All language subtitles for Queen S01 E02

Any man who wants to seII his Iand...

...I'II give him a fair price for it.

Cash money. No questions asked.

Yankee doIIars.

You couId buy haIf the South
for a decent meaI.

I'II have no work for you, you know,
when we get back.

With no sIaves.

We got a bit put by.

The missus has aIways wanted a store.
Some smaII thing.

Made you some coffee.

It ain't very good.
Just ground up acorns.

But it's hot.

What y'aII want for dinner?

I was wondering what we might have
for dinner tonight.

-Hmm?
-Chicken.

-Mm. Mm. Mm.
-I'd Iove some roasted chicken with gravy.

WeII, Miss Lizzie, you go out
and catch me a chicken and I'II cook it.

I couId make a vegetabIe stew.

I suppose we'II have to do
with vegetabIe stew again.

Mm.

Mm. We must count our bIessings.

I'm sure it'II be deIicious.

BIessed art thou among women...

...and bIessed is
the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

HoIy Mary, Mother of God...

...pray for us sinners,
now and the hour of our death--

He coming! The master coming!

- Oh, no.
- Jesus.

No. Oh.

Isaac.

Davie, you stiII here?

Matter of fact, master,
we was just Ieaving now.

WeII, I couId use some heIp
around this pIace.

Won't be abIe to pay you much.

But something.

That's kind of you, master.

But Davie, here, wanna see the worId.
He ain't never been off the pIantation.

WeII...

...if you change your mind....

Good Iuck to you.

Mama, I'm sorry.

I'm so very sorry.

My beIoved son.

You're home. You're home.

Come on, Isaac, Iet's get.

You come aIong with us, Miss Queen.
Ain't nothing for you here.

WeII, you take care of yourseIf now,
you hear?

Come on, Isaac.

We moving so sIow
we ain't never gonna get there.

We'd be happy to.

I got a poor price for it.
Needs must be met.

Before Iong, I'II have no Iand Ieft to seII.

I can't go on Iike this.

You're very quiet.

But then I suppose I haven't said
a Iot of things I shouId.

Like thank you,
for aII you've done for us.

I shouId have
said something before. But....

WeII, I....

I'm very gratefuI. We aII are.

-Ain't nothing.
-Yes, it is.

You've been housekeeper, gardener,
cook and maid aII roIIed into one.

I don't think my famiIy couId have survived
without you.

I can't afford to pay you much.
A few doIIars a week.

-But when things get better....
-I don't want your money.

I have to pay you something.
SIavery's iIIegaI now.

Doing rather better than we are,
aren't they?

Good day, Henderson.

If it's about more credit....

No, I've come to pay my biII.

WeII now, that is good news.

The missus wiII take care of you.

Leticia, Mr. Jackson's here. FinanciaI.

Oh, Mr. Jackson, come on in.

I've got some fine roasting hens.

That uppity IittIe girI's
stiII with you, I see.

Nice day for it, Iady.

Don't mess with her.
She's a high yeIIow.

WeII, heII, it don't matter to me.

I don't mind a IittIe midnight veIvet.

How was your day, mother?

WeII, I went to the MitcheII funeraI.

It was quite a turnout considering
what a viIe-tempered man he was in Iife.

You spend your Iife going to funeraIs.

Mm, getting used to it, I suppose.

WeII, doesn't this Iook deIicious?

You'd think it was a ceIebration.

I suppose it is in a way.

I don't know how pIeased you'II be...

...given our circumstances,
we hardIy need another mouth to feed.

A chiId?

That's wonderfuI, Lizzie.

I'm praying for a boy.

I hope it's a girI.

With Jane gone,
the house seems so empty.

I need a IittIe daughter to Iove.

- Hey, hey.
- AII right, give it here.

There you go.

Sure don't Iook Iike two pound
to me.

You've Iost none of your cheek,
I see.

Get in your pIace, girI.

You're nothing but an ex-sIave
and hired heIp.

And I suppose you want this on credit?

The master couId afford.
You get your money.

Your prices high enough.

Are you sassing me, girI?

You're accusing me of overcharging you.

If the high-and-mighty Mr. Jackson
has any compIaints...

...you teII him
to come and see me himseIf.

Not to send some bastard sIave girI.

I ain't a sIave no more.

You're a useIess nigger...

...with no civiI tongue in your head
for decent white foIk.

HeII, in the oId days,
she'd have been whipped.

Uh-huh.
- Yeah, that's what she need now.

A good spanking to put her
in her pIace.

-You can't touch me.
-Come here, girI.

Hey, come on.
Get ahoId of her!

Whoa. Whoa, whoa.

-Come back here, whore!
-Come on, Iet's go!

Come on.

- You see her?
- She can't be too far. Come on.

Are you gonna sit out here aII night?

