>>> ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 16th, 2013, A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT SOUTH OF SAN JOSE MARKED THE MOST SERIOUS ATTACK ON OUR POWER
GRID IN HISTORY. >> IF THEY HAD SUCCEEDED, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? >> COULD HAVE BROUGHT DOWN
SILICON VALLEY. >> GOOGLE? APPLE? >> YES.
YES, THAT'S CORRECT. >> WHO DO YOU THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN? >> I DON'T KNOW.
>> WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE A NATION STATE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE DOMESTIC ACTORS.
BUT IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO DID HAVE CONFIDENT PEOPLE WHO COULD, IN FACT, PLAN OUT THIS KIND OF VERY SOPHISTICATED ATTACK AND EXECUTE
IT. >>> WE'RE ALL TOGETHER. >> THE MILLERS ARE A LARGE FAMILY THAT ENJOY GETTING
TOGETHER. THEY PURCHASED THIS HISTORIC HOUSE IN SOUTHERN VIRGINIA NEAR WHERE THEY GREW UP TO HAVE A
PLACE FOR FAMILY CELEBRATIONS. NO ONE COULD HAVE IMAGINED HOW THE HISTORY OF THE HOME AND GROUNDS WOULD CHANGE EVERYTHING
THEY THOUGHT THEY KNEW ABOUT THEIR FAMILY'S HISTORY. >> IT'S FULL CIRCLE. IT WAS MEANT TO HAPPEN.
TO ME, IT WAS LIKE MEANT TO HAPPEN. >> THIS IS GOD. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE. >> I'M LESLEY STAHL. >> I'M BILL WHITAKER. >> I'M ANDERSON COOPER.
>> I'M JOHN. >> I'M SCOTT PELLEY. THOSE STORIES TONIGHT ON ""60 MINUTES.""
>>> IF THERE'S ONE THING WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT IN OUR MODERN WORLD, IT'S ELECTRICITY. IT PROS HEAT AND LIGHT, PUMPS
WATER AND FUELS, REFRIGERATES FOOD AND BREATHES LIFE INTO OUR COMPUTERS, TVS AND PHONES. OF ITS NO SURPRISE THE NORTH
AMERICAN ELECTRIC GRID WHICH CREATES, MOVES, AND DELIVERED OUR ELECTRICITY IS CONSIDERED THE MOST CRITICAL PART OF OUR
CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE. WHAT IS SURPRISING IS THE NATURE OF THE GRID ITSELF. A HODGEPODGE OF PUBLIC AND
PRIVATELY OWNED HALF CENTURY OLD TECH THAT INCREASINGLY VULNERABLE TO SEVERE WEATHER, CYBER ATTACKS AND EVEN PHYSICAL
ASSAULTS. AS WE FIRST REPORTED EARLIER THIS YEAR, NO GOVERNMENT AGENCY, NOT EVEN THE DEPARTMENT OF
ENERGY, IS TRULY IN CHARGE OF PROTECTING IT. ONE ATTACK NINE YEARS AGO WAS A WAKEUP CALL FOR INDUSTRY AND
GOVERNMENT ALIKE. >> THERE'S BEEN A MAJOR TRANSFORMER LEAP, THIS IS A SUBSTATION.
>> ON THE NIGHT OF APRIL 16th, 2013, A MYSTERIOUS INCIDENT SOUTH OF SAN JOSE MARKED THE MOST SERIOUS ATTACK ON OUR POWER
GRID IN HISTORY. >> THEY TELL US SOMEONE MAY HAVE FIRED SOME SHOTS IN NOO THAT TRANSFORMER.
>> FOR 20 MINUTES, GUNMEN METHODICALLY FIRED AT HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSFORMERS AT THE METCALF POWER SUBSTATION,
SECURITY CAMERAS CAPTURED BULLETS HITTING THE CHAIN LINK FENCE. >> THEY KNEW WHAT THEY WERE
DOING. THEY WANTED TO KNOCK OUT THE SUBSTATION. >> AT THE TIME, JOHN WILLINGHOFF
WAS CHAIRMN OF FERC, A SMALL GOVERNMENT AGENCY WITH JURISDICTION OVER THE U.S. HIGH VOLTAGE TRANSMISSION CENTER.
>> YOU'RE CONCERNED ENOUGH THAT YOU FLEW OUT THERE? >> THAT'S CORRECT. I TOOK TWO OTHER INDIVIDUALS
THAT TRAINED U.S. SPECIAL FORCES. THEY TRAIN PEOPLE TO ACTUALLY ATTACK INFRASTRUCTURE.
>> AND WHAT THE FORMER COMMANDOS FOUND LOOKED FOR FAMILIAR. THEY DISCOVERED THE ATTACKERS MARKED FIRING POSITIONS WITH
PILES OF ROCKS THAT NIGHT THEY BROKE INTO TWO UNDERGROUND VAULT ANDS CUT OFF COMMUNICATIONS COMING FROM THE SUBSTATION.
>> THEN THEN THEY WENT FROM THE VAULTS ACROSS THE ROAD OVER INTO A PASTEUR AREA HERE. THERE WERE AT LEAST FOUR OR FIVE
DIFFERENT FIRING POSITIONS. NO REAL SECURITY. >> THERE WAS NO SECURITY AT ALL. REALLY.
>> THEY AIMED AT THE NARROW COOLING FINS CAUSING 17 OF 21 LARGE TRANSFORMERS TO OVERHEAT AND STOP WORKING.
>> THEY HIT THEM 90 TIMES. THEY WERE VERY ACCURATE. THEY WERE DOING THIS AT NIGHT WITH MUZZLE FLASH IN THEIR FACE.
>> SOMEONE OUTSIDE THE PLANT HEARD GUNFIRE AND CALLED 911. THE GUNMEN DISAPPEARED WITHOUT A TRACE ABOUT A MINUTE BEFORE
PATROL CAR ARRIVED. THE SUBSTATION WAS DOWN FOR WEEKS BUT FORTUNATELY PG & E HAD ENOUGH TIME TO REROUTE POWER.
>> THIS IF HE SUCCEEDED, WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED? >> COULD HAVE BROUGHT DOWN SILICON VALLEY, APPLE, GOOGLE.
>> WHO DO YOU THINK THIS COULD HAVE BEEN? >> I DON'T KNOW. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE A
NATION STATE. WE DON'T KNOW IF THEY WERE DOMESTIC ACTORS. BUT IT WAS SOMEBODY WHO DID HAVE
CONFIDENT PEOPLE WHO COULD, IN FACT, PLAN OUT THIS KIND OF A VERY SOPHISTICATED ATTACK. >> THE GRID IS A SPRAWLING
TARGET. THERE ARE ACTUALLY THREE IN THE U.S., THE EASTERN, WESTERN, AND TEXAS HAS ITS OWN.
