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(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

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ALEX: Last on Roots...

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This here my daddy, Massa Brent.
He a free man.

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We got a law here, Mr. Free Man.

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You stay in this state more than 60 days,

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you get to be plain nigger again.

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Then you want me to go?

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I'm married to a free man, George Moore.

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I ain't about to live
with no slave ever again.

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Long live the Confederacy!
It's war, boys! It's war!

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Are we gonna whup them Yankees?

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(CROWD CHEERING)

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Now, look at that rib poking out
right there. See that rib, Evan?

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Hmm. Why don't you just
tuck it in for him, Jemmy?

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(GRUNTS)

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You's all my friends.

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You's the only friends
I ever did know in all my life.

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You's like my family.

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I just want a little kiss.

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(SOBBING) Tom.

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Tom.

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I do believe
you are looking for a whipping.

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No.

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You ain't gonna do nothing to me.

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'Cause I ain't gonna let you, Jemmy Brent.

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Now, Captain Brent's brother
has been missing for three days.

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Any of you all seen Jemmy Brent, speak up.

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You ain't seen the last of me, nigger.

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Ha! Ha!

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TELEGRAPHER: To all
commanders in the field,

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from General Robert E. Lee.

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"After four years of arduous service,

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"marked by
unsurpassed courage and fortitude,

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“the Army of Northern Virginia
has been compelled

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"to yield to overwhelming numbers
and resources.

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“I need not tell the brave survivors
of so many hard-fought battles,

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"who have remained steadfast to the last,

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“that I have consented to this result
from no mistrust of them,

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"but feeling that valor and devotion

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"could accomplish nothing
that could compensate for the loss

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"that must attend
the continuance of the contest,

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“I determined
to avoid the useless sacrifice

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"of those whose past services
have endeared them to their countrymen.

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"You will take with you
the satisfaction that proceeds

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“from the consciousness
of duty faithfully performed.

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(WOMAN SOBBING)

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"And I earnestly pray
that a merciful God will extend to you

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"His blessing and protection.”

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It's over, folks. The war is over.

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God save the Confederacy.

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(HOOVES CLACKING)

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(DOG BARKS)

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Freedom! Freedom!

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We's free!

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Freedom!

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Freedom!

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Freel We's free!

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Freedom! Freedom! (LAUGHS)

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Hey, we're free! We're free!

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Freedom!

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-Who that, Rufus?
-Young Lewis, from the Harveys' place.

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-What was he bellowing?
-Something about we's free, sounded like.

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Free? (SCOFFS)

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-Nigger must be crazy.
-Yeah, must be.

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Come on, mule. Come on! Come on!

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(RATTLING)

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Lewis, what you standing around for?

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We's free.

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-Who say that?
-It come over the telegraph.

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The war is over. The Southland give up.

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Slavery's no more!

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Lewis, you be fooling with me, I'll...

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Not fooling you about freedom,
big brother.

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I's here to tell you.
It is the God's truth.

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Free?

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(COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING)

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(ALL CHEERING AND LAUGHING)

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-Mama?
-Yes?

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Why is you looking so sad?
This is supposed to be a celebration.

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I guess I'm thinking about your daddy,
wishing he was here.

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Don't you fret.

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Chicken George be coming back soon enough
now that freedom's come. (CHUCKLES)

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Come dance with me.

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Come on, Mama,
instead of slaving behind this table.

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-Come on, just one dance.
-(STAMMERS) I can't... Don't...

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-Come on, come on.
-Don't...

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Don't... I... I got to get... (LAUGHS)

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(COUNTRY MUSIC CONTINUES)

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(LAUGHTER AND CHEERING CONTINUES)

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(HORSE NEIGHS)

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(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

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(SHOUTING CEASES)

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Well, uh...

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I guess I don't have to ask
if you've heard the news.

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I don't know what it means,
what it'll do to people's lives.

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I guess no one does right now.

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I'll try to hold on to the farm.
I'm not sure just how.

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You all may want to go off on your own.

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You can stay here if you want.

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(STUTTERS) It's just that
I can't pay you anything.

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Everything I have
is tied up in this year's crop.

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Maybe you could farm some of the land

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and share the crop with me.

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We all have to think
about what we gonna do.

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I don't...

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I don't know what it means.

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(CASH REGISTER DINGS)

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Say hello to your mom for me, now, Piggy.

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Uh, what'll it be, Harry?

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Well, let's see now.

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-Uh, I need--
-Mr. Brent.

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I've been waiting a long time.

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I'll take care of you when
I'm good and ready. Now, you get.

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I was here first.

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Now, look here, you no-account black--

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(STUTTERS) It's all right, Evan.
I'll drop by a little later.

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-No need for that now, Harry.
-L ater.

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(FOOTSTEPS RECEDING)

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Well?

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Loaf of bread and a bag of grits.

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(BANGS ON TABLE)

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36 cents.

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(EVAN SIGHS)

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(COIN CLANKS)

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(EVAN SIGHS AND MUMBLES)

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(CASH REGISTER DINGS)

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Hello, Evan.

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Senator! Doggone, it's good to see you!
(CHUCKLES)

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Just like old times.

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Well, I thought you was still in England.

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No, I've just returned.

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Did you see that? Did you see it?

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Senator, you won't believe

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the way some of these niggers
are carrying on.

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Hell, you can't even
call them niggers anymore.

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At least, not to their faces.

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Well, I wouldn't fret, Evan.

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Let the niggras have their day.

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What you mean by that?

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The same thing as old Uncle Richard
told me when I was a boy.

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Old Brer Rabbit,

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when he can't get through one way,

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he change his way,

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and by and by, he get where he want to be.

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(LAUGHS) I get you now, sir! I get you!

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That's right.

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We is free at last.

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ALL: Yeah.

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All right. We is free at last!

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-Yeah! We's free!
-ALL: Free.

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-Ain't got no more massas.
-VIRGIL: No.

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-Ain't nobody gonna whup us again.
-ALL: No.

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Ain't nobody gonna abuse our women folk.

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WOMEN: No.

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That's right.

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Freedom sure tastes good, don't it?

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-Yeah, I can taste it!
-Yeah, baby!

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Well, maybe it taste good,

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but it sure ain't gonna fill our bellies.

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How is we gonna feed our children?

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How is we gonna put a roof over our heads?

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Now we is free, what's we gonna do?

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I say we go somewheres
where the pickings is better.

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WOMAN: Yeah, yeah.
I'm all right with that.

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Go where? Do what?

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Well, I...

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I don't know right off. Must be someplace.

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You is ignorant, Virgil.

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-Bone ignorant.
-Here now, Tom.

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It ain't your fault, Virgil.
We's all ignorant.

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We is just what
the massas wanted us to be.

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Ain't none of us been taught enough
to earn our keep in the white man's world.

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We gonna leave here,

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we better learn
how to do for ourselves first.

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Well, what you say, Tom?

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What you say we do?

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I say

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we stays here and farms,

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just like we been doing all our lives.

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But not just for Harvey.

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It gonna be part
our own land for our own selves.

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Our dirt we farms!

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Well, now, hold on a moment, Tom.

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All I knows,

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all I ever seen in my whole life
is this here plantation,

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and that little town of company shops.

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I want to see some of the world, Tom.

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What the good of freedom
if you can't go nowhere?

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Of course you can go.

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That the whole idea of freedom.

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Lewis,

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you wants to wander for a while,
ain't nobody gonna stop you.

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Same for all of you.

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But maybe we don't have to go.

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Maybe now we can find
what we wants right here.

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I say we got to give freedom a chance.

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And here is as good a place
to start as any.

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Besides,

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what's our daddy gonna do

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when he gets back and we's all gone?

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(SCOFFS) How we know he come back?

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All them years he been gone,
and ain't no word.

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He coming back
because he say he gonna come back.

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And your daddy, "Chicken" George Moore,

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ain't never said nothing in his whole life
he don't mean.

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You hear me, boy?

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Just asking, Mama.

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Now, I don't want to hear
no more about leaving.

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'Cause ain't nobody going nowhere
till my man come back.

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We is a family,

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and we is gonna stay a family.

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(SIGHS)

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Tom,

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Martha and me, we sure would like
to throw our lot in with you folks.

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If you want us, of course.

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Wants you?

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You just try getting away, OlI' George,

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and you'll hear hound dogs
baying at your heels before long.

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(OL' GEORGE CHUCKLES)

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-Come with me, wife.
-Where we going?

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I's gonna spark you in moonlight.

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(SNICKERS) Oh, yes, you is!

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And that's gonna be some sparking

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with these two young'uns
hanging on our arms.

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Don't argue with me, woman.
Just come along.

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Damned if I'm gonna give my niggers
any part of my farm.

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Well, that land has been in my family
for over 100 years.

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I'd as soon sell out
to some carpetbaggers.

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I'm with you, Fred.

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Them niggers is putting on
enough airs as it is

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without making them land owners.

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They can all own land,
far as I'm concerned.

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-What you saying, Archie?
-Their graves.

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They can own them all they want.

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Now, boys, I respect your sentiments,
but we got to be realistic.

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Somebody has to work our land,

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and the niggers are done being slaves.

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I don't like
breaking up my holding either,

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but I got no cash to pay wages.

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So, I got to parcel out shares.

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I'll never owe nothing to a black
except a whipping.

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-And I always pay my debts.
-(CHUCKLES)

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Fred, you are living in the past.

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You can't just go around whipping blacks.

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The federal authorities
ain't gonna allow it.

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He's talking sense, boys.

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There's going to be a circuit judge
through here regular.

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And the Army's here to back him up.

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We ought to band together
and string up a few of them

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just to set a proper example for the rest.

251
00:16:52,475 --> 00:16:53,935
-Now you're talking.
-(MAN LAUGHS)

252
00:16:54,435 --> 00:16:57,396
There's a lot more minus than plus
to that notion.

253
00:16:57,563 --> 00:16:58,898
It might sound good, but--

254
00:16:59,190 --> 00:17:01,943
I'll tell you about plus and minus, yeah.

255
00:17:02,318 --> 00:17:04,946
Plus is what I come out of the war with.

256
00:17:05,738 --> 00:17:08,574
I come out plus
a Yankee Minie ball in my knee.

257
00:17:09,867 --> 00:17:13,162
Come out plus a limp that I'm gonna have
the rest of my natural days.

258
00:17:15,373 --> 00:17:18,209
And I'm minus my brother, Sheriff.

259
00:17:20,253 --> 00:17:24,924
And I'm telling you
no white man killed him.

260
00:17:25,091 --> 00:17:27,552
No white man killed another
in the last month of war.

261
00:17:27,718 --> 00:17:29,387
Niggers killed him!

262
00:17:34,642 --> 00:17:36,894
Every step I take,

263
00:17:37,061 --> 00:17:39,355
every time my leg twinges on me,

264
00:17:39,522 --> 00:17:42,233
I recollect who's responsible

265
00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:46,654
for all the pluses and minuses
that I got to live with now.

266
00:17:46,821 --> 00:17:49,198
Uh, I recollect who done it to me.

267
00:17:50,866 --> 00:17:52,034
Niggers!

268
00:17:59,417 --> 00:18:02,420
Well, gentlemen,
I think I'd better leave now.

269
00:18:03,337 --> 00:18:05,464
I'm bound to uphold the law.

270
00:18:05,631 --> 00:18:07,675
Gave my solemn word to do that.

271
00:18:07,842 --> 00:18:12,305
And it seems to me that upholding the law
just ain't what this meeting is all about.

272
00:18:12,471 --> 00:18:14,348
Just a minute, Sheriff.

273
00:18:15,516 --> 00:18:17,226
I'm going with you.

274
00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:22,732
Senator.

