,518
<i>[Gabrielle] And he wouldn't say it,</i>

679
00:39:35,018 --> 00:39:36,978
<i>but his heart is really heavy right now,</i>

680
00:39:37,062 --> 00:39:40,524
<i>and he's really feeling the impact of that</i>
<i>and what that means for him.</i>

681
00:39:44,027 --> 00:39:46,905
<i>So for him to still come through</i>
<i>and bring me this…</i>

682
00:39:46,988 --> 00:39:48,156
<i>[tearfully] …is really</i>

683
00:39:49,241 --> 00:39:50,409
<i>something I can't…</i>

684
00:39:53,036 --> 00:39:53,870
<i>Um…</i>

685
00:39:57,624 --> 00:40:01,962
<i>Him and my grandfather have inspired</i>
<i>the work that I'm doing right now.</i>

686
00:40:03,463 --> 00:40:05,048
<i>They've been teaching me… [sighs]</i>

687
00:40:05,132 --> 00:40:09,594
<i>…so much about what they know</i>
<i>about our food tradition.</i>

688
00:40:10,595 --> 00:40:14,057
<i>And the way that I like to think,</i>
<i>like, I'm woke and I'm, like,</i>

689
00:40:14,141 --> 00:40:19,104
<i>I know, like, Black people and our needs</i>
<i>and, you know, I know our history.</i>

690
00:40:19,187 --> 00:40:23,275
<i>Like, coming home and being with them,</i>
<i>I've learned so much about our history</i>

691
00:40:23,358 --> 00:40:25,735
<i>through the food that we're eating</i>
<i>and we're growing,</i>

692
00:40:25,819 --> 00:40:27,779
<i>and through communion like this.</i>

693
00:40:28,447 --> 00:40:31,283
<i>It just shows you,</i>
<i>like, why this is important.</i>

694
00:40:33,410 --> 00:40:38,707
<i>They can never take away</i>
<i>what you learned underneath those pines.</i>

695
00:40:39,249 --> 00:40:41,835
<i>That can never be taken from you,</i>

696
00:40:41,918 --> 00:40:44,921
<i>and we need you to hold on to that.</i>

697
00:40:46,047 --> 00:40:50,469
<i>To that knowledge and to that feeling</i>
<i>and to that drive, you know?</i>

698
00:40:50,552 --> 00:40:51,595
<i>Mm-hmm.</i>

699
00:40:51,678 --> 00:40:52,762
<i>That's yours now.</i>

700
00:40:56,933 --> 00:40:58,935
<i>[soft music playing]</i>

701
00:41:00,729 --> 00:41:02,731
<i>[birds chirping]</i>

702
00:41:11,490 --> 00:41:13,492
<i>[rhythmic music playing]</i>

703
00:41:25,545 --> 00:41:27,339
<i>[Stephen] What are we making? </i>
<i>What is this?</i>

704
00:41:27,422 --> 00:41:33,512
<i>So, today we're just making a classic</i>
<i>barbecue house dish of South Carolina.</i>

705
00:41:33,595 --> 00:41:35,263
<i>Head hash.</i>

706
00:41:35,347 --> 00:41:38,808
<i>I've chopped up everything</i>
<i>you can imagine that comes off the head.</i>

707
00:41:38,892 --> 00:41:39,809
<i>-Okay.</i>
<i>-Right here.</i>

708
00:41:39,893 --> 00:41:41,520
<i>And I got a little bit left to cut.</i>

709
00:41:45,065 --> 00:41:47,192
<i>Can you do me a favor,</i>
<i>grab that barbecue sauce?</i>

710
00:41:47,275 --> 00:41:48,485
<i>Oh, yeah. I'll be right back.</i>

711
00:41:48,568 --> 00:41:51,571
<i>So we boil the head</i>
<i>in this broth right here.</i>

712
00:41:51,655 --> 00:41:52,531
<i>So…</i>

713
00:41:53,240 --> 00:41:55,575
<i>It's typically half head broth,</i>
<i>half barbecue sauce.</i>

714
00:41:55,659 --> 00:41:56,535
<i>[Stephen] Okay.</i>

715
00:41:56,618 --> 00:41:58,620
<i>All we do is let it simmer down,</i>
<i>like a stew.</i>

716
00:41:58,703 --> 00:41:59,704
<i>[Stephen] Yeah.</i>

717
00:41:59,788 --> 00:42:00,872
<i>Serve over rice.</i>

718
00:42:02,832 --> 00:42:05,502
<i>[Stephen] So, what is the history </i>
<i>of this dish?</i>

719
00:42:05,585 --> 00:42:08,463
<i>The theory is the enslaved</i>
<i>were always given the inferior parts,</i>