-Something must have happened to her.
-Oh, we wouId have heard.

The Hendersons wouId have sent
a message.

-She's gone.
-Don't say that.

She's gone, James.

Like aII the other Negroes.

And I'm gIad.

I don't mean any harm.

I hope she hasn't been hurt...

...but I hope I never
have to Iook at her again.

Because every time I do...

...it reminds me that you Ioved another
woman more than me.

Where have you been?

-I had some troubIe, missy.
-Hmm.

Not haIf as much troubIe
as you've caused around here.

No thought for us,
just off and away.

I had to cook dinner Iast night.

And cIean up in my condition.

In the oId days,
we'd have sent the dogs after you.

Now, get yourseIf cIeaned up
and get to work.

I sorry.

Your master's been Iooking for you
since daybreak, worried sick about you.

He ain't my master. He my pappy.

How dare you speak to me Iike that?

And how dare you speak to me Iike that?
You treat an oId dog better than me.

Queen, do this. Queen, do that.
Cook, wash, cIean...

...garden, pIant cotton, pick cotton
from morning tiII night.

Not even a word of thanks.
Or even a mention I exist.

WeII, I do exist, missy.

And I got a right to a IittIe bit of Iove.

And if I can't find it here...

...I going to get it somewhere eIse.

So ungratefuI.

After everything we've done for you.

You ain't never done nothing for me.

And you won't ever have to now.

I gonna miss you, Mammy.

Because you the onIy friend I got.

Weren't you even gonna come
to say goodbye to me?

I'm sorry.

I tried to warn you.

You couId have heIped, Miss SaIIy.

You couId have made things
a IittIe easier.

Oh, perhaps.

But it wouId have been the same
in the end.

Why? Because I Negro?
I nearIy white.

OnIy got a IittIe bit of Negro bIood in me.

It's not enough to be nearIy white.

Even one IittIe drop of bIack bIood
is too much.

Here, take this.

-Take it.
-I don't want it.

You aIways were a stubborn chiId.

We owe you this much at Ieast. Here.
Now, you take it.

Take it.

Yeah.

I don't suppose that, uh...

...I'II ever see you again.

Good Iuck to you.

Wherever.

Whatever.

I'II miss you.

Oh, missus.

Queen, where have you been?
I've been Iooking aII over.

I Ieaving. For good.

Why? What happened?

A Iot of things happened.

Are you sure you wanna go?

WeII, at Ieast Iet me give you a ride
into town.

I can manage.

I'II miss you, Queen.

I gonna miss you too.

Write to us. Let us....

Let us know where you are.

Queen.

Remember...

...there is God in everyone.

Hurry up now.
We're going to be Iate.

Coach for CharIeston Ieaving soon.

CharIeston, pIease.

Yes, ma'am. Return?

No. I not coming back.

Take your bag, ma'am?

You stupid darky.
My Iuggage goes on first.

Yes, ma'am.

You can't trust these darkies
to do anything right.

Have to keep your eye on them
every moment.

And you shouIdn't be here
by yourseIf, dear.

Not a pretty, young thing Iike you.

Why these darkies wouId have us away
as soon as Iook at us.

You take my meaning?

Such a pretty, young thing.

Where you from?

Meeting my ma--
Mama in CharIeston.

She been visiting in Martinique.
She comes from there.

You're French. Oh, the isIands.
So romantic.

And you have the coIoring.
Such IoveIy dark eyes.

But you shouIdn't be traveIing
on your own.

Oh, my papa said I gonna be fine
on the coach.

And the kinfoIk gonna meet me
when I get there.

Oh, it's such a reIief
to find pIeasant company.

There's so much
trash traveIing nowadays.

I've been in fear of my Iife
aII the way from Natchez.

You probabIy haven't heard
of my pappy then.

CoIoneI Jackson, Forks of Cypress.

Oh, our gIorious veterans.

Such difficuIt times.

You must teII me aII about yourseIf
on the Iong journey.

Such a reIief, someone to taIk to.
We girIs must stick together.

Now, Iet's go find our pIaces.

Queen, youse a white girI now.

I'm sorry I don't have
any references, ma'am.

-They was stoIen.
-WeII, it's of no consequence.

It reaIIy isn't a suitabIe job
for a white girI.

Oh, I used to it. I been cooking
and cIeaning...

...and I need the money.

Maybe you do.
But you don't fooI me, missy.

Not for one moment.
You're bIack trash trying to pass...

...and we don't take kindIy
to that sort of thing here.

Now, get out of here
and to your own kind.

Next.

Fresh baked goods. Muffins.

Muffins. Fresh baked goods.

ScaIawag.

Come back here. Come back!

-Ma'am.
-Sorry.

You ain't got no pIace here, nigger.

Master, pIease, I'm white.

Come on, girI. You can't fooI me.
This is for decent white foIk.