MOST OF US RARELY NOTICE SUBSTATIONS. THERE ARE 55,000 ACROSS THE COUNTRY, EACH HOUSING
TRANSFORMERS, THE WORK HORSES OF THE GRID. INSIDE THESE MASSIVE METAL BOXES, RAW ELECTRICITY IS
CONVERTED TO HIGHER OR LOWER VOLTAGES. SHOULD A TRANSFORMER EXPLODE LIKE THIS ONE IN MANHATTAN
DURING SUPERSTORM SANDY, THE SYSTEM IS DESIGNED TO TRIGGER A LOCALIZED GRID PRESERVING BLACKOUT.
BUT IF SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE GRID GO DOWN AT THE SAME TIME, THE SHUTDOWNS CAN CAST H. CASCADE LIKE DOMINOS.
THAT'S WHAT SET OFF THE GREAT NORTHEAST BLACKOUT IN 20003, LEAVING 45 MILLION AMERICANS WITHOUT POWER.
A FEW MONTHS BEFORE THE ASSAULT ON METCALF, JOHN WILLINGHOFF OF FERC COMMISSIONED A STUDY TO SEE IF A PHYSICAL ATTACK ON CRITICAL
TRANSFORMERS COULD TRIGGER CASCADING BLACKOUTS. >> IT WAS ACTUALLY VERY SHOCKING RESULT TO US, VERY FEW NUMBER OF
SUBSTATIONS YOU NEED TO TAKE OUT IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES TO KNOCK OUT THE ENTIRE GRID. >> KNOCK OUT THE ENTIRE GRID?
>> THAT'S CORRECT. >> HOW MANY WOULD IT TAKE TO KNOCK OUT PUTTING THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IN A BLACKOUT?
>> LESS THAN 20. >> THE REPORT WAS LEAKED TO "THE WALL STREET JOURNAL." IT FOUND THE U.S. COULD SUFFER A
COAST TO COAST BLACKOUT IF THEY KNOCKED OUT JUST NINE SUBSTATIONS. >> YOU ARE RELAYING THIS IN A
VERY MEASURED WAY. I WOULD THINK THIS IS QUITE ALARMING. >> IT WAS ALARMING.
THERE IS NO QUESTION. IT IS ALARMING. >> AFTER THE METCALF ATTACK, FERC PRESSED THE UTILITY TO
HARDEN DEFENSES AT THEIR MOST CRITICAL SUBSTATIONS. ERIC WALLS ERECT WALLS AND SENSORS.
THERE IS NOW A WALL AROUND METCALF. BUT MANY SUBSTATIONS REMAIN VULNERABLE TARGETS LIKE THIS ONE
WE FOUND IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THAT SERVES MORE THAN 300,000 CUSTOMERS. HUGE TRANSFORMERS PROTECTING VIA
CHAIN LINK FENCE. >> ANYBODY WHO KNOWS ABOUT HOWER SYSTEMS KNOWS THAT THE GRID IS PHYSICALLY SPREAD ALL OVER THE
COUNTRYSIDE. THERE ARE A LOT OF PLACE THAT'S ARE VULNERABLE. >> DR. GRANGER MORGAN IS A
CARNEGIE MELON UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR OF ENGINEERING WHO CHAIRED THREE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES REPORTS ON THE POWER
GRID FOR THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. THE MOST RECENT IN 2021 AND EARLIER REPORT ON TERRORISM WAS CLASSIFIED FOR FIVE YEARS.
>> WE SIMPLY MADE A STRONG CASE THAT THE GRID WAS PHYSICALLY VERY VULNERABLE. >> WHY WAS THERE A SPECIFIC
REPORT ON TERRORISM AND THE GRID? >> THERE WERE CONCERNS ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY THAT A TERRORIST
ORGANIZATION COULD ATTACK THE GRID. AND AROUND THE WORLD, THERE HAVE BEEN A FAIR NUMBER OF ATTACKS ON
THE GRIDS. >> THEY HAVE ATTACKED WITH BOMBS, PLANES, AND DRONES. RUSSIA'S CYBER ATTACK ON
UKRAINE'S GRID IN 2015 KNOCKED ABOUT 60 SUBSTATIONS OFFLINE LEAVING 230,000 PEOPLE IN THE DARK.
THE U.S. SECRETARY OF ENERGY HAS SAID RUSSIA COULD DO THE SAME THING HERE. >> IN THE REPORT WE DID ON THE
RESILIENCE OF THE POWER SYSTEM, WE DID ARGUE THAT WE NEEDED AN ORGANIZATION, PROBABLY DOE AND DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY,
TO SYSTEMATICALLY LOOK AT ALL KINDS OF VULNERABLES WE HAVE AND FIGURE OUT WHO COULD ADDRESS EACH.
IN TERMS OF RESILIENCE ISSUES, THERE IS NOBODY IN CHARGE. I MEAN, THERE IS NO SINGLE ENTITY THAT HAS RESPONSIBILITY
FOR EVERYTHING. >> THIS IS A MARVEL OF MODERN ENGINEERING. NO ONE PERSON OWNS OR CONTROLS
IT. IT'S ACTUALLY 3,000 DIFFERENT COMPANIES BOTH PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR THAT OWN OR
OPERATE LITTLE PIECES OF THE ELECTRICITY GRID. >> MIKE MAYBE IS AN IRAQ WAR VET.
A FORMER COP AND A SELF TAUGHT GRID SECURITY EXPERT. BY DAY, HE WORKS FOR THE GOVERNMENT.
IN HIS SPARE TIME, HE UNCOVERS PUBLIC INFORMATION. THEY WOULD RATHER NOT SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY AND PUBLISHES THEM
ON GRID SECURITY NOW. HE IS BOTH FASCINATED AND HORRIFIED BY THE GRID. >> I THINK EVERYBODY NEEDS TO BE
AS ALARMED AS I AM. WE HAD DISASTERS IN THE PAST. THEY GENERALLY ALWAYS BEEN REGIONAL IN SCALE.
WHAT WE HAVE NEVER HAD IS A NATIONAL SCALE BLACKOUT WHICH IS COMPLETELY POSSIBLE UNDER SOME KNOWN THREATS SUCH AS THE CYBER
THREAT, THE PHYSICAL SECURITY THREAT. OR EVEN EXTREME WEATHER. AND THE U.S. PUBLIC IS
COMPLETELY UNPREPARED TO SURVIVE WITHOUT THE ELECTRIC GRID FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME WHATSOEVER. >> SO YOU HAVE WIND POWER TOO?
>> SO WHEN HE MOVED TO TEXAS TWO YEARS AGO, HE PREPARED FOR THE WORST, INSTALLING SOLAR, WIND, AND BATTERY POWER.