720
00:42:08,547 --> 00:42:11,800
<i>and they made do</i>
<i>with those inferior parts,</i>

721
00:42:11,883 --> 00:42:14,177
<i>but when we came from West Africa,</i>

722
00:42:14,261 --> 00:42:17,305
<i>you know, when we did hunt animals,</i>
<i>every part was already used,</i>

723
00:42:17,389 --> 00:42:20,725
<i>so they already had the knowledge</i>
<i>of using the offcuts.</i>

724
00:42:23,687 --> 00:42:26,398
<i>So, what's in this barbecue sauce?</i>

725
00:42:26,481 --> 00:42:30,068
<i>This is a mustard-based sauce,</i>
<i>with a tomato base in it.</i>

726
00:42:30,151 --> 00:42:31,945
<i>-Okay.</i>
<i>-[BJ] This goes right in here.</i>

727
00:42:32,028 --> 00:42:34,906
<i>Okay. You know,</i>
<i>in North Carolina, we like vinegar,</i>

728
00:42:34,990 --> 00:42:37,617
<i>-but I'm not hatin' on you.</i>
<i>-You be hatin' the dish?</i>

729
00:42:37,701 --> 00:42:39,869
<i>-[laughs] I'm trying not to.</i>
<i>-[Stephen] Not today.</i>

730
00:42:40,579 --> 00:42:42,497
<i>And you're gonna</i>
<i>cook this back down again?</i>

731
00:42:42,581 --> 00:42:44,791
<i>Yeah. We're gonna put this</i>
<i>back on the burner.</i>

732
00:42:44,874 --> 00:42:45,750
<i>Nice.</i>

733
00:42:47,168 --> 00:42:48,128
<i>[Gabrielle] Okay.</i>

734
00:42:49,546 --> 00:42:52,465
<i>So, this is just the whole--</i>
<i>Everything from the head?</i>

735
00:42:52,549 --> 00:42:57,345
<i>-Everything.</i>
<i>-The tongue. The eyes? Everything.</i>

736
00:42:57,470 --> 00:42:58,805
<i>-You name it.</i>
<i>-I need to know.</i>

737
00:42:58,888 --> 00:43:00,640
<i>You see that right there?</i>

738
00:43:00,724 --> 00:43:03,602
<i>-Whatever's not in there is in here.</i>
<i>-Yeah, whatever was there.</i>

739
00:43:04,227 --> 00:43:06,396
<i>[BJ] So, I throw that </i>
<i>barbecue sauce in it.</i>

740
00:43:08,189 --> 00:43:09,107
<i>Oh, yeah.</i>

741
00:43:10,275 --> 00:43:13,361
<i>-I'll grab a spoon. Do you need these?</i>
<i>-No, you can grab that.</i>

742
00:43:13,445 --> 00:43:15,530
<i>-Okay.</i>
<i>-And you can go right over here, man…</i>

743
00:43:15,614 --> 00:43:17,824
<i>-[Stephen] Okay.</i>
<i>-…and get this on the burner.</i>

744
00:43:17,907 --> 00:43:19,701
<i>[Stephen] How long </i>
<i>are you gonna cook this?</i>

745
00:43:19,784 --> 00:43:23,496
<i>[BJ] About 30 minutes. Let it simmer.</i>
<i>Let it start bubblin'.</i>

746
00:43:25,290 --> 00:43:26,666
<i>Sauce smells good.</i>

747
00:43:30,128 --> 00:43:32,339
<i>This where the party at? [laughs]</i>

748
00:43:33,757 --> 00:43:36,009
<i>[BJ] Now we invite the community </i>
<i>to come join.</i>

749
00:43:36,092 --> 00:43:38,428
<i>[Sallie Ann] The community. Come join us.</i>

750
00:43:38,511 --> 00:43:40,305
<i>Hey. Hey, sweetie, how you doin'?</i>

751
00:43:41,014 --> 00:43:41,848
<i>[guest] Hey, hey.</i>

752
00:43:41,931 --> 00:43:44,643
<i>Hey, hey. How's everybody?</i>

753
00:43:44,726 --> 00:43:46,728
<i>[upbeat music playing]</i>

754
00:43:47,687 --> 00:43:48,730
<i>[BJ] Yeah.</i>

755
00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:51,650
<i>All right. Beaut.</i>

756
00:43:52,275 --> 00:43:53,860
<i>That's gonna be… Yeah, right there.</i>

757
00:43:57,030 --> 00:43:59,491
<i>-Pull it out. Yeah.</i>
<i>-Pull the wire all the way out.</i>

758
00:43:59,574 --> 00:44:00,742
<i>All right, that's cool.</i>

759
00:44:01,242 --> 00:44:03,244
<i>[guests chattering]</i>

760
00:44:05,705 --> 00:44:09,042
<i>-[BJ] She just want to go up to it, and--</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] She ready now.</i>

