1 00:00:25,851 --> 00:00:29,291 SAM: Out on the ocean, looking for sunken slave ships. 2 00:00:29,420 --> 00:00:33,820 ♪ 3 00:00:33,946 --> 00:00:42,346 [crowd screaming, chain rattling, whipping noise] 4 00:00:42,477 --> 00:00:45,307 When I began this journey, I couldn't imagine 5 00:00:45,436 --> 00:00:47,256 that I would be going back to my roots... 6 00:00:47,395 --> 00:00:58,405 [crowd chanting in native language] 7 00:00:58,536 --> 00:01:00,966 ...or that I would be telling the story 8 00:01:01,104 --> 00:01:03,634 of the transatlantic slave trade. 9 00:01:03,759 --> 00:01:06,849 AFUA: In the governor's bedroom, there's a trap door in the floor 10 00:01:06,979 --> 00:01:10,769 and it leads into the women's dungeon, 11 00:01:10,896 --> 00:01:14,546 and he would just have free access to these women and girls. 12 00:01:14,683 --> 00:01:20,303 SAM: The case of the slaves was the same as if horses 13 00:01:20,428 --> 00:01:23,338 had been thrown overboard. 14 00:01:23,474 --> 00:01:24,954 SIMCHA: Let me get this straight. 15 00:01:25,085 --> 00:01:29,305 This is currency created to buy a human being. 16 00:01:29,437 --> 00:01:30,697 TERRY: One human being. 17 00:01:30,829 --> 00:01:33,309 ♪ 18 00:01:33,441 --> 00:01:34,311 KRAMER: Hey, Sam, how you doing, buddy? 19 00:01:34,442 --> 00:01:35,922 - Morning! - Morning! 20 00:01:36,052 --> 00:01:39,582 I've teamed up with DWP, Diving With a Purpose. 21 00:01:39,708 --> 00:01:42,798 What a morning, out here in the high seas. 22 00:01:42,928 --> 00:01:44,838 Ready to get wet, man? 23 00:01:44,974 --> 00:01:47,594 Some of the best underwater investigators in the world. 24 00:01:47,716 --> 00:01:49,106 MAN: Chris, you ready? 25 00:01:49,239 --> 00:01:50,019 JOSH: All right, thanks for being here, friend. 26 00:01:50,153 --> 00:01:51,423 - I appreciate it. - All right, bro. 27 00:01:51,546 --> 00:01:53,716 ♪ 28 00:01:53,852 --> 00:01:57,422 More than two million of our ancestors died at sea. 29 00:01:57,552 --> 00:02:00,252 These divers are dedicated to bring to light 30 00:02:00,381 --> 00:02:02,561 their forgotten story. 31 00:02:02,687 --> 00:02:05,257 KRAMER: England was involved in it. 32 00:02:05,386 --> 00:02:06,556 Portugal was involved in it. 33 00:02:06,691 --> 00:02:09,091 The Africans were involved in it. 34 00:02:09,216 --> 00:02:13,346 It's a burial ground and a crime scene. 35 00:02:13,481 --> 00:02:14,351 ALANNAH: We are raising the voices of people 36 00:02:14,482 --> 00:02:16,312 who didn't have a voice, 37 00:02:16,440 --> 00:02:18,440 whose voices were also enslaved. 38 00:02:18,573 --> 00:02:20,623 MELODY: We have to teach our young people 39 00:02:20,749 --> 00:02:22,359 where they came from. 40 00:02:22,490 --> 00:02:25,450 If we don't do it, no one will, ever. 41 00:02:25,580 --> 00:02:28,150 We only talk about the ships that made it. 42 00:02:28,278 --> 00:02:30,448 We never talk about the ones that didn't. 43 00:02:30,585 --> 00:02:33,495 Bring another part of the history of this world 44 00:02:33,631 --> 00:02:36,721 into focus, because people just don't talk about it. 45 00:02:36,852 --> 00:02:39,592 What was really going on with the slave trade? 46 00:02:39,724 --> 00:02:44,084 ♪ 47 00:02:44,207 --> 00:02:45,597 [sound effect - metal chain clicking] 48 00:02:45,730 --> 00:02:55,480 ♪ 49 00:02:55,610 --> 00:02:58,790 For me, it all started at my cousin Hilda's. 50 00:02:58,917 --> 00:03:00,047 [song by Nina Simone plays] 51 00:03:00,180 --> 00:03:04,400 ♪ I wish I knew how 52 00:03:04,532 --> 00:03:08,932 ♪ It would feel to be free 53 00:03:09,058 --> 00:03:17,108 ♪ I wish I could break all the chains holding me ♪ 54 00:03:17,240 --> 00:03:18,420 Hilda's been able to do something uncommon 55 00:03:18,546 --> 00:03:21,676 for most African Americans: 56 00:03:21,810 --> 00:03:26,030 ♪ ...that I should say, say 'em loud... ♪ 57 00:03:26,162 --> 00:03:29,692 trace our lineage back to the days of slavery. 58 00:03:29,818 --> 00:03:32,428 ♪ For the whole round world to hear... ♪ 59 00:03:32,560 --> 00:03:33,690 Hey! 60 00:03:33,822 --> 00:03:36,832 ♪ 61 00:03:36,955 --> 00:03:38,515 Come on. What you got in here? 62 00:03:38,653 --> 00:03:40,313 HILDA: Who is that young man there? 63 00:03:40,437 --> 00:03:41,607 That's me. 64 00:03:41,743 --> 00:03:44,143 All right. Beautiful picture. 65 00:03:44,267 --> 00:03:47,487 Sam, I want you to look at some of your history that you have 66 00:03:47,618 --> 00:03:49,188 never seen, and we want you to know it. 67 00:03:49,316 --> 00:03:51,966 When did you have time to do all this? 68 00:03:52,101 --> 00:03:53,451 Do you know that most of the information 69 00:03:53,581 --> 00:03:55,241 in here is by word of mouth? 70 00:03:55,365 --> 00:04:01,105 We followed our ancestry back from Zoe, LaTanya and Sam. 71 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:03,851 Then we have Elizabeth and Roy. 72 00:04:03,982 --> 00:04:05,512 Yup. 73 00:04:05,636 --> 00:04:09,116 And we have Aunt Pearl and Uncle Edgar, 74 00:04:09,249 --> 00:04:11,289 who is Sam's grandfather. 75 00:04:11,425 --> 00:04:15,945 And then we go to Lillie, who is the mother to Edgar. 76 00:04:16,081 --> 00:04:18,911 And this is Lillie. 77 00:04:19,041 --> 00:04:21,571 Mm-hmm. That's a picture of Lillie. 78 00:04:21,696 --> 00:04:25,476 And Miles is the father to Edgar, Uncle Edgar's daddy. 79 00:04:25,613 --> 00:04:27,483 So this is Miles. 80 00:04:27,615 --> 00:04:29,005 Miles Montgomery. That's him. 81 00:04:29,138 --> 00:04:31,228 - Wow. - Mm-hmm. 82 00:04:31,358 --> 00:04:34,488 And then parents here, Arthur Branham. 83 00:04:34,622 --> 00:04:37,232 - Arthur was born into slavery. - Mm-hmm. 84 00:04:37,364 --> 00:04:38,584 So he was three when slavery ended. 85 00:04:38,713 --> 00:04:40,853 Three years old when slavery ended. 86 00:04:40,976 --> 00:04:42,146 Three. That's right. 87 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:44,282 And this is his mother, Matilda. 88 00:04:44,414 --> 00:04:46,684 - Who was a slave. - Yes, that's right. Mm-hmm. 89 00:04:46,808 --> 00:04:47,718 - Owned by the Branhams? - Yes. 90 00:04:47,852 --> 00:04:48,942 So they just took their last name. 91 00:04:49,071 --> 00:04:50,551 - Mm-hmm. - They just took their names. 92 00:04:50,681 --> 00:04:51,731 ARTHUR: Yes. They owned a lot of slaves. 93 00:04:51,856 --> 00:04:53,546 They were wealthy. 94 00:04:53,684 --> 00:04:57,124 A Judge Branham is the one who fathered Arthur. 95 00:04:57,253 --> 00:04:58,343 You can see his name up there, Joel Branham. 96 00:04:58,472 --> 00:05:00,212 Mm-hmm. 97 00:05:00,343 --> 00:05:03,093 So as far as we know, we're able to trace our ancestry 98 00:05:03,215 --> 00:05:06,385 back to when our relatives were enslaved. 99 00:05:06,523 --> 00:05:13,013 ♪ 100 00:05:13,138 --> 00:05:16,488 I did my DNA ancestry. 101 00:05:16,620 --> 00:05:21,890 And my ancestors came from Gabon. 102 00:05:22,017 --> 00:05:26,367 And they were from the Benga tribe and I want to see what 103 00:05:26,500 --> 00:05:29,680 that means in terms of who I am and where I came from. 104 00:05:29,807 --> 00:05:36,677 So I would like to know more about how my people lived, 105 00:05:36,814 --> 00:05:39,604 how that played into the kind of person that I am. 106 00:05:39,730 --> 00:05:44,130 Just trying to connect to my roots. 107 00:05:44,256 --> 00:05:48,126 And the best place to do that is here, my ancestral home. 108 00:05:48,260 --> 00:05:54,660 ♪ 109 00:05:54,789 --> 00:05:56,229 MINISTER NGUEÉMA: Hi Sam! How are you doing? 110 00:05:56,356 --> 00:05:57,656 I am fine, how are you? 111 00:05:57,792 --> 00:05:58,362 - Welcome to Gabon. - Thank you. 112 00:05:58,488 --> 00:06:04,838 ♪ 113 00:06:04,973 --> 00:06:06,583 Let's go. 114 00:06:06,714 --> 00:06:08,594 [crowd singing in native language, drums] 115 00:06:08,716 --> 00:06:10,586 Oh, my God. This is great. 116 00:06:10,718 --> 00:06:15,978 [singing and music continues] 117 00:06:16,114 --> 00:06:22,604 [indistinct crowd chatter] 118 00:06:22,730 --> 00:06:37,570 [Benga people singing] 119 00:06:37,701 --> 00:06:41,051 [Benga people singing] 120 00:06:41,183 --> 00:06:43,663 A lot of energy! 