>> WHOLE SYSTEMS 48 VOLTS. THE HIS FAMILY SURVIVED THE DEADLY WINTER STORM. HUNDREDS OF TEXANS PERISHED.
>> THE DEATHS WERE DUE TO HYPOTHERMIA, CARBON MONDAY OOCHL YID POISONING. THEY WOULD GO INTO THEIR CAR IN
THE GRARAGE TO STAY WARM. >> NMAYBE IS THE THORN IN THE UTILITY COMPANIES. >> I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT
PHYSICAL SECURITY. I FILED A COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TEXAS BLACKOUT. >> THE GOVERNMENT AND THE
INDUSTRY, THINK YOU'RE AN ANNOYANCE? >> I'VE BEEN TERMED A GRID SECURITY GADFLY WHICH I WEAR
THAT AS A BADGE OF HONOR. >> ONE FREQUENT TARGET, THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY. MAYBE TOLD US THE GRID
INFORMATION THAT THE DOE PUTS OUT IS CONFUSING AND DISPERSED. HE SAID SPENDS HOURS TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL.
>> THERE IS A REQUIREMENT THAT THEY REPORT ELECTRIC DISTURBANCE EENTS BUT THE DWRAT FATA IS SO O I TOOK IT UPON MYSELF TO DO DATA
CRUNCHING. WHAT I FOUND IS THAT 38% OF THE ELECTRIC DISTURBANCE EVENTS IN THE UNITED STATES ARE DUE TO
PHYSICAL ATTACKS. >> 38%? THAT'S A LOT. >> IN THE PAST DECADE, THERE
HAVE BEEN OVER 700 PHYSICAL ATTACKS AGAINST THE U.S. ELECTRIC GRID. >> MANY ARE COPYCATS OF THE
METCALF ASSAULT N 2016, AN ECOTERRORIST IN UTAH SHOT UP A LARGE TRANSFORMER TRIGGERING A BLACKOUT.
HE SAID HE PLANNED TO HIT FIVE SUBSTATIONS IN ONE DAY TO SHUT DOWN THE WEST COAST. IN 2020, THE FBI UNCOVERED A
WHITE SUPREMACIST PLOT CALLED LIGHTS OUT TO SIMULTANEOUSLY ATTACK SUBSTATIONS AROUND THE COUNTRY.
>> WE'RE SEEING PLANNING TO DISABLE POWER. >> DR. LIZ SHERWOOD RANDAL IS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S HOMELAND
SECURITY ADVISER. WE MET WITH HER AND ANN NEWBERGER, DEPUTY NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER FOR CYBER.
THEY TOLD US THE ADMINISTRATION'S INFRASTRUCTURE PLANS SHOULD HELP SECURE THE GRID.
BUT ACKNOWLEDGE THE THREATS ARE REAL. >> WE HAVE PHYSICAL THREATS TO THE GRID.
WE HAVE NATURAL THREATS TO THE GRID. WE HAVE CYBER THREATS TO THE GRID.
>> SHE CAME TO THE WHITE HOUSE FROM THE SECRETIVE NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY WHERE SHE BATTLED RUSSIAN HACKERS IN
CYBERSPACE. >> YOU SAID YOU WERE TALKING TO PRIVATE UTILITY COMPANIES AROUND THE COUNTRY ABOUT THE POTENTIAL
FOR A CYBER ATTACK? WHAT ARE YOU TELLING THEM? >> WE'RE SHARING WITH THEM SOME OF THE CONTEXT REGARDING HOW
RUSSIA AND OTHER COUNTRIES USE CYBER IN CRISIS OR CONFLICT. WAY HAVE DOWNGRADED INTELLIGENCE.
WE HAVE TAKEN ANY INFORMATION WE HAVE ABOUT MALICIOUS SOFTWARE OR TACTICS THAT RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT USED, SHARE THAT WITH THE
PRIVATE SECTOR WITH VERY PRACTICAL ADVICE OF HOW TO PROTECT AGAINST IT. >> ISN'T THE PROBLEM WHEN IT
COMES TO THE GRID, THERE IS NTHING LIKE THE FAA OR THE FAD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION OR THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION. THERE IS NO ONE OVERALL AGENCY OVERSEEING WHAT YOU SAY 3,000 DIFFERENT UTILITIES ACROSS THE
COUNTRY? >> WE DON'T HAVE ONE SYSTEM. WE HAVE SEVERAL GRIDS. WE ALSO HAVE INDIVIDUAL ENERGY
ECOSYSTEMS AND STATES. AND THAT'S PART OF OUR STRENGTH BECAUSE THE RESOURCES FOR ENERGY ARE DIFFERENT IN DIFFERENT
REGIONS. AND WE HAVE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE'RE NOT GOING HAVE A ONE SIZE FITS ALL SYSTEM.
>> YOU CALL A LOT OF OUR STRENGTHS. BUT IT ALSO SEEMS TO BE ONE OF OUR VULNERABILITIES.
>> WELL IN, MY VIEW, WE CAN'T IMPOSE THE REGULATIONS THAT WOULD -- YOU WOULD BE SUGGESTING AS A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
WE CAN SET STANDARDS. AND WE ARE SETTING STANDARDS IN A VARIETY OF ARENAS. >> CARNEGIE MELON'S GRANGER
MELON SAYS WHAT THEY ARE DOING DOESN'T MEET THE MAGNITUDE OF THE THREAT. >> WHAT WE NEED AT THIS POINT IS
TO GET THE WHITE HOUSE TO PUT ALL THE KEY PLAYERS TOGETHER IN A ROOM TO IDENTIFY THE BIGGEST VULNERABILITIES AND THEN TAKE
STEPS TO REDUCE THEM. >> I'M SURPRISED THAT'S NOT BEING DONE. >> IT'S NOT BEING DONE AND IT
NEEDS TO HAPPEN NOW.
>>> JUST OFF THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SAT A GRAND WHITE HOUSE CALLED SHARZWOOD, SILENTLY HOLDING SECRETS FROM THE PAST,
WAITING FOR NEW OWNER TO UNCOVER THEM. SOUNDS LIKE THE OPENING LINE OF A SOUTHERN GOTHIC NOVEL.
BUT AS WE FIRST REPORTED IN MAY, THIS STORY IS ABOUT A REAL FAMILY AND A REAL HOUSE. THIS COUNTRY'S HISTORY AND A MAN
WHO FOUND HIMSELF AT THE CENTER OF FAR MORE THAN HE HAD BARGAINED FOR. THE MAN IS FRED MILLER, A
56-YEAR-OLD AIR FORCE VETERAN WHO WAS LOOKING TO BUY PROPERTY IN HIS VIRGINIA HOMETOWN FOR HIS LARGE EXTENDED FAMILY'S FREQUENT
GET TOGETHERS. HE NEVER HEARD THE NAME SHARSWOOD YET THIS OLD HOUSE WOULD LEAD HIM ON A JOURNEY OF
DISCOVERY WITH SURPRISES AND REVELATIONS THAT SEEMED BOTH IMPOSSIBLE AND INEVITABLE ALL AT ONCE.
