Once upon a time in medieval England, there was a young king who would do just about anything for his favorite night.

They were inseparable.

With love at the front of a king's mind, instead of war or ambition, you'd think the kingdom would be in for a golden

era of peace. But England is headed for the most catastrophic collapse seen for hundreds of

years. The saga continues, Join me Dan Jones on This is History, a Dynasty to

Die for. Available wherever you get your podcasts. It's been a half century since the Civil War surrender, but that doesn't seem to matter much.

Here on a beautiful clear day in Atlanta in November 1920.

In this teeming town full of commerce, a man of color must still tread carefully on these streets.

Around him are workers, some white, some black, and route to construction jobs, office buildings, restaurants, and the railroad station.

White businessmen in bundled coats and fine suits smoke, chatting among themselves on the

sidewalks.

Fords and Chrysler's jockey for position

with trolley cars and trucks.

This man, whose face is lined with worried age

and hard field work,

searches furtively for an address

he's been told on the phone.

Checking building numbers and street signs,

he takes subtle measures to not make a scene of himself. He locates a government office, the Bureau of

Investigation. He has come to tell his story of black men and women like him, being forced to work for no pay in Jackson County

to tell of their entrapment by a boss who paid their petty fines for fabricated crimes

only to confine them on his farm in horrible working and living conditions.

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