1 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:12,074 Everyone is intimidated by a shark. Become a Card Shark AMERICASCARDROOM.COM 2 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,998 This man is built like we are, 3 00:01:00,040 --> 00:01:03,192 and breathes God's good air just as we breathe it. 4 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:06,995 But he's got, one misfortune. He's black. 5 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:12,354 And because he's black, other men, who are white, have made him a slave. 6 00:01:12,400 --> 00:01:16,917 They put this iron collar round his neck and they treat him like a beast. 7 00:01:17,800 --> 00:01:21,680 And who does this? Our American brothers do this, 8 00:01:21,720 --> 00:01:26,112 and they still do it to thousands like him. He's lucky - he's escaped. 9 00:01:26,160 --> 00:01:29,790 But there's still thousands like him over there, slaves, 10 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:33,072 - in the Confederated States of America. - Stop, thief! 11 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,429 - Yes, it is a shame, sir! - I'm not a thief! 12 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,552 I'm starving, I've no work! 13 00:01:48,120 --> 00:01:49,918 Good morning, sir. 14 00:01:51,840 --> 00:01:53,832 Good morning to you. 15 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:58,269 Can I please you at all, Captain? 16 00:01:58,320 --> 00:01:59,834 Can you what? 17 00:01:59,880 --> 00:02:03,794 Can I... Can I please you at all, sir? 18 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:07,271 'Ere, how old are you? 19 00:02:07,320 --> 00:02:09,073 Sixteen, come All Saints' Day. 20 00:02:09,120 --> 00:02:12,477 - What's your name? - Jane Bamber. 21 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:15,752 - What mill do you work in, Jane Bamber? - None. 22 00:02:15,800 --> 00:02:18,360 - You are a mill girl, aren't you? - Aye. 23 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,677 - Well, What mill do you work in? - Blackley Beck at Preston, sir. 24 00:02:21,720 --> 00:02:25,350 But it's shut down. There's not a bit of cotton for us to weave. 25 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,437 It's the war in America. 26 00:02:27,480 --> 00:02:29,073 Sit down. 27 00:02:29,120 --> 00:02:32,909 I've told these sluts to stay t'other side o' yon... 28 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,795 This is no slut, this is a young working girl on hard times. 29 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:39,753 - That'll be fourpence, Captain. - Aye, well... 30 00:02:39,800 --> 00:02:44,829 Now, here's eightpence. Go and get me another, will you? 31 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:48,840 - Aye, sir. - Here, drink that. 32 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,475 No, I mustn't. I've never had rum before. 33 00:02:51,520 --> 00:02:54,274 - Go on, drink it. - Saving your presence, Captain, 34 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,154 with an empty stomach, she'd probably die on't. 35 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:59,476 Get her a plate of beef, then, will you? 36 00:02:59,520 --> 00:03:01,352 - Beef, sir? - Aye. 37 00:03:01,400 --> 00:03:04,313 Not the salt beef, the prime stuff. You have it, haven't you? 38 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:06,079 Aye, I have it. 39 00:03:06,120 --> 00:03:09,670 - Well, then, let's see it, man. - Aye, sir. 40 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:16,680 - Here. - A florin, sir? 41 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:20,760 - I wish it was ten guineas. - Thank you, sir. 42 00:03:20,800 --> 00:03:23,440 Listen, Jane Bamber, get back to Preston. 43 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,234 There's nowt for you but misery in Liverpool. 44 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:29,272 Cap'n Onedin? 45 00:03:29,320 --> 00:03:32,552 - Hm? - John Bullock, sir. 46 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:35,593 Agent in this port for the Confederate States of America. 47 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:41,557 Sir. Erm... Oh, may I introduce Miss Jane Bamber of Preston? 48 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,434 Your servant, ma'am. 49 00:03:44,480 --> 00:03:48,315 Go on, eat your vittles. And straight back home afterwards. 50 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:50,750 Would you care to take a seat, sir? 51 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:55,477 - These are sad times, Captain. - Aye. 52 00:03:55,520 --> 00:03:59,150 Half of Lancashire starving and the other half watching 'em. 53 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,591 - Did you speak to anybody of my note? - No, as you requested. 