275
00:18:23,774 --> 00:18:27,987
These men respect you,
and surely you're not for violence.

276
00:18:28,154 --> 00:18:32,700
I agree that misdirected violence
is dangerous, Mr. Jackson.

277
00:18:38,539 --> 00:18:41,584
What do you have to say, Senator?
We ain't heard from you yet.

278
00:18:41,876 --> 00:18:44,086
Yeah, what do you think
we ought to do about it, Senator?

279
00:18:44,503 --> 00:18:47,548
It is my intention
to acquire property in this county.

280
00:18:47,715 --> 00:18:49,967
A great deal of property.

281
00:18:50,134 --> 00:18:51,510
If it was anybody but you, Senator,

282
00:18:51,677 --> 00:18:54,513
I'd say, out of hand, you was plumb crazy.

283
00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:56,891
All the land in Dixie
ain't worth a horse's apple

284
00:18:57,058 --> 00:18:58,434
without slaves to work here.

285
00:18:58,601 --> 00:19:02,772
Our niggra, under the misguided
new business arrangements,

286
00:19:02,938 --> 00:19:06,150
is to receive a share
of the crops that he works.

287
00:19:06,442 --> 00:19:09,070
But of course,
before that profit is paid,

288
00:19:09,236 --> 00:19:11,322
his share of costs must be deducted.

289
00:19:11,906 --> 00:19:15,368
Grains, tools, wagons,
mules, horses, feed.

290
00:19:15,743 --> 00:19:17,912
And somehow he just never manages

291
00:19:18,079 --> 00:19:20,289
to catch up on the costs,
ain't that right?

292
00:19:22,166 --> 00:19:24,085
It doesn't matter who works the land.

293
00:19:24,585 --> 00:19:26,587
What counts is who owns it.

294
00:19:26,754 --> 00:19:29,215
Property is power.
It always has been, and always will be.

295
00:19:29,715 --> 00:19:32,301
Whoever controls the land
controls the people on it.

296
00:19:32,718 --> 00:19:35,388
I guess you know
what you're doing, Senator.

297
00:19:35,554 --> 00:19:36,889
Be assured I do, sir.

298
00:19:37,264 --> 00:19:41,018
By and by, old Brer Rabbit,
he gonna get where he want to be.

299
00:19:43,396 --> 00:19:44,605
(CHUCKLES)

300
00:19:48,734 --> 00:19:51,737
IRENE: Tom! Tom!

301
00:19:53,322 --> 00:19:55,825
Woman, where have you been
with that water?

302
00:19:55,991 --> 00:19:58,202
We got some powerful, thirsty mouths...

303
00:19:59,078 --> 00:20:01,247
-Tom!
-Reeny?

304
00:20:01,831 --> 00:20:03,124
(SOBBING)

305
00:20:03,833 --> 00:20:07,002
What? What is it? What?

306
00:20:07,336 --> 00:20:09,839
Rufus just came in from town.

307
00:20:10,673 --> 00:20:11,966
Telegraph say

308
00:20:12,133 --> 00:20:15,302
a white man killed
President Lincoln last night.

309
00:20:17,596 --> 00:20:19,974
Shot him in the back of the head.

310
00:20:20,975 --> 00:20:22,518
He's dead, Tom.

311
00:20:30,985 --> 00:20:32,820
Still daylight left
and work that needs to be done.

312
00:20:41,162 --> 00:20:42,663
Did you hear her, Tom?

313
00:20:44,749 --> 00:20:46,000
Lincoln's dead!

314
00:20:46,333 --> 00:20:49,670
I heard! I know he's dead!

315
00:20:51,005 --> 00:20:53,048
But it won't be for nothing!

316
00:20:53,215 --> 00:20:56,343
I won't let his dying be for nothing!

317
00:21:02,391 --> 00:21:07,646
(ALL SINGING "HUSH"

318
00:22:14,588 --> 00:22:16,966
(ALL HUMMING)

319
00:22:34,108 --> 00:22:37,528
-(MAN SCREAMS)
-(DOGS BARKING)

320
00:22:38,612 --> 00:22:41,365
Tom? What is it?

321
00:22:41,615 --> 00:22:42,783
(DOGS CONTINUE BARKING)

322
00:22:45,953 --> 00:22:48,163
(HOOVES CLACKING)

323
00:22:49,707 --> 00:22:51,792
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

324
00:22:55,963 --> 00:22:58,382
To your cabins, everybody. Quick!

325
00:23:00,092 --> 00:23:02,052
(DOGS CONTINUE BARKING)

326
00:23:26,994 --> 00:23:29,413
-Tom?
-I don't know.

327
00:23:29,747 --> 00:23:31,498
(GUNS FIRING)

328
00:23:33,042 --> 00:23:34,835
(SHOUTING CONTINUES)

329
00:23:39,214 --> 00:23:41,216
(GUNSHOTS ECHOING)

330
00:23:52,478 --> 00:23:53,938
(THUDS)

331
00:23:55,356 --> 00:23:56,857
(GUNSHOTS RICOCHET)

332
00:24:01,737 --> 00:24:04,073
(SHOUTING CONTINUES)

333
00:24:32,226 --> 00:24:33,894
You keep out of this, Harvey!

334
00:24:46,073 --> 00:24:47,574
(GLASS SHATTERS)

335
00:24:50,995 --> 00:24:54,289
(SHOUTING AND GUNFIRE CONTINUES)

336
00:25:16,937 --> 00:25:19,106
(DUCKS QUACKING)

337
00:25:19,523 --> 00:25:23,068
Lewis! Tom! Come on, come on!

338
00:25:23,944 --> 00:25:27,239
Let's get a line out here!
Get some water on this fire.

339
00:25:27,614 --> 00:25:30,325
Jesse, come on, come on! Everybody!

340
00:25:30,492 --> 00:25:33,120
-Hannah! Hannah! The barn's on fire!
-Hurry, before it spreads!

341
00:25:33,287 --> 00:25:35,330
-Everybody move.
-Come on.

342
00:25:35,497 --> 00:25:37,082
Come on! Hurry up.

343
00:25:37,291 --> 00:25:39,543
Pass the bucket. Pass it.

344
00:25:39,710 --> 00:25:41,336
Move it, move it, everybody.

345
00:25:41,545 --> 00:25:44,548
Get the buckets! It's getting bigger!

346
00:25:44,715 --> 00:25:46,550
Hurry, before it spreads.

347
00:25:49,928 --> 00:25:52,181
-Let me get the bucket!
-Get back! Get back!

348
00:25:55,809 --> 00:25:57,936
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

349
00:26:00,522 --> 00:26:02,107
-Back! Watch out!
-Faster, faster!

350
00:26:02,274 --> 00:26:03,859
MAN: Faster, Tom! Come on!

351
00:26:16,497 --> 00:26:18,499
Free at last.

352
00:26:22,836 --> 00:26:24,755
I don't understand it.

353
00:26:26,006 --> 00:26:28,133
I just don't understand it.

354
00:26:36,475 --> 00:26:39,186
We ain't gonna let them
get away with this, hear?

355
00:26:39,353 --> 00:26:42,356
We sweated too hard
to raise our measly little crops.

356
00:26:42,523 --> 00:26:44,983
Ain't nobody gonna just ride in here

357
00:26:45,150 --> 00:26:48,195
and trample everything
we've got in this world.

358
00:26:49,154 --> 00:26:52,324
We ought to get us some guns
and fight back!

359
00:26:52,491 --> 00:26:54,535
Who we gonna fight?

360
00:26:54,701 --> 00:26:56,954
Damn! I don't know.

361
00:26:57,996 --> 00:27:00,582
Only thing I know is
we can't just let them get away with this.

362
00:27:00,749 --> 00:27:02,334
The white folks
ain't gonna let us live here.

363
00:27:02,501 --> 00:27:03,544
We should get out!

364
00:27:03,710 --> 00:27:05,212
No!

365
00:27:06,046 --> 00:27:08,382
We ain't gonna do no such thing.

366
00:27:08,715 --> 00:27:11,885
We's staying
because we has a right to stay.

367
00:27:12,970 --> 00:27:14,555
This don't change nothing.

368
00:27:14,972 --> 00:27:16,849
It just means
that there's some few rebs around

369
00:27:17,015 --> 00:27:19,268
still don't know the war is over.

370
00:27:19,434 --> 00:27:22,020
They not gonna push us off our land.

371
00:27:22,187 --> 00:27:23,897
We is free men.

372
00:27:31,655 --> 00:27:33,490
Besides,

373
00:27:34,241 --> 00:27:36,160
maybe they ain't gonna get away with this.

374
00:27:36,368 --> 00:27:37,870
What do you mean, Tom?

375
00:27:38,036 --> 00:27:39,538
Look here.

376
00:27:40,789 --> 00:27:42,374
VIRGIL: / don't see nothing
except some old hoofmarks.

377
00:27:42,583 --> 00:27:44,084
That's right.

378
00:27:44,418 --> 00:27:46,962
-So, what's so special about hoofmarks?
-Nothing.

379
00:27:47,129 --> 00:27:50,757
All hoofmarks are exactly the same.
But supposing they weren't?

380
00:27:51,925 --> 00:27:54,720
Supposing every hoofmark
had a little something on it,

381
00:27:54,887 --> 00:27:56,597
something that set it off from the others.

382
00:27:57,097 --> 00:27:58,432
What you getting at, Tom?

383
00:27:58,599 --> 00:28:01,727
I's getting at those nightriders,
that's what I's getting at.

384
00:28:05,522 --> 00:28:07,733
Stands to reason

385
00:28:07,900 --> 00:28:10,652
these nightriders
is some of our good neighbors, right?

386
00:28:10,819 --> 00:28:11,945
And stands to reason

387
00:28:12,112 --> 00:28:15,282
that most of them bring
their horses to me for shoeing, right?

388
00:28:15,449 --> 00:28:20,287
Now supposing every horse
I shoes me from this day on,

389
00:28:20,829 --> 00:28:23,624
I puts a little special mark on it.

390
00:28:24,374 --> 00:28:25,375
Maybe here.

391
00:28:29,588 --> 00:28:33,550
Then we'd have a way of knowing
what horse the shoe belonged to.

392
00:28:36,220 --> 00:28:39,556
And if we know where the shoe fits...

393
00:28:56,490 --> 00:28:58,242
May I ask why you're selling?

394
00:28:58,533 --> 00:29:01,245
Well, the place got run down
during the war.

395
00:29:01,578 --> 00:29:04,248
I thought I could hang on
by parceling out shares to the niggras,

396
00:29:04,414 --> 00:29:06,833
but nightriders took care of that.

397
00:29:07,334 --> 00:29:09,086
And you have no idea who they are?

398
00:29:09,253 --> 00:29:10,587
No.

399
00:29:10,754 --> 00:29:14,091
They've been rampaging
through the country, destroying crops,

400
00:29:14,258 --> 00:29:16,677
scaring the niggras
half out of their wits.

401
00:29:16,843 --> 00:29:20,430
Last week, they tore up
everything I planted.

402
00:29:20,597 --> 00:29:23,850
I just don't have the heart
for farming anymore, Senator.

403
00:29:24,017 --> 00:29:26,645
Well, I'm sorry to hear
about your troubles, Samuel.

404
00:29:27,145 --> 00:29:28,522
Very sorry, indeed.

405
00:29:29,398 --> 00:29:31,275
But business is business.

406
00:29:32,234 --> 00:29:37,239
In anticipation of our discussion,
I had this contract drawn up.

407
00:29:46,540 --> 00:29:50,210
$5,000 isn't much
for a man's lifework, Senator.

408
00:29:50,585 --> 00:29:52,713
Well, I couldn't agree with you more.