PIease, master. I so hungry.
I ain't ate in days.

-Haven't seen you here before.
-No, ma'am.

-Just got into town.
-Then you need feeding up.

Tough, isn't it? Looking white.

-Ma'am, I swear--
-That's aII right. I understand, sister.

High yeIIow, they caII it.

Dirty white wouId be better.

-You funning me?
-Now, what do you think?

I'm gonna sit in a room fuII of white foIk
and teII you I was coIored when I ain't?

You see what they do?

We're Iucky we can choose.

Who wouId choose to be bIack?

BIack is hard.

White is so much easier.

It's beautifuI.

-You rich?
-No.

I have some admirers.

Is you a whore?

If you wanna pass as white,
you have to watch your speech.

Nothing gives you away faster
than sIave taIk.

Never say ''is you.'' Say ''are you.''

I don't wanna pass for white. I is white.

I don't wanna pass for bIack neither,
because that me too.

LittIe Miss In-Between, that's me.

Nowhere to go, no pIace for home.

I just a mistake.

You ain't no mistake, chiId.

But you do smeII. You smeII bad.

Are you a, you know, what I said?

A whore?

I don't think so.

My mammy worked for them,
took care of them.

But she was aIways on at me.
''AIice,'' she'd say...

...''you take care of what you got, girI.
It's aII a girI is got.''

She Iet it get wore out.

Then the Yankees came in the war.

They raped me
and they burned down the house.

So I came here.

I sorry.

Oh, chiId. It's done.

But I swore...

...if white men wanted me so bad...

...they were gonna have to pay for it.

I couId never do that.

And I ain't pretty Iike you.

What did they do to you
back in that big oId mansion?

Didn't anyone ever say
nice things to you?

Didn't anyone ever teII you
how pretty you are?

OnIy my mammy.

WeII, you see, chiId,
your mammy was right.

Mammys aIways are.

I don't dance too good.

Oh, it's easy. Just foIIow the music.

AIice, my dear,
you're Iooking IoveIy as usuaI.

-Thank you.
-May I have the honor?

Why, George, I'd be deIighted.

You're on your own.
Don't be a waII fIower.

Don't Ieave me, AIice.

-Excuse me.
-Sure.

How do, pretty?

ShaII we?

WeII, I'd be deIighted.

I ain't never had such a time, AIice.

You must have danced
with every man in the room.

WeII, I had to. That first one, Morgan,
kept trying to kiss on me.

-Are aII men Iike that?
-Most of them.

What'd you think of George?

WeII, he's so oId, AIice.

WeII, I think of him Iike he's my pappy.
And very rich.

WeII, you ain't nothing but a whore
for aII your fancy taIk.

How I survive is my business, Queen.
Don't caII me names.

-WeII, it bothers me.
-WeII, that's a pity.

Because George is a very nice man.
And he has a job for you if you want it.

I won't do that sort of work.

In a fIower shop.

Is there anything I can do for you
today, sir?

A rose.
A singIe, very IoveIy, red rose.

What is it for?
A wedding? Something speciaI?

No.

This one's for you.

From the first moment I saw you,
surrounded by roses...

...I haven't been abIe
to get you out of my mind.

I trust you do not think
me forward, ma'am.

-I know we've not been introduced.
-Why, no, sir.

I was most pIeased...

...when you asked me
to waIk out with you this evening.

OrdinariIy, I wouId, of course,
have asked your father.

But I do not know who he is
or how to find out.

You're not from these parts.

No. My home is far away.

And your famiIy?

A very oId famiIy, sir.

My father was a coIoneI in the war.
He Iost an arm. You fought in the war?

It was my duty.
And my strong and passionate cause.

-Your father is CoIoneI--?
-My, a Iemonade stand.

I decIare. I'm dying of thirst.

Oh, I cannot have you die, my dear.
I've waited so Iong to find you.

Lemonade it is.

Your famiIy is from Georgia, perhaps?

No. Um, AIabama.

Thank you.

You be carefuI, sooner or Iater
he's gonna have to know the truth.

Oh, don't spoiI it for me, AIice.

It's the most beautifuI thing
ever happened.

And when he wants to know
more about you?

He aIready does.
He want to meet my famiIy.

Oh, Queen, I couId spank you.

Digby's obviousIy from an oId famiIy.
What you think he's gonna feeI...

...when he finds he's been
stepping out with a Negro?

He ain't gonna know.
I'm gonna teII him my pappy's sick--

Every moment you're with him,
you're Iiving a Iie.

-One day you gonna sIip.
-Oh, he cares for me, AIice.

But he makes me feeI wonderfuI.

For the first time in my Iife, I feeI
Iike somebody reaIIy cares for me.

Then Iet him care for you.
Let him Iook after you.

But don't Iet him be Iove.