54 00:04:02,640 --> 00:04:05,553 Sir, I've a proposition that may interest you. 55 00:04:05,600 --> 00:04:10,391 The Confederate States are in a bad way for war materials. 56 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:14,831 Rifles, blankets, boots. 57 00:04:14,880 --> 00:04:16,917 - Medical supplies. - Aye. 58 00:04:16,960 --> 00:04:20,078 I'm empowered to recruit captains and crews 59 00:04:20,120 --> 00:04:23,318 to run the Yankee blockade with guns and blankets 60 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:25,829 and bring back cotton to Liverpool. 61 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:30,079 Any man doing both will be a patriot twice over. 62 00:04:30,120 --> 00:04:32,077 Once to my country, once to his own. 63 00:04:32,120 --> 00:04:34,635 I hear patriots die poor. 64 00:04:35,240 --> 00:04:38,950 I'm also empowered to pay high freight rates to such a captain. 65 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,232 Mm. Patriots not only die poor but young. 66 00:04:43,600 --> 00:04:47,150 The cargo and the profits must be mine. 67 00:04:47,200 --> 00:04:49,999 - You disappoint me, sir. - Oh, why? 68 00:04:50,040 --> 00:04:52,999 But the South is desperate for supplies. 69 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,794 Any man carrying such a cargo into Wilmington 70 00:04:55,840 --> 00:04:57,320 can ask his own price. 71 00:04:57,360 --> 00:05:00,319 I'm sorry to say he can. If he gets there. 72 00:05:00,360 --> 00:05:04,274 You don't seem very impressed by the notion that a man should look to himself. 73 00:05:04,320 --> 00:05:07,677 No, sir, but I've heard it often enough in this war. 74 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:12,590 Profiteers' bellies grow fat as the South starves. 75 00:05:15,280 --> 00:05:18,830 Sir, I'm an Englishman. Your war's none of my affair. 76 00:05:18,880 --> 00:05:22,635 If I've an interest in this venture, it's purely as a matter of business. 77 00:05:22,680 --> 00:05:24,911 I thought that's what we were talking about. 78 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:28,510 Here's my card. Call on me if I can help you. 79 00:05:28,560 --> 00:05:30,358 Good day to you, sir. 80 00:05:34,760 --> 00:05:37,355 That'll be ninepence for the beef, Captain. 81 00:05:37,400 --> 00:05:39,835 A pleasant gentleman, the American. 82 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:43,317 - Why, do you know him? - Who doesn't in this port? 83 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:45,920 Still, Captain Bullock's backing a loser. 84 00:05:45,960 --> 00:05:47,997 What makes you say that, eh? 85 00:05:48,040 --> 00:05:52,273 One or two seamen in here done the trip. Nary a one'd care to do it again. 86 00:05:52,320 --> 00:05:55,040 That Yankee blockade's a noose round the South 87 00:05:55,080 --> 00:05:57,800 and round everybody's neck as tries to get in. 88 00:05:57,840 --> 00:06:00,150 - Maybe, eh? - Still, they say the money's good 89 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,557 if a sailor lad ever gets home to count it. 90 00:06:04,800 --> 00:06:07,235 - Good day to you. - Good day, Captain Onedin. 91 00:06:07,280 --> 00:06:11,035 Hey and you - back home. D'you hear me? 92 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,633 Never mind Preston, you slut, get back to t'other side of yon door where you belong! 93 00:06:18,680 --> 00:06:21,434 And don't let me catch you in this side again! 94 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:23,711 The house is made over to you. 95 00:06:23,760 --> 00:06:27,037 There's a small annuity from an uncle of mine. That too is yours. 96 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:29,072 It isn't much 97 00:06:29,120 --> 00:06:32,397 but it should suffice to keep you and the...the child. 98 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,511 Anyway, it's all I have. 99 00:06:34,560 --> 00:06:36,552 The details are in there. 100 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:40,435 I... I can't beg you to stay. I've no right to do that. 101 00:06:40,480 --> 00:06:42,551 Have you considered what you're giving up? 102 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:45,991 I have lain awake at night considering it. 103 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,157 I've made up me mind. 104 00:06:49,600 --> 00:06:51,990 I'm sorry, Albert. Believe me. 105 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,873 I do. I, too, am sorry. 106 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,069 Here you are, Mr Baines. Thank you. 107 00:07:08,800 --> 00:07:10,598 - Robert. - James. 108 00:07:10,640 --> 00:07:14,554 How much monies have we, altogether? 109 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:16,671 What, if we realised every penny? 