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Alfred disinherited Oliver

and left everything to some Jamaican national.

Cudjoe East.

If it was just this place he wanted, he'd be welcome to it.

He'd be doing me a favour.

You know Hope Hill was a sugar plantation?

I had some idea.

Does he frighten you?

No.

He may be your father,

but I am your mother's mother.

And you're just as black as me.

Get up!

Juju. Protection.

So if you see it, don't touch it.

You opened the trunk! Yeah?

You're not safe!

You're not going to believe this.

Cudjoe East just walked into my office.

This what you do?

Sorry?

What did you do to Angelo?

I... I... I don't understand.

He was lynched.

The day you arrived.

Hang on. What? I had nothing to do with that.

Mr East. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this,

but Mr Corey took his own life.

He was murdered.

Where are you getting this information?

Me know! And you... Woah! Hey! Listen!

Hey, hey. There is nothing sinister

going on here, OK?

I'd be very happy to put you in touch with the police

and the coroner to put your mind at rest.

But we're not here to talk about Angelo.

We're here to talk about Alfred's will

and Oliver's inheritance.

We don't have nothing to talk about.

You're not getting it back.

Ever.

Move out of my way.

(BREATHING HEAVILY

Fuck's sake.

Hey! Hey!

♪ When I look at where I'm coming from

♪ Looking back at where The journey begun

♪ I really haffi say That I'm strong, I'm strong

♪ All praises to the most high one

♪ Can I tell you Where I'm coming from

♪ Looking back at where The journey begun

♪ I really haffi say That I'm strong, I'm strong

♪ All praises

♪ High

♪ To the most high. ♪

Mr O'Connell says they were hiding in the thicket.

I heard voices and followed dem yonder.

There were others? Aye.

But I was not among them. I swear it.

He will say anything to remain fa... Hold your tongue!

I'm old, Matthew.

I was hoping on my retirement...

...you might oversee the day-to-day running of Hope Hill.

As a freeman.

I would extend the privilege to your wife and daughter.

And that would require regulation and a firm hand, right?

Aye, sir.

I'm afraid someone must be held responsible.

You can trust I'll be fair.

It was Flora, wasn't it?

But...

I...

He... He thinks that I killed Angelo.

He doesn't.

It's a tactic to get out of talking about the will.

He seems quite convinced.

Angelo said that Alfred and Cudjoe

met to discuss your family history.

Why would they do that?

He's no relation to you.

Unless he's pretending to be.

Why would he do that?

To make Alfred change his will.

I got a picture of his number plate.

Do you know anyone who can trace it?

I have a contact with the local police.

We got this, OK?

Everything's gonna be fine.

Couldn't get a hold of her.

You're more than welcome to give it a try.

I'll take you to the station if you want?

It's alright. You haven't got a car.

I'll sort it.

Hi, I'm looking for Patsy Dawkins?

Let her through.

Hi, Patsy. I'm Claudia McKenzie.

I work with George Delal.

We were wondering if you could run a plate for us?

We really need to track him down.

If there's a crime you'd like to report,

I can organise an interview.

A man died today.

At Hope Hill. I'm aware.

I knew him.

Are you suggesting that the man driving this car was involved?

I think he may have been. Yes.

In a suicide?

I don't know how it works in England,

but we don't run traces for anybody who walks in off the street.

If George wants to speak to me, he has my number.

Send him my regards.

Hello. Is it possible to speak to Cudjoe East, please?

Who's this?

We've been in touch with Cudjoe regarding a shipment?

Cudjoe no really work here.

I'm just supply with sometime.

Sorry, there's obviously been some uh, mistake our end.

If you could just put me in touch with him,

I'll get it ironed out.

I don't really have him details.

Hey, when you last see Cudjoe?

He might be selling at the Jonkunnoo Festival tomorrow.

Where would that be, sorry?

♪ You and I

♪ Are just like a couple of tots

♪ Running across the meadow

♪ Picking up lots of forget-me-nots

♪ You make me feel so young

♪ You make me feel There are songs to be sung

♪ Bells to be rung...

♪ I'm gonna feel the way I do today

♪ 'Cause you make me feel

♪ So young. ♪

♪ Shining up and welcome On the door!

♪ Dear friends the next time You find yourselves in...

♪ Try a sample of our hospitality

♪ There's always room at our house

♪ To share a smile or two

♪ There's always room Enough, dear friends...