121 00:06:43,794 --> 00:06:45,014 Let's go! 122 00:06:45,143 --> 00:06:47,583 [singing and music continues] 123 00:06:47,711 --> 00:06:48,671 Okay, thank you. 124 00:06:48,799 --> 00:06:49,709 [singing and music continues] 125 00:07:03,205 --> 00:07:04,855 MINISTER WHITE: They will initiate you. 126 00:07:04,989 --> 00:07:07,949 It's not like being jumped into a gang, is it? 127 00:07:08,079 --> 00:07:09,909 - ENENGE: No. A brotherhood. - It's going to be all right? 128 00:07:10,038 --> 00:07:11,648 - You'll be all right. - All right, fine. 129 00:07:11,779 --> 00:07:15,349 You will be a real Benga. 130 00:07:15,478 --> 00:07:16,908 [laughing] Anticipation builds... 131 00:07:17,045 --> 00:07:18,605 [laughter] 132 00:07:18,742 --> 00:07:21,572 [both speaking French] 133 00:07:21,702 --> 00:07:26,452 ♪ 134 00:07:26,576 --> 00:07:28,396 More than 12 million Africans were enslaved 135 00:07:28,535 --> 00:07:31,575 and trafficked from dozens of outposts established 136 00:07:31,712 --> 00:07:35,852 along the coast of Africa. 137 00:07:35,977 --> 00:07:38,407 The transatlantic slave trade existed for well over 138 00:07:38,545 --> 00:07:45,855 300 years and involved more than 45,000 voyages. 139 00:07:45,987 --> 00:07:50,557 Most ships made it. Many didn't. 140 00:07:50,687 --> 00:07:54,297 In the early 1800s, even after most countries banned the trade, 141 00:07:54,430 --> 00:07:58,000 illegal trafficking was continuing. 142 00:07:58,129 --> 00:08:03,179 My ancestors could have easily ended up on the illegal 143 00:08:03,308 --> 00:08:04,958 Spanish slaver, the "Guerrero." 144 00:08:05,093 --> 00:08:07,843 ♪ 145 00:08:07,965 --> 00:08:11,835 COREY: The "Guerrero" was sailing to Cuba with almost 146 00:08:11,969 --> 00:08:14,319 600 African people on board. 147 00:08:14,450 --> 00:08:17,190 They sailed past the Bahamas. 148 00:08:17,322 --> 00:08:20,892 Stationed there was a British navy ship, the "Nimble." 149 00:08:21,022 --> 00:08:24,332 The "Nimble" was there to intercept illegal slave ships. 150 00:08:24,460 --> 00:08:26,160 They tried to stop "Guerrero." 151 00:08:26,288 --> 00:08:28,288 "Guerrero" took off. 152 00:08:28,420 --> 00:08:31,210 They got into a chase, they got into a gun battle. 153 00:08:31,336 --> 00:08:33,376 Eventually, night fell. 154 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:35,433 Both ships slammed into 155 00:08:35,558 --> 00:08:39,608 the Florida reef somewhere off Key Largo. 156 00:08:39,736 --> 00:08:43,566 So beneath these waters now are the puzzle pieces that are gonna 157 00:08:43,697 --> 00:08:47,347 help us reconstruct the story of these two shipwrecks. 158 00:08:47,483 --> 00:08:50,183 And that's really become my passion. 159 00:08:50,312 --> 00:08:53,052 I've invited the DWP team to join me 160 00:08:53,184 --> 00:08:54,714 in the search for the "Guerrero." 161 00:08:54,838 --> 00:08:55,748 KINGA: Hi, Corey! 162 00:08:55,883 --> 00:08:57,363 Hey, guys. How are you? 163 00:08:57,493 --> 00:08:58,153 You guys ready to do a little bit of research? 164 00:08:58,276 --> 00:09:00,236 We are! 165 00:09:00,365 --> 00:09:02,015 JOSH: So what is this story about the "Guerrero" 166 00:09:02,150 --> 00:09:03,370 and why do you think it's the "Guerrero"? 167 00:09:03,499 --> 00:09:05,759 You know, the story of "Guerrero" is really 168 00:09:05,893 --> 00:09:07,983 the story of two ships: 169 00:09:08,112 --> 00:09:11,072 "Guerrero," the slave ship, and then the British navy schooner 170 00:09:11,202 --> 00:09:12,422 that was chasing it. 171 00:09:12,552 --> 00:09:14,342 And they got into a gun battle 172 00:09:14,466 --> 00:09:15,856 and they both smashed into the reef. 173 00:09:15,990 --> 00:09:18,250 ♪ 174 00:09:18,383 --> 00:09:21,953 The "Nimble" ran aground and was able to float itself off 175 00:09:22,083 --> 00:09:27,963 the reef by jettisoning iron ballasts and cannonballs. 176 00:09:28,089 --> 00:09:30,349 But the slave ship "Guerrero" crashed into the reef 177 00:09:30,482 --> 00:09:34,012 with such force that it sank. 178 00:09:34,138 --> 00:09:38,358 41 of the captive Africans on board died. 179 00:09:38,490 --> 00:09:40,450 The "Nimble's" crew said they could hear the screams 180 00:09:40,580 --> 00:09:44,150 crossing two miles of ocean. 181 00:09:44,279 --> 00:09:46,979 It had been their duty to save the people on the "Guerrero," 182 00:09:47,108 --> 00:09:49,718 but instead they had accidentally 183 00:09:49,850 --> 00:09:52,550 chased them to their doom. 184 00:09:52,679 --> 00:09:54,069 We're going to find the "Guerrero." 185 00:09:54,202 --> 00:09:55,512 There could be all kinds of artifacts out there 186 00:09:55,638 --> 00:09:58,818 that are specific to a slave ship. 187 00:09:58,946 --> 00:10:01,946 So here I have some things to show you guys. 188 00:10:02,079 --> 00:10:03,909 ALL: Oh! 189 00:10:04,038 --> 00:10:06,168 These are all pieces recovered from the other wrecks. 190 00:10:06,301 --> 00:10:08,431 So what's this guy? 191 00:10:08,564 --> 00:10:10,914 A tooth extractor. 192 00:10:11,045 --> 00:10:12,175 I remember in school, we were taught some slaves 193 00:10:12,307 --> 00:10:16,617 wouldn't eat in protest. 194 00:10:16,746 --> 00:10:21,186 They would remove the teeth so that they could shove food... 195 00:10:21,316 --> 00:10:23,486 - Right. - ...in their mouth. 196 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:26,893 Just visualizing that is absolutely chilling. 197 00:10:27,017 --> 00:10:29,627 That my ancestor could've had their teeth pulled 198 00:10:29,759 --> 00:10:32,459 to make them eat because they needed to be strong 199 00:10:32,588 --> 00:10:33,198 in order to be bought. 200 00:10:33,328 --> 00:10:37,938 [gag reflex sound] 201 00:10:38,072 --> 00:10:42,252 And here is the real telltale artifact. 202 00:10:42,380 --> 00:10:47,080 The essence of the slave trade: a set of shackles. 203 00:10:47,211 --> 00:10:48,871 These were the iron restraints designed 204 00:10:48,996 --> 00:10:50,946 to hold people two by two. 205 00:10:51,085 --> 00:10:51,995 Wrists? 206 00:10:52,129 --> 00:10:54,919 Wrists and generally ankles. 207 00:10:55,045 --> 00:10:58,305 You slid this 'U' onto somebody's ankle. 208 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:00,960 You took this other 'U', put it on another person's ankle, 209 00:11:01,095 --> 00:11:05,005 and then those people were joined together. 210 00:11:05,142 --> 00:11:08,362 It was shackled to two people 'cause it makes it 211 00:11:08,493 --> 00:11:11,453 way more effective to keep people from running. 212 00:11:11,583 --> 00:11:14,373 Right. If you're, you know, hobbled 213 00:11:14,499 --> 00:11:17,419 to somebody else, you can't swim. You can't run. 214 00:11:17,546 --> 00:11:18,846 - Right. - You can't move. 215 00:11:18,982 --> 00:11:22,552 It was horrible. 216 00:11:22,682 --> 00:11:28,082 So, I know how I'm feeling holding something 217 00:11:28,209 --> 00:11:30,249 like this, but this is, um, it's just a different feeling. 218 00:11:30,385 --> 00:11:32,995 It's hard to articulate. 219 00:11:33,127 --> 00:11:34,557 To just have these in my hand it just, 220 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:37,354 it just hits a different note. 221 00:11:37,479 --> 00:11:39,609 I guess you could just see in my face maybe... it's just... 222 00:11:39,742 --> 00:11:42,052 No, absolutely. And there's no denying 223 00:11:42,179 --> 00:11:43,529 the cruelty of it when you look at those things... 224 00:11:43,659 --> 00:11:46,009 - Yeah. - ...and you know what they did. 225 00:11:49,447 --> 00:12:03,637 ♪ 226 00:12:03,766 --> 00:12:07,546 This initiation ceremony you were telling me about today, 227 00:12:07,683 --> 00:12:09,423 what does it actually really mean? 228 00:12:09,554 --> 00:12:11,124 For you, specifically, it means 229 00:12:11,252 --> 00:12:13,342 a reintegration into Benga society. 230 00:12:13,471 --> 00:12:17,211 Your ancestor was taken from this area, 231 00:12:17,345 --> 00:12:19,425 and you have been separated from your Benga people 232 00:12:19,564 --> 00:12:22,264 for at least 250 years. 