>> THESE ARE THE GENTLE HILLS OF PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA. QUIET, RURAL FARM COUNTRY NEAR THE NORTH CAROLINA BORDER THAT
ONCE PRODUCED MORE TOBACCO THAN ANY COUNTY IN THE STATE. >> WE'RE GOING TO GATHER. >> FRED MILLER GREW UP HERE IN A
CLOSE FAMILY THAT LIKES GETTING TOGETHER REGULARLY FOR BIRTHDAYS, FISH FRIES, AND AS HIS COUSIN ADAM MILLER TOLD US,
JUST ABOUT ANYTHING. >> WE PLAY GAMES. WE DO LIKE A LOT OF FOOD COMPETITIONS.
>> I HEAR THE FOOD IS MAINLY CAKE. >> YEAH. >> TOO MANY CAKES.
>> FRED'S COUSIN TANYA MILLER POPE AND HIS SISTER DEBORAH KOHL'S TOWLELD US IT'S A BIG FAMILY.
BETTY AND BRENDA WERE TWO OF 11. >> HOW MANY COUSINS? >> OH, MAN. TOO MANY.
>> AT LEAST 100. >> SO NOWONDER FRED NEEDED TO FD THIS HOUSE? >> EXACTLY.
>> FRED LIVES IN CALIFORNIA WHERE HE WORKS AS A CIVIL ENGINEER FOR THE AIR FORCE. BUT HE VISITS THE FAMILY IN
VIRGINIA OFTEN. >> ONE DAY OUT OF THE BLUE, MY SISTER TOLD ME ABOUT A BIG HOUSE UP THE ROAD FOR SALE.
>> THIS SISTER? >> YEAH. >> KAREN DIXON REXROD, FRED'S BABY SISTER, HAD SPOTTED IT.
>> ME AND MY MOM WERE RIDING PAST THE HOUSE. I SAW THE FOR SALE SIGN. I SAID OH, MY GOODNESS.
WE HAVE TO GET THIS HOUSE. I CALLED FRED. FRED, THIS HOUSE IS FOR SALE. HE SAID WHAT HOUSE?
YOU KNOW, THE HOUSE. THE SCARY HOUSE. I CALL IT. >> THE SCARY HOUSE WAS LESS THAN
A MILE UP THE ROAD FROM THEIR MOM'S. THEY PASSED IT EVERY DAY AS KIDS ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL.
WHAT DID YOU KNOW ABOUT SHARSWOOD? >> ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. >> NOTHING.
>> JUST KNEW IT WAS A HOUSE. >> A BIG HOUSE. >> HE WAS DEBATING SHOULD WE PUT IN A BID FOR IT?
I SAID YES, ABSOLUTELY. LET'S DO IT. >> DID SHE TWIST YOUR ARM? >> I DIDN'T WANT TO BUY IT.
>> BUT THINKING HIS BID WOULD BE REJECTED ANYWAY, HE MADE AN OFFER OF JUST ABOVE THE $220,000 ASKING PRICE.
>> WHY DID YOU THINK THEY WEREN'T GOING TO ACCEPT THE OFFER? >> WELL, I MEAN, I'M NOT -- I
THOUGHT BECAUSE I WAS BLACK THEY WOULD NEVER, SURELY WOULD NEVER SELL THIS HOUSE TO SOMEONE THAT IS BLACK.
SO FOR US TO BE ABLE TO OWN THIS THING, I THOUGHT IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN. IN A MILLION YEARS.
>> SO GUESS WHAT HAPPENED? >> A MILLION YEARS. >> A MILLION YEARS. >>Y.
YES. ABSOLUTELY. >> WE ALWAYS SAW THIS HOUSE -- FORCE ZBLORS SO-- MAY OF
SO FRED PURCHASED THE FULLY FURNISHED HOUSE AND 10 1/2 ACRES OF LAND FROM THE THOMPSONS WHO OWNED IT SINCE 1917.
>> THE FIRST TIME I DROVE UP TO THE PLACE, ALL I COULD DO IS STOP AT THE EDGE OF THE ROAD AND JUST LOOK UP.
IN AMAZEMENT. WOW. THIS IS MINE. >> THIS IS AN ORIGINAL ROOM FROM
THE 1800s. >> KAREN SAYS SHE GOT OBSESSED WITH THE HOUSE. SPENDING NIGHTS AND WEEKENDS
ONLINE RESEARCHING THE SECRETS. >> HIDING SPOT. THEY SAY IT WAS FROM THE CIVIL WAR.
SO THEY WOULD HIDE THE VALUABLES. >> SECRET HIDING SPOT. >> SHE DISCOVERED THE HOUSE HAD
BEEN BUILT AROUND 1850 IN THE GOTHIC REVIVAL STYLE BY A WELL KNOWN NEW YORK ARCHITECT. AND SHE LEARNED AND TOLD HER
FAMILY THAT ITS NAME HAD BEEN SHARSWOOD. >> EVERY DAY SINCE CALLING ME WITH NEW INFORMATION, I'M LIKE
MY GOODNESS, OKAY. RELAX. >> ARE YOU EXAGGERATING? >> NO.
>> BUT THEN KAREN TURNED UP SOMETHING THAT STUNNED HER. IN THE 1800s, SHARSWOOD HAD BEEN THE SEAT OF A MAJOR 1300 ACRE
PLANTATION, ONE OF THE LARGER ONES IN THE COUNTY. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF YOU OWNING A PLANTATION?
>> I WAS A LITTLE BIT -- A LITTLE SHOCKED BY IT, I WOULD SAY. BECAUSE I JUST WANTED SOMEWHERE
TO HAVE FAMILY GATHERINGS. >> WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT IT WAS A PLANTATION AND THEN I'M LIKE OKAY, FRED JUST BOUGHT A
PLANTATION? WHAT WE GOING TO DO? IT WAS JUST A FEELING OF POWER. IT WAS JUST A POWERFUL FEELING.
>> IT IS. >> POWERFUL BUT, OF COURSE, PLANTATION IMPLIES SLAVERY. AND BEFORE THE CIVIL WAR,
PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY HELD MORE THAN 14,000 ENSLAVED PEOPLE. THE STATE OF VIRGINIA JUST UNDER 500,000.
>> I SAID DO YOU REALIZE WHAT THIS IS? THEY DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE. >> DEXTER MILLER, ONE OF FRED
AND KAREN'S MANY SECOND CUOUSIN KNEW SOMETHING ABOUT SHARSWOOD BECAUSE YEARS AGO HE WAS CO-WORKERS WITH BILL THOMPSON
WHOSE FAMILY THEN OWNED IT. BILL JOINED US FOR A CONVERSATION ON WHAT USED TO BE HIS CHILDHOOD PORCH.