409
00:29:53,755 --> 00:29:57,676
Unhappily, that's quite beside the point.

410
00:29:58,802 --> 00:30:00,554
Now, you yourself have indicated

411
00:30:00,721 --> 00:30:03,724
that the place
isn't in the best of condition.

412
00:30:04,057 --> 00:30:05,851
And in all good faith,

413
00:30:06,018 --> 00:30:10,230
$5,000 is the best I can manage.

414
00:30:12,274 --> 00:30:13,400
Well, you think about it.

415
00:30:13,567 --> 00:30:16,862
I'll understand if you decide to wait
for a more satisfactory offer.

416
00:30:17,029 --> 00:30:21,116
No, no, there won't be any better offers.
We both know that.

417
00:30:21,283 --> 00:30:22,701
I'll accept.

418
00:30:41,553 --> 00:30:43,930
Good. That's it, then.

419
00:30:45,932 --> 00:30:47,934
There's just one other thing, Senator.

420
00:30:48,101 --> 00:30:52,022
My niggras owe me for seed and the like,
it's a matter of a couple hundred dollars.

421
00:30:52,606 --> 00:30:56,109
They worked hard for me over the years,
I'd like to wipe the slate clean with ‘em.

422
00:30:56,443 --> 00:30:57,652
Consider it done.

423
00:30:57,819 --> 00:30:59,946
-Here's my hand on it.
-Thank you.

424
00:31:00,781 --> 00:31:03,450
-Ain't you done yet, boy?
-(HAMMER CLANKS)

425
00:31:04,076 --> 00:31:07,371
Yes, sir, Mr. Drake. I's trying, sir.

426
00:31:09,206 --> 00:31:11,124
Gots to fix it just right.

427
00:31:12,876 --> 00:31:14,044
(HORSE WHINNIES)

428
00:31:33,480 --> 00:31:36,149
Well, I guess that's about it.
Much obliged, boys.

429
00:31:41,321 --> 00:31:42,572
Lila.

430
00:31:44,324 --> 00:31:45,575
It's time, Lila.

431
00:31:48,829 --> 00:31:50,205
Lila...

432
00:31:51,164 --> 00:31:54,960
Oh, Sam, how can we? All those years.

433
00:31:55,168 --> 00:31:58,004
I know, honey.
There's nothing we can do about it.

434
00:32:09,599 --> 00:32:10,934
(HORSE WHINNIES)

435
00:32:26,366 --> 00:32:29,035
Well, I'm gonna miss this place,
and you folks.

436
00:32:30,370 --> 00:32:34,207
Sorry I had to sell,
but I really didn't have much choice.

437
00:32:35,542 --> 00:32:38,962
The new owner should be out
in a few days to talk to you.

438
00:32:39,254 --> 00:32:42,716
Meantime, I suggest you go on
putting in your new crops.

439
00:32:45,385 --> 00:32:48,680
I'm sure you'll find Senator Justin
a decent man to work for.

440
00:32:50,056 --> 00:32:53,435
He's agreed to wipe out your debts
so you can start from fresh.

441
00:33:09,201 --> 00:33:11,745
Mrs. Harvey and I wanna thank you

442
00:33:11,912 --> 00:33:14,915
for all of your kindness
and your help over the years.

443
00:33:18,376 --> 00:33:20,420
Goodbye and good luck to you.

444
00:33:24,424 --> 00:33:25,967
Goodbye, Mr. Harvey.

445
00:33:27,260 --> 00:33:28,803
Mrs. Harvey.

446
00:33:31,932 --> 00:33:33,767
Now, what's the matter with y'all?

447
00:33:35,227 --> 00:33:36,686
Where's your manners?

448
00:33:38,146 --> 00:33:40,649
Say goodbye to the Harveys
and wish them well.

449
00:33:42,108 --> 00:33:44,778
-Bye, Massa Harvey.
-Bye, Massa.

450
00:33:44,945 --> 00:33:47,239
-Bye, Massa Harvey.
-Bye, Massa Harvey.

451
00:33:52,661 --> 00:33:56,373
You was better than some, Massa.

452
00:34:14,057 --> 00:34:16,309
(HORSE NEIGHING)

453
00:34:43,461 --> 00:34:46,590
Now that we know who they is,
I say let's kill them!

454
00:34:47,340 --> 00:34:48,341
No.

455
00:34:48,842 --> 00:34:50,010
Why not?

456
00:34:50,176 --> 00:34:53,138
I didn't know you was so particular
about killing whites.

457
00:34:55,849 --> 00:34:57,809
There will be no killing.

458
00:34:57,976 --> 00:34:59,352
We go to the law.

459
00:34:59,853 --> 00:35:01,229
White man's law?

460
00:35:02,689 --> 00:35:03,982
That's right.

461
00:35:05,859 --> 00:35:09,321
I'm sorry I'm late.
I had to help Martha with some chores.

462
00:35:10,488 --> 00:35:13,241
-Now, what we got to do--
-What's that white man doing in here?

463
00:35:16,453 --> 00:35:17,662
What white man?

464
00:35:17,829 --> 00:35:20,457
They's only one white man in here
as I can see.

465
00:35:27,255 --> 00:35:28,340
Ol' George?

466
00:35:29,215 --> 00:35:32,594
When the killing starts,
like holds to like.

467
00:35:32,761 --> 00:35:35,472
You got no call to talk like that.

468
00:35:35,764 --> 00:35:37,390
He can't help that he white.

469
00:35:37,849 --> 00:35:39,517
I don't care. I wants him out.

470
00:35:39,809 --> 00:35:41,394
You does, does you?

471
00:35:41,561 --> 00:35:43,772
And who is you
to be giving orders around here?

472
00:35:43,938 --> 00:35:46,191
I ain't the only one around here
feels that way!

473
00:35:53,156 --> 00:35:57,160
Well, I ain't listening to nobody
say a word against OlI' George!

474
00:35:57,577 --> 00:35:59,412
No, Tom. Tom, it's all right.

475
00:36:01,164 --> 00:36:04,834
All right.
I ain't one to tarry where I ain't wanted.

476
00:36:07,170 --> 00:36:08,588
Ol' George--

477
00:36:12,217 --> 00:36:15,136
Now, I say we ain't going to no law!

478
00:36:15,929 --> 00:36:18,473
I say we even up our own tally!

479
00:36:19,349 --> 00:36:22,686
Lewis, you best sit down
and shut your mouth.

480
00:36:22,936 --> 00:36:24,604
‘Cause you said enough for one day.

481
00:36:24,896 --> 00:36:27,399
And you're lucky that Mama
weren't here to hear you say that.

482
00:36:32,112 --> 00:36:37,409
I said, sit down, little brother.

483
00:36:42,539 --> 00:36:43,623
(SNORTS)

484
00:36:44,874 --> 00:36:47,127
I ain't finished with you
about OI' George yet.

485
00:36:51,673 --> 00:36:53,717
We gots to go to the law, don't you see?

486
00:36:55,176 --> 00:36:57,804
Ain't supposed to be no white man's law.

487
00:36:58,930 --> 00:37:00,765
Only supposed to be one law.

488
00:37:01,683 --> 00:37:03,643
-The law!
-You daft, Tom?

489
00:37:04,811 --> 00:37:05,812
Hmm?

490
00:37:06,646 --> 00:37:08,523
You try to set the law on whites folks,

491
00:37:08,732 --> 00:37:10,150
they gonna lynch you, brother.

492
00:37:10,650 --> 00:37:12,318
TOM: Maybe, maybe not.

493
00:37:12,694 --> 00:37:14,446
But we got to find out, don't we?

494
00:37:15,947 --> 00:37:19,325
If we don't give the law a chance,
freedom ain't worth a damn!

495
00:37:22,954 --> 00:37:24,164
(CLICKS TONGUE)

496
00:37:30,170 --> 00:37:32,881
Now, who going into town with me
to see the sheriff?

497
00:38:13,880 --> 00:38:17,801
You is a plumb stubborn fool.

498
00:38:19,886 --> 00:38:23,181
-Damn youl!
-What are you so all fired up about?

499
00:38:24,432 --> 00:38:26,851
Why you got to be the one to step forward?

500
00:38:27,227 --> 00:38:28,728
You ain't even the oldest.

501
00:38:29,646 --> 00:38:32,565
Why you got to be the big man every time?

502
00:38:38,488 --> 00:38:41,407
'Cause I wants to look my daddy
in the eye when next we meet.

503
00:38:43,409 --> 00:38:46,955
'Cause I want our children
growing up in freedom.

504
00:38:48,414 --> 00:38:50,333
'Cause too many suffered
to bring us this far,

505
00:38:50,500 --> 00:38:52,544
now ain't the time to go back.

506
00:38:55,088 --> 00:38:58,007
'Cause somebody got to stand up, Irene.

507
00:38:58,341 --> 00:38:59,634
That so?

508
00:39:02,637 --> 00:39:05,431
Well, somebody got to mind
his wife and babies, too.

509
00:39:07,517 --> 00:39:12,146
Now who gonna do that
after they shoots you or hangs you up?

510
00:39:12,313 --> 00:39:13,523
-lIrene--
-(SOBBING) Oh!

511
00:39:15,358 --> 00:39:17,986
-Don't go!
-Irene. Irene.

512
00:39:19,195 --> 00:39:21,990
-Oh, please. Please.
-I gots to.

513
00:39:25,118 --> 00:39:29,414
Oh, Tom, I'm so scared.

514
00:39:30,957 --> 00:39:32,208
Tom...

515
00:39:33,334 --> 00:39:35,712
I don't want them to hurt you.

516
00:39:38,423 --> 00:39:40,717
I ain't nothing without you, Tom.

517
00:39:42,886 --> 00:39:45,805
Hmm... I's scared, too.

518
00:39:46,931 --> 00:39:50,727
But I just can't not go.

519
00:39:58,610 --> 00:40:00,862
I hate you for doing this.

520
00:40:03,656 --> 00:40:08,077
I'd give anything, say anything,
do anything to make you stay.

521
00:40:17,795 --> 00:40:20,006
But I's proud of you, Tom Harvey.

522
00:40:21,215 --> 00:40:22,300
(CLICKS TONGUE)

523
00:40:22,884 --> 00:40:25,803
Oh, I's terrible proud of you.

524
00:40:38,316 --> 00:40:39,692
(IRENE SOBS GENTLY)

525
00:40:42,195 --> 00:40:44,197
-Now...
-What?

526
00:40:45,198 --> 00:40:46,866
There's only one thing.

527
00:40:48,034 --> 00:40:50,453
I am going
into the company shops with you.

528
00:40:50,620 --> 00:40:52,997
No, woman. You's talking crazy.
There's no telling what's gonna--

529
00:40:53,164 --> 00:40:56,209
-l am going with you.
-Woman, you is... You is...

530
00:40:56,376 --> 00:40:58,127
Yes, Tom?

531
00:41:06,219 --> 00:41:08,221
Is one fine woman.

532
00:41:11,057 --> 00:41:12,892
That's what you is.

533
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:16,688
You is one fine woman.

534
00:41:22,443 --> 00:41:23,653
(GASPS)

535
00:41:33,413 --> 00:41:35,498
Well, well, well.

536
00:41:37,834 --> 00:41:39,836
You are one smart man, Tom Harvey.

537
00:41:42,380 --> 00:41:45,591
(SCOFFS) Fancy you figuring out
something like this.

538
00:41:49,012 --> 00:41:50,972
There's no doubt about it.

539
00:41:52,265 --> 00:41:54,058
You got them dead to rights.

540
00:41:54,308 --> 00:41:55,935
You did good coming to me, though.

541
00:41:59,772 --> 00:42:02,191
Had you told anybody else about this?