233 00:12:22,393 --> 00:12:26,053 Your coming back, having identified yourself as a Benga, 234 00:12:26,180 --> 00:12:29,840 through DNA, was something that was a shock 235 00:12:29,966 --> 00:12:32,576 to the Benga community because of all the millions of Africans 236 00:12:32,708 --> 00:12:38,978 that left Africa, to have a person in America 237 00:12:39,106 --> 00:12:41,976 be identified as Benga was phenomenal. 238 00:12:42,109 --> 00:12:44,679 So to be integrated into Benga society, 239 00:12:44,807 --> 00:12:48,507 you need to acquire certain materials. 240 00:12:48,637 --> 00:12:52,287 One is the indigenous torch, [speaks Benga], 241 00:12:52,423 --> 00:12:56,783 a flyswatter, [speaks Benga], a cane, and a white cloth. 242 00:12:56,906 --> 00:12:58,166 Okay. So, I gotta go out and get those things. 243 00:12:58,299 --> 00:12:59,429 Yes, you do. 244 00:12:59,561 --> 00:13:00,081 Okay. All right. 245 00:13:00,214 --> 00:13:03,174 ♪ 246 00:13:03,304 --> 00:13:05,444 All right. So we're going to the fabric store first. 247 00:13:05,567 --> 00:13:07,177 What's the fabric for? 248 00:13:07,308 --> 00:13:09,178 The white cloth when we're communing 249 00:13:09,310 --> 00:13:13,050 with the ancestors, white is the color of the ancestors 250 00:13:13,183 --> 00:13:14,403 because they have white bones. 251 00:13:14,532 --> 00:13:16,622 And white is the color of sperm. 252 00:13:16,752 --> 00:13:20,152 Oh, Okay. I'm trying to figure that out. 253 00:13:20,277 --> 00:13:21,667 I wanna grab that. 254 00:13:21,801 --> 00:13:24,151 Oh, yeah... which is the future generations. 255 00:13:24,281 --> 00:13:27,591 Because to procreate, sperm and the ovum come together. 256 00:13:27,719 --> 00:13:29,159 Mm-hmm. 257 00:13:29,286 --> 00:13:31,716 And the white waves, in traditional Benga, 258 00:13:31,854 --> 00:13:34,034 the land of the living and the land of the dead 259 00:13:34,161 --> 00:13:35,951 is separated by a great river. 260 00:13:36,076 --> 00:13:37,376 Mm-hmm. 261 00:13:37,512 --> 00:13:39,432 And so, when you see the white waves breaking, 262 00:13:39,557 --> 00:13:42,387 it's some of the ancestors crossing the great river... 263 00:13:42,517 --> 00:13:43,687 - Mm-hmm. - ...from the land of the dead 264 00:13:43,823 --> 00:13:45,093 to the land of the living. 265 00:13:45,215 --> 00:13:46,215 Okay. So, does this white cloth 266 00:13:46,347 --> 00:13:48,307 have to be a specific size or... 267 00:13:48,436 --> 00:13:49,176 Well, it has to be able to wrap around your body. 268 00:13:49,306 --> 00:13:50,386 Wrap around the body. 269 00:13:50,525 --> 00:13:51,955 Yeah, yeah. 270 00:13:52,092 --> 00:13:53,092 ♪ 271 00:13:53,223 --> 00:13:54,403 So plain white or fancy white? 272 00:13:54,529 --> 00:13:55,619 What are we talking about? 273 00:13:55,747 --> 00:13:56,967 Plain white, plain white, about... 274 00:13:57,097 --> 00:13:58,227 Plain as in how plain? 275 00:13:58,359 --> 00:13:59,449 A pure white, because you're going 276 00:13:59,577 --> 00:14:04,147 to be joining the ancestors. 277 00:14:04,278 --> 00:14:05,498 I know. See, this would be my preference. 278 00:14:05,627 --> 00:14:08,627 But I gotta get something for a purpose. 279 00:14:08,760 --> 00:14:10,020 - Great. - About 4 meters. 280 00:14:10,153 --> 00:14:11,243 Show you this. 281 00:14:11,372 --> 00:14:12,632 - I think that's it. - Ah. 282 00:14:12,764 --> 00:14:13,854 Yeah, that's--That's better. 283 00:14:13,983 --> 00:14:15,383 That--That-- that's gonna be kickin' it. 284 00:14:15,506 --> 00:14:17,156 Looks good. Looks good to me. 285 00:14:17,291 --> 00:14:20,121 You just know how much that is by looking at it? 286 00:14:20,250 --> 00:14:21,340 You don't have to measure anything... 287 00:14:21,469 --> 00:14:23,119 You just start cutting. 288 00:14:23,253 --> 00:14:24,253 Yes, she says she's been doing it a long time. 289 00:14:24,385 --> 00:14:28,645 Yeah, I believe it. This is cool. 290 00:14:28,780 --> 00:14:29,650 - Yeah, cool. - WOMAN: Very nice. 291 00:14:29,781 --> 00:14:32,391 - Très bien! - Très bien! 292 00:14:32,523 --> 00:14:33,223 - Right. - In Benga, "Bwamo." 293 00:14:33,350 --> 00:14:34,090 Bwamo. 294 00:14:34,221 --> 00:14:38,231 ♪ 295 00:14:38,355 --> 00:14:40,525 My aunt noticed that you walk like a Benga man, 296 00:14:40,662 --> 00:14:42,062 because walking in the sand... - Mm-hmm. 297 00:14:42,185 --> 00:14:45,485 ...have a certain gait that, you know, like you follow. 298 00:14:45,623 --> 00:14:48,103 She said "it's a typical Benga man walking on the sand," 299 00:14:48,235 --> 00:14:49,625 which is a good thing. 300 00:14:49,758 --> 00:14:51,758 - Is that what she said? - Yeah, yeah. 301 00:14:51,891 --> 00:14:54,721 Okay. Well, there you have it. 302 00:14:54,850 --> 00:14:57,420 Stuff we don't know that we have, but we got it. 303 00:14:57,548 --> 00:15:01,248 [horns honking] 304 00:15:01,378 --> 00:15:02,858 What else do I need? 305 00:15:02,989 --> 00:15:06,209 A fly swatter, a torch and a cane. 306 00:15:06,340 --> 00:15:08,260 These guys should have all three. 307 00:15:08,385 --> 00:15:11,075 They're instrument makers, sculptors, real craftsmen. 308 00:15:11,214 --> 00:15:14,574 ♪ 309 00:15:14,696 --> 00:15:15,866 They're the experts in traditional ceremonies, 310 00:15:16,002 --> 00:15:18,662 when the living and the ancestors come together. 311 00:15:18,787 --> 00:15:20,347 ♪ 312 00:15:20,484 --> 00:15:22,834 All right, okay... 313 00:15:22,965 --> 00:15:25,095 might find what I'm looking for in here. 314 00:15:25,228 --> 00:15:26,358 - Bonjour. - FISTON: Bonjour. 315 00:15:26,490 --> 00:15:35,800 [speaks French] 316 00:15:35,935 --> 00:15:37,145 That's something I need, right? 317 00:15:37,284 --> 00:15:39,074 Yes. That's the [speaks Benga], the fly swatter. 318 00:15:39,199 --> 00:15:40,109 Ah. 319 00:15:40,243 --> 00:15:41,643 [speaks French] 320 00:15:41,766 --> 00:15:42,636 Merci. 321 00:15:42,767 --> 00:15:44,247 [laughs] 322 00:15:44,378 --> 00:15:47,078 - [speaks Benga] - [repeats phrase] 323 00:15:47,207 --> 00:15:49,117 [laughter] 324 00:15:49,252 --> 00:15:50,342 Is that the torch? 325 00:15:50,471 --> 00:15:54,391 [in French] 326 00:15:54,518 --> 00:15:57,088 So he's going to perform a little ceremony here. 327 00:15:57,217 --> 00:16:00,177 ♪ 328 00:16:00,307 --> 00:16:05,137 [speaks French] 329 00:16:05,268 --> 00:16:06,618 Been blessed. 330 00:16:06,748 --> 00:16:08,138 Blessed. That's right. 331 00:16:08,271 --> 00:16:16,151 [speaks French] 332 00:16:16,279 --> 00:16:17,449 Merci. Beautiful! 333 00:16:17,585 --> 00:16:20,195 Okay, thank you very much. 334 00:16:20,327 --> 00:16:21,627 Okay, so I've got the fly swatter... a torch. 335 00:16:21,763 --> 00:16:23,293 So what else do I need? A cane, right? 336 00:16:23,417 --> 00:16:24,417 A cane... 337 00:16:24,548 --> 00:16:27,248 [speaks French] 338 00:16:27,377 --> 00:16:31,077 Now... I saw the canes out there. 339 00:16:31,207 --> 00:16:34,377 Didn't touch me. 340 00:16:34,515 --> 00:16:36,865 But when I came in here, sitting here watching you play, 341 00:16:36,996 --> 00:16:38,206 and I went, "Aw! Ahhh." 342 00:16:38,345 --> 00:16:40,475 [speaks French] 343 00:16:53,403 --> 00:16:54,673 Okay. 344 00:16:54,796 --> 00:16:56,616 Stayed like that from the get-go. 345 00:16:56,754 --> 00:17:01,244 I love it the way it is. Yeah, okay. 346 00:17:01,368 --> 00:17:02,588 And when you came in, boom, it got to you. 347 00:17:02,717 --> 00:17:04,807 Mm-hmm. Sittin' here waiting for me then. 348 00:17:04,936 --> 00:17:06,156 It sure is. 349 00:17:06,286 --> 00:17:08,236 [laughter] 350 00:17:08,375 --> 00:17:12,545 [Fiston playing music] 351 00:17:12,683 --> 00:17:14,163 I feel a kinship. 352 00:17:14,294 --> 00:17:23,744 [Fiston playing and singing] 353 00:17:23,868 --> 00:17:25,698 Listening to the music, I couldn't help thinking that 354 00:17:25,827 --> 00:17:29,827 when millions of Africans went down with the slave ships, 355 00:17:29,961 --> 00:17:32,231 our rich culture also went down with them. 356 00:17:32,355 --> 00:17:36,705 [music continues] 357 00:17:36,838 --> 00:17:40,488 And what was lost at sea has been forgotten for centuries. 