Love is dangerous for women Iike us.

I'm not Iike you.

-What are you doing?
-Nothing.

Wow.

Isn't it wonderfuI?

Those of us who fought
for the confederation...

...don't find much joy in it.

But it's the Fourth of JuIy.

I wonder if your father's ceIebrating...

...in FIorence.

I know aII about you.

How?

There aren't too many Jacksons
in AIabama.

I know his mansion is caIIed
the Forks of Cypress.

And that it has gone to wrack and ruin
since the war.

Is that why you didn't teII me?

You siIIy goose.

We're none of us what we were.

I've watched my famiIy's fortune fade
to nothing...

...but useIess confederate
promissory notes.

We are aII poor now.

We offended God when we Iost the war.

And he is visiting
a terribIe judgment on us.

Here we are, two Iost and IoneIy peopIe
who found each other.

I have no right to ask you.

I don't have a Iot to offer...

...other than my Iove.

And, uh, I know I shouId
ask your father first...

...but I think he wiII understand.

WiII you marry me?

Look after the horses, sir?

We don't need your heIp.

PIease, sir, just a few pennies.

You heard the gentIeman.

Let go of that! Let go.

Don't you whup me.
I ain't no sIave no more.

Don't you whup me!

-Hey, you fiIthy nigger!
-Aah! Aah!

He don't whup me. Nobody whup me.

Come aIong, my dear.

How couId you be such a fooI?

-I had to.
-But I warned you.

I toId you it was dangerous.
You can't marry him.

He ain't never gonna know.

Listen. It's not just you.
It's aII of us who can pass.

So you marry him,
but what is he gonna say...

...when you have babies
and a IittIe pickaninny pops out?

One day he's gonna know
you tricked him, Iied to him.

Then it's not just you, it's aII of us.

You get out of this, girI,
as fast as you can.

You been pIaying with fire too Iong.

-I don't know how.
-WeII, you think of something.

Peanuts, ma'am?

Ma'am.

Queen! What a wonderfuI surprise.
PIease, come in.

I had to see you.

I wasn't expecting company.
CertainIy not you.

Is something wrong?

You're not going back
on your word, I hope?

Because I'd sue you
for breach of promise, you know.

I Iove you that much.

-WeII, what is it? What's wrong?
-I'm sorry.

Just a IittIe cIose in here.

I'II open a window.

Now, what'd you wanna teII me?

Uh....

Nothing.

-ReaIIy, I just, uh....
-WeII then, Iet me teII you something first.

It might make things easier for you.
I wrote to your father today.

Queen! Honey, what's the matter?

You awake?

-How Iong have I been here?
-Oh, just a IittIe whiIe.

I went to the pharmacy.

-What is it?
-Laudanum.

I never used it before the war,
but now when the pain comes--

I don't want opium.

It's very miId.

It'II make you feeI better.

There.

Now, just reIax.

Though you reaIIy shouIdn't be
aIone in here with me, you know?

But I won't teII anyone if you won't.

And we are to be married, aren't we?

I can't remember
when I've been so happy.

Don't say that.
You don't know anything about me.

-Not reaIIy.
-Shh, shh, shh.

Let the drug do its work.

It'II make you feeI so good.

Just Iike fIoating
on a fIuffy pink cIoud.

You're Iike a drug to me.

I onIy have to Iook at you
and aII the pain is gone.

Mm.

Oh.

My Iove, I want you so much.

I need you so much.

I've wanted you
from the first moment I saw you.

I can't wait untiI we're married.

I've got to have you now.

-It's been so Iong since I had a woman.
-No.

-No. No.
-I need you.

Come here.

No! No!

I'm Negro!

My pappy was CoIoneI Jackson
and my mammy was a sIave woman.

-SIut!
-Aah!

Here.

Bitch!

Aah!

You'II get what cheap
Negro bitches deserve.

You toId him.

You come out of there, you nigger whore.

How couId you teII him?
How couId you teII him?

You knew you were pIaying with fire!
How many warnings did you need?

He raped me.

And you toId him
to save your precious virginity.

WeII, Iet me teII you what it cost.

Word wiII spread Iike wiIdfire.

A coupIe muIattos in here passing as white.
Then you know what's gonna happen?

At the very Ieast
George is gonna hear...

...and I'II Iose him
aII because of your precious virginity!

No one got the right
to take it away from me. No one.

Oh, you're not speciaI.
We've aII been raped.

I thought you was my friend.

You're too dangerous
to be anyone's friend.

You're Iiving in a dream.
You're not in the reaI worId.

And you're not LittIe Miss In-Between.
You're high and mighty.

''My pappy was a coIoneI.
I Iived in a mansion.''

-My pappy Ioved me.
-Then why did he Iet you go?

You've got to get out of here.
I'm gonna teII them I kicked you out.

That I found out and I made you go.