542
00:42:02,900 --> 00:42:04,444
Just my Kin.

543
00:42:08,072 --> 00:42:09,782
What you gonna do about it, Sheriff?

544
00:42:10,533 --> 00:42:12,952
(STAMMERS) Well,
I'm gonna get after them, Tom.

545
00:42:13,536 --> 00:42:15,246
But I got to handle this careful.

546
00:42:15,621 --> 00:42:19,584
I mean, this is not just locking up
some Saturday night drunk.

547
00:42:21,044 --> 00:42:22,462
I got to study.

548
00:42:23,296 --> 00:42:25,631
I got to figure out how to handle this.

549
00:42:34,891 --> 00:42:36,976
But I tell you what I want you to do.

550
00:42:39,145 --> 00:42:43,483
Uh, you go on home
and just go on about your business.

551
00:42:44,067 --> 00:42:47,904
It's best that folks don't know you got
anything to do with this just right yet.

552
00:42:48,237 --> 00:42:49,363
Yes, sir.

553
00:42:50,198 --> 00:42:51,657
You take care of it, then?

554
00:42:54,160 --> 00:42:56,287
Well, I guess I got to, Tom.

555
00:42:57,455 --> 00:42:58,831
I guess I got to.

556
00:43:14,680 --> 00:43:15,848
IRENE: Tom?

557
00:43:16,474 --> 00:43:17,975
I think we done right.

558
00:43:19,644 --> 00:43:22,438
I think the law is the law.

559
00:43:22,855 --> 00:43:24,232
What happened?

560
00:43:24,565 --> 00:43:27,527
He heard me out, and he going after them,
that's what happened.

561
00:43:29,570 --> 00:43:31,364
What you two doing here?

562
00:43:33,199 --> 00:43:37,036
Well, you one crazy fool.

563
00:43:38,162 --> 00:43:39,622
But you still our brother.

564
00:43:40,206 --> 00:43:43,709
-You sure?
-He going after them, honey. Don't worry.

565
00:43:55,972 --> 00:43:57,265
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

566
00:43:58,850 --> 00:43:59,976
Yeah?

567
00:44:05,064 --> 00:44:06,357
Can I come in?

568
00:44:07,525 --> 00:44:08,526
Sure.

569
00:44:16,576 --> 00:44:17,827
You all right?

570
00:44:22,081 --> 00:44:24,208
Ol' George, I sorry about what happened.

571
00:44:24,375 --> 00:44:26,252
You knows how we feel about you.

572
00:44:26,878 --> 00:44:29,672
Yeah, I guess I do.
After last night, I guess I do.

573
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,886
Don't go on like that.
Lewis got no more sense than a bumblebee

574
00:44:35,052 --> 00:44:36,470
when his blood's up.

575
00:44:37,305 --> 00:44:38,472
Don't mean nothing.

576
00:44:38,639 --> 00:44:42,560
If Lewis didn't mean what he said,
then why ain't he here instead of you?

577
00:44:42,727 --> 00:44:43,895
He come around, Martha.

578
00:44:44,061 --> 00:44:47,481
He just needs more time
to collect hisself.

579
00:44:49,650 --> 00:44:51,152
Well, Tom.

580
00:44:51,861 --> 00:44:54,488
I guess, maybe I need some time, too.

581
00:44:54,864 --> 00:44:56,908
Well, sure you do.

582
00:45:10,296 --> 00:45:11,547
George?

583
00:45:12,882 --> 00:45:13,883
What?

584
00:45:14,425 --> 00:45:16,594
Maybe we been here long enough.

585
00:45:18,137 --> 00:45:21,140
Maybe we best be thinking
of striking out for ourselves

586
00:45:22,475 --> 00:45:24,268
while we still young enough.

587
00:45:28,314 --> 00:45:31,567
Now, I'm sure you've all been concerned
about what's going to happen

588
00:45:31,734 --> 00:45:34,111
now that Mr. Harvey has left.

589
00:45:34,570 --> 00:45:37,990
Well, let me reassure you
that nothing is going to change.

590
00:45:38,616 --> 00:45:41,535
Mr. Harvey's agreement with you
will be honored.

591
00:45:42,036 --> 00:45:45,790
You'll receive a fair percentage
of the crops you raise.

592
00:45:46,499 --> 00:45:48,668
Well, what do you say to that?

593
00:45:49,669 --> 00:45:51,587
It's very kind of you, sir.

594
00:45:52,046 --> 00:45:56,842
But if Mr. Brent gonna be in charge,
I don't think my people wants to stay on.

595
00:46:01,055 --> 00:46:02,139
Well...

596
00:46:03,140 --> 00:46:06,560
You're free, uh, to go, of course.

597
00:46:07,144 --> 00:46:09,647
Just as soon as you pay up your debt.

598
00:46:10,606 --> 00:46:11,691
What debt?

599
00:46:14,277 --> 00:46:15,987
According to the farm's ledger,
you was advanced

600
00:46:16,153 --> 00:46:21,492
$235 worth of seed, grain
and other supplies against future crops.

601
00:46:21,742 --> 00:46:25,871
But Mr. Harvey said he fixed that.
Told us we was free and clear.

602
00:46:26,414 --> 00:46:28,374
Hmm. That's peculiar.

603
00:46:29,166 --> 00:46:30,960
The agreement's on file
at the county clerk's office.

604
00:46:31,127 --> 00:46:33,212
And I don't recall seeing that
in the deed of sale.

605
00:46:37,008 --> 00:46:41,721
Now, you work hard and your share,
it'll reduce your debt considerably.

606
00:46:42,471 --> 00:46:44,974
$235 ain't all that much.

607
00:46:45,725 --> 00:46:49,395
But in the meantime,
don't nobody try leaving here.

608
00:46:49,937 --> 00:46:53,190
This here is a legal matter
and we can get the sheriff to lock you up.

609
00:46:54,817 --> 00:46:56,485
Senator, sir?

610
00:46:57,653 --> 00:46:59,905
Is this what you wants?

611
00:47:00,740 --> 00:47:03,492
I thought I made it clear, boy.

612
00:47:04,201 --> 00:47:05,911
Mr. Brent speaks for me.

613
00:47:10,291 --> 00:47:11,584
Ah, Mr. Johnson.

614
00:47:12,668 --> 00:47:16,339
We're wondering what your plans are,
now that Mr. Harvey's left.

615
00:47:16,964 --> 00:47:19,091
Well, I ain't got no special plans, sir.

616
00:47:19,258 --> 00:47:21,093
I'll just go and work on my share,
I guess.

617
00:47:21,594 --> 00:47:22,928
I'm afraid that won't do, George.

618
00:47:23,095 --> 00:47:25,139
You see, me and the Senator,
we got certain feelings

619
00:47:25,306 --> 00:47:28,934
about the whites folks
sharecropping alongside niggers.

620
00:47:29,101 --> 00:47:32,605
Why should a smart young fella like you
wanna work like a common field hand

621
00:47:32,772 --> 00:47:36,317
when there are other opportunities
to consider, huh?

622
00:47:36,817 --> 00:47:39,362
EVAN: We need someone
to keep his eye on things for us,

623
00:47:39,528 --> 00:47:41,364
to make sure the work gets done.

624
00:47:42,490 --> 00:47:44,116
The job's yours, if you want it.

625
00:47:44,825 --> 00:47:47,620
Uh, I don't know, Mr. Brent,
I ain't much about overseeing.

626
00:47:47,828 --> 00:47:49,538
EVAN: I'll pay you a good wage.

627
00:47:49,789 --> 00:47:50,915
And if things work out,

628
00:47:51,082 --> 00:47:55,252
maybe someday you and your family
can move into the main house here, huh?

629
00:47:55,586 --> 00:47:56,754
Now, that's fair, ain't it?

630
00:48:03,135 --> 00:48:04,220
(EXHALES)

631
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:10,017
All right. I'll do it.

632
00:48:10,351 --> 00:48:12,144
Good boy, Georgie. Good boy.

633
00:48:13,396 --> 00:48:16,649
Uh, we'll settle the details later.
Senator?

634
00:48:17,191 --> 00:48:19,485
I think that's everything for now, Evan.

635
00:48:19,985 --> 00:48:23,322
I'm looking forward
to a long and happy association.

636
00:48:23,989 --> 00:48:26,534
You'll find me a fair man to work for

637
00:48:27,076 --> 00:48:29,995
if you're willing to meet me halfway.

638
00:48:33,833 --> 00:48:35,835
Next time I'm back here, George,

639
00:48:36,001 --> 00:48:39,797
I expect to see all these darkies
out in the fields where they belong.

640
00:48:40,756 --> 00:48:43,467
I want you in town
reporting to me regular.

641
00:48:50,015 --> 00:48:52,935
I do hope
you're gonna behave yourself, boy.

642
00:48:53,394 --> 00:48:54,979
I surely do.

643
00:49:01,819 --> 00:49:03,195
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

644
00:49:08,993 --> 00:49:10,870
Oh, howdy, Sheriff. Come on in.

645
00:49:11,370 --> 00:49:12,621
Howdy, Evan.

646
00:49:20,838 --> 00:49:24,258
You know, Evan,
we've been friends for a long time.

647
00:49:25,134 --> 00:49:26,719
I want you to know that.

648
00:49:28,179 --> 00:49:31,182
Sure I know that, Charlie.
What's got into you?

649
00:49:31,348 --> 00:49:34,393
And, uh, I'm on your side.

650
00:49:35,352 --> 00:49:37,563
You understand that, don't you?

651
00:49:38,230 --> 00:49:40,524
-Sheriff, you been drinking?
-(SNICKERS)

652
00:49:41,233 --> 00:49:44,278
No, I... I don't think
I could get drunk tonight.

653
00:49:44,695 --> 00:49:47,072
No. Why? Why can't you get drunk?

654
00:49:48,741 --> 00:49:52,119
‘Cause I know who every single one of them
nightriders is, Evan.

655
00:49:52,495 --> 00:49:53,746
I got proof.

656
00:49:55,247 --> 00:49:57,374
Proof I'm gonna turn over
to the Federal Circuit Court judge

657
00:49:57,541 --> 00:49:59,376
when he comes riding through here
next weekend.

658
00:49:59,585 --> 00:50:00,586
You got what?

659
00:50:00,920 --> 00:50:03,506
You heard me, Evan. I got proof.

660
00:50:04,048 --> 00:50:05,674
Tom Harvey gave it to me.

661
00:50:05,841 --> 00:50:07,301
Now, I don't want the proof.

662
00:50:07,468 --> 00:50:10,679
And I don't want to know what I know.
But I know it for a real fact.

663
00:50:10,971 --> 00:50:13,098
Unless somebody does something.

664
00:50:13,766 --> 00:50:16,894
Then I'm sworn to do something
that'll make me a hated man in this county

665
00:50:17,061 --> 00:50:18,604
for the rest of my natural life.

666
00:50:19,021 --> 00:50:21,148
Unless somebody does something
to Tom Harvey

667
00:50:21,315 --> 00:50:23,234
to make him pull back his evidence.

668
00:50:23,609 --> 00:50:25,736
Uh, do something like what?

669
00:50:26,070 --> 00:50:28,656
Evan, I'm sick enough as it is!

670
00:50:28,822 --> 00:50:30,783
At myself, for letting it go this far.

671
00:50:31,367 --> 00:50:33,327
Now, do I have to lay out
the whole plan for you, too?

672
00:50:34,954 --> 00:50:36,330
No.

673
00:50:36,580 --> 00:50:38,123
No need for that.

674
00:50:38,791 --> 00:50:42,127
You've done enough, Sheriff.
You've done enough.