358 00:17:40,624 --> 00:17:46,674 ♪ 359 00:17:46,804 --> 00:17:48,504 ALANNAH: We're eager to head out and find a sunken 360 00:17:48,632 --> 00:17:50,292 slave ship called the "Guerrero." 361 00:17:50,417 --> 00:17:52,197 - Hello! - Kramer! 362 00:17:52,332 --> 00:17:54,072 Kramer! 363 00:17:54,203 --> 00:17:56,733 Senior diver Kramer Wimberley joins the team. 364 00:17:56,858 --> 00:17:57,638 Now you get to come play with us! 365 00:17:57,772 --> 00:17:59,472 Yes. I missed you guys. 366 00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:01,910 Corey fills us in on his plan... 367 00:18:02,037 --> 00:18:06,127 I think really in order to find the "Guerrero," 368 00:18:06,259 --> 00:18:07,609 we're going to have to find evidence of the "Nimble." 369 00:18:07,738 --> 00:18:09,828 "Nimble" essentially left a trail. 370 00:18:09,958 --> 00:18:14,478 ♪ 371 00:18:14,615 --> 00:18:16,915 "Nimble" had run up onto the reef. 372 00:18:17,052 --> 00:18:20,452 They needed to lighten their load. 373 00:18:20,577 --> 00:18:22,537 They were able to free themselves by throwing over 374 00:18:22,666 --> 00:18:25,836 iron ballast blocks and cannonballs. 375 00:18:25,974 --> 00:18:29,984 They got anchored up, and then their anchor line parted. 376 00:18:30,109 --> 00:18:32,979 They drifted onto the reef again and they threw over more 377 00:18:33,112 --> 00:18:37,202 cannonballs, ballasts, more shot, and a small cannon. 378 00:18:37,333 --> 00:18:39,603 ♪ 379 00:18:39,727 --> 00:18:41,507 So we're looking for things 380 00:18:41,642 --> 00:18:43,512 that the "Nimble" threw off. 381 00:18:43,644 --> 00:18:45,604 Exactly. Those are our clues. 382 00:18:45,733 --> 00:18:48,563 So the biggest clue we have in the historical record 383 00:18:48,692 --> 00:18:52,392 in all of this is the position of the "Nimble" the morning 384 00:18:52,522 --> 00:18:55,792 after the ships hit the reef. 385 00:18:55,917 --> 00:18:58,437 The "Nimble" was towed to safety off the reef, 386 00:18:58,572 --> 00:19:01,622 and the captain took his bearings. 387 00:19:01,749 --> 00:19:04,669 And we know where that spot was. That was right here. 388 00:19:04,795 --> 00:19:09,575 So we know that the "Nimble" was anchored here after, 389 00:19:09,713 --> 00:19:11,373 but we don't actually know where it hit the reef, right? 390 00:19:11,498 --> 00:19:12,888 Right. Exactly. 391 00:19:13,021 --> 00:19:16,501 So what we have to do is account for things like the wind 392 00:19:16,633 --> 00:19:19,643 and the weather at that time and which direction the ships 393 00:19:19,767 --> 00:19:21,377 were sailing when they hit. 394 00:19:21,508 --> 00:19:23,598 When you take in all the historical evidence, 395 00:19:23,727 --> 00:19:26,857 it makes it pretty clear that those two ships hit 396 00:19:26,991 --> 00:19:31,951 at either here at Area "A," Area "B" or Area "C." 397 00:19:32,083 --> 00:19:36,783 If we can find evidence of the "Nimble" in these areas, 398 00:19:36,914 --> 00:19:39,054 I think that's gonna help us pinpoint 399 00:19:39,178 --> 00:19:41,618 the location of the "Guerrero," 400 00:19:41,745 --> 00:19:44,395 and of the captive Africans who perished there. 401 00:19:44,531 --> 00:19:46,141 Today these areas are separated. 402 00:19:46,272 --> 00:19:48,142 You have the park and the sanctuary. 403 00:19:48,274 --> 00:19:50,714 Yeah, Kramer, if you want to go up to Area "A," 404 00:19:50,841 --> 00:19:52,451 the northernmost spot, 405 00:19:52,582 --> 00:19:55,632 up in Biscayne National Park and do some exploring with the folks 406 00:19:55,759 --> 00:19:58,199 from the Biscayne team, and the rest of us, 407 00:19:58,327 --> 00:20:01,977 we'll go down to Areas "B" and "C" and take a look around 408 00:20:02,113 --> 00:20:03,073 and see what's there. 409 00:20:03,202 --> 00:20:04,292 - All right. - Okay. 410 00:20:04,420 --> 00:20:06,680 ♪ 411 00:20:06,814 --> 00:20:08,824 JOSHUA MORANO: Time in the water will be now. 412 00:20:08,946 --> 00:20:11,206 Time out will be noon. Out. Copy. 413 00:20:11,340 --> 00:20:13,390 To the untrained eye, a shipwreck may look like 414 00:20:13,516 --> 00:20:16,036 nothing more than a coral reef. 415 00:20:16,171 --> 00:20:17,561 And so there are tiny little puzzle pieces on these wrecks 416 00:20:17,694 --> 00:20:21,744 that we as archaeologists look for specifically that help us 417 00:20:21,872 --> 00:20:24,662 date wrecks and help us identify maybe nationality, 418 00:20:24,788 --> 00:20:25,618 who made them, how large they are, 419 00:20:25,746 --> 00:20:26,956 what they were utilized for. 420 00:20:27,095 --> 00:20:29,615 So any artifact we find of British design 421 00:20:29,750 --> 00:20:32,140 could be from the "Nimble." 422 00:20:32,274 --> 00:20:34,414 And any artifact of Spanish design, 423 00:20:34,537 --> 00:20:35,537 from the slave ship, "Guerrero." 424 00:20:35,669 --> 00:20:50,469 ♪ 425 00:20:50,597 --> 00:20:56,647 ♪ 426 00:20:56,777 --> 00:20:58,557 If the "Nimble"'s crew tossed over any large metal objects 427 00:20:58,692 --> 00:21:03,612 in this area, our detector should pick it up. 428 00:21:03,740 --> 00:21:13,450 [sound detector crackling] 429 00:21:13,576 --> 00:21:22,106 [sound detector pinging] 430 00:21:22,237 --> 00:21:26,457 It looks like we've found something big. 431 00:21:26,589 --> 00:21:35,599 ♪ 432 00:21:35,729 --> 00:21:36,689 Gabon's Minister of Environment, Lee White, 433 00:21:36,817 --> 00:21:41,207 is taking me to Loango National Park, 434 00:21:41,343 --> 00:21:45,393 a place he says is relevant to my ancestry. 435 00:21:45,521 --> 00:21:48,611 Where the rainforest comes right smack down to the ocean. 436 00:21:48,742 --> 00:21:50,612 ♪ 437 00:21:50,744 --> 00:21:54,054 What percentage of Gabon is rainforest? 438 00:21:54,182 --> 00:21:56,532 - LEE: Gabon is 88%. - 88? 439 00:21:56,663 --> 00:21:57,973 - ...forest. - Wow. 440 00:21:58,099 --> 00:22:00,139 So, it's the second most forested 441 00:22:00,275 --> 00:22:01,355 country on the planet. 442 00:22:12,635 --> 00:22:15,155 - Wow! - Yeah. 443 00:22:15,290 --> 00:22:18,120 Gabon is about 10% of the African rainforest, 444 00:22:18,249 --> 00:22:20,299 but we have over 60% of the forest 445 00:22:20,426 --> 00:22:22,946 elephants today, which shows how Gabon 446 00:22:23,080 --> 00:22:24,340 has been so well preserved. 447 00:22:44,841 --> 00:22:47,101 [laughs] 448 00:22:47,235 --> 00:22:49,315 Today we have what we call "eco-guards"... 449 00:22:49,455 --> 00:22:52,235 what you'd call "rangers," trained to go out and patrol 450 00:22:52,371 --> 00:22:54,721 the forests and fight against the poachers. 451 00:22:54,851 --> 00:22:56,721 - Literally? - Literally. 452 00:22:56,853 --> 00:22:58,903 We're having gun battles about once a month. 453 00:22:59,029 --> 00:23:00,599 Wow. And what are they after? 454 00:23:00,727 --> 00:23:01,947 - Ivory. - Wow. 455 00:23:02,076 --> 00:23:03,726 Just like in the slave days, 456 00:23:03,860 --> 00:23:06,040 people came here for slaves, for ivory, and for ebony. 457 00:23:06,167 --> 00:23:07,597 It's still the same thing. 458 00:23:07,734 --> 00:23:10,044 The elephant ivory is worth $2000 a kilo 459 00:23:10,171 --> 00:23:12,611 on the black market. 460 00:23:12,739 --> 00:23:13,569 [helicopter noise over voice] 461 00:23:26,013 --> 00:23:28,973 In this beautiful, now protected park, 462 00:23:29,103 --> 00:23:31,243 there hides a terrible history. 463 00:23:31,366 --> 00:23:34,886 Lee says there's an area we can prove was once used to confine 464 00:23:35,022 --> 00:23:36,722 close to a million enslaved Africans 465 00:23:36,850 --> 00:23:38,550 before they were shipped across the Atlantic. 466 00:24:00,787 --> 00:24:07,007 ♪ 467 00:24:07,141 --> 00:24:08,881 Lee's arranged to put down here, 468 00:24:09,012 --> 00:24:12,192 then he says we'll head toward the river mouth to uncover 469 00:24:12,320 --> 00:24:15,850 evidence showing just how massive the slave trade was. 470 00:24:15,976 --> 00:24:20,716 ♪ 471 00:24:20,850 --> 00:24:23,900 - Okay. - Merci!Wow. 472 00:24:24,027 --> 00:24:26,767 There we go, welcome to Loango National Park. 473 00:24:26,900 --> 00:24:28,820 Loango National Park. The ocean's there, right? 