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Podcast: Black History Year
Episode: How Jamaican Jerk Became A Freedom Food
Description: When Jamaican Maroons escaped plantations, they took refuge in the mountains. To avoid recapture, they created incredible new ways to survive. Their most famous? Jamaican Jerk.
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