>> YOU GREW UP IN THIS HOUSE? >> I DID. THIS WAS MY HOME. >> HE INHERITED MUCH OF THE
FARMLAND AND STILL LIVES UP THE ROAD. HIS SISTER INHERITED THE HOUSE AND SOLD IT TO FRED.
YOU KNOW WHEN FRED WAS BUYING THE HOUSE, HE DID NOT THINK THAT THE HOUSE WOULD BE SOLD TO A BLACK PERSON.
>> WELL, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S -- WE'RE IN RURAL VIRGINIA, RIGHT? >> THIS IS TRUE.
>> FOR YEARS DEXTER AND ANOTHER SECOND COUSIN SONYA MIRANDA HAD BEEN TRYING TO PIECE TOGETHER THE MILLER FAMILY'S ORIGINS.
A NOTORIOUSLY DIFFICULT TASK FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS BECAUSE RECORDS ARE HARD TO COME BY, ESPECIALLY BEFORE 1865.
IT REALLY WAS A HOBBY. >> IT WAS ADDICTIVE. IT WAS ADDICTIVE. IT REALLY WAS.
>> WE WERE LIKE PRIVATE Is. >> THEY WERE ABLE TO TRACE THE WHOLE MILLER CLAN BACK TO ONE WOMAN.
>> IT'S DEXTER'S GREAT GRANDMOTHER IS MY GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER SARAH. >> STAARAH MILLER.
>> THEY FOUND A PICTURE OF SARAH MILLER. >> THIS IS SAYER YOO RIGHT HERE. >> THEY GOT AHEHOLD OF HER DEAT
CERTIFICATE WHICH SHOWN SHE WAS BORN IN PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY IN 1868, THREE YEARS AFTER THE END OF THE CIVIL WAR.
AND THEY FOUND AN EVEN BETTER RESOURCE, ONE OF THEIR OLDEST LIVING RELATIVES, A BELOVED FORMER SCHOOLTEACHER NAMED
MARIANNE KEYS. MISS KEYS AS EVERYONE CALLS HER RECENTLY TURNED 90. SARAH MILLER IS THE MAY TREE ARK
OF THE FAMILY. >> YES, SHE WAS. >> DID YOU KNOW HER? >> YES, I DID.
>> WELL, TELL US ABOUT HER. >> SHE WOULD ALWAYS BE OUT THERE WITH A BROOM IN HER HAND AND SHE WOULD BE WAITING FOR US.
>> MARIANNE KEYS REMEMBERS HER GREAT GRANDMOTHER SARAH AS A FORCE TO BE RECKONED WITH. WHAT SHE WANTED YOU TO KNOW, YOU
WERE GOING TO KNOW IT. >> WAS SHE PER SNIK ETY? >> YES. >> STERN?
>> VERY. VERY. SHE DIDN'T PLAY. SHE DIDN'T PLAY.
BUT WE LOVED HER. >> BUT THAT'S WHERE MISS KEYS' KNOWLEDGE OF MILLER FAMILY HISTORY ENDED.
SHE DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE GENERATIONS BEFORE EMANCIPATION. WHEN YOU WERE GROWING UP, WHAT
DID YOU LEARN OR HEAR FROM YOUR PARENTS ABOUT SLAVERY? >> NOTHING. >> NOTHING?
>> NOTHING. THEY DID NOT TALK ABOUT IT. I DON'T KNOW WHETHER THEY WERE AFRAID TOO, PAINFUL OR MISERABLE
OR FORGET IT. I DON'T KNOW. BUT THEY DID NOT TALK TO US ABOUT IT AT ALL.
AND WE DIDN'T ASK THEM QUESTIONS ABOUT IT. >> WHY NOT? >> WE WERE AFRAID TO.
>> WE HEARD THAT AGAIN AND AGAIN FROM MEMBERS OF THE MILLER FAMILY. >> SLAVERY WAS NOT MENTIONED AT
ALL. >> WAS THERE ALMOST A CODE? WE DON'T TALK ABOUT SLAVERY SO NOBODY DID?
>> IT WAS SOMETHING THAT EVERY BLACK PERSON KNEW YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT. THE PARENTS WOULD TELL YOU NOT
TO DISCUSS GROWN PEOPLE BUSINESS. THAT'S WHAT THEY'LL TELL YOU. >> THE FIRST TIME SLAVERY WAS
DISCUSSED, I GUESS IN, THE '70s WHEN EYE OI WHEN "ROOTS CAME. >> WHEN IT WAS ON TELEVISION?
>> YEAH. >> DID YOU READ ABOUT IT IN SCHOOL? >> NOT MUCH.
>> HIS FAMILY ALSO REMEMBERS "ROOTS" AS PIVOTAL? >> YES. I THINK THAT IS --
THAT'S WHEN WE ALL -- THAT WAS AN EYEOPENER. >> BUT EVEN AFTER "ROOTS," YOU DIDN'T SAY WHAT ABOUT OUR
FAMILY? >> NO. >> WHAT HELD YOU BACK? >> I JUST DIDN'T THINK THEY
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT IT. >> DIDN'T YOU WANT TO KNOW? >> I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE KNOWN.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE KNOWN. >> FRED'S PURCHASE OF SHARSWOOD WAS ABOUT TO GIVE HIM A CRASH
COURSE IN HIS HOMETOWN SLAVERY ROOTS. IT STARTED WITH A CALL FROM TWO ARCHAEOLOGISTS WHO WANTED TO
COME DO RESEARCH. >> WE'RE PRESERVATIONISTS. WE START FROM THE IDEA THAT THESE PLACES MATTER.
>> DENNIS POPE ONCE WORKED AT MOUNT VERNON. DOUG SANFORD AT MONTICELLO. THEY ASKED IF THEY COULD COME
EXPLORE SHARSWOOD. BUT THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED IN THE ORNATE HOUSE DESIGNED BY THAT FAMOUS ARCHITECT.
WHAT THEY CARED ABOUT WAS THE DILAPIDATED BUILDING WITH THE TIN ROOF PAST THE BIG OAK TREE BEHIND IT.
THEY SUSPECTED IT HAD ONCE BEEN SLAVE QUARTERS. >> THERE WERE ONCE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF THESE BUILDINGS.
THESE WERE THE MOST COMMON TYPES OF ARCHITECTURE IN FROMVIRGINIA. >> BUT NOW THE BUILDINGS ARE RARE WITH FEWER THAN 1500
BELIEVED TO BE STILL STANDING. AND POEG AND SANFORD START AID PROJECT TO SEARCH FOR THEM. >> THE ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR --
>> FRED AND KAREN INVITED THIS EM TO COME INVESTIGATE. THEY EXAMINED, MEASURED, AND SEARCHED FOR CLUES.
