The Fugitive Brewer
A skill for brewing beer and $100 reward for her capture. Those were the clues in an old newspaper ad that got Smithsonian brewing historian Theresa McCulla hooked on the story of Patsy Young, an enslaved African American woman\xa0who fled to freedom in 1808 and made a life for herself brewing beer.\xa0In this episode of Sidedoor, we follow McCulla\xa0as she scours historical documents to retrace Young's life and find out who she was...and what happened after her escape.
\n\nGuests:
\n\nTheresa McCulla, Curator with the Smithsonian\u2019s American Brewing History Initiative at the National Museum of American History
\n\nMary Elliott, Curator of American Slavery at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
\n\nFrank Clark, Master of Historic Foodways at Colonial Williamsburg