474 00:24:28,945 --> 00:24:30,765 The ocean's that way. 475 00:24:30,904 --> 00:24:33,434 So, end of the road for whoever walked or rowed down 476 00:24:33,559 --> 00:24:34,999 the river over here right? - Or walked. 477 00:24:35,125 --> 00:24:36,685 For three months to get here from- 478 00:24:36,823 --> 00:24:37,823 Three months of walking or? 479 00:24:37,954 --> 00:24:40,354 - Carrying a big 40-kilo tusk... - Yeah. 480 00:24:40,479 --> 00:24:42,349 ...or a chunk of ebony. 481 00:24:42,481 --> 00:24:43,661 Right. And then getting chained 482 00:24:43,786 --> 00:24:44,826 into a boat somewhere over there. 483 00:24:44,961 --> 00:24:45,791 - Yeah. - Wow. 484 00:24:45,919 --> 00:24:49,969 ♪ 485 00:24:50,097 --> 00:24:53,707 So 200, 250 years ago, what was this area called? 486 00:24:53,840 --> 00:24:55,930 Well, this was the Kingdom of Loango 487 00:24:56,059 --> 00:24:58,149 and by the late 18th century, 488 00:24:58,279 --> 00:24:59,849 it was responsible for roughly half 489 00:24:59,976 --> 00:25:03,366 of all the slave transports from West Africa. 490 00:25:03,502 --> 00:25:06,812 Trade routes were opened up from here deep into the interior 491 00:25:06,940 --> 00:25:08,860 to exploit the riches of the rainforest. 492 00:25:08,985 --> 00:25:15,165 Most importantly, sadly, African men, women and children. 493 00:25:15,296 --> 00:25:17,726 We don't bring tourists this way... not much. 494 00:25:17,864 --> 00:25:22,094 This is Ntchorongove Village. 495 00:25:22,216 --> 00:25:25,606 Yup, I used to be barefoot on roads like this. 496 00:25:25,741 --> 00:25:29,441 You know it kind of feels like when I was a kid, in Georgia, 497 00:25:29,571 --> 00:25:31,921 walking in dirt like this and hanging out. 498 00:25:32,052 --> 00:25:34,402 You know, there were shacks, stuff like this in the area 499 00:25:34,533 --> 00:25:37,843 where I lived, so it's kind of, it feels very familiar. 500 00:25:37,971 --> 00:25:40,501 When I looked at the clothesline, 501 00:25:40,626 --> 00:25:41,576 which is actually what attracted me down here, 502 00:25:41,714 --> 00:25:43,854 when I saw those clothes hanging on the line. 503 00:25:43,977 --> 00:25:45,497 I was like "Oh, that looks familiar." 504 00:25:45,631 --> 00:25:47,811 I just walked down. It just felt like, you know, 505 00:25:47,937 --> 00:25:50,767 it felt like a piece of my childhood. 506 00:25:50,897 --> 00:25:54,117 So, doesn't feel, doesn't feel strange at all. 507 00:25:54,248 --> 00:25:55,768 Yeah, familiar. 508 00:25:55,902 --> 00:25:58,642 It touches something inside me. 509 00:25:58,774 --> 00:26:02,434 ♪ 510 00:26:02,561 --> 00:26:04,821 LEE: We're headed to Iguela. 511 00:26:04,954 --> 00:26:08,874 It's a massive lagoon over 85 square miles 512 00:26:09,002 --> 00:26:13,922 with lots of little islands. 513 00:26:14,050 --> 00:26:16,880 Over a million slaves were shipped from this region 514 00:26:17,010 --> 00:26:19,320 and trafficked directly to the Americas. 515 00:26:19,447 --> 00:26:26,407 ♪ 516 00:26:26,541 --> 00:26:28,331 [speaks French] 517 00:26:42,949 --> 00:26:45,169 ♪ 518 00:26:45,299 --> 00:26:46,389 Most of the slaves from here went to Brazil. 519 00:26:46,517 --> 00:26:47,817 Mm-hmm. 520 00:26:47,954 --> 00:26:51,874 But they found the record of the first known slave 521 00:26:52,001 --> 00:26:54,091 from Gabon who went to South Carolina. 522 00:26:54,221 --> 00:26:55,741 It was 1720. 523 00:26:55,875 --> 00:26:58,135 No kidding. 524 00:26:58,268 --> 00:26:59,268 He could have been on the same boat as my ancestors. 525 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:04,230 [animal grunting] 526 00:27:04,361 --> 00:27:05,151 There's an elephant right there. 527 00:27:05,275 --> 00:27:06,625 Where? 528 00:27:06,755 --> 00:27:08,835 Isn't that an elephant in there, right there? 529 00:27:08,975 --> 00:27:11,405 - Yeah, that... - Amazing. 530 00:27:11,542 --> 00:27:13,852 It looks like it's on its own. 531 00:27:13,980 --> 00:27:15,810 It's probably a lone male. 532 00:27:15,938 --> 00:27:20,988 [elephant trumpeting] 533 00:27:21,117 --> 00:27:24,027 So in terms of the amount of ivory being transported 534 00:27:24,164 --> 00:27:25,514 on this river, what was the number 535 00:27:25,644 --> 00:27:27,954 of elephants lost at that time? 536 00:27:28,081 --> 00:27:31,521 Probably hundreds of thousands of elephants. 537 00:27:31,650 --> 00:27:35,960 The whole coastal Gabon and Congo was basically devoid 538 00:27:36,089 --> 00:27:38,349 of elephants by the time they finished. 539 00:27:38,482 --> 00:27:41,012 By the time they finished. 540 00:27:41,137 --> 00:27:44,487 And they severely depleted the human population as well. 541 00:27:44,619 --> 00:27:45,619 They were just another commodity. 542 00:27:45,751 --> 00:27:49,061 Moved down these rivers all the way to the coast 543 00:27:49,189 --> 00:27:50,799 where they would be sold off. 544 00:27:50,930 --> 00:27:51,890 Shackled and shipped. 545 00:27:52,018 --> 00:27:53,578 Yeah. There were hundreds 546 00:27:53,715 --> 00:27:55,845 of slave boats coming down here. 547 00:27:55,978 --> 00:28:03,678 [speaks French] 548 00:28:03,812 --> 00:28:06,552 And so, literally, there are millions of oysters, 549 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:10,295 and they've built up the level of these islands 4 meters. 550 00:28:10,427 --> 00:28:11,857 So what just looks like earth, 551 00:28:11,994 --> 00:28:15,744 is actually millions and millions of oyster shells piled 552 00:28:15,868 --> 00:28:19,958 upon each other. That was the only food that the captive 553 00:28:20,089 --> 00:28:22,179 peoples had to eat when they were here. 554 00:28:22,309 --> 00:28:24,919 That's right, your last meal before you get on a boat 555 00:28:25,051 --> 00:28:27,231 to be sailed off to Brazil. 556 00:28:27,357 --> 00:28:30,487 So that really is an oyster bank. 557 00:28:30,621 --> 00:28:35,191 They're razor-sharp. 558 00:28:35,322 --> 00:28:38,542 Until Richard came, nobody thought that's a relic 559 00:28:38,673 --> 00:28:41,023 of the slave trade. 560 00:28:41,154 --> 00:28:43,164 And then you start to think about how many people... 561 00:28:43,286 --> 00:28:44,506 it's acres worth. 562 00:28:44,635 --> 00:28:46,025 Covering how much space? 563 00:28:46,159 --> 00:28:47,899 That's two and a half thousand acres. 564 00:28:48,030 --> 00:28:49,510 Two and a half thousand acres? 565 00:28:49,640 --> 00:28:53,380 Okay that's a--that's ridiculous. 566 00:28:53,514 --> 00:28:54,344 - Of--Of oysters. - Of oysters, like that? 567 00:28:54,471 --> 00:28:57,691 That deep. 568 00:28:57,823 --> 00:28:59,913 It's just thousands and thousands 569 00:29:00,042 --> 00:29:01,522 and thousands of poor people. 570 00:29:01,652 --> 00:29:08,402 [boat motor rumbling] 571 00:29:08,529 --> 00:29:09,969 So this is where they would 572 00:29:10,096 --> 00:29:11,396 first see the big ships, right? 573 00:29:11,532 --> 00:29:12,842 So right out there? 574 00:29:12,968 --> 00:29:15,578 Yeah, they might well see the ships offshore. 575 00:29:15,710 --> 00:29:18,580 For those who were taken from the interior, 576 00:29:18,713 --> 00:29:20,503 it would've been the first time they'd ever seen the ocean. 577 00:29:20,628 --> 00:29:22,718 It must've been terrifying. 578 00:29:22,848 --> 00:29:26,068 The first place you would've seen the big ships 579 00:29:26,199 --> 00:29:27,849 waiting to be filled with people. 580 00:29:27,983 --> 00:29:30,773 ♪ 581 00:29:30,899 --> 00:29:33,339 Once again, we look at the disparate reality 582 00:29:33,467 --> 00:29:36,297 of the slave trade. 583 00:29:36,426 --> 00:29:38,516 I mean, the beauty of what this is, 584 00:29:38,646 --> 00:29:43,126 just looking at it, this turns to like a real gateway to hell 585 00:29:43,259 --> 00:29:46,219 for the people who were seeing it for the last time. 586 00:29:46,349 --> 00:29:48,219 Yeah, today it's tropical paradise 587 00:29:48,351 --> 00:29:50,011 but 200 years ago, hell on earth. 