>> YOU CAN SEE THE SIDE. >> THEY SHOWED US SOME OF WHAT THEY FOUND. >> THESE ARE THE KIND OF NAILS
THAT WE EXPECT TO SEE ON BUILDINGS BEFORE 1800. HANDMADE. RAW NAILS.
>> HANDMADE. >> YOU CAN SEE THE HAMMER STROKES ON THE HEAD. >> THIIS THIS THE ORIGINAL SIDI?
>> REMNANTS, ABSOLUTELY. >> THEY WORKED FROM NOON TO DUSK. AND FINALLY GAVE KAREN AND FRED
THEIR CONCLUSION. >> IT HAS A COMPLEX HISTORY BUT WE THINK PART OF THAT HISTORY, A BIG PART OF THAT HISTORY WAS
QUARTER FOR ENSLAVED FOLKS. >> THEY SAY IT'S ONE OF THE BEST PRESERVED THEY'VE SEEN. THEY BELIEVE IT WAS ORIGINALLY
BUILT IN THE LATE 1700s AS A HOUSE FOR A WHITE FAMILY. >> THAT'S WHERE THE ORIGINAL DOOR WAS.
>> AND WAS LATER DIVIDED INTO TWO SEPARATE SINGLE ROOM SLAVE DWELLINGS. TWO FAMILIES.
>> YEAH. ONE HOUSEHOLD HERE AND ANOTHER ENSLAVED HOUSEHOLD THERE. >> JUST SHOWED IT WAS TWO
DIFFERENT WORLDS. BEAUTIFUL ONE HERE AND LAVISH AND YOU GO RIGHT BEHIND THE HOUSE AND A WHOLE DIFFERENT
STORY. IT'S KIND OF CRAZY FOR ME. JUST EVEN WALK AROUND OUT THERE. >> DO YOU OWN THAT?
DO YOU OWN THE SLAVE HOUSE TOO? >> I OWN THE SLAVE HOUSE, I DO. THAT'S MINE. >> WOW.
>> FRED MILLER'S PURCHASE CONTINUES TO SURPRISE HIS FAMILY AND INTRIGUE HISTORIANS. WH WE COME BACK.
>>> WHEN FRED MILLER UNWITTINGLY PURCHASED WHAT HE NOW KNOWS TO BE THE SHARSWOOD PLANTATION SHOUSE WITH SLAVE QUARTERS JUST
BEHIND IT, HE KNEW VERTLY NOTHING ABOUT HIS OWN FAMILY HISTORY. HE HAD ALWAYS ASSUMED HIS
ANCESTORS HAD BEEN ENSLAVED. BUT IT FELT TO HIM LIKE AN UNKNOWABLE PART OF A DISTANT PAST.
LEARNING ABOUT HIS GREAT GRANDMOTHER SARAH MILLER WHOM HIS MOTHER HAD KNOWN AS A CHILD POOIK
PIQUED HIS INTEREST. SO WHEN HE FOUND OUT HER HOUSE WAS STILL STAPDING A FEW MILES AWAY FROM SHARSWOOD, HE ASKED
HIS MOTHER BETTY DIXON TO GO THERE WITH HIM. >> WE'RE GOING TO WALK HERE. >> BETTY'S GRANDMOTHER SARAH HAD
BEEN THE FIRST OF THEIR ANCESTORS TO BE BORN INTO FREEDOM SHORTLY AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
>> THAT WAS THE CABIN. THEY DIDN'T HAVE NO LIGHT. >> BETTY REMEMBERS VISITING AND SPENDING THE NIGHT HERE WITH HER
GRANDMOTHER AND COUSINS. >> WHOA. IS THIS ONE ROOM? >> SARAH'S HOUSE DIDN'T LOOK
MUCH BIGGER THAN THE SLAVE DWELLING. JUST A SINGLE ROOM WITH A SMALLER ONE ABOVE IT AND NO
INDOOR PLUMBING. >> COME A LONG WAY. >> SURE DID. >> GLAD I DIDN'T HAVE TO LIVE IN
HERE. >> WELL, YOU HAD TO MAKE IT WORK. >> YOU WANT A PIECE OF THIS WALL
PAPER TO TAKE WITH YOU? >> YEAH. >> HOPE THE LANDLORD DON'T SAY NOTHING.
>> THERE YOU GO. >> SARAH MILLER IS BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF THE CHURCH THE MILLER FAMILY STILL ATTENDS.
>> I'M GLAD I CAN COME IN. >> BUT UNBEKNOWNst TO THIS MILLER FAMILY, JUST FIVE MILES UP THE ROAD IN A DIFFERENT
CHURCH CEMETERY WAS A TOMBSTONE THAT ALSO READ MILLER. A FAR OLDER ONE WITH NAMES FRED AND HIS FAMILY HAD NEVER HEARD
OF. BUT WERE ABOUT TO. IN KAREN'S SEARCH FOR INFORMATION ABOUT SHARSWOOD, SHE
FOUND A DOCUMENT THAT MENTIONED THEM. >> IT GAVE THE NAMES OF THE ORIGINAL OWNERS WHO WERE
NATHANIEL CRENSHAW MILL EASTERN CHARLES ATWOOD MILLER. >> MILLER? >> YES.
MILLER. >> AND A LIGHT BULB WENT OFF? ANY WIRES CONNECT? >> NO, NO THE AT THAT POINT.
NOT ATHAT POINT. IT DID NOT. >> OTHERS HAD US IS SPEKDED A CONNECTION BETWEEN THE TWO SETS
OF MILLERS. >> I WAS TELLING DEXTER BACK IN '88 -- >> BILL THOMPSON SAID HE
MENTIONED THE THOUGHT TO DEXTER 30 YEARS AGO. >> WE HAD BEEN TAUGHT IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS THAT WHEN THEY FREED
THE SLAVES, THEY JUST TOOK THE LAST NAME OF THE PERSON THAT WAS THERE. WHICH WAS MILLER.
>> I JUST TOLD DEXTER, GOOD CHANCE THAT YOUR ANCESTORS CAME OFF THIS FARM. >> HE DID.
HE SAID THAT. >> SO YOU KNEW THAT THIS WAS A PLANTATION? >> I DID.
>> WELL, FRED, YOU SAID YOU DIDN'T KNOW. >> I HAD NO IDEA. >> DEXTER, DID YOU WANT TELL
FRED? >> I DID NOT TELL FRED. I DID NOT TELL ANYONE. >> DEXTER SAYS HE KEPT IT TO
HIMSELF BECAUSE HE HADN'T FOUND ANY WAY TO PROVE IT. AND THAT'S WHERE THIS BECOMES A DETECTIVE STORY.