675
00:50:52,263 --> 00:50:54,557
Uh, I guess I'll just
have to see if I can--

676
00:50:54,723 --> 00:50:57,059
Evan, I don't wanna know another word.

677
00:50:59,478 --> 00:51:00,980
Now, I'm an officer of the law.

678
00:51:01,981 --> 00:51:04,441
And sometimes an officer of the law, well,

679
00:51:04,608 --> 00:51:07,319
he just ain't got no choice
in some things.

680
00:51:07,486 --> 00:51:08,737
You understand what I mean?

681
00:51:09,238 --> 00:51:10,322
Hmm.

682
00:51:12,283 --> 00:51:14,868
Won't nobody misunderstand, Sheriff.

683
00:51:15,035 --> 00:51:16,620
I'll see to that.

684
00:51:20,833 --> 00:51:24,920
Well, thank you, Evan. I...
I'm much obliged to you.

685
00:51:28,465 --> 00:51:29,675
Good night, Evan.

686
00:51:58,537 --> 00:51:59,538
Hmm.

687
00:52:28,901 --> 00:52:30,569
(HORSE NEIGHS)

688
00:52:50,589 --> 00:52:51,715
EVAN: Tom Harvey!

689
00:52:56,595 --> 00:52:58,681
We want you, nigger!

690
00:53:02,476 --> 00:53:04,770
Tom. Tom!

691
00:53:13,737 --> 00:53:15,239
Get yourself out here, boy.

692
00:53:16,073 --> 00:53:17,950
Or we're gonna burn your kinfolk.

693
00:53:20,536 --> 00:53:21,829
IRENE: Tom.

694
00:53:37,261 --> 00:53:38,554
(HORSE SNORTING)

695
00:53:54,611 --> 00:53:55,738
Move.

696
00:53:59,616 --> 00:54:01,118
Now!

697
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:42,201
George.

698
00:54:42,367 --> 00:54:44,536
They's six of them, Martha. Six!

699
00:54:46,747 --> 00:54:48,832
Anyway, why should 1?

700
00:54:48,999 --> 00:54:51,710
Like holds to like.
That's what they told me, ain't it?

701
00:54:52,294 --> 00:54:53,420
Ain't it?

702
00:54:59,593 --> 00:55:02,888
EVAN: Thought you was pretty smart going
to the sheriff, didn't you, boy, huh?

703
00:55:07,017 --> 00:55:09,061
This here's a bad nigger!

704
00:55:09,728 --> 00:55:11,647
He spend his time talking about the law

705
00:55:11,814 --> 00:55:14,358
instead of doing his work,
paying his debts.

706
00:55:15,984 --> 00:55:18,904
So, we're gonna teach him
how to be a good nigger!

707
00:55:19,905 --> 00:55:22,866
And it's best you all study hard
what's gonna happen

708
00:55:23,242 --> 00:55:25,160
so you won't make any mistakes.

709
00:55:25,327 --> 00:55:27,746
Because you ain't never gonna leave here!

710
00:55:27,913 --> 00:55:28,997
Never!

711
00:55:29,164 --> 00:55:30,999
All right! Get on with it!

712
00:55:38,423 --> 00:55:39,925
-(WHIP CRACKS)
-(GROANING)

713
00:55:40,717 --> 00:55:42,094
(WHIP CONTINUES CRACKING)

714
00:55:45,556 --> 00:55:47,057
God!

715
00:55:47,432 --> 00:55:49,935
Damn it! Now you leave my nigger be!

716
00:55:50,102 --> 00:55:51,562
EVAN: Johnson, you stay out of this.

717
00:55:51,728 --> 00:55:52,938
This boy is spoiling for a lesson.

718
00:55:53,105 --> 00:55:54,106
Yeah? What's he done?

719
00:55:54,273 --> 00:55:56,275
He's fixing to set the law on us.

720
00:56:00,404 --> 00:56:02,364
All right, well, then he's got it coming!

721
00:56:02,531 --> 00:56:06,952
But you put me in charge here
and nobody whips my niggers but me!

722
00:56:11,707 --> 00:56:12,708
Let him do it.

723
00:56:34,980 --> 00:56:36,315
-(WHIP CRACKING)
(SCREAMING)

724
00:56:36,523 --> 00:56:37,524
(GASPS)

725
00:56:51,705 --> 00:56:54,666
-What you stopping for?
-It ain't no use. He's senseless!

726
00:56:55,000 --> 00:56:56,251
EVAN: That don't matter none.

727
00:56:56,418 --> 00:56:58,837
He'll remember every stroke
when he wakes up.

728
00:56:59,004 --> 00:57:01,673
If he wakes up. Now, get on with it.

729
00:57:11,308 --> 00:57:12,517
(WHIP CRACKING)

730
00:57:14,269 --> 00:57:16,855
EVAN: Looks like you're
on top of that man, OI' George!

731
00:57:17,022 --> 00:57:19,858
You make sure you teach him
how to be a nigger now!

732
00:57:20,734 --> 00:57:21,944
(WHIP CONTINUES CRACKING)

733
00:57:32,204 --> 00:57:34,581
(OL' GEORGE GRUNTING)

734
00:57:44,383 --> 00:57:45,509
Tom!

735
00:57:46,134 --> 00:57:48,136
IRENE: Tom! Tom! Tom!

736
00:57:48,303 --> 00:57:50,013
God, let him be alive!

737
00:57:50,389 --> 00:57:52,933
-IRENE: Oh, God, let him be alive!
-(OL' GEORGE PANTING)

738
00:57:53,225 --> 00:57:55,352
Please. Help him.

739
00:57:55,519 --> 00:57:57,312
Let him be alive.

740
00:58:09,116 --> 00:58:13,412
Irene? Irene. I'm sorry, Irene.
I was just trying to

741
00:58:14,204 --> 00:58:16,415
make them think
I was doing their job for them.

742
00:58:18,333 --> 00:58:21,753
Well, you ain't got nothing
to be sorry about, OI' George Johnson.

743
00:58:23,088 --> 00:58:24,923
You just saved my man's life!

744
00:58:26,091 --> 00:58:28,135
You just saved my man's life.

745
00:58:29,594 --> 00:58:31,555
I'm sorry, Ol' George.

746
00:58:31,722 --> 00:58:34,725
I was wrong. Dead wrong.

747
00:58:39,271 --> 00:58:41,523
-Let's get him inside.
-Oh, he's gonna be all right.

748
00:58:42,941 --> 00:58:44,901
-He's gonna be all right.
-Easy. Easy.

749
00:58:45,736 --> 00:58:48,363
Careful now. Be careful.

750
00:58:48,530 --> 00:58:50,532
-Easy.
-Oh, Tom.

751
00:58:52,117 --> 00:58:53,368
(TOM GROANS SLOWLY)

752
00:58:55,996 --> 00:58:57,622
What we gonna do?

753
00:58:59,583 --> 00:59:02,169
-What we gonna do?
-Ain't nothing we can do.

754
00:59:02,586 --> 00:59:04,296
We ain't gonna never get away from here.

755
00:59:04,921 --> 00:59:06,048
Never!

756
00:59:06,631 --> 00:59:08,592
At least not alive, anyway.

757
00:59:09,926 --> 00:59:11,303
All my fault.

758
00:59:12,471 --> 00:59:14,639
I should've let y'all go when you wanted.

759
00:59:15,974 --> 00:59:18,268
-Instead of--
-IRENE: Now, you just hush, Mama.

760
00:59:18,643 --> 00:59:20,437
Don't you go blaming yourself.

761
00:59:21,146 --> 00:59:23,148
We stayed here because we wanted to.

762
00:59:23,982 --> 00:59:26,818
VIRGIL: Tom? What we gonna do?

763
00:59:34,326 --> 00:59:36,328
Get my boy out of here.

764
00:59:38,914 --> 00:59:41,374
I don't want him to see me like this.

765
00:59:43,126 --> 00:59:44,252
Martha.

766
00:59:51,843 --> 00:59:53,053
Lewis?

767
00:59:54,638 --> 00:59:55,722
Yeah, Tom?

768
00:59:57,516 --> 01:00:01,645
Take that shovel and dig up the floor

769
01:00:01,812 --> 01:00:03,438
under Bud's bed.

770
01:00:04,648 --> 01:00:06,983
-What you want me to do that for, Tom?
-Do it!

771
01:00:18,745 --> 01:00:22,082
Bud, you mustn't worry about your daddy.
He's gonna be fine.

772
01:00:24,251 --> 01:00:25,919
He's a strong man.

773
01:00:26,878 --> 01:00:28,380
Ain't none stronger.

774
01:00:29,923 --> 01:00:32,467
He'll be up and around in no time.
You'll see.

775
01:00:33,385 --> 01:00:35,554
I'm gonna kill those white men someday.

776
01:00:40,851 --> 01:00:41,977
Bud.

777
01:00:42,394 --> 01:00:44,396
You oughtn't to talk like that.

778
01:00:44,563 --> 01:00:45,897
I'm gonna kill them.

779
01:00:47,649 --> 01:00:50,360
Bible says
it ain't right to kill people, Bud.

780
01:00:51,236 --> 01:00:54,156
Do Bible say it was right for them
to whip my daddy?

781
01:00:56,825 --> 01:00:58,034
No.

782
01:00:59,286 --> 01:01:01,246
It don't say that neither.

783
01:01:02,205 --> 01:01:04,249
Then I'm bound to get them.

784
01:01:08,879 --> 01:01:10,463
Which ones, Bud?

785
01:01:11,089 --> 01:01:12,674
Couldn't see their faces.

786
01:01:13,383 --> 01:01:15,844
I'll find a way
to get the ones who done it.

787
01:01:19,014 --> 01:01:20,682
Suppose you make a mistake?

788
01:01:21,600 --> 01:01:24,811
Suppose you hurt some white folks
that ain't done your daddy no harm?

789
01:01:25,937 --> 01:01:27,856
I'll do what I got to do.

790
01:01:30,400 --> 01:01:31,651
(SIGHS)

791
01:01:32,944 --> 01:01:35,238
Then I guess you might as well
start with me, Bud.

792
01:01:37,282 --> 01:01:38,950
I didn't mean you.

793
01:01:40,368 --> 01:01:41,786
Well, I sure am white.

794
01:01:43,705 --> 01:01:45,498
I'm white as a cotton ball.

795
01:01:47,709 --> 01:01:50,295
And if you starts hurting whites
for being white,

796
01:01:50,587 --> 01:01:53,423
then sooner or later, you'll get ‘round
to me and Ol' George.

797
01:01:53,798 --> 01:01:55,091
I don't want to kill you.

798
01:01:55,634 --> 01:01:57,469
Well, that's what happens
when you starts hurting folks

799
01:01:57,761 --> 01:01:59,471
for the color of their skin.

800
01:02:00,639 --> 01:02:03,016
You won't be any better
than those men who hurt your daddy.

801
01:02:03,975 --> 01:02:05,727
I hate 'em! Hate 'em!

802
01:02:06,478 --> 01:02:09,314
Hate 'em for what they done.

803
01:02:10,857 --> 01:02:12,901
Not because they is white.

804
01:02:15,779 --> 01:02:17,656
Me and mine is white.

805
01:02:19,241 --> 01:02:20,784
But we love you.

806
01:02:21,576 --> 01:02:23,078
Just like our own.

807
01:02:26,790 --> 01:02:28,458
If you let us love you.

808
01:02:34,172 --> 01:02:35,340
Bud.

809
01:02:37,842 --> 01:02:39,678
Oh, my poor little Bud.

810
01:03:01,992 --> 01:03:04,202
This here's a cavalry officer's pistol.

811
01:03:07,539 --> 01:03:10,542
It got "J.B." carved in the handle here.

