Last week we heard from the enslaved Louisiana rebels who secretly organized the largest revolt in U.S. history. In this episode Michael enlists the help of Investigator Helena Crane to cut through history's white lies and get to the Black ass truth of the rebellion. They discover how the plan was enacted, who else was there, and why violence was the goal of that bloody German Coast uprising of 1811.

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

This episode featured:

Helena Crane   Yvette Nicole Brown

Gustave    Roderick Morrow

Voice of God   Charlemagne tha God

Special thanks to our voice actors:

First, First 48 Narrator  Homero Radway

Fantasia Butler   Venny Linzo

Rasheeda    Noleca Radway

Raheem    Jason Vives

Constable Alex Newton  Jenna Burton

Anna Bennett  Andrea O'Brien Vives

Operator    JoAnne DeLuna

Panicked White Woman  Abby Wambaugh

Ad Lib 4    Avron Roberts

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

Writers  Silas Miami, Dallas Rico, Roderick Morrow, Danielle Solomon and Randolph Terrence

Sound Engineer Toni Paulsen

Fact checker  LaPorsche Thomas

Music Supervisor  Patricia Kihoro

Theme Song  Freedom by Pharell Williams

Includes music from  Rashad Moultrie and Epidemic Sound

Songs featured in this episode include:

“Beyond All Time”  by Adrian Walter

“West”  by Shimmer

“Feed Me”  by Leila Gray

“Pyromaniac” by Ghost Beatz

“Landing” by Godmode -

“Dead Forest” by Brian Bolger

“Devils Organ” by Jimena Contreras

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