588 00:29:50,136 --> 00:29:54,836 ♪ 589 00:29:54,967 --> 00:29:57,267 From here, the next stop could've been places like 590 00:29:57,404 --> 00:30:01,024 Brazil, Cuba, the U.S... 591 00:30:01,147 --> 00:30:02,537 or the bottom of the ocean. 592 00:30:02,670 --> 00:30:10,810 ♪ 593 00:30:10,939 --> 00:30:12,849 So we're diving and we're looking for what Corey 594 00:30:12,985 --> 00:30:16,155 believes could be a trail of evidence tossed overboard 595 00:30:16,292 --> 00:30:18,292 by the British crew of the ship, the "Nimble," 596 00:30:18,425 --> 00:30:20,635 which was in hot pursuit of the Spanish slave ship, 597 00:30:20,775 --> 00:30:21,645 the "Guerrero." 598 00:30:21,776 --> 00:30:24,166 [men grunting] 599 00:30:24,300 --> 00:30:26,740 So we're looking for cannons, cannonballs, anchors, 600 00:30:26,868 --> 00:30:30,348 pretty much anything that could be indicative of a 19th century 601 00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:31,440 British Navy ship. 602 00:30:31,568 --> 00:30:37,528 ♪ 603 00:30:37,661 --> 00:30:39,791 So this is a protected area, and we're not allowed 604 00:30:39,925 --> 00:30:41,615 to recover anything from the bottom. 605 00:30:41,752 --> 00:30:45,192 So by taking high-resolution imagery, 606 00:30:45,321 --> 00:30:48,321 Corey can bring that back to his lab and render 3D images 607 00:30:48,455 --> 00:30:49,975 so we can all study and observe it safely. 608 00:30:50,109 --> 00:30:53,679 ♪ 609 00:30:53,808 --> 00:30:55,588 [filtered voice] Yeah, look at that. 610 00:30:55,723 --> 00:30:56,903 What do you think? 611 00:30:57,029 --> 00:31:01,419 Oh, wow, this is a big block of iron ballast. 612 00:31:01,555 --> 00:31:05,245 It's about 3 feet long. 613 00:31:05,385 --> 00:31:08,385 The 3D will really allow us to get some wonderful details. 614 00:31:08,518 --> 00:31:10,828 So here is a ballast. 615 00:31:10,956 --> 00:31:14,386 It was used in the bottom of the ship to make the ship 616 00:31:14,524 --> 00:31:16,744 bottom heavy, so when the sails filled with wind, 617 00:31:16,875 --> 00:31:18,305 the ship didn't tip over. 618 00:31:18,441 --> 00:31:19,751 It fits exactly with what we know 619 00:31:19,878 --> 00:31:21,968 the "Nimble" threw overboard. 620 00:31:22,097 --> 00:31:25,187 ♪ 621 00:31:25,318 --> 00:31:26,748 But all ships have ballasts onboard, 622 00:31:26,885 --> 00:31:30,845 so we can't say for sure that this is from the "Nimble." 623 00:31:30,976 --> 00:31:32,626 We're going to have to keep looking for a needle 624 00:31:32,760 --> 00:31:34,630 in a 200-year-old haystack. 625 00:31:34,762 --> 00:31:38,072 ♪ 626 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:43,420 [boat motor rumbling] 627 00:31:43,553 --> 00:31:46,643 We had a big hit on the metal detector in this area. 628 00:31:46,774 --> 00:31:50,344 There's only one way to figure out what it is--dredging. 629 00:31:50,473 --> 00:31:56,353 ♪ 630 00:31:56,479 --> 00:31:57,739 [filtered voice] Water entering that tube 631 00:31:57,872 --> 00:32:01,182 at such a high velocity will create suction. 632 00:32:01,310 --> 00:32:02,490 It's the equivalent of a giant vacuum. 633 00:32:02,616 --> 00:32:13,756 ♪ 634 00:32:13,888 --> 00:32:16,018 When we first saw it, I didn't know what it was. 635 00:32:16,151 --> 00:32:17,591 ♪ 636 00:32:17,718 --> 00:32:19,288 But as we kept on working, 637 00:32:19,415 --> 00:32:21,845 it just kept on getting bigger and bigger. 638 00:32:21,983 --> 00:32:26,813 And I knew at that point it was going to be something good. 639 00:32:26,945 --> 00:32:29,815 [filtered voice] It's a gun, which is a very exciting find. 640 00:32:29,948 --> 00:32:31,598 What it is, is a carronade-- 641 00:32:31,732 --> 00:32:34,522 a small cannon used by the British. 642 00:32:34,648 --> 00:32:38,298 Now right here you see a very fine taper. 643 00:32:38,434 --> 00:32:41,874 This is called the nozzle, and it's particularly dateable. 644 00:32:42,003 --> 00:32:45,223 They didn't have these on most carronades before 1815. 645 00:32:45,354 --> 00:32:46,834 So this particular gun probably dates 646 00:32:46,965 --> 00:32:50,575 from about the 1815 to 1830. 647 00:32:50,707 --> 00:32:51,967 It's a single piece of a puzzle. 648 00:32:52,100 --> 00:32:54,450 But this is a very big piece to that puzzle. 649 00:32:54,581 --> 00:32:57,411 ♪ 650 00:32:57,540 --> 00:32:59,760 The carronade is about 200 years old. 651 00:32:59,890 --> 00:33:01,810 And it fits the time of the "Nimble." 652 00:33:01,936 --> 00:33:06,066 So I think we're on the right track to finding the "Guerrero." 653 00:33:06,201 --> 00:33:18,561 ♪ 654 00:33:18,692 --> 00:33:21,522 [children laughing] 655 00:33:21,651 --> 00:33:23,311 The Benga people here in Gabon 656 00:33:23,436 --> 00:33:25,866 have called me a "lost son returned." 657 00:33:26,004 --> 00:33:31,364 And so, as part of being welcomed back into the tribe, 658 00:33:31,487 --> 00:33:34,227 it's customary that I meet the clan elders. 659 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:35,230 [speak in native language] 660 00:33:35,361 --> 00:33:37,841 Ah, how are you, sir? 661 00:33:37,972 --> 00:33:41,582 The leaders representing 23 Benga clans. 662 00:33:41,715 --> 00:33:54,675 [Benga people singing in native language] 663 00:33:54,815 --> 00:33:57,595 And then, the man in charge of it all. 664 00:33:57,731 --> 00:34:00,861 Today, I'm meeting the Benga king. 665 00:34:00,995 --> 00:34:03,295 [singing continues] 666 00:34:03,432 --> 00:34:07,222 [speaks in native language] 667 00:34:07,349 --> 00:34:17,449 [singing continues] 668 00:34:17,577 --> 00:34:23,497 [speaks in native language] 669 00:34:23,626 --> 00:34:25,276 "Tell our brother that there is much joy 670 00:34:25,411 --> 00:34:27,411 and happiness on this day." 671 00:34:27,543 --> 00:34:28,893 There is much joy and happiness on this day. 672 00:34:29,023 --> 00:34:30,293 KING: [speaks in native language] 673 00:34:30,416 --> 00:34:30,936 - To receive him. - My heart is full. 674 00:34:31,069 --> 00:34:45,819 [speak in native language] 675 00:34:45,953 --> 00:34:55,573 [speak in native language] 676 00:34:55,702 --> 00:34:57,572 [laughs] 677 00:34:57,704 --> 00:35:01,404 [speak in native language] 678 00:35:01,534 --> 00:35:02,584 [bell ringing] 679 00:35:02,709 --> 00:35:07,669 [chant in native language] 680 00:35:07,801 --> 00:35:11,241 [crowd cheering] 681 00:35:11,370 --> 00:35:12,630 [Benga people singing] 682 00:35:33,653 --> 00:35:42,013 ♪ 683 00:35:42,140 --> 00:35:45,710 We do know that the "Nimble" actually threw 684 00:35:45,839 --> 00:35:50,499 a small cannon over, called a carronade, 685 00:35:50,626 --> 00:35:54,146 to help lighten its load once it had hit one of the reefs. 686 00:35:54,282 --> 00:35:56,852 So we're adding the discovery of the ballast 687 00:35:56,980 --> 00:35:58,940 to the carronade that Kramer and Joshua discovered 688 00:35:59,069 --> 00:36:01,639 less than two miles away. 689 00:36:01,768 --> 00:36:05,158 So really we just need to keep compiling that evidence. 690 00:36:05,293 --> 00:36:08,563 [filtered voice] Oh, my God, that's the anchor. 691 00:36:08,688 --> 00:36:11,468 Amongst all this turtle grass, it just really stands out. 692 00:36:11,604 --> 00:36:16,784 ♪ 693 00:36:16,913 --> 00:36:20,053 You can see this anchor is set into the ground. 694 00:36:20,178 --> 00:36:23,568 One fluke is completely buried, one sticks up. 695 00:36:23,703 --> 00:36:27,713 Somebody was actively using this when they lost it. 696 00:36:27,837 --> 00:36:30,617 Now it's kind of hard to say for sure if this is indeed 697 00:36:30,753 --> 00:36:34,543 The "Nimble"'s anchor, but I'll say this, 698 00:36:34,670 --> 00:36:38,020 it's the right size for what the "Nimble" would have carried, 699 00:36:38,152 --> 00:36:39,682 it's the right design for the time period, 700 00:36:39,806 --> 00:36:44,066 and it's in exactly the right location. 701 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:46,332 - Oh, my God. - Whoa. 702 00:36:46,465 --> 00:36:47,375 [laughter] 703 00:36:47,509 --> 00:36:48,819 Isn't that awesome? 