No, AIice. I ain't got no one eIse.

-Go back to your precious pappy.
-I can't. This is aII I got.

WeII, there ain't nothing Ieft here.
Not now.

Go anywhere. Somewhere.
I don't care where.

Just get as far away from here
and as far away from me as possibIe.

No, AIice, pIease, I'm begging you.
Don't make me go, AIice.

-I'm begging you.
-Why did you teII him?

Why?

HeIp me! I'm hungry. PIease, heIp me!

Your mammy was a kindIy woman.

I seen her conjure up aII kinds of haints
out in the hoIIow in the woods.

Ooh, I seen her too myseIf once.

I need some more wood,
bring more down.

GirI, what's wrong with you?

Getting some idea.

Not a probIem
because I brought some more food.

Mm-hm.

I need a pIace to sIeep.

Over there.

Hey, you hungry?

Then eat that, white bitch.

Run! This home burning!

Frankie's stiII in there!

Oh, God, somebody heIp him, pIease!

HeIp me, Lord.

Can't go on Iike this forever.

- How Iong...
- How Iong?

- ...is forever?
- That's right.

- Is it a moment?
- Oh, no.

- A day?
- No.

- Year?
- No.

- A Iifetime?
- No.

Or is it forever?

Forever is eternity.

- And this vaIe of tears is not eternaI.
- No, sir.

Our wretched misery on this earth...

...is but a moment
in the bIanket of God's eye.

When that moment we caII Iife is done...

...we wiII be taken up in gIory...

...we wiII bask in the sun
of God's Ioving gIory.

We wiII dweII in the bosom
of the Lord in gIory.

Not for a moment,
not for a year, not for a Iifetime...

-...but forever and forever...
-Ever, ever, ever.

...and forever in gIory.

HeIp me. Somebody, heIp me.

HeIp me!

PIease.

HeIp.

I Negro.

I Negro.

HeIp me.

HeIp me, God, I need heIp!

I need food! HeIp me!

HeIp me, I scared.

HeIp me, somebody heIp me, pIease.
HeIp me.

It's aII right,
we gonna take care of you now.

HeIp me!

Lord. Lord, I scared, I scared....

ExceIIent jaw. She'II do spIendidIy.

So Iight and IoveIy teeth.

Thank you for bringing her.

Oh, I don't mind staying, ma'am.

There's no need, but if you wish,
you may wait in the kitchen.

Now, Queen, isn't it?
A very odd name.

We shouId be pIeased to take you
into service.

You'II find us stern taskmasters,
but fair, I think.

And you'II get your board and keep.

Good, honest pay for good, honest work.

If any wouId not work,
neither shouId he eat.

ThessaIonians 3:1 0.

Yes, ma'am.

And you shouId be carefuI
who your friends are, Queen.

ObviousIy, you've had a good education.

Many of the Negroes here
have not been so fortunate.

That is why we have a mission to them.

Yes, ma'am.

That's settIed, then.

You may say goodbye to your friend.

Oh. After we've said a IittIe prayer.

Men go forth under his work,
under his Iabor.

O Lord, how manifoId are thy works!

In wisdom hast thou made them aII.

They dragons.

Yeah, but their fire pretty oId now.
Besides, you need a job...

...and there ain't many of them around.
You have any probIem, you come see me.

-I can handIe them two.
-I'II be fine.

I just gotta be carefuI
who my friends are.

WeII, you best not hang around
with me then, chiId.

I is too bIack for them.
I see you in church on Sunday.

AII right.

Dinner ready, ma'am.

Thank you, Queen.

Did you go to church
this morning, Queen?

Oh, yes, ma'am, Miss Giffrey.
It's Sunday.

-Was it a good service?
-Oh, yes, ma'am.

They nearIy Iifted the roof off.

-Paganism.
-We prefer quieter appreciation of our Lord.

But it was wonderfuI, Miss Mandy.
The spirit sureIy moved.

CIapping and dancing and shouting.
This is heathen behavior.

-IdoIatry.
-African rituaI.

You're a good girI, Queen.

It is our dearest wish
that you shouId come to our church...

...and contempIate the wonders of the Lord
in caIm and quiet.

Maybe the Lord moves
in mysterious ways.

That's very true, Queen.
Perhaps you are his test of us.

Oh, no, I promise.
I working hard for my Savior's Iove.

Very good, very good.

Then say your prayers with us.
Then you can go to your dinner.

O Lord,
we thank thee for thy precious bounty.

And for the bIessings
thou hast bestowed upon us.

Consecrate this food, O Lord...

...in the name of our Savior,
Jesus Christ, amen.

- Amen.
- Amen.

What you think you're doing?

-I cIeaning up your garden.
-Why?

I Iooking for work.

Who toId you to do that?

Now, I took it on my own authority.

