Molasses to rum to sla-aves... / Oh, what a beautiful waltz... / You dance with us, we...
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Edward Rutledge:
[starts singing "Molasses to Rum to Slaves"]
Molasses to rum to sla-aves... / Oh, what a beautiful waltz... / You dance with us, we dance with you, / In molasses and rum and sla-aves... / Who'll sail the ships out of Boston, laden with Bibles and rum? / Who drinks a toast, to the Ivory Coast? / Hail, Africa, the slavers have come, / New England, with Bibles and rum...! / Then it's off with the rum and the Bibles, / Take on the slaves, clink, clink, / Then hail and farewell to the smell... / Of the African coast...
Edward Rutledge:
Molassses to rum to sla-aves... / 'Tisn't morals, 'tis money that saves... / Shall we dance to the sound, of the profitable pound, / In molasses and rum and sla-aves...?
Edward Rutledge:
Who'll sail the ships out of Guinea, laden with Bibles and slaves...? / 'Tis Boston can boast, to the West Indies coast, / "Jamaica, we brung what you craves!" / "Antigua, Barbados, we brung Bibles and sla-aves!" /
Edward Rutledge:
[spoken]
Gentlemen, you mustn't think that our Northern friends here see our black slaves as merely figures in a ledger. Oh no, they see them as figures on a block! Look at the faces at the auctions, gentlemen: white faces on African wharves, seafaring faces, New England faces. Put them in the ships, cram them in the ships! Stuff them in the ships! Hurry, gentlemen, let the auction begin!
Edward Rutledge:
[sung]
Yo-ho, yo ho-maa kundah!
Edward Rutledge:
Gentlemen, can you hear? That's the cry of the auctioneer!
Edward Rutledge:
[sung]
Yo-ho, yo ho-maa kundah! Slaves, gentlemen, black go-old! Living gold! Gold from Angola, guinea, guinea, guinea! Blackbirds for sale! Ashanti! Ibo, ibo, ibo! Blackbirds for sale! Ha-andle them! Fondle them! But don't finger them! They're fine, they're prime! Yo-ho, yo ho-maa kundah!
Dr. Josiah Bartlett:
[stands up in outrage]
For the love of God, Mr. Rutledge, please!
Transcript
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in molasses and rum
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and slaves
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who sail the ships out of Boston
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ladened with bibles and rum
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Who drinks a toast to the Ivory Coast
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Hail Africa the slavers have come
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new england with bibles
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and rum
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and it's off with the rum and the bibles
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take on the slaves clink clink
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then hail and farewell to the smell
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of the African coast
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molasses to rum
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to slaves
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'tisn't morals 'tis money that saves
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shall we dance to the sound of the profitable pound
Clip duration: 66 seconds
Views: 186
Timestamp in movie: 02h 07m 52s
Uploaded: 05 December, 2022
Genres: drama, family, history
Summary: A musical retelling of the American Revolution's political struggle in the Continental Congress to declare independence.
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