After the Civil War, so many newly freed African Americans registered to vote that Georgia elected 3 Black state senators and 30 Black state representatives. They were known as The Original 33. Southern white supremacists were so afraid when Black people exercised their right to vote that they started a race war. Representative Henry McNeal Turner aka DJ Freedman hosts this week's show live from the 1868 cookout that led to the Camilla Massacre.

Drapetomaniax is created by Michael Harriot in collaboration between OtherTone, Sony Music Entertainment and Queer Media

This episode features:

Sen Tunis Campbell    Roland Martin

Rep. Henry McNeal Turner   Brian Forte

Stacey     Nina Hibbler Webster 

Special thanks to our voice actors:

Commercial Voice Over  Andrea O’Brien Vives

Black Voice 1                     Blu Radway

Black Voice 2                    Q Daily

Black Voice 3                    Taylor Le Melle

Social Media Voice 2       Deborah Beete

Social Media Voice 1       Diamond Stylz

Essy Mae Davis                Sabrina Harvey

Child                                   Ryze Sparkman

Ad Libs                              Shalewa Mackal

Executive Producers Pharrell Williams, Scott Vener, Noleca Radway, and Moses Soyoola

Senior Producer  Janicia Francis

Managing Producer  JoAnn DeLuna

Production Coordinator  Homero Radway

Production Assistant  Gilianne Roberts-Atkinson

Head Writer  Silas Miami

Writers  Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon, Randolph Terrence

Audio Engineer Toni Paulsen

Fact checker LaPorsche Thomas

Music Supervisor Patricia Kihoro

Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams

The music featured in this episode includes

Family and What by Walz

Operator by White Drift

Get off your feet by Margareta

Pico by Jobii

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