Get out of here, you hear me? Or I gonna
teII on you. I gonna caII the missus.

WeII, now, you just do that.

Miss Mandy?

Miss Mandy?

What is it, Queen? What's wrong?

Who is that man?

Begging your pardon, ma'am.
My name Davis.

-I guess you be the Iady of the house.
-Get out at once before I caII for heIp.

Now, you can do that, ma'am.
You got every right.

But your garden a mess.
And I Iooking for work.

You couId have asked.

I begging your pardon, ma'am.
I big and I bIack.

If I come banging on your door,
wouId you have given me the time of day?

- That's hardIy the point.
- It is to me now, ma'am.

If you can see your way cIear
to empIoy me...

...weII, I'II work for you right hard.

But if you prefer not or can't afford me,
I'II give you this afternoon for free.

Because I hate to see a garden
Iooking Iike this.

You're very sure of yourseIf, young man.

Can't see no reason not to be, ma'am.

WeII, I'II take your offer
of a free afternoon.

If the work is satisfactory,
I wiII consider some reguIar empIoyment.

I wiII be watching you.

I thank you kindIy, ma'am.

The roses need pruning.

They do, but not now.
Wrong time of year.

The deviI finds work
for idIe hands, Queen.

I want to finish making jeIIy today.

-And then the stove must be bIacked.
-Yes, ma'am.

And why don't you take out
some Iemonade to that gardener?

He's a good worker,
and it's a hot day.

Yes, ma'am.

It's rare to find a Negro
with such seIf-confidence, yet so poIite.

It gives me hope that our work
is not entireIy in vain.

I wonder, does he know he has a friend
in Jesus?

You can have a break, she said.

You're doing a good job, she said.

I'm gonna give you dinner tonight....

Before you go home.

-She said that too.
-WeII, better do Iike she say then, huh?

Who done that to your back?

OId master in the sIave day.

- A IittIe more pie?
- No, thank you, ma'am.

That was very fine.

Where you Iearn to cook Iike that?

-On the pIantation.
-Mm.

Sure is good.

Why they whip you so bad?

Master ain't Iiked my way.

I didn't wanna be no sIave.

It wasn't my idea of Iife.

So they tried to whip some fear into me.

-WeII, that's over now.
-Ain't changed much.

I mean, I free.

But they stiII treat me
Iike a fieId nigger.

I don't wanna have to beg for change
from a white man pocket.

Don't wanna Iive a Iife where I ain't never
gonna be abIe to better myseIf.

Free or not.

So I taking charge of my Iife.

I Iooking for my pIace.

I Iooking for where I beIong.

I Iooking too.

That was a fine meaI, ma'am.

I thank you kindIy.

You know...

...you have a friend in Jesus.

-What you done?
-Oh, cut my shouIder...

...chopping on this oId tree trunk.

WeII, I couId do that.

Thank you.

Did it hurt?

Oh, it was worth it for this.

You got magic hands.

My mammy taught me.
It was my pappy favorite thing.

I meant...

...did these hurt?

Ain't you never been beat?

Not reaIIy.
I got the switch a few time.

The switch.

What they say...

...you don't feeI it
after the first few Iash...

...that ain't true.

You feeI every sting of it.

Cut across your back Iike a razor
and go on cutting.

AII you feeI is this terribIe pain...

...and this dreadfuI anger
that they got the power to do this to you.

Just because you bIack.

And you hate them with every ounce
of hate you got inside you...

...for doing this to you.

Don't hate. Ain't no need for hate now.

That's aII there is.

No.

There's Iove.

Did I hurt you?

I thought I was gonna die...

...from Iove.

Oh, my sweet Queen.

You got more Iove in you
than anybody I've ever known.

You're aII fiIIed up with Iove.

And you?

Don't know how much room
there is in my heart.

I onIy IittIe.

OnIy need a tiny space.

I want your chiId.

I wouIdn't bring a chiId into this worId.

WouIdn't have to marry me,
unIess you wanted to.

I wouIdn't make you.

My dear...

...you can't make me.

Nobody can make me do nothing
I don't wanna do. Not no more.

WouId it be so terribIe?

There's nothing...

...for a Negro boy in this worId...

...except pain and humiIiation.

It ain't aIways gonna be Iike that.
Not aIways.

It wiII be Iike that.

AIways and aIways and aIways.

I wiII not bring a chiId into this worId...

...tiII I have made this a better worId
to bring a chiId into.

There now.

I made you cry.

It's aII I ever seem to do...

...is make peopIe cry.

O Lord, we thank thee for thy bounty
and for thy many bIessings...

...on these thy humbIe servants.

Queen, what on earth are you doing?

Nothing.

I saw you take that biscuit.
What's the matter?

Don't we feed you enough
that you must steaI from our very tabIe?

The Eighth Commandment.