110 00:07:16,720 --> 00:07:21,636 With the warehouse, the Charlotte Rhodes and the Pampero, I should say... 111 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:24,957 two thousand and four, five hundred pounds. 112 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:26,992 Aye. That'll do. 113 00:07:27,040 --> 00:07:29,271 For what, man? 114 00:07:29,320 --> 00:07:31,630 Cargo, Robert. 115 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:35,196 Of what? What cargo? 116 00:07:36,360 --> 00:07:39,194 200 dozen pair. Best calf. Brand-new. 117 00:07:39,240 --> 00:07:41,550 At two shilling and fourpence the pair. 118 00:07:41,600 --> 00:07:44,354 - 200 dozen? - How much, Robert? 119 00:07:46,240 --> 00:07:49,358 - Not more than two shillings. - Aye. Two shillings. 120 00:07:49,400 --> 00:07:52,393 There's no profit for me in a florin a pair. 121 00:07:52,440 --> 00:07:55,080 - Yes or no, man? - You'll ruin me, sirrah. 122 00:07:55,120 --> 00:07:57,840 I doubt it. 123 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:01,999 - Very well. - James, will you pray tell me... 124 00:08:02,040 --> 00:08:04,953 - Now, blankets, Smethurst. - 100 dozen... 125 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,310 for three shillings and threepence. 126 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,158 Farthing. 127 00:08:09,200 --> 00:08:11,192 How much, Robert? 128 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:16,880 They're not worth even three shillings, no. 129 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,879 Three shillings each. I'll be generous. 130 00:08:19,920 --> 00:08:22,594 - Now, look here, Captain. - Aye? 131 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:27,192 Three shilling it is. 132 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:30,517 Now, did you make inquiries about those other items? 133 00:08:30,560 --> 00:08:32,711 - I did, sir. - At a profit, no doubt. 134 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:36,276 Certainly. Is that an offence against the Lord's word? 135 00:08:36,320 --> 00:08:38,835 Er, what price, eh? 136 00:08:38,880 --> 00:08:41,076 - The rifles. - Rifles? 137 00:08:45,600 --> 00:08:47,671 From the stock of the Austrian army. 138 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,839 In fine condition, greased and unfired, as they left the armourer... 139 00:08:51,880 --> 00:08:53,997 Price, man! 140 00:08:54,040 --> 00:08:55,793 There. 141 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:00,312 It's a bit of a stiff price for old pieces, isn't it? 142 00:09:00,360 --> 00:09:03,114 Perhaps he knows where they're going, Captain. 143 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:05,880 Well, try somebody else. 144 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:09,231 Look, my customers won't accept any old rubbish. 145 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:14,116 I'll warrant you'll find they'll buy those, sir. Aye, and glad of it. 146 00:09:14,160 --> 00:09:16,959 There's still a fine profit there. 147 00:09:18,560 --> 00:09:21,951 - Get me some that'll fire, at least. - James, will you... 148 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:24,993 It won't matter one way or t'other, sir, 50 fathoms down. 149 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,074 This man is built just as we are built. 150 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:38,272 He breathes God's good air, just like we breathe it. 151 00:09:38,320 --> 00:09:42,155 But this man has one misfortune - he's black! 152 00:09:42,200 --> 00:09:46,319 And because he's black, other people, who are white, 153 00:09:46,360 --> 00:09:47,953 have made a slave out of him. 154 00:09:48,000 --> 00:09:52,517 They've put this iron collar round his neck and they treat him like a beast. 155 00:09:52,560 --> 00:09:56,873 Who does this? Our so-called American brothers do this. 156 00:09:56,920 --> 00:10:00,436 And to thousands like him. He's lucky, he's free. 157 00:10:00,480 --> 00:10:07,080 But there are thousands like him, still slaves, in the so-called Confederated States of America. 158 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:08,998 - Shame! - Yes, it is a shame, 159 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:11,236 and that's why we must never buy their cotton, 160 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:15,832 even if we're starving, even if our children are starving and begging in the streets. 161 00:10:15,880 --> 00:10:18,076 - Thank you, Mr Baines. - Ma'am. 162 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:24,151 Terrible thing, slavery, Mr Baines. 