WITH THE MILLER COUSINS NOW ON A MISSION TO FIGURE OUT WHETHER IT COULD BE POSSIBLE THAT THEIR OWN ANCESTORS MIGHT HAVE BEEN
ENSLAVED ON THE VERY PROPERTY FRED NOW OWNED. THE FIRST STEP WAS FIGURING OUT WHO THEIR LAST ENSLAVED
ANCESTORS WERE. AND SARAH MILLER'S DEATH CERTIFICATE HELD THE ANSWER. THE NAMES OF HER PARENTS, DAVID
AND VIOLET MILLER, WHO WOULD HAVE BEEN ADULTS AT THE TIME OF EMANCIPATION. DID YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THEM? >> NOT AT ALL. NOT AT ALL. >> I DIDN'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT
THEM. >> EVEN MARIANNE KEYS WHO KNEW SARAH MILLER HAD NEVER HEARD THEIR NAMES.
>> NOTHING. >> WOW. >> SURE DIDN'T. >> I JUST -- I WANT EVERYBODY TO
KNOW. >> ENTER A LOCAL HISTORIAN AND GENEALOGIST. KAREN REACHED OUT TO HER TO SEE
IF SHE COULD HELP. >> ONE OF THE SPECIAL CHALLENGES LOOKING FOR AN VESTORS OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS?
>> THEY WERE NOT LISTED BY NAME UNTIL THE 1870 CENSUS. SO BEFORE THAT, THEY WERE JUST A NUMBER.
IF THEY WERE ENSLAVED, THEY WERE NOT LISTED AT ALL? >> AT ALL. SO REALLY, YOU'RE JUST LOOKING
FOR ANY TYPES OF TIPS AND CLUES YOU CAN. >> SHE STARTED BY LOOKING AT 1860 RECORDS FOR SHARSWOOD'S
THEN OWNER NC FOR NATHANIEL CRENSHAW MILLER. >> RIGHT THERE. >> YEAH.
HE HAD 58 SLAVES. >> BUT WITH ONLY AGE AND GENDER LISTED -- >> YOU HAVE ENSLAVED PEOPLE 69,
44, 34, AND NOT A SINGLE NAME. >> NO NAMES. >> THERE WAS NO WAY OF KNOWING WHETHER VIE LOT AND DAVID WERE
AMONG THEM H VIOLET AND DAVID WERE AMONG THEM. SO SHE LOOKED UP DAVID AND VIOLET MILLER IN THE 1870
CENSUS, THE FIRST ONE AFTER THE CIVIL WAR WHERE THEY FINALLY APPEARED BY NAME. IT SHOWED THEY WERE FARM HANDS,
THAT THEY COULDN'T READ OR WRITE, AND IT LISTED THEIR CHILDREN INCLUDING AS SHE SHOWED US A VERY YOUNG SARAH MILLER.
>> THERE IS SARAH. SHE'S 1 YEARS OLD. >> 1 YEAR OLD. >> AND THIS LOOKS LIKE EMILY.
>> YEAH. SHE'S 3. >> AND HERE'S SAMUEL. >> YEAH.
>> HE'S 5. >> TO HER THAT, MEANT SAMUEL, SARAH'S OLDER BROTHER, WAS BORN BEFORE EMANCIPATION.
SO SHE SEARCHED FOR HIM IN THE VIRGINIA SLAVE BIRTH INDEX WHERE SLAVE OWNERS HAD TO LIST BIRTHS ON THEIR PROPERTY.
>> THIS DOCUMENT AND THERE UNDER N.C. MILLER'S NAME -- >> N.C. >> RIGHT.
>> TLHERE IS SAMUEL. >> THERE IS SAMUEL. LOOK AT THAT. >> OH, MY GOSH.
>> LIST VIOLET AS HIS MOTHER. >> THE GENEALOGY EQUIVALENT OF A SMOKING GUN. >> SO THIS IS PROOF OF THAT
VIOLET, SARAH'S MOTHER, WAS ENSLAVED BY N.C. MILLER. AND THIS IS ABSOLUTE PROOF? >> THIS IS ABSOLUTE DEFINITE
PROOF. >> AND YOU WERE ABLE TO TELL KAREN THAT HER ANCESTORS, DAVID AND VIOLET, WERE ENSLAVED AT
SHARSWOOD. THAT WAS TOUGH. >> SO DID YOU CALL FRED? >> I DID.
I DON'T THINK HE BELIEVED ME. >> I DIDN'T BELIEVE HER. >> SO THE CONNECTION SUDDENLY IS MADE YOUR FAMILY SLAVERY IN THIS
HOUSE. >> THIS HOUSE. >> AND YOU OWN IT. >> ONCE I REALIZE IT WAS
ACTUALLY MY BLOOD, IT TOOK ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING. IT REALLY SADDENS ME SOMETIMES WHEN I, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES
I'M OKAY. BUT NOW I'M UP IN THE WEE HOURS OF THE NIGHT KNOWING WHAT HAPPENED HERE.
>> AS NEWS SPREAD THROUGH THE FAMILY, THERE WAS SADNESS. BUT THAT'S NOT ALL THERE WAS. >> I ALMOST FEEL LIKE I WAS
LOSING MY LOSING BREATH FOR A MOMENT. IT IS ALMOST A FEELING OF BEING FOUND.
>> YES. >> THIS IS WHERE I STARTED. AND AS BLACK PEOPLE, WE DON'T ALWAYS KNOW WHERE WE STARTED.
>> SO HERE WE ARE SITTING IN THIS HOUSE. >> I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THAT I'M IN THE PLANTATION
HOUSE. THE PLANTATION THAT MY FAMILY WAS ENSLAVED. >> YOU'RE LAUGHING AS IF THIS
CANNOT BE TRUE. >> CANNOT BE. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT IT IS.
>> I FELT -- I FEEL COMPLETE. >> WOW. >> I'M NOT HALF OF A HUMAN BEING ANYMORE.
THEY MAKE ME WHOLE. EVEN IF I DON'T KNOW THEM. I FELT A CONNECTION TO AT SHARSWOOD.
>> I HUGGED THE TREE. AND I SAID OH, MY GOD. YOU WERE HERE WHERE MY ANCESTORS WERE HERE.
I WONDER WHICH ANCESTOR OF MINE TOUCHED THE TREE. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY OR DO. I JUST HUGGED THE TREE.
AND FELT LIKE I'M HOME. >> HE SHARED THE NEWS WITH BILL THOMPSON WHO HAD THAT HUNCH ALL THOSE YEARS AGO.
>> I LOOK AT IT THAT I HAD BEEN A SERVANT TO THIS FARM AND THIS HOUSE. MY WHOLE LIFE.
AND FOR THE MILLER FAMILY TO COME BACK HOME TO MY HOME, OUR HOME -- >> OUR HOME, ABSOLUTELY.