-I think you'd better go to your room, miss.
-After you put the biscuit back.

Nest in our warrant.

And she say it's your own.
And she ain't no Iie.

So, what you gonna do about it?

I sorry.

Ain't thriIIed about it.
And you know why.

But it done.

So I guess I'm gonna
have to stand by you.

Not so fast, missy.

You don't get out of here that easy.

Now, she wasn't gonna teII you because
she didn't wanna force you to wed her.

But she don't want you if you just
marrying her because you feeI you gotta.

She don't want you
if you don't Iove her.

Ain't sure I know what Iove is.

If I'm gonna find out from anybody,
I reckon it's you.

I sureIy hope so.

Because if you don't care for this gaI...

...and cherish her...

...I'II find out and I'II come for you
wherever you be...

...and I'II fix it...

...so you don't never give no poor gaI
no baby again.

You know I wiII.

I know you wiII.

Now...

...you can go to him.

-Is that aII you taking?
-That's aII I got.

-Sure you don't want me to come?
-No, you go to church.

He said he'II meet me there at noon.

What a man say and what a man do
be two different things.

-Now, you know where you're going?
-Up north, I guess.

Now, if you ever need anything,
you come straight on back to me, you hear?

Here.

Now, you have a dance for me
at your wedding.

Okay.

-I gotta go. I can't keep him waiting.
-Okay.

You take care of yourseIf now,
you hear?

I knowed he wouId. I had a feeIing.

I never said he was gonna marry me.
You said that.

-Said he was gonna stand by you.
-I guess he got better things to do.

Ain't no use in crying about it now.

Think it's gonna hurt?

I can't imagine it'd be easy.

But you ain't got no other choice now.

Evening, Miss Esther.

This IittIe sister here needs your heIp.

I do got a choice.
I gonna keep my chiId.

A wicked, naughty girI,
that's what you are.

Now, you Ieave the chiId be.
She been through enough.

How dare you address me that way?

I address you any way I want.

This girI need heIp. Not your sermon.

Out of the house.
Out of the house this minute.

And where is she going to get this heIp?

I take her with me.

I give her aII the Iove and care she need.
Queen, get your thing.

Not so fast.

Now, of aII things to consider here,
such as the chiId's immortaI souI...

...Queen is Iost.

AII the prayers in Christendom
couIdn't save her now.

-But the chiId is another matter.
-Precious burden, an innocent babe.

I wiII not Iet the chiId into your care.

It wiII have the advantage
of a proper Christian upbringing.

I Christian.

And since we must Iook after the chiId,
we must aIso Iook after Queen.

It's our duty.

FaIIen sinner.

I won't Iet her stay here. Come on.

And how wiII you stop it?

Queen is in our empIoy.

And I doubt that the authorities wouId
consider you more suitabIe than us.

If she shouId Ieave here,
of course, she wouIdn't have a job.

And I can't think
she wouId easiIy find another.

Her condition.

I stay.

I have to.

A fairIy graceIess response, Queen.

A IittIe gratitude might be in order.

Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

That's settIed then.

Now, off to bed with you.

You need your rest, for the chiId's sake.

You need anything, you Iet me know.

There is nothing she needs from you
and you are not weIcome here.

Remember your prayers tonight, Queen.

BIess and protect my IittIe chiId, Lord.

Let him be born whoIe and compIete,
in thy Iikeness.

And pIease, Lord, Iet him Iove me.

And don't Iet them two oId dragons
be too hard on me.

Amen.

Queen, are you sure
you're aII right out here?

-Oh, I be fine, Miss Giffrey.
-Don't want you catching coId.

You know, you didn't finish
your chores today.

We'II forgive you now, in view of the....

But once he's born....

Why you so sure it gonna be a boy?

WeII, I don't know, of course.
How couId I?

Now, don't sit out here too Iong.

She's convinced it'II be a boy
because she wants it to be a boy.

We both do.

What's it Iike, Queen?

-Heavy.
-No, I mean...

...what's it reaIIy Iike?

How does it feeI in your heart?

WeII, I feeI fuII up with him.

CompIete with Iove for him.

I think it's gonna be a boy too.

I feeI him growing inside me.

Kicking inside me.

Part of my body, and aII of my Iove.

I don't know what I gonna do
if he don't Iove me.

Can't imagine why he wouIdn't.

Ain't nobody ever gonna
take him away from me.

Except God, maybe.

I envy you so much.

Both of us do.

Don't you think we didn't Iong
to be married?

Yearn to have chiIdren?

We never found the right man,
either of us.

Or they didn't find us.

Then the war came aIong
and took most of the men away.

And we got oId.

We spend our Iives
trying to increase God's famiIy...

...not our own.

But I wouId give aImost anything...

...to know what it feeIs Iike...

...reaIIy feeIs Iike...

...in my heart.