704 00:36:48,945 --> 00:36:51,465 And "Nimble" lost two anchors-- 705 00:36:51,600 --> 00:36:55,040 one that matches perfectly with this. 706 00:36:55,169 --> 00:36:56,129 [filtered voice] This anchor, I think 707 00:36:56,257 --> 00:36:57,947 is an important part of evidence 708 00:36:58,085 --> 00:37:00,955 for the story of the "Guerrero" and "Nimble." 709 00:37:01,088 --> 00:37:04,568 Really matches closely with the evidence that we have. 710 00:37:04,700 --> 00:37:06,920 It's really something. 711 00:37:07,050 --> 00:37:10,050 Really wonderful to see this. 712 00:37:10,184 --> 00:37:13,544 This anchor, along with the ballast and the carronade, 713 00:37:13,666 --> 00:37:17,096 really shows that the evidence is piling up. 714 00:37:17,235 --> 00:37:20,105 It all points to the hazardous line the "Nimble" took 715 00:37:20,238 --> 00:37:22,978 on the high seas chase for the slave ship "Guerrero." 716 00:37:23,110 --> 00:37:25,630 ♪ 717 00:37:25,765 --> 00:37:27,545 The ship logs from the "Nimble" note that the crew 718 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:30,510 threw over iron shot and cannonballs. 719 00:37:30,639 --> 00:37:34,299 So, uh, pretty specific stuff. 720 00:37:34,426 --> 00:37:38,126 And I think, you know, if we can see that kind of material, 721 00:37:38,256 --> 00:37:39,816 we're hot on the trail. 722 00:37:39,953 --> 00:37:42,783 [filtered voice] Look, the copper nail 723 00:37:42,912 --> 00:37:46,052 just sitting here. 724 00:37:46,176 --> 00:37:48,476 It's a good find, but not what we're looking for. 725 00:37:48,614 --> 00:37:52,494 ♪ 726 00:37:52,618 --> 00:37:54,748 [filtered voice] Oh, wow. 727 00:37:54,881 --> 00:37:56,581 Yeah, look at that. 728 00:37:56,709 --> 00:38:00,099 This is a little hard to see with all the growth on it. 729 00:38:00,234 --> 00:38:04,064 But what we have here are two cannonballs. 730 00:38:04,194 --> 00:38:06,154 You can see one here and one here, 731 00:38:06,284 --> 00:38:08,024 and they're all fused together, 732 00:38:08,155 --> 00:38:10,895 and they look like a miniature reef here. 733 00:38:11,027 --> 00:38:12,377 Oh! 734 00:38:12,507 --> 00:38:14,287 Look at that. 735 00:38:14,422 --> 00:38:15,682 And now we're starting to find them 736 00:38:15,815 --> 00:38:17,425 everywhere down here. 737 00:38:17,556 --> 00:38:18,856 [filtred voice] Wow! 738 00:38:18,992 --> 00:38:21,522 Another iron cannonball, sitting on the reef. 739 00:38:21,647 --> 00:38:25,647 ♪ 740 00:38:25,781 --> 00:38:28,521 It's amazing. There's just stuff everywhere. 741 00:38:28,654 --> 00:38:31,924 ♪ 742 00:38:32,048 --> 00:38:36,528 This fits our scenario of the "Nimble" throwing over 743 00:38:36,662 --> 00:38:40,622 lots of iron cannonballs. 744 00:38:40,753 --> 00:38:43,763 When you combine all these iron cannonballs with 745 00:38:43,886 --> 00:38:46,536 the iron ballast, it just fits the historical record perfectly. 746 00:38:46,672 --> 00:38:54,292 ♪ 747 00:38:54,419 --> 00:38:57,939 So many cannonballs. Huge cannonballs. 748 00:38:58,074 --> 00:39:00,994 I bet we saw at least 12 of them. 749 00:39:01,121 --> 00:39:02,511 Productive dive! 750 00:39:02,644 --> 00:39:04,694 ♪ 751 00:39:04,820 --> 00:39:07,910 Gosh, if this is the actual site of, you know, 752 00:39:08,041 --> 00:39:12,481 the "Nimble" and the "Guerrero" is around here somewhere then... 753 00:39:12,611 --> 00:39:14,571 I think we can find it. 754 00:39:14,700 --> 00:39:16,180 ♪ 755 00:39:16,310 --> 00:39:20,840 [birds chirping] 756 00:39:20,967 --> 00:39:24,707 ♪ 757 00:39:24,840 --> 00:39:26,450 [animal screeching] 758 00:39:26,581 --> 00:39:31,191 ♪ 759 00:39:31,325 --> 00:39:33,405 Right on the borders of the sacred village 760 00:39:33,545 --> 00:39:36,365 where their kings are enthroned are the forests 761 00:39:36,504 --> 00:39:39,464 the Benga believe contain ancestral spirits. 762 00:39:39,594 --> 00:39:54,394 ♪ 763 00:39:54,522 --> 00:39:58,442 ♪ 764 00:39:58,570 --> 00:40:01,310 The king has invited me here to witness a ceremony 765 00:40:01,442 --> 00:40:04,142 that's incredibly important in their oral tradition. 766 00:40:04,271 --> 00:40:06,841 ♪ 767 00:40:06,969 --> 00:40:11,279 It takes the better part of a day because members of the tribe 768 00:40:11,409 --> 00:40:15,889 re-enact the Benga's entire migration history 769 00:40:16,022 --> 00:40:20,112 from their early days in the Sahara, to these 770 00:40:20,243 --> 00:40:22,903 tribal battles in the dense interior forests. 771 00:40:23,029 --> 00:40:26,859 [chants in native language] 772 00:40:26,989 --> 00:40:31,079 And finally their victorious arrival at the Atlantic coast. 773 00:40:31,211 --> 00:40:34,691 [continues chanting] 774 00:40:34,823 --> 00:40:41,663 [speaks in native language] 775 00:40:41,787 --> 00:40:43,437 [sing in native language] 776 00:41:01,894 --> 00:41:03,684 This is how the Benga pass on their story 777 00:41:03,809 --> 00:41:06,459 to the new generations... 778 00:41:06,594 --> 00:41:09,684 and now to me, a "lost son returned." 779 00:41:09,815 --> 00:41:11,465 [chant in native language] 780 00:41:34,927 --> 00:41:37,227 This is the rich culture that was severed 781 00:41:37,364 --> 00:41:40,374 from my ancestors when the European slavers tore them 782 00:41:40,498 --> 00:41:42,198 from these coastal forests. 783 00:41:42,325 --> 00:41:43,845 [chanting continues] 784 00:41:43,979 --> 00:41:46,069 I guess a lot of people would be very emotional 785 00:41:46,199 --> 00:41:49,859 about it, but I absorb it in another way: 786 00:41:49,985 --> 00:41:55,375 as validation of being part of a group of party people, 787 00:41:55,513 --> 00:41:57,823 or warriors that know how to roll with the punches. 788 00:41:57,950 --> 00:42:02,220 So, I count myself as being from, you know, 789 00:42:02,345 --> 00:42:04,215 a tribe of survivors. 790 00:42:04,347 --> 00:42:15,137 [singing continues] 791 00:42:15,271 --> 00:42:18,751 [birds chirping, animal squawking] 792 00:42:18,884 --> 00:42:23,724 ♪ 793 00:42:23,845 --> 00:42:25,535 We got a good start. 794 00:42:25,673 --> 00:42:28,153 We're on the right track trying to follow the trail 795 00:42:28,284 --> 00:42:29,854 of the artifacts of the "Nimble," 796 00:42:29,982 --> 00:42:32,462 and it looks like our efforts are paying off. 797 00:42:32,593 --> 00:42:34,333 I think today, uh, we're gonna find 798 00:42:34,464 --> 00:42:37,214 some things from the "Guerrero." 799 00:42:37,337 --> 00:42:41,947 The carronade we believe could be Nimble's was discovered here. 800 00:42:42,081 --> 00:42:45,821 We found the jettisoned ballast and the cannonballs here. 801 00:42:45,954 --> 00:42:48,044 And the anchor was discovered here. 802 00:42:48,174 --> 00:42:50,094 We're connecting the dots. 803 00:42:50,219 --> 00:42:52,919 These are really looking like the strike points where "Nimble" 804 00:42:53,048 --> 00:42:55,398 hit the reef while pursuing the Spanish slave ship, 805 00:42:55,529 --> 00:42:57,229 and considering that, 806 00:42:57,357 --> 00:43:01,057 we could right now be on top of "Guerrero." 807 00:43:01,187 --> 00:43:02,967 We're looking for any conclusive evidence 808 00:43:03,102 --> 00:43:07,112 that will tie this location to the final resting place 809 00:43:07,236 --> 00:43:09,666 of the 41 enslaved. 810 00:43:09,804 --> 00:43:11,854 Diving the site, 811 00:43:11,980 --> 00:43:13,160 it just brings it closer to reality, 812 00:43:13,286 --> 00:43:17,596 closer to those people who were murdered here, 813 00:43:17,725 --> 00:43:21,155 who were captured here, who were tortured here. 814 00:43:21,294 --> 00:43:23,824 The 41 who died here. 815 00:43:23,949 --> 00:43:38,789 ♪ 816 00:43:38,920 --> 00:43:41,530 ♪ 817 00:43:41,662 --> 00:43:45,582 A ballast stone, a lonely ballast stone. 818 00:43:45,710 --> 00:43:47,840 It's just a rock that was in the bottom of the ship 819 00:43:47,973 --> 00:43:50,113 to make the ship bottom-heavy. 