761
00:44:09,125 --> 00:44:11,127
<i>[music continues]</i>

762
00:44:17,342 --> 00:44:21,262
<i>Now I'm gonna</i>
<i>treat myself to some cracklin'.</i>

763
00:44:21,346 --> 00:44:23,348
<i>-[Sallie Ann laughs] Yes.</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] Okay.</i>

764
00:44:23,431 --> 00:44:25,642
<i>-Mmm! Y'all hear it across the table?</i>
<i>-[Sallie Ann] Yeah!</i>

765
00:44:25,725 --> 00:44:27,644
<i>[Gabrielle] I definitely heard it.</i>

766
00:44:27,769 --> 00:44:28,603
<i>That's how you know.</i>

767
00:44:28,687 --> 00:44:31,523
<i>-[Sallie Ann] Yep, it's right.</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] Save some for me.</i>

768
00:44:31,606 --> 00:44:33,858
<i>-My uncle Andrew made this wine.</i>
<i>-[Sallie Ann] All right.</i>

769
00:44:33,942 --> 00:44:35,610
<i>[Gabrielle] This is plum wine.</i>

770
00:44:35,694 --> 00:44:38,321
<i>We'll raise a toast</i>
<i>to our ancestors, elders…</i>

771
00:44:38,405 --> 00:44:39,823
<i>[Sallie Ann] Ancestors, yes.</i>

772
00:44:39,906 --> 00:44:41,574
<i>…past, present, future.</i>

773
00:44:41,658 --> 00:44:42,867
<i>[Gabrielle] Absolutely.</i>

774
00:44:42,951 --> 00:44:44,577
<i>-Cheers.</i>
<i>-[Gabrielle] Cheers.</i>

775
00:44:45,370 --> 00:44:46,621
<i>-Nice.</i>
<i>-[BJ] That's good.</i>

776
00:44:46,705 --> 00:44:47,539
<i>So good.</i>

777
00:44:47,622 --> 00:44:50,083
<i>-[Gabrielle] So good with the pig.</i>
<i>-[BJ] Really balanced.</i>

778
00:44:53,211 --> 00:44:55,255
<i>[all] </i>♪ Hey, oh, riding on ♪

779
00:44:55,338 --> 00:44:56,881
<i>-[woman] </i>♪ Riding there ♪
<i>-[all] </i>♪ Yeah ♪

780
00:44:56,965 --> 00:44:58,550
<i>-</i>♪ Riding there ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

781
00:44:58,633 --> 00:45:01,761
<i>-</i>♪ Riding there ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Hey, oh, riding on ♪

782
00:45:01,845 --> 00:45:03,847
<i>-</i>♪ But I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

783
00:45:03,930 --> 00:45:05,682
<i>-</i>♪ I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

784
00:45:05,765 --> 00:45:08,935
<i>-</i>♪ I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Hey, oh, riding, riding on ♪

785
00:45:09,018 --> 00:45:10,729
<i>-</i>♪ I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

786
00:45:10,812 --> 00:45:12,647
<i>-</i>♪ I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

787
00:45:12,731 --> 00:45:16,109
<i>-</i>♪ I feel fine ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Hey, oh, riding, riding on ♪

788
00:45:16,192 --> 00:45:18,194
<i>-</i>♪ Two white horses ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

789
00:45:18,278 --> 00:45:19,904
<i>-</i>♪ Two white horses ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Yeah ♪

790
00:45:19,988 --> 00:45:23,199
<i>-</i>♪ Two white horses ♪
<i>-</i>♪ Hey, oh, riding, riding on ♪

791
00:45:23,283 --> 00:45:25,285
<i>[song fading atmospherically]</i>

792
00:45:32,667 --> 00:45:35,628
<i>[somber orchestral music playing]</i>

793
00:45:37,922 --> 00:45:41,843
<i>[Stephen] </i>The stories of our ancestors
don't just begin and end in the South.

794
00:45:43,052 --> 00:45:45,472
<i>Slavery was flourishing in the North.</i>

795
00:45:47,515 --> 00:45:50,602
<i>New York was the backbone</i>
<i>of an emerging nation.</i>

796
00:45:51,936 --> 00:45:55,732
<i>And while our founding fathers were</i>
<i>penning the Constitution in Philadelphia,</i>

797
00:45:56,900 --> 00:45:59,527
<i>it would be their enslaved chefs</i>

798
00:45:59,611 --> 00:46:03,740
<i>who would establish the palate</i>
<i>for a new democracy.</i>

799
00:46:03,823 --> 00:46:05,825
<i>[somber music continues]</i>