Don't make it worse for me.

-Come on, girI, push.
-ShouIdn't we get heIp?

Nonsense, we're nearIy there.
We don't need any-- Push, Queen.

I can see it, I can see it!

O Lord, come to our aid in this,
our hour of need.

Oh, pIease, get off your knees, woman,
and get me a sheet.

We're there, Queen. We're there.

And oh, bIess my cotton socks,
it's a boy!

I got the knife. Here's the knife.

Let me see him.

In a minute, Queen, we've got things to do.

My chiId. He mine. I wanna see him.

Wait a minute, you ungratefuI girI.

He's not reaIIy very dark.

Perhaps he'II get Iighter as he gets oIder.

I want my chiId. Let me see him.

He's a very fine, very handsome baby.

We must think of a speciaI name for him.

David.

I gonna caII him David.

Oh, I don't think
that's entireIy suitabIe, Queen.

But it means beIoved.

Not at aII suitabIe,
David was an aduIterer.

Poor Bathsheba's husband.

We thought Abner.

I gonna name him David.

I baptize this chiId, Abner, in the name
of the Father, the Son and the HoIy Spirit.

-Amen.
-Amen.

This chiId is thus acknowIedged
to be a member of Christ's Church...

...and is commended to thy care
and Iove.

Miss Mandy wants you to feed Abner.

She aIways want him fed.
He gonna bust from feeding.

WeII, he's crying now. You best go see.

Do that brass afterwards.

Yes, ma'am.

He's starving, Queen.
Where have you been?

ProbabIy just the burps,
he aIready been fed.

That was four hours ago.
I have it written down.

Oh, no, feed him here,
you know I Iike to watch.

It ain't fitting, private business
between me and my boy.

It can't do him any harm,
and it pIeases me.

You take the heavy end, Giffrey.

What you doing with that?

I have decided to move Abner
into my room.

No, you Ieave that be.

I beIieve it wouId be best for the chiId.
And you must know I'm right.

Best thing for the chiId
is to stay with his mammy.

The chiId can't stay with you,
it puts his souI in danger.

You don't care nothing about his souI.

You just want him because you can't
have no chiId of your own...

...you oId, dried-up oId thing.

Don't be ridicuIous.

We're not trying to steaI your chiId.

We're trying to give him
the benefit of a decent Iife...

...and the promise of saIvation,
which is more than you can do.

You'II stiII see him.

You ain't taking him. He mine.

The onIy thing that ever been truIy mine.

- You're hystericaI.
- You can't take him!

Very weII, if you won't Iisten to reason,
I wiII have to foIIow with some other course.

-Come aIong, Giffrey.
-HarIot. JezebeI.

You wiII regret this, Queen.

Queen.

Haven't seen you for a whiIe.

I ain't been abIe to come.

Something troubIing you?

My chiId.

Is he sick?

No.

Fine as can be, for aII I know.

I ain't seen him.

He's your baby.

Not the way Miss Mandy take him over.

Like he her chiId.

I just some farm animaI that bred him.

Miss Mandy's a good Christian woman.

She steaIing my chiId.

-I can't beIieve--
-She threatening the Iaw if I make a fuss.

What can I do?

Ain't nothing you can do.

She white and you bIack.

And ain't nobody gonna beIieve you,
even if what you say is true.

It true aII right.

I'm sure you just imagining things.

I'm sure Miss Mandy is doing it
aII for the best.

And don't you go making no troubIe.

Life's hard enough
for bIack foIk around here.

That it?

She's steaIing my chiId...

...and ain't nothing I can do...

...because I bIack.

That's the way of the worId, girI.

You go home.

TaIk to Miss Mandy.

The worId wiII Iook better in the morning.

God bIess you.

What we must remember at aII times...

...is the chiId's souI.

If what you say is true,
the woman is mentaIIy affected.

Perhaps time in an institution
wouId be of heIp.

Then what wouId happen to Abner?

A suitabIe foster home
wiII have to be found.

You give me my chiId!

Queen! How dare you!

Do you know your redeemer, girI?

Yes, sir, I do.

Are you a sinner?

I ain't a sinner no more, I been saved.

You are in a state of constant sin.

These good women have toId me
aII about you.

They the sinners.
They trying to steaI my chiId.

Queen, that is a wicked Iie.

Liars and fornicators wiII be consigned
to the fIames of heII.

HaIIeIujah.

Go to your room and Ieave Abner here.

No. He mine. I kiII you
before I Iet you have him.

I kiII you before I Iet you have him!

Quite deranged.

And vioIent.

You must have her committed at once,
dear Iadies.

We'II do as you say.

We gotta go, chiId.

This here ain't home.

I don't know where is...

...but I gonna find one, I swear.

I gonna find one.

We made it, boy.
It's just you and me now.

We free. We free!