♪ There's always room at our house

♪ When every room Is full of happy hearts

♪ You really don't have to phone

♪ Because we're mostly at home. ♪

♪ 1CDon: 9 Lives ♪

You found a dead body. You can't just carry on working.

Honestly, Dad, I don't wanna think about it.

I'd rather focus on the job.

I don't like you being there on your own.

It's a third world country, Claudia.

Who's Mercy?

What d'ya mean?

When we spoke the other day,

you asked if I was with Mercy.

Are you still there?

Uh, she's your mother's sister.

Oh right. I wasn't sure.

Look, I... I dunno.

Your mum always said she was bad news,

involved in gangs and that.

I never got on with her anyway.

I... I just jumped to conclusions.

It's... Forget about it.

Mercy Stevens, Port Royal, Jamaica.

♪ DIANA KING: Shy Guy ♪ ♪ Oh, Lord, have mercy, mercy, mercy

♪ Di man dem in a di Party, party, party

♪ Di ole a dem sexy, sexy, sexy

♪ Watch dem just a Follow me, follow me, follow me. ♪

You opened the trunk!

It burns.

It burns!

♪ ST THOMAS KUMINA DRUMMERS Drumtalk ♪

Over here, pepper shrimp!

A Cudjoe East?

D'you know Cudjoe East? Repeat?

Cudjoe East? Oh, no, I'm sorry.

No.

Can I give you my card?

Do you mind if I give you my card in case you do see him?

Yeah, man. Alright, Madam.

Excuse me! Excuse me!

Sorry! Excuse me!

You can't keep running away from me.

You're alone?

♪ EQUIKNOXX MUSIC: Fly Away ♪

Alfred said he wanted to

"right the wrongs of the past."

What do you think that meant?

His ancestors enslaved Africans for profit.

He was repaying a debt.

So this is reparations?

Yes.

So why were the reparations made to you?

This is a fifty-million-pound inheritance.

A lot of people are descended from slaves.

Why were they reserved for you... in particular?

Because I was one of them.

So am I, presumably.

Not a descendant.

Enslaved.

I was born on Hope Hill Plantation,

1733.

I am 292 years old.

Why he gave it to me

is because it was owed to me.

It is owed to my people.

And when mi get it,

I'm gonna give it back to them.

You know most of the family's assets

were procured in the '80s?

You might be able to trace a very small fraction of that wealth

back to the period you're talking about,

but it's a nominal amount.

I was property.

There is no... no nominal amount.

You see what happened to Angelo?

Huh?

That is what they do.

They been doing it for 400 years,

because in their eyes...

...a Black man is an object.

Possession.

And he has no value beyond that. We've been over this.

- Angelo took his own life. Nah, nah, nah, nah. No, no. - Yes!

You are wrong! Yes, he did. And I know he did

because I'm the one who found him!

I can see this is hard for you.

It's not exactly easy for me either.

And I'm sorry.

I'm sorry you lost your friend.

But you can't blame Oliver for that.

You're mix, right?

What?

What is your mix?

Um, white British and Black Caribbean.

Where in the Caribbean?

Here. Which part?

Where in Jamaica?

Which parish?

What is your family's name?

When was the last time you fuck a Black man?

Fuck you.

You know nothing about me.

You know...

what is a zombi?

Yeah.

No, mi talk real, real zombie.

It's a puppet.

Can't rest,

can't die.

Can't be at peace until him white massa allow it.

He'll work and he'll work and he'll work.

Picking and cutting

and picking and... cutting.

Long after his body shrivelled up dead.

Hmm.

I'm going to tell you this for your own good.

Do not play with things you do not understand.

Stay away from that family.

And stay away from that house.

Have a good day.

♪ Me donkey want water ♪ Hold him Joe

♪ Better rock for your daughter ♪ Hold him Joe

♪ Them says she name Carter ♪ Hold him Joe

♪ What a pretty, pretty daughter

♪ Hold him Joe

♪ I saw the chicken follow the hen ♪ Hold him Joe

♪ I saw the woman follow the man

♪ Said she name Carter

♪ Hold him Joe ♪ Oh what a pretty, pretty daughter

♪ Hold him Joe ♪ Hold him Joe

♪ Hold him Joe Don't you let him go

♪ Hold him Joe... ♪ Sarah!