820 00:43:50,236 --> 00:43:51,756 To me it looks like a rock, is a rock, is a rock. 821 00:43:51,890 --> 00:43:53,280 Well, yeah-- 822 00:43:53,413 --> 00:43:54,153 Well, you don't really have big rocks like that. 823 00:43:54,283 --> 00:43:55,633 That's exactly right. 824 00:43:55,763 --> 00:43:57,943 Around here in the Keys, it's all limestone. 825 00:43:58,070 --> 00:44:01,550 So if anything is a rock that's not limestone... 826 00:44:01,682 --> 00:44:03,162 it was brought in. - It's, like, way-- 827 00:44:03,292 --> 00:44:05,082 And if it's underwater, it probably was brought in 828 00:44:05,207 --> 00:44:07,297 on a ship, and that's what we're seeing here-- 829 00:44:07,427 --> 00:44:10,077 rocks that just don't fit the natural landscape. 830 00:44:10,212 --> 00:44:18,442 ♪ 831 00:44:18,568 --> 00:44:20,528 Corey's location mapping 832 00:44:20,658 --> 00:44:22,828 might just be on the money. 833 00:44:22,964 --> 00:44:24,664 I can see something. 834 00:44:24,792 --> 00:44:26,452 [filtered voice] This looks like an iron knee 835 00:44:26,576 --> 00:44:30,446 or some sort of a brace. 836 00:44:30,580 --> 00:44:33,450 It looks like it's from the right time period. 837 00:44:33,583 --> 00:44:36,593 Iron braces like this could've been used to reinforce 838 00:44:36,717 --> 00:44:39,587 the hull structure of ships like "Guerrero." 839 00:44:39,720 --> 00:44:41,110 Oh, the brace you were talking about. 840 00:44:41,243 --> 00:44:43,293 Triangular brace. 841 00:44:43,419 --> 00:44:44,899 Certainly it was part of the ship. 842 00:44:45,030 --> 00:44:48,080 It was used to, you know, reinforce something. 843 00:44:48,207 --> 00:44:51,247 As I move it around, you know, you get a really good sense 844 00:44:51,384 --> 00:44:53,824 of the shape of it nestled in a little pocket 845 00:44:53,952 --> 00:44:55,742 in the hard bottom. 846 00:44:55,867 --> 00:44:58,517 [filtered voice] And next to that, another piece of iron-- 847 00:44:58,652 --> 00:45:00,352 a pin that held some of the ship together. 848 00:45:00,480 --> 00:45:05,270 ♪ 849 00:45:05,398 --> 00:45:06,878 It's becoming more and more evident 850 00:45:07,008 --> 00:45:08,438 that we're over a debris field. 851 00:45:08,575 --> 00:45:17,925 ♪ 852 00:45:18,063 --> 00:45:19,893 And then, there it is. 853 00:45:20,021 --> 00:45:21,411 Our smoking gun. 854 00:45:33,295 --> 00:45:36,385 This oddly shaped piece of iron with these two flat heads-- 855 00:45:36,516 --> 00:45:37,386 it's a bar shot. 856 00:45:37,517 --> 00:45:39,687 The Spanish use? 857 00:45:39,824 --> 00:45:41,224 - Looks to be Spanish, you know. - Right. 858 00:45:41,347 --> 00:45:44,257 And fits the time, fits the nationality for "Guerrero," 859 00:45:44,393 --> 00:45:46,003 and here it is. 860 00:45:46,134 --> 00:45:47,664 This is exactly what we'd expect to find 861 00:45:47,788 --> 00:45:50,878 on a Spanish ship like the "Guerrero." 862 00:45:51,009 --> 00:46:01,319 ♪ 863 00:46:01,454 --> 00:46:03,634 The evidence is there. 864 00:46:03,761 --> 00:46:06,201 It seems like a wreck definitely was in this area. 865 00:46:06,328 --> 00:46:08,368 It's beautiful and sad altogether, like, 866 00:46:08,504 --> 00:46:09,594 to be down there amongst that stuff, 867 00:46:09,723 --> 00:46:11,513 amongst the wreckage. 868 00:46:11,638 --> 00:46:16,078 ♪ 869 00:46:16,208 --> 00:46:20,998 I feel absolutely confident that we have found 870 00:46:21,126 --> 00:46:22,206 the wreck of the "Guerrero." 871 00:46:22,344 --> 00:46:28,964 [faint screaming] 872 00:46:29,090 --> 00:46:32,180 This is a gravesite. 873 00:46:32,311 --> 00:46:35,841 Anyone who dives a wreck like this has to understand that 874 00:46:35,967 --> 00:46:38,667 there's history and people's stories and people's lives 875 00:46:38,796 --> 00:46:41,226 and people's deaths associated with that. 876 00:46:41,363 --> 00:46:43,803 [screaming] 877 00:46:43,931 --> 00:46:48,891 So it's a "sombering" kind of experience. 878 00:46:49,023 --> 00:46:51,853 It's giving voice to people who don't have a voice anymore, 879 00:46:51,983 --> 00:46:55,383 and that's what this entire experience has been all about. 880 00:46:55,508 --> 00:46:59,378 ♪ 881 00:46:59,512 --> 00:47:00,952 I'm humbled. 882 00:47:01,079 --> 00:47:07,219 ♪ 883 00:47:07,346 --> 00:47:09,566 Centuries after my ancestors were sold into slavery, 884 00:47:09,696 --> 00:47:13,606 I've reunited with their tribe. 885 00:47:13,743 --> 00:47:17,533 I count this as a victory... not just mine, 886 00:47:17,660 --> 00:47:20,400 but for all those that never made it back. 887 00:47:20,533 --> 00:47:22,143 [Benga people chanting] 888 00:47:36,984 --> 00:47:41,774 From day one, the Benga have welcomed me with open arms, 889 00:47:41,902 --> 00:47:44,342 but today they're making it official. 890 00:47:44,470 --> 00:47:48,870 [chanting continues] 891 00:47:48,996 --> 00:47:54,306 In a traditional initiation ceremony that is centuries old, 892 00:47:54,436 --> 00:47:56,046 the tribal elders are reintegrating me 893 00:47:56,177 --> 00:47:58,047 into Benga society. 894 00:47:58,179 --> 00:47:59,919 [chanting continues] 895 00:48:12,802 --> 00:48:14,632 [metal instrument clanging rapidly] 896 00:48:14,761 --> 00:48:18,851 I was a lost son that returned, 897 00:48:18,983 --> 00:48:19,983 and I wanted to connect with them, 898 00:48:20,114 --> 00:48:22,734 and they could feel that I wanted that. 899 00:48:22,856 --> 00:48:30,946 [chanting continues] 900 00:48:31,082 --> 00:48:33,562 It's like I put a link back in my chain that was broken. 901 00:48:33,693 --> 00:48:36,093 I repaired it. 902 00:48:36,217 --> 00:48:37,437 [chanting continues] 903 00:48:37,566 --> 00:48:39,606 I am part of this. 904 00:48:39,742 --> 00:48:41,482 This is where I came from. 905 00:48:41,614 --> 00:48:43,574 This is my beginning. 906 00:48:43,703 --> 00:48:49,323 [speaks in native language] 907 00:48:49,448 --> 00:48:52,408 [Benga people chanting] 908 00:48:52,538 --> 00:48:55,318 Given that we already share Benga DNA, 909 00:48:55,454 --> 00:48:57,894 it kind of makes sense when the clan leaders tell me 910 00:48:58,022 --> 00:49:02,332 that blowing air into my hands symbolizes the "breath of life" 911 00:49:02,461 --> 00:49:04,771 that animates my new Benga body. 912 00:49:04,898 --> 00:49:08,598 [chanting continues] 913 00:49:08,728 --> 00:49:09,558 These are some powerful blessings. 914 00:49:09,685 --> 00:49:17,425 [speaks in native language] 915 00:49:17,563 --> 00:49:19,093 Blessings. 916 00:49:19,217 --> 00:49:19,957 [metal instrument clanging] 917 00:49:22,829 --> 00:49:36,709 [speaks in native language] 918 00:49:36,843 --> 00:49:47,853 [people chanting, metal instrument clanging] 919 00:49:47,985 --> 00:49:50,375 And this is where the sacred, 920 00:49:50,509 --> 00:49:54,209 ritual items that I collected earlier come into play. 921 00:49:54,339 --> 00:49:59,559 [speaks in native language] 922 00:49:59,692 --> 00:50:08,272 [indistinct chatter in native language] 923 00:50:08,396 --> 00:50:10,786 [laughs] 924 00:50:10,920 --> 00:50:25,760 [speaks in native language] 925 00:50:25,892 --> 00:50:31,422 [speaks in native language] 926 00:50:31,550 --> 00:50:39,210 [Benga people chanting] 927 00:50:39,340 --> 00:50:49,610 [chanting continues] 928 00:50:49,742 --> 00:50:54,702 [Benga women ululating] 929 00:50:54,834 --> 00:51:09,634 [sing in native language] 930 00:51:09,762 --> 00:51:13,202 [sing in native language] 931 00:51:13,331 --> 00:51:18,731 [Benga people chanting] 932 00:51:18,858 --> 00:51:24,728 [speaks in native language] 933 00:51:24,864 --> 00:51:36,404 [crowd cheering in native language] 934 00:51:36,528 --> 00:51:39,968 NINA SIMONE: ♪ I wish I knew how 935 00:51:40,097 --> 00:51:43,967 ♪ It would feel to be free 936 00:51:44,101 --> 00:51:52,671 ♪ I wish I could break all the chains holding me ♪ 937 00:51:52,805 --> 00:51:59,505 ♪ I wish I could say all the things that I should say ♪ 938 00:51:59,638 --> 00:52:03,598 ♪ Say 'em loud, say 'em clear 939 00:52:03,729 --> 00:52:08,559 ♪ For the whole round world to hear ♪ 940 00:52:08,690 --> 00:52:15,780 ♪ I wish I could share all the love that's in my heart ♪ 941 00:52:15,915 --> 00:52:20,265 ♪ Remove all the bars that keep... ♪