Verse 419

The native peoples of Ghana and their descendants

1774 The Dagomba territory is being raided by the Ashanti for slaves to be traded.

1775 Arriving in Fante a victim of these raids is sold to an English slave ship

1776 After landing in Bristol Leticia is sold to a Swiss merchant, Escher Sutter Haffmon, as a gift for his wife

1777 A year later in Switzerland Leticia does the menial task of the house and sings for Ferna May Steiger Haffmon

1786 Escher Haffmon moves his family to a fruit plantation in Roswell Georgia

1787 Escher dies on the voyage. 

1788 His son, Johann Haffmon, buys more slaves to farm; where Leticia finds a husband having her first child

1789 Johann turns half the land for a distilling winery for schnapps and wine.

1790 Leticia gives birth to her second child fathered by Johann

1797 The Haffmon Distilling Winery Massacre

1968 Alicia graduates Tuskegee University with a Masters of Science degree

1969 Alicia opens her pharmacy

1970 Alicia gets married

1972 Alicia has her first child

1976 Alicia Haffmon starts producing LSD and becomes a local Queenpin in the greater Atlanta area

1977 Ohene arrives in Baton Rouge Louisiana

1979 The Kusshionaries are one of the larger cannabis organizations in the SouthEastern area

1981 Alicia Haffmon and Ohene argue over prices; the haggle ends in a deal and the healing generational wounds


The cycle of history and the retribution of the future

Ohene from Kusshionaries is the descendant of the man who killed the father, marriage abducted the mother and sold off the daughter, Leticia Serwa Darko, the ancestor of Grandma Haffmon

Claviceps africana

African ergot species, called Nightstrike, Black Seed Fever and Tindon Buƒim Nyaariya Shɛri in the Dagbani, a mother tongue

Simone takes a trip to Liberia to get the samples they’ll use to synthesize

Digitaria iburua sanguinalis

Hybrid of black fonio, Digitaria iburua, and large crabgrass, Digitaria sanguinalis

Hybridized by Denise to create a viable but distinct growth pattern for their recipe

FDA scientist’s journal note about discovering this hybrid near Atlanta

ATLSD Recipe

Alicia comes up with a signature formula which she calls ATLSD due to a small tracer she included leaving a signature 1:20:60 of an amphetamine to terpinene adulterant ratio, with 60 being the baseline of the psychedelic.

Batches are often described as hot and clean


Blotter Sheet Ideas

Alicia’s favorite sheet?

City map to the Motherland

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