David Drake
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Oct 15, 2026
Tonya M. MatthewsGUEST
It's a family mythology." Are you kidding me? So they've known for generations.
Tonya M. MatthewsGUEST
And then you have, uh, the folks from, uh, Dave the Potter, right? Edgefield, South Carolina, all roads lead.
Tonya M. MatthewsGUEST
Um, and he was making these amazing pots while enslaved, had the audacity to write his name on these pots, right? And you think, "Yeah, that's what artists do," but remember, it was illegal-
Charlamagne Tha GodHOST
Illegal
SullyHOST
Okay, but is, is there any folk artist that you would time travel to see in their heyday?
Matt LedbetterHOST
Uh, I don't know if you'd consider this a folk artist, but Dave Drake.
SullyHOST
Hmm.
Matt LedbetterHOST
It wouldn't be a heyday, but just back when they were...
Matt LedbetterHOST
I don't know what museum it was.
Matt LedbetterHOST
I can't remember that.
Matt LedbetterHOST
But I said, "One day I'm gonna open a barn and there's gonna be 50 signed Dave Drakes."
SullyHOST
Hmm.
Cherry GreggHOST
Third story.
Cherry GreggHOST
The family of an enslaved artist wants the Philadelphia Museum of Art to return ownership of their ancestors pottery.
Cherry GreggHOST
Yeah, there's a fascinating story in the Philadelphia Inquirer by Elizabeth Wellington about an enormous 83 pound ceramic jar on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
Cherry GreggHOST
That pot was created in 1859 by a black man who was enslaved in South Carolina.