Abigail, come. Abi!

Flora, who was with you last night?

T'was I.

You and who else?

Only I.

Very well.

A liar has no need of a tongue.

Mr O'Connell.

Hold her steady.

Ow!

Get on with it.

Are you sure he wasn't just being figurative?

He said he was 300 years old

and your ancestors enslaved him.

Oh.

Alright, here's your order.

Thanks.

Perhaps I should issue a formal apology.

He wasn't making an ethical point.

He's batshit.

Listen, if your father changed his will

because he thought that man is...

WAS a slave,

then he was misled. But he wouldn't have believed it.

I mean, he wasn't stupid.

Yes, but he was elderly.

Frail.

Cudjoe's got a lot to gain.

What if your dad was coerced to change his will?

What's that?

That is a letter from the British government

to my seventh great-grandfather, written in 1838.

"Formerly property of Charlotte Connaught,

to the value of 30 pounds each,

equalling an agreed sum total of 10 thousand pounds

to the surviving beneficiary and current owner."

After emancipation,

slave owning families were compensated

for loss of earnings.

The slave owners or the slaves? The owners.

Every slave owner in the British Caribbean.

The British government paid out 20 million.

They had to take out a loan,

and the British tax payers only

finished paying it back

in 2015.

Are you sure?

Look it up.

Where did you get this?

It was in his study, locked in a drawer with handling gloves.

Which tells me that...

it was important to him. That... That he cared about it.

But you said he wasn't interested in reparations.

Right.

Unless someone changed his mind.

What's all this? Back to the field!

Move! Go on!

Witch.

Did you say he was bitten?

Aye. A mosquito.

It isn't a bite.

It is a cancer of the tongue.

You must bleed the cysts every day.

How long?

A week, at best.

Good evening.

How can I help you, Mr O'Connell?

The nag whose tongue was cut...

...she lives. Oh.

The vein was severed, was it not?

Aye. And yet...

...she lives in good health.

I see.

Miss.

I've heard say... that she is a witch.

They say she cursed your father

and brought about his... affliction.

Do they alone say it?

Or do you say it also?

Hello?

Hello? Oh, sorry. Did I wake you up?

Yeah.

What's wrong? Where are you?

I'm at the house. I can't sleep.

Look, the things in the house,

who do they belong to?

What do you mean? Like furniture?

No, I mean my dad's personal belongings.

What's this about? Are you OK?

Not really.

Hm. I hate this bloody house.

Just wanna go home.

Take me with you.

Hello?

Oliver?

...please record your message.

At the tone, please record your message.

When you have finished recording, you may hang up

or press one for more options.

Fuck's sake!

Claudia?

Mercy?!

Can I have a brandy.

And you? Uh, no thanks.

You say you're here for work?

Yeah. What you do?

Law. And you?

I'm a priestess.

I advise in spiritual matters.

I have a balm yard in Port Royal.

I can show you if you want.

I'll message you.

You look like her.

With respect, I didn't give you my address.

I'd like to know how you found me.

Your mother told me.

I have to go.

You tink anyting...

...happen without your ancestors' knowledge?

Without their authority?

You left your location tag on.

You're sick.

It's a joke, man! Sheesh! Lighten up.

What do you want? I want to have a drink with my niece.

Claudia. Claudia!

That dream?

It happened for a reason.

Them are reach out to you.

Your ancestors...

...are reach out to you.

I... It's alright.

Matthew.

Matthew!

Matthew!

I want my son! Keep still, Father.

Matthew!

Matthew!

Matth...

Veggie meal.

The coroner has confirmed the death

of St. Ann's resident, Angelo Corey, as a suicide.

Mr Corey's body was found at Hope Hill House, St. Ann's,

home of the late business tycoon,

Alfred Connaught.

Corey was a loved community leader

and reparations activist.

If you, or anyone you know,

is suffering from suicidal thoughts,

please contact the suicide prevention hotline at...

Brother, you left the food!

Investment? Aye.

His pockets were far deeper

than any of us gave him credit for.

And it is all left to me?

Is the name...

Matthew Desfriene familiar to you?

Your father expressed a wish for him

to run the plantation as a freeman,

with a stipend of 100 pounds a year.

Not so unusual nowadays.

No, I know several examples of planters leaving generous endowments

to their coloured child... Matthew Desfriene is a slave!

He's not a member of my family and he has no legal right to property.