812
01:03:11,042 --> 01:03:12,627
Lord God.

813
01:03:13,169 --> 01:03:15,005
It be Jemmy Brent's. Put it away.

814
01:03:15,255 --> 01:03:16,965
Give it to me.

815
01:03:18,425 --> 01:03:20,385
Husband, what is you thinking of?

816
01:03:21,303 --> 01:03:24,472
When they catch you with that gun,
they gonna kill you for sure.

817
01:03:25,890 --> 01:03:27,892
I only knows one thing.

818
01:03:29,352 --> 01:03:31,938
Ain't nobody ever gonna whip me again.

819
01:03:32,897 --> 01:03:34,899
-(DOG BARKING)
-Ever.

820
01:03:35,692 --> 01:03:36,860
Someone's coming!

821
01:03:41,072 --> 01:03:42,949
Blow out the candles.

822
01:03:43,992 --> 01:03:45,243
(HORSE WHINNIES)

823
01:03:49,039 --> 01:03:51,333
(WHINNYING AND BARKING CONTINUES)

824
01:03:55,337 --> 01:03:58,089
(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

825
01:04:03,136 --> 01:04:06,556
Open the door slow, whoever you is.

826
01:04:07,557 --> 01:04:09,225
Or I'll blows you apart.

827
01:04:20,111 --> 01:04:21,946
Now, you don't wanna do that, son.

828
01:04:22,447 --> 01:04:24,741
Not unless you gonna make yourself
an orphan child.

829
01:04:26,576 --> 01:04:27,786
Daddy?

830
01:04:28,119 --> 01:04:30,497
(LAUGHS)

831
01:04:31,623 --> 01:04:33,291
My man.

832
01:04:34,125 --> 01:04:35,126
BUD: Grandpa.

833
01:04:35,335 --> 01:04:36,628
IRENE: Chicken George.

834
01:04:36,961 --> 01:04:38,171
LEWIS: Boom! Daddy.

835
01:04:38,671 --> 01:04:40,715
-Yes, baby!
-(CONTINUES LAUGHING)

836
01:04:42,300 --> 01:04:43,843
-Hey, wake up, man!
-What's this?

837
01:04:45,470 --> 01:04:47,430
Hold it. I got news for you, man.

838
01:04:47,680 --> 01:04:50,100
The old chicken-fighter
has come home to roost!

839
01:04:51,935 --> 01:04:54,229
Look at you. (LAUGHS)

840
01:04:55,772 --> 01:04:58,608
MATHILDA: Good thing you come home
after dark, George.

841
01:04:59,818 --> 01:05:00,860
Why you say that?

842
01:05:01,152 --> 01:05:03,988
'Cause I so old and ugly,
I might scare you to death...

843
01:05:04,197 --> 01:05:06,658
-...in God's proper light.
-(LAUGHS)

844
01:05:07,784 --> 01:05:10,495
I don't see you with my eyes, honey.

845
01:05:11,162 --> 01:05:13,123
I sees you with my heart.

846
01:05:13,832 --> 01:05:16,793
-So, lis old and ugly?
-Oh, what you talking about?

847
01:05:17,585 --> 01:05:20,588
Was a time when you used to look at me
with your eyes.

848
01:05:20,839 --> 01:05:21,923
(CHUCKLES)

849
01:05:22,257 --> 01:05:24,551
All right, I'll look at you now.

850
01:05:25,176 --> 01:05:28,555
Come on. Oh, I said come around here.
Come here.

851
01:05:30,014 --> 01:05:31,182
(SIGHS)

852
01:05:34,018 --> 01:05:36,813
You still is beautiful, Tildy.

853
01:05:39,899 --> 01:05:42,277
You still my beautiful woman.

854
01:05:43,027 --> 01:05:44,028
Oh.

855
01:05:44,446 --> 01:05:49,200
Sure, time has left a few tracks
in its passing, like it's done me.

856
01:05:50,201 --> 01:05:53,705
But you got a sprinkling
of moonbeam in your hair. Look.

857
01:05:53,997 --> 01:05:55,999
(BOTH LAUGHING)

858
01:05:56,791 --> 01:05:58,084
And your eyes...

859
01:05:59,836 --> 01:06:03,715
Your eyes still have that
little girl looking out of them.

860
01:06:04,632 --> 01:06:08,094
I feel like a little girl tonight, George.

861
01:06:09,012 --> 01:06:10,555
Been so long.

862
01:06:10,972 --> 01:06:13,725
Just like the very first time.

863
01:06:22,859 --> 01:06:24,569
-Tildy.
-Hmm?

864
01:06:25,069 --> 01:06:26,404
What's going on here?

865
01:06:28,072 --> 01:06:31,242
Tom whipped,
and this Evan Brent in charge.

866
01:06:31,576 --> 01:06:33,244
Nothing that won't keep till morning.

867
01:06:33,411 --> 01:06:35,413
-Yeah, but--
-Hush now.

868
01:06:36,915 --> 01:06:40,251
Brent and his like
done stole most our lives away.

869
01:06:41,920 --> 01:06:44,756
Let's keep this one night for ourselves.

870
01:06:45,507 --> 01:06:47,842
My sweet, sweet mama.

871
01:06:58,937 --> 01:07:01,105
-(ROOSTER CROWING)
-Yes, indeed.

872
01:07:01,481 --> 01:07:03,733
The family sure owes a lot
to these two birds.

873
01:07:04,776 --> 01:07:08,947
With the money they won me,
I bought us some land in Tennessee.

874
01:07:09,239 --> 01:07:14,494
Land so rich and black, you can plant
a pig's tail and a hog will grow!

875
01:07:14,744 --> 01:07:15,745
(LAUGHS)

876
01:07:15,954 --> 01:07:16,955
Daddy?

877
01:07:17,914 --> 01:07:19,749
Ain't you heard a word we said?

878
01:07:21,626 --> 01:07:22,961
We can't go to Tennessee.

879
01:07:23,461 --> 01:07:24,754
Can't go nowhere.

880
01:07:26,714 --> 01:07:28,841
Well, you mean Brent and his bunch?

881
01:07:29,133 --> 01:07:33,221
Oh! I wouldn't worry about that none.
(LAUGHS)

882
01:07:34,889 --> 01:07:37,392
I been in worse situations in the war.

883
01:07:38,810 --> 01:07:39,936
TOM: Daddy.

884
01:07:40,812 --> 01:07:42,272
What you getting at?

885
01:07:45,650 --> 01:07:46,901
All right.

886
01:07:48,152 --> 01:07:51,698
Let's look at it
like it was a military operation. Huh?

887
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:55,243
Here we are, surrounded by the enemy,

888
01:07:55,660 --> 01:07:57,870
outnumbered, out-gunned,

889
01:07:58,162 --> 01:08:00,290
and half our troops
are women and children.

890
01:08:00,999 --> 01:08:04,877
Now, on the face of it, looks pretty bad.

891
01:08:05,044 --> 01:08:07,672
Look like we in a hopeless position.

892
01:08:09,340 --> 01:08:11,676
And that's our one strong point.

893
01:08:14,887 --> 01:08:17,181
Don't hardly sound like
no strong point to me, Daddy.

894
01:08:17,682 --> 01:08:18,850
Way I figure it,

895
01:08:19,309 --> 01:08:23,021
Brent and this Senator must be
feeling mighty smug riding through here.

896
01:08:23,396 --> 01:08:25,857
Feel like they got us
right where they want us.

897
01:08:26,024 --> 01:08:28,359
Toeing the line, scared to death.

898
01:08:29,277 --> 01:08:32,030
Well, from now on,

899
01:08:32,947 --> 01:08:35,074
we gonna do everything we can do

900
01:08:35,408 --> 01:08:38,494
to make sure they go
right on feeling that way.

901
01:08:43,625 --> 01:08:46,210
-(PEOPLE LAUGHING)
-OL' GEORGE: Clumsy fool!

902
01:08:46,502 --> 01:08:48,171
Here, look after Mrs. Randall.

903
01:08:48,421 --> 01:08:49,881
I wanna see what's going on out there.

904
01:08:50,173 --> 01:08:52,425
(RAUCOUS LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

905
01:08:54,218 --> 01:08:55,595
OL' GEORGE: You dumb, black boy.

906
01:08:55,762 --> 01:08:57,555
Now, can't I trust you
to do nothing right?

907
01:08:57,972 --> 01:09:00,558
I want every grain of that
back in the sack!

908
01:09:00,725 --> 01:09:01,726
TOM: I's trying.

909
01:09:02,393 --> 01:09:04,771
(LAUGHTER CONTINUES)

910
01:09:06,064 --> 01:09:08,274
I's trying, Mr. Johnson. I's trying.

911
01:09:08,858 --> 01:09:11,361
You ain't trying hard enough.
I don't want no sack full of dirt.

912
01:09:11,569 --> 01:09:12,820
-You do it careful.
-Yes, Sir.

913
01:09:13,071 --> 01:09:14,238
Those darkies.

914
01:09:14,530 --> 01:09:17,533
They was bad enough under slavery,
now they's just downright useless.

915
01:09:19,619 --> 01:09:20,995
I's done, sir.

916
01:09:21,496 --> 01:09:23,414
Oh. What are you waiting on, boy?

917
01:09:23,665 --> 01:09:25,792
Get the rest of the sacks out of there!

918
01:09:27,210 --> 01:09:28,586
Yes, sir.

919
01:09:29,170 --> 01:09:32,715
Would you move your black backside?
Move it! Move it!

920
01:09:32,924 --> 01:09:34,300
(ALL LAUGHING)

921
01:09:38,221 --> 01:09:40,223
-Well, George.
-Oh, Mr. Brent.

922
01:09:41,140 --> 01:09:42,475
I see you've learned a thing or two.

923
01:09:42,725 --> 01:09:44,769
Well, I wasn't too sure
about taking this job

924
01:09:45,061 --> 01:09:48,106
overseeing them darkies, as you well know,

925
01:09:48,314 --> 01:09:50,858
but I wanna tell you,
it beats farming all to hell. (CHUCKLES)

926
01:09:51,734 --> 01:09:53,945
-l wanna thank you.
-That's all right, son.

927
01:09:54,779 --> 01:09:56,322
Just don't you let up, you hear?

928
01:09:56,656 --> 01:09:59,659
Oh, don't you worry.
I keeps on them all the time.

929
01:10:01,369 --> 01:10:02,912
You'll do, Georgie, you'll do.

930
01:10:04,414 --> 01:10:06,040
Oh, please, sir.

931
01:10:06,916 --> 01:10:08,084
Please.

932
01:10:12,296 --> 01:10:14,132
We don't want no more trouble.

933
01:10:16,092 --> 01:10:18,386
If'n my man goes up in front of the judge,

934
01:10:19,679 --> 01:10:21,097
they'll kill him for sure.

935
01:10:24,267 --> 01:10:26,936
I got two little babies, sir.

936
01:10:29,105 --> 01:10:32,191
(SNIFFLES) Now, what we gonna do
if they kills my man?

937
01:10:35,319 --> 01:10:36,863
Oh, please, sir.

938
01:10:39,198 --> 01:10:41,617
You mean Tom wants to
forget this whole thing

939
01:10:44,662 --> 01:10:46,164
and drop the charges?

940
01:10:47,623 --> 01:10:51,502
Sheriff, sir, I swears to God
you ain't never gonna hear from him again.

941
01:10:53,379 --> 01:10:55,757
Well, you seem like a good girl.

942
01:10:57,133 --> 01:10:59,343
So, I'm gonna do something
that I hadn't ought to do.

943
01:11:08,644 --> 01:11:10,021
This is your husband's property.

944
01:11:12,106 --> 01:11:14,066
You do with it what you want to do.