>> IS GREAT. IT'S A CELEBRATION OF COMING HOME. >> YOU NEVER HEARD ANYTHING LIKE
THIS. >> NO. >> YEAH. >> SO A NUMBER OF PLANTATION
PROPERTIES LIKE MOUNT VERNON AND MONTICELLO HAVE ESTABLISHED RELATIONS OF THE SLAVE. THERE BUT TO ACTUALLY SEE THOSE
DESCENDENTS COME TO OWN THAT PLANTATION PROPERTY, WOW. >> THIS IS GOD. THIS IS WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO
BE. IT'S LIKE A FULL CIRCLE. LIKE IT WAS MEANT TO HAPPEN. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> TO ME, IT WAS MEANT TO HAPPEN. >> THE MILLERS ALSO SEE THE HAND OF THEIR ANCESTORS IN ALL OF
THIS. >> I THINK THEY HAD TO BE. BECAUSE I DID EVERYTHING -- I DID EVERYTHING IN MY POWER TO
NOT MAKE IT HAPPENED. I TRIED TO MESS IT UP. >> BUT THOSE AN SCESTORS HAD ON MORE SURPRISE IN STORE.
WITH ALL THE REVELATIONS, THERE IS ONE QUESTION THAT CONTINUED TO NAH AT DEXTER. WHERE WERE HIS ENSLAVED
ANCESTORS BURIED? SO JUST THIS WINTER HE ASKED BILL. >> I SAID, BILL, IS ONE QUESTION
THAT HAS BEEN BOTHERING ME. WHERE IS THE SLAVE CEMETERY? HE SAID DEXTER, IT'S RIGHT OVER THERE.
I SAID RIGHT OVER WHERE? HE SAID YOU SEE THE TREES OVER THERE? >> SO DID YOU JUST GO RIGHT UP
THERE -- >> WE WENT RIGHT UP THERE. >> THE TREES BILL THOMPSON POINTED TO JUST BEYOND FRED'S
PROPERTY SURE DIDN'T LOOK LIKE A CEMETERY. THAT IS UNTIL YOU START TO LOOK CLOSELY.
IS THAT ONE OF THEM? >> THAT'S ONE OF THEM RIGHT THERE. >> OH, MY GOSH.
>> YOU CAN SEE, THIS IS THE IN INDENGS. THIS IS A HEAD STONE AND A FOOT STONE.
THERE IS ALWAYS ONE. THERE IS ONE THERE, ABSOLUTELY. >> POKING UP THROUGH THE LEAVES ALL AROUND US WERE POINTED
ROCKS, SOME SMALL, SOME MEDIUM SIZED. NO NAMES. NO ENGRAVING.
JUST PLAIN ANONYMOUS MARKERS OF MANY, MANY LIVES. >> WOW. THIS IS ASTONISHING.
>> IT IS. >> IT'S KIND OF OVERWHELMING. >> IT IS. IT REALLY IS.
I MEAN WE ALL LIVE IN THE SAME AREA. WE COME PAST THIS PLACE AND WE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT OUR
ANCESTORS WERE RIGHT THERE BESIDE US THE ENTIRE TIME. >> FRED, IF YOU DIDN'T BUY THAT HOUSE --
>> YOU'RE RIGHT. >> IF I DIDN'T BUY THAT HOUSE, WE WOULD NEVER KNOW. >> NEVER.
>> SO HOW HAS ALL OF THIS AFFECTED YOU? >> IT'S CHANGED ME.
IT'S DEFINITELY CHANGED ME. >> THE WERE YOU EVER ANGRY SFWH. >> A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SOMETIMES WHEN I FIND OUT THINGS
I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ALREADY. >> ANGRY AT YOURSELF? >> AT MYSELF. AND AT THE SYSTEM.
BECAUSE I THINK THAT WE SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MORE. >> WHAT ABOUT THE SCHOOL SYSTEM? >> SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MORE.
>> FAMILY? >> SHOULD HAVE KNOWN MORE. ABSOLUTELY. >> YOU WANT THE STORY OF SLAVERY
TOLD? >> I WANT THE STORY OF SLAVERY TOLD. IT'S IMPORTANT.
>> SO THIS IS CONVERTED FROM A DOOR TO A WINDOW? >> YEAH. >> FRED WANTS TO DO WHATEVER IS
NECESSARY TO PRESERVE THE SLAVE HOUSE. >> YEAH. THIS IS THAT EXPOSED FOR 200
YEARS. >> RIGHT. >> HE'S IN THE PROCESS OF SETTING UP A NONPROFIT TO MAKE
THAT POSSIBLE. >> THAT'S IMPORTANT TO ME TOO. A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON THAT BIG WHITE HOUSE THERE.
>> EXACTLY. THIS IS REALLY NEAR DEAR TO ME. >> THIS IS THE STORY. >> ABSOLUTELY.
>> ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT -- THERE ARE EIGHT RIGHT HERE. >> AND HE'S BEEN THINKING ABOUT
THE CEMETERY, TOO. >> I CAN IMAGINE THIS BEING SOMEONE YOUNG. >> WE HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT
THIS. >> YEAH. HAVE TO. AND I WILL.
I'M GOING TO FIX IT. >> DO YOU THINK YOU MIGHT ALLOW HI HISTORIANS TO COME AND -- >> ABSOLUTELY.
ABSOLUTELY. THIS PLACE WILL BE OPEN TO ANYONE WHO WANTS TO LEARN. >> ANYONE?
>> ANYONE. >> BUT FOR NOW, SHARSWOOD IS SERVING THE PURPOSE FRED BOUGHT IT FOR IN THE FIRST PLACE,
GATHERING THE MILLER FAMILY TOGETHER IN CELEBRATION. >> HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU! HAPPY BIRTHDAY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK VIOLET AND
DAVID WOULD THINK THEY COULD SEE THAT YOU OWN THIS PLACE? >> YEAH. I'M HOPING THEY WILL BE PROUD
OF. THIS I THINK THEY WOULD BE. THEY ENDURED A LOT. I MEAN, I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE
WHAT THEY WENT THROUGH. LOOKING DOWN ON US NOW. THEY MUST BE SMILING AT US. >> SINCE OUR STORY FIRST AIRED,
THE MILLERS DISCOVERED EVEN MORE RELATIVES DESCENDED FROM VIOLET AND DAVID MILLER. EARLIER THIS MONTH SEVERAL
HUNDRED FAMILY MEMBERS GATHERED AT SHARSWOOD FOR A FAMILY REUNION.
>> WATCH THE MILLERS VISIT THE SHARSWOOD SLAVE CEMETERY FOIFRT TIME -- >> OF THIS THEM RIGHT
>>> I'M BILL WHITAKER, WE'LL BE