How did it happen?

The rebels made their advance.

Crops set alight, soil scorched.

My house destroyed.

None of it salvageable.

I am so sorry. Aye.

I do not say this to frighten you.

Tacky may be dead,

but he inspired revolt all across the island.

I do not know when we will see an end to this.

You said it yourself; your slaves are...

...unbiddable.

I worry about you.

Here. On your own.

I am set to return to Bristol.

And I would counsel you to do the same,

where it is safer.

Stamp out this mutiny.

Leave your overseers to administrate the estate

and then come with me.

As my wife.

There's cake in the pantry.

Do you know where that is?

It's alright.

Go on!

There has been a new edict by our King in England,

making it my duty to arrest those

who impose the minds of others to rebellion

using the practice of Obeah.

Matthew.

You will be escorted to county jail

where you will face the appropriate punishment.

I am no Obeahman. Do not affront me!

You would have us believe this old Black hag is the witch in our midst.

But I see you.

I saw how you hissed in my father's ear.

Where's... Where's my daughter, miss?

You took him from me.

Abi?! Abi?! She is my property to do with as I please. I've sold her.

No!

Sarah!

Oh, Jesus.

What are you waiting for, man? Shoot her!

I'm going to lose everything.

Look. There's no reason

we can't figure this out remotely.

We have a good case.

We can fight this.

Stay in a hotel tonight.

It'll be fine.

Do you think I'm a pussy?

Absolutely not!

Maybe a teeny-weeny bit.

Ah.

OK. Thank you.

OK.

I won't be a second. I'll just...

Hm.

OK.

Did you lock it? No.

It's stuck. What?

It's not locked.

Fucking hell.

Argh! Shit!

Wait!

OW! Fuck!

Ahh!

Mmm.

Just... keep your hand under there...

Mm-hm. ...for a minute.

Keep it under the tap. Oh.

What the hell is going on?

Oh, shit!

My phone's in the car.

Where's your landline? It's on the wall over there.

Shit.

The line's down. What?

It was working earlier. I called you on it.

Can we break a window? Yeah. Hang on.

Here.

Watch out. Watch out.

Let me try. No! I've got it!

There's someone out there. What?

Is that Cudjoe?

How long has he been there? I don't know.

Has he been in here? I don't know.

I mean, this is the first time I've seen him.

He's fucking with us. What d'you mean?

I mean, he's locked the doors or something.

They're not locked. You could force a locked door.

This is different. This is... This is...

This is too sophisticated to be a prank.

Then what?

I think he wants to hurt me.

Maybe he turned off the power?

It happened earlier. Electricity keeps going out.

Can we fix it? I don't know.

So, um, we had a few housekeepers when I was a kid.

Like Angelo, I suppose.

They just looked after the place while we were away.

And most of them were lovely, but there was this one.

Sabrine. She was, um...

Well, I dunno what sort of person gets off on scaring kids,

but she said she could speak to ghosts.

That my family were evil.

And that I had the devil in me.

Obeah stuff, you know.

It was... It was pretty fucked up.

Didn't you tell your dad? I didn't think he'd believe me.

Jesus!

Fuck! FUCK!

Calm down. OK? Yeah. Sorry.

It's just a power-cut. Yeah.

We're OK. Yeah.

What's he doing in there? He's just trying to scare us.

And if you have your face pressed up to the window,

you're giving him exactly what he wants.

What is Obeah, anyway?

It's like voodoo.

What are you doing?

Sabrine used to do this whenever she felt

"bad energy."

That woman got through a lot of salt.

And rum, funnily enough.

Come on.

You saw the Nine Night.

You know how they are about spirits and curses.

Who are?

Oh, come on.

This is a plantation house. My ancestors owned slaves.

That was a long time ago.

And he's not a wizard.

He's a chancer,

who's landed a lot of money

that he doesn't wanna give up. That's it.

I'm not thinking straight, am I?

It's OK.

It's understandable.

You're so nice.

No, you... No, you are. Really. It's...

It's nice to talk to someone who isn't riddled with issues.

My ex-wife's nuts and...

...my father obviously hated me.

You don't know that.

I-I-It's Reggie I worry about the most.

I mean, I know no family is normal, but...

Jesus Christ.

He deserves at least one nice, normal parent.

Shall we get married?

Wasn't that funny. OK. Sorry.

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