945
01:11:23,034 --> 01:11:24,035
(GASPS)

946
01:11:27,163 --> 01:11:28,289
God bless you, sir.

947
01:11:53,064 --> 01:11:55,191
I think that's about everything
he asked for.

948
01:11:57,693 --> 01:11:59,070
Thank you, sir.

949
01:11:59,403 --> 01:12:01,030
Just a minute there, boy.

950
01:12:02,949 --> 01:12:04,742
I ain't done with you yet.

951
01:12:07,411 --> 01:12:09,831
-Yes, sir?
-Fetch me a dipper of water, nigger.

952
01:12:14,168 --> 01:12:15,419
(HORSE WHINNYING)

953
01:12:16,462 --> 01:12:18,214
Yes, sir.

954
01:12:39,068 --> 01:12:40,111
Ah.

955
01:12:42,530 --> 01:12:45,908
Yeah, I do believe
that's the sweetest water I ever tasted.

956
01:12:47,034 --> 01:12:48,369
Yes, sir.

957
01:12:48,703 --> 01:12:49,829
Fetch you some more, sir?

958
01:12:51,539 --> 01:12:52,957
No.

959
01:12:53,541 --> 01:12:54,959
But I sure did appreciate it.

960
01:12:58,421 --> 01:13:00,715
You're shaping up into a good boy, Tom.
Good boy.

961
01:13:01,132 --> 01:13:03,009
Thank you, sir. I's trying, sir.

962
01:13:03,509 --> 01:13:04,594
Oh, you can run along now.

963
01:13:25,323 --> 01:13:29,493
You see that uppity Tom Harvey fetch me
a dipper of water nice and polite?

964
01:13:30,494 --> 01:13:32,330
-Yes, I did.
-Did my heart good.

965
01:13:33,039 --> 01:13:37,877
Charlie tells me that Tom's wife was in
begging to have them charges dropped.

966
01:13:39,128 --> 01:13:41,923
I think we can rest easy
about the Harvey place from now on.

967
01:13:42,214 --> 01:13:44,592
Yes, it looks that way.

968
01:13:44,967 --> 01:13:46,302
Something troubling you, Senator?

969
01:13:46,636 --> 01:13:49,805
Well, it's been my experience
that one should not depend

970
01:13:49,972 --> 01:13:52,558
on an unbroken series of fortunate events.

971
01:13:53,517 --> 01:13:58,147
All this idyllic behavior is either
a concealment of some furtive activity

972
01:13:59,148 --> 01:14:03,069
or a tribute to Mr. George Johnson's
ability to work a miracle.

973
01:14:04,320 --> 01:14:06,197
Johnson does seem
to have things well in hand.

974
01:14:06,364 --> 01:14:08,699
I do not reject the miracle.

975
01:14:10,117 --> 01:14:12,036
I simply think
it should be put to the test.

976
01:14:12,787 --> 01:14:14,372
Have you been out to the farm yourself?

977
01:14:15,039 --> 01:14:20,169
Uh, no, no. No, not recently.
I've been kinda busy over at the store.

978
01:14:20,711 --> 01:14:26,300
A little drive out there, unannounced,
might teach us something we ought to know.

979
01:14:32,515 --> 01:14:34,016
(HORSE SNORTING)

980
01:14:38,229 --> 01:14:39,397
OL' GEORGE: All right,
now stop the lollygagging

981
01:14:39,563 --> 01:14:40,690
and put your backs into it!

982
01:14:41,065 --> 01:14:42,650
What do you think this is?
Some kind of picnic?

983
01:14:42,900 --> 01:14:44,986
Tom and Virgil,
I got my eye on both of you.

984
01:14:45,236 --> 01:14:48,656
Now, you either put your black backsides
into it, or I'll do it for you!

985
01:14:56,247 --> 01:14:57,289
Oh.

986
01:14:59,750 --> 01:15:02,169
Good day, Senator. Mr. Brent.

987
01:15:03,295 --> 01:15:04,296
Hello, young man.

988
01:15:04,505 --> 01:15:07,049
Just thought we'll drop by
and see how you're getting on, George.

989
01:15:07,717 --> 01:15:09,510
Well, I got to admit,

990
01:15:09,927 --> 01:15:12,096
ain't far long with
the planting as I'd like to be.

991
01:15:12,680 --> 01:15:14,765
We's still cleaning up some
what them nightriders done,

992
01:15:14,974 --> 01:15:17,685
but things is coming along,
they is coming along.

993
01:15:18,394 --> 01:15:20,896
-Massa Johnson? Massa Johnson?
-Yeah, Lewis, what is it now?

994
01:15:21,063 --> 01:15:23,315
We sure would like for you to
come over and take look at the fence

995
01:15:23,524 --> 01:15:24,859
we's fixing around the pig sty.

996
01:15:25,109 --> 01:15:26,110
See if it all right?

997
01:15:26,527 --> 01:15:29,864
All right, you go on back there, Lewis,
keep working, and I'll be there directly.

998
01:15:30,156 --> 01:15:31,198
Yeah.

999
01:15:32,116 --> 01:15:33,159
Thank you, sir.

1000
01:15:33,451 --> 01:15:34,577
Go on, now.

1001
01:15:37,079 --> 01:15:40,499
The blacks, they just like little kiddies.

1002
01:15:40,875 --> 01:15:43,961
Can't do nothing on their own. (LAUGHS)

1003
01:15:47,631 --> 01:15:50,301
Well, I guess we ought to get
started back to town.

1004
01:15:50,968 --> 01:15:53,763
Seems like Mr. Johnson's
got his work in order.

1005
01:15:55,973 --> 01:15:57,641
Be seeing you, George.

1006
01:15:58,517 --> 01:15:59,852
You keep after them, now, you hear?

1007
01:16:00,436 --> 01:16:02,438
-Don't you worry none, Mr. Brent.
-(KISSING NOISE)

1008
01:16:02,855 --> 01:16:04,482
Good day, Senator.

1009
01:16:11,447 --> 01:16:13,491
OL' GEORGE: Oh, Mr. Brent! Mr. Brent!

1010
01:16:15,701 --> 01:16:16,952
Mr. Brent! Oh.

1011
01:16:17,411 --> 01:16:19,705
You know, them mules of Mr. Harvey's
is on their last legs.

1012
01:16:19,955 --> 01:16:22,208
And they ain't hardly pulling
worth their feed now.

1013
01:16:22,458 --> 01:16:23,709
It's up to you, of course.

1014
01:16:24,251 --> 01:16:26,253
But if I could have me six young mules,

1015
01:16:26,504 --> 01:16:29,006
I know I could plant
at least another 100 acres.

1016
01:16:30,299 --> 01:16:31,509
Senator?

1017
01:16:32,093 --> 01:16:36,180
Well, I think Mr. Johnson's enterprise
ought to be encouraged.

1018
01:16:36,931 --> 01:16:38,182
I'll get them out to you as soon as I can.

1019
01:16:39,350 --> 01:16:40,851
Anything else you need?

1020
01:16:41,519 --> 01:16:44,522
Uh, no, sir, I think I got
everything I need right now, sir.

1021
01:16:44,772 --> 01:16:46,690
I'll get them six mules out
first thing tomorrow.

1022
01:16:46,899 --> 01:16:48,317
I'm much obliged.

1023
01:17:00,412 --> 01:17:01,831
(WHISTLES)

1024
01:17:07,503 --> 01:17:09,046
(CHUCKLES SLOWLY)

1025
01:17:17,680 --> 01:17:19,223
Mr. Brent!

1026
01:17:19,765 --> 01:17:22,560
You got to come out to the farm.
It's Georgie!

1027
01:17:22,810 --> 01:17:24,478
He... He... (CRYING)

1028
01:17:24,812 --> 01:17:28,524
All right, now, missy, all right now.
Just calm down, tell me what happened.

1029
01:17:29,275 --> 01:17:33,362
Georgie had an accident.
I think his leg is broke.

1030
01:17:34,029 --> 01:17:35,406
We better go get Doc Farrell.

1031
01:17:35,573 --> 01:17:38,576
I went to the doctor first.
He's on his way.

1032
01:17:38,909 --> 01:17:40,786
But my husband want you to come out there.

1033
01:17:41,036 --> 01:17:44,415
He's afraid the darkies might
take advantage and just run off.

1034
01:17:44,748 --> 01:17:46,375
Oh, Mr. Brent, you got to come.

1035
01:17:46,542 --> 01:17:48,627
All right, now, girl. All right, now.
Calm down.

1036
01:17:48,794 --> 01:17:51,755
Everything's gonna be all right.
Now, you get back to your husband, huh.

1037
01:17:52,256 --> 01:17:54,091
I'll ride out as soon as I can.

1038
01:17:54,383 --> 01:17:56,177
Get, get, get, you hear!

1039
01:18:07,646 --> 01:18:09,690
MARTHA: Over here, Mr. Brent!

1040
01:18:12,818 --> 01:18:14,445
(GRUNTS)

1041
01:18:24,288 --> 01:18:25,539
How's he doing, Doc?

1042
01:18:26,624 --> 01:18:28,209
Oh, he all right, Mr. Brent.

1043
01:18:28,709 --> 01:18:29,710
But you ain't.

1044
01:18:30,628 --> 01:18:33,172
What you think you about, boy?
Put that gun down.

1045
01:18:33,839 --> 01:18:35,466
We getting out of this county, Mr. Brent.

1046
01:18:35,633 --> 01:18:38,010
And we just want to make sure
that you ain't gonna stop us.

1047
01:18:38,844 --> 01:18:41,597
(LAUGHS) You been bamboozled, Mr. Brent!

1048
01:18:43,140 --> 01:18:45,309
Why, you dirty nigger lover!

1049
01:18:45,976 --> 01:18:47,353
Mr. Brent.

1050
01:18:47,895 --> 01:18:52,691
It ain't I loves niggers so much,
it's just I don't like you at all.

1051
01:18:53,776 --> 01:18:56,153
You're not as smart as you think, Johnson.

1052
01:18:56,487 --> 01:18:58,948
No, that ain't the point, Mr. Brent. Sir.

1053
01:18:59,698 --> 01:19:01,992
The point is,
we ain't as dumb as you think we is.

1054
01:19:02,243 --> 01:19:06,038
Because if we's that dumb,
just what's that make you right now?

1055
01:19:06,372 --> 01:19:08,165
We're taking charge. Now, drop that gun.

1056
01:19:14,213 --> 01:19:16,340
You really think I was crazy enough
to ride out here alone?

1057
01:19:16,715 --> 01:19:17,841
(EVAN SCOFFS)

1058
01:19:18,467 --> 01:19:22,179
I didn't live through no war to walk
into an ambush with my eyes wide open.

1059
01:19:24,848 --> 01:19:30,688
Boy, if you got any skin left
on that black carcass of yours,

1060
01:19:31,814 --> 01:19:33,399
you're about to lose it.

1061
01:19:35,985 --> 01:19:37,861
Now, where's the rest of them
no-account niggers?

1062
01:19:40,531 --> 01:19:41,782
(MARTHA SCREAMS)

1063
01:19:42,783 --> 01:19:44,535
I believe I asked you a question.

1064
01:19:46,287 --> 01:19:49,581
-Did you hear me?
-No! Please! They're in the barn.

1065
01:19:53,168 --> 01:19:55,212
(MARTHA SOBBING)

1066
01:20:01,385 --> 01:20:02,386
(GRUNTS)

1067
01:20:10,978 --> 01:20:12,104
Come on out of there!

1068
01:20:13,022 --> 01:20:14,231
I know you're in there.

1069
01:20:14,481 --> 01:20:15,482
I'll give you a fair warning.

1070
01:20:15,733 --> 01:20:18,485
It's gonna go hard on you
if I have to come in and get you.

1071
01:20:20,904 --> 01:20:22,323
Break that door down.

1072
01:20:29,997 --> 01:20:31,248
(ROOSTERS CLUCKING)

1073
01:20:32,082 --> 01:20:33,417
Hold it right there, boss.

1074
01:20:34,543 --> 01:20:35,586
(GEORGE CHUCKLES)

1075
01:20:35,919 --> 01:20:40,841
Now, I'd, uh, drop them guns,

1076
01:20:41,675 --> 01:20:43,719
kind of nice and easy like.

1077
01:20:45,679 --> 01:20:47,056
(GEORGE LAUGHS)

1078
01:20:47,473 --> 01:20:48,932
Pick up the pop pistols.

1079
01:20:51,602 --> 01:20:54,772
Umm-hmm. Now, what if...

1080
01:20:56,106 --> 01:20:59,443
This is the way my captain, old captain,
used to teach us to think.

1081
01:20:59,777 --> 01:21:05,282
He said, "What if the enemy figures out
your first plan?

1082
01:21:05,991 --> 01:21:07,618
"Then what you gonna do?

1083
01:21:08,285 --> 01:21:09,411
(LAUGHING)

1084
01:21:09,787 --> 01:21:12,623
"Get yourself another plan!"

1085
01:21:14,583 --> 01:21:15,959
Who the hell are you?

1086
01:21:16,710 --> 01:21:17,711
Oh.

1087
01:21:19,129 --> 01:21:20,923
I'm the daddy of these boys, Mr. Brent.

1088
01:21:21,882 --> 01:21:23,175
Don't you remember me?

1089
01:21:23,425 --> 01:21:25,260
You chased me out of the county once.

1090
01:21:26,053 --> 01:21:31,475
Now, all I wants to do
is leave the county peaceably.

1091
01:21:33,268 --> 01:21:34,311
Tie 'em up, boys.

1092
01:21:36,271 --> 01:21:38,482
Tom, he all yours now.

1093
01:21:51,912 --> 01:21:52,913
(TOM GRUNTS)

1094
01:22:19,022 --> 01:22:21,275
How do it feel, Mr. Brent?

1095
01:22:22,067 --> 01:22:24,820
To be tied up like a hog for slaughter

1096
01:22:26,321 --> 01:22:28,866
waiting for your flesh to turn to jelly?

1097
01:22:31,076 --> 01:22:34,663
What do you feel like, Mr. Brent,
to be on the other side of the lash?

1098
01:22:34,872 --> 01:22:36,206
No, Tom.

1099
01:22:38,750 --> 01:22:40,085
Please. Tom.

1100
01:22:43,172 --> 01:22:44,381
Tom.

1101
01:23:04,151 --> 01:23:05,402
-(GRUNTS)
-(WHIMPERS)

1102
01:23:08,071 --> 01:23:09,072
(GASPS)

1103
01:23:21,543 --> 01:23:23,253
(CHUCKLES SLOWLY)

1104
01:23:31,929 --> 01:23:33,347
Time to go.

1105
01:23:33,597 --> 01:23:34,765
Go on.

1106
01:23:44,107 --> 01:23:45,484
Get moving.

1107
01:23:46,610 --> 01:23:49,071
Get the children back there.
You all sit down.

1108
01:23:50,739 --> 01:23:52,950
Maria Jane! Come on up, Bud.

1109
01:23:54,117 --> 01:23:55,202
OL' GEORGE: Got your young'uns, Tom?

1110
01:24:01,959 --> 01:24:04,878
My boy Tom has a good heart.

1111
01:24:05,045 --> 01:24:08,549
And, uh, I admire his thinking.

1112
01:24:09,466 --> 01:24:13,762
If you bother me or mine ever again,

1113
01:24:14,805 --> 01:24:16,723
I'll kill you.

1114
01:24:26,483 --> 01:24:27,859
Hold it, there.

1115
01:24:33,323 --> 01:24:34,700
-Let's go.
-No.

1116
01:24:35,659 --> 01:24:36,910
Not yet.

1117
01:24:37,661 --> 01:24:40,497
Tildy, I know you's sorry to be leaving.

1118
01:24:41,081 --> 01:24:42,374
But we got to be moving.

1119
01:24:42,541 --> 01:24:45,669
I been sitting here, trying to remember.

1120
01:24:47,629 --> 01:24:52,509
Been living here maybe 14, 15 years.

1121
01:24:53,844 --> 01:24:55,262
I lost count.

1122
01:24:57,681 --> 01:25:00,809
I helped Irene
birth all the grandchildren.

1123
01:25:02,019 --> 01:25:03,312
Seen them grow.

1124
01:25:05,856 --> 01:25:09,026
I held her second baby in my arms
when she died.

1125
01:25:11,194 --> 01:25:15,324
We buried that sweet lamb
at the end of the cabin row by the willow.

1126
01:25:17,200 --> 01:25:21,955
I knows every chink in every wall
the winter wind blow through.

1127
01:25:24,374 --> 01:25:28,795
I know, it hard, old woman, leaving.

1128
01:25:29,254 --> 01:25:30,714
Hard?

1129
01:25:32,174 --> 01:25:34,426
(LAUGHING)

1130
01:25:36,553 --> 01:25:41,308
Chicken George, you is a foolish old man.

1131
01:25:42,893 --> 01:25:46,438
There ain't nothing hard
about being happy.

1132
01:25:49,066 --> 01:25:51,860
This ain't never been our home.

1133
01:25:52,944 --> 01:25:55,739
Never belong to us no way.

1134
01:25:57,199 --> 01:26:00,744
This here is Massa Harvey's
nigger quarters.

1135
01:26:02,913 --> 01:26:08,627
When we ride out of here,
I ain't never gonna think of it again.

1136
01:26:08,919 --> 01:26:10,921
(BOTH LAUGHING)

1137
01:26:13,715 --> 01:26:15,133
Go on there, mule!

1138
01:26:16,718 --> 01:26:18,512
Ain't nothing gonna stop me now.

1139
01:26:18,762 --> 01:26:20,889
-Let's move on!
-Whoo-hoo!

1140
01:26:23,975 --> 01:26:27,521
Hey, Mr. Brent! You be sure to thank
the Senator for these new mules.

1141
01:26:27,729 --> 01:26:30,315
We never could've made it without them!
(LAUGHS)

1142
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:34,611
Yippee!

1143
01:26:35,696 --> 01:26:37,531
(INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

1144
01:27:52,147 --> 01:27:53,607
GEORGE: We's here!

1145
01:27:54,191 --> 01:27:57,861
This here our land! (LAUGHS)

1146
01:27:59,196 --> 01:28:00,530
Go on, mule, go on!

1147
01:28:04,284 --> 01:28:05,619
Hold up there.

1148
01:28:07,120 --> 01:28:08,830
Where you going? Oh!

1149
01:28:14,878 --> 01:28:16,838
Easy, Tildy. Easy, honey.

1150
01:28:18,882 --> 01:28:20,217
Here's home!

1151
01:28:20,801 --> 01:28:21,885
Bud.

1152
01:28:23,136 --> 01:28:27,057
GEORGE: The first slave in this family
was my granddaddy

1153
01:28:28,225 --> 01:28:29,726
Kunta Kinte.

1154
01:28:30,560 --> 01:28:32,729
But he weren't always a slave.

1155
01:28:33,688 --> 01:28:37,901
Before he was a slave
he was a free man in another country.

1156
01:28:38,902 --> 01:28:41,488
A country called Africa.

1157
01:28:42,572 --> 01:28:45,075
But then the slavers, they catch him,

1158
01:28:45,992 --> 01:28:50,288
when he went to find some wood
to make a drum,

1159
01:28:51,873 --> 01:28:53,416
and they brung him to America.

1160
01:28:54,000 --> 01:28:57,254
A place called Annapolis.

1161
01:28:58,046 --> 01:28:59,881
But Kunta Kinte,

1162
01:29:00,674 --> 01:29:02,968
he never forget where he come from.

1163
01:29:03,468 --> 01:29:05,887
He never forget Africa.

1164
01:29:06,346 --> 01:29:09,850
He never forget
the words he spoke as a child.

1165
01:29:10,809 --> 01:29:13,061
How ko mean a fiddle

1166
01:29:13,478 --> 01:29:15,605
and Kamby Bolongo mean a river.

1167
01:29:16,273 --> 01:29:19,818
And he never stop fighting against
his chains trying to be free once more.

1168
01:29:20,443 --> 01:29:25,115
Not even after they cut off half his foot
to keep him from running away.

1169
01:29:29,160 --> 01:29:31,329
And before he die,

1170
01:29:31,746 --> 01:29:33,582
he give that dream of freedom

1171
01:29:34,749 --> 01:29:36,167
to his daughter.

1172
01:29:37,752 --> 01:29:38,962
Kizzy.

1173
01:29:40,714 --> 01:29:42,132
My mama.

1174
01:29:42,966 --> 01:29:44,885
And before she die,

1175
01:29:45,927 --> 01:29:48,471
she give that dream to me.

1176
01:29:49,306 --> 01:29:53,393
And I've tried to keep that dream alive
in all you children,

1177
01:29:54,769 --> 01:29:57,105
till that day come.

1178
01:29:58,315 --> 01:30:00,984
Hear me, O African,

1179
01:30:01,985 --> 01:30:05,280
the flesh of your flesh

1180
01:30:06,823 --> 01:30:08,742
has come to freedom.

1181
01:30:09,868 --> 01:30:12,954
You is free at last.

1182
01:30:15,624 --> 01:30:18,335
We is free!

1183
01:31:15,892 --> 01:31:18,979
ALEX: The family did settle
in Henning, Tennessee.

1184
01:31:19,729 --> 01:31:22,315
Mathilda passed away
before Chicken George.

1185
01:31:23,233 --> 01:31:27,028
And he enjoyed life among
his children and his grandchildren

1186
01:31:27,237 --> 01:31:30,740
until he died at the ripe old age of 83.

1187
01:31:31,658 --> 01:31:35,245
The blacksmith, Tom,
and his talented Irene prospered.

1188
01:31:36,246 --> 01:31:38,081
Their youngest daughter, Cynthia,

1189
01:31:38,289 --> 01:31:42,752
grew up and married a tall, quiet
black man named Will Palmer,

1190
01:31:43,086 --> 01:31:45,588
who came to own the town's lumber mill.

1191
01:31:46,423 --> 01:31:50,760
The Palmers had a daughter named Bertha
who attended Lane College,

1192
01:31:51,261 --> 01:31:54,472
where she met and married
Simon Alexander Haley.

1193
01:31:55,473 --> 01:31:58,935
In 1921, the Haleys welcomed a son,

1194
01:31:59,519 --> 01:32:03,481
the seventh generation descendant
of Kunta Kinte.

1195
01:32:04,399 --> 01:32:06,818
That boy was me, Alex Haley.

1196
01:32:07,277 --> 01:32:11,072
And I never forgot those stories
which my grandmother Cynthia told me.

1197
01:32:11,781 --> 01:32:17,120
And in 1963, after I had retired from
a career in the U.S. Coast Guard,

1198
01:32:17,620 --> 01:32:21,750
I became obsessed with a desire
to know more about our family,

1199
01:32:22,042 --> 01:32:23,543
more about its history.

1200
01:32:23,877 --> 01:32:27,255
It was a search that would take me,
finally, 12 years to complete.

1201
01:32:28,089 --> 01:32:32,469
And those things that I learned,
I wrote in a book called Roots.

1202
01:32:37,932 --> 01:32:40,643
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)

1203
01:35:33,566 --> 01:35:34,567
English - SDH