163 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:25,998 So I hear tell, ma'am. 164 00:10:26,040 --> 00:10:28,191 That man escaped, he was one of the lucky ones. 165 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:29,640 Yes, ma'am. 166 00:10:29,680 --> 00:10:32,195 Mr Foote's a very good, religious man. 167 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,917 True enough. His mother kept a lodging house down Lime Street. 168 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:41,273 - Oh, did she? - Aye. As for Bobby Jackson down there... 169 00:10:41,320 --> 00:10:43,516 - Bobby Jackson? - The slave. 170 00:10:43,560 --> 00:10:45,711 He was lucky he escaped out of Scotland Road. 171 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:49,470 - Oh? - He was born there. He's a Liverpool fella. 172 00:10:49,520 --> 00:10:52,319 He wants you to read the good book. 173 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:55,478 The Volume Of The Sacred Law. I ask you all... 174 00:10:55,520 --> 00:10:57,796 Morphine... 175 00:10:57,840 --> 00:11:00,150 chloroform. 176 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:02,590 Must be a lot of pain in the South. 177 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:04,791 And we'll relieve it, at a price. 178 00:11:04,840 --> 00:11:07,071 Are you carrying medical supplies? Where to? 179 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,830 - America. - What's the rest of the cargo? 180 00:11:10,880 --> 00:11:13,918 - Blankets and shoes... - Rifles and gunpowder. 181 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:16,952 James? 182 00:11:17,000 --> 00:11:19,674 - Blockade running. - You're not serious? 183 00:11:19,720 --> 00:11:21,154 Never been more serious. 184 00:11:21,200 --> 00:11:23,271 - Robert? - Don't ask me. 185 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:25,118 Blockade running? 186 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,834 To help succour those who keep slavery alive? 187 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:31,635 Aye, and bringing back cotton. Don't forget the poverty. 188 00:11:31,680 --> 00:11:34,912 - This ship. We'll never get insurance on her. - Not a penny. 189 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,158 These bills for cargo will take our entire capital. 190 00:11:38,200 --> 00:11:40,431 Look, Anne, Robert, 191 00:11:40,480 --> 00:11:45,475 there's little profit in Portuguese casks at tuppence a barrel. 192 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:48,718 Now, this voyage answers all our needs. 193 00:11:48,760 --> 00:11:50,752 We must risk it. 194 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,598 Albert? 195 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,235 - Put it down somewhere, Mr Baines. - Aye aye, sir. 196 00:11:55,280 --> 00:11:57,272 - Hello, Albert. - James. 197 00:11:57,320 --> 00:11:59,960 Where shall I put Mr Frazer's trunk? 198 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,437 In the mate's cabin. Go along with you. 199 00:12:03,480 --> 00:12:05,472 Aye aye, sir. 200 00:12:09,080 --> 00:12:11,675 What, are you going on this voyage, then? 201 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:14,235 Er, that's so. May I? 202 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:18,035 - To America? - I have business there. 203 00:12:18,080 --> 00:12:20,754 What of Elizabeth? 204 00:12:20,800 --> 00:12:23,918 Oh, she's...well, thank you, Anne. 205 00:12:23,960 --> 00:12:27,670 - You'll be leaving her in Liverpool? - Yes. 206 00:12:28,720 --> 00:12:32,760 What business do you have in the Americas? 207 00:12:32,800 --> 00:12:37,272 Steam. I'm going to see a man called John Ericsson. 208 00:12:37,320 --> 00:12:41,360 He's a genius with steamships. He and I have corresponded. 209 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:44,632 He's interested in British iron-built steamships 210 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:47,878 and has offered me a position as his assistant there. 211 00:12:47,920 --> 00:12:50,037 Where is this Ericsson? 212 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:52,879 In Washington, last I heard. 213 00:12:52,920 --> 00:12:56,357 - Wherever he is, I'll find him. - Yeah. 214 00:12:58,280 --> 00:13:02,399 James, this wine is fit only for removing paint and barnacles. 215 00:13:23,080 --> 00:13:25,231 James, the crew. 216 00:13:25,280 --> 00:13:28,591 You insisted upon coming. It was your notion. 217 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,193 It's very beautiful. 218 00:13:35,240 --> 00:13:41,555 Aye. One day a pearl, the rest of the time it's just the oyster. 219 00:13:43,240 --> 00:13:46,836 It'd be foolish to say one loved the sea because it's so cruel. 220 00:13:48,720 --> 00:13:51,076 Yet on a day like this... 221 00:13:52,160 --> 00:13:54,152 You're right. 222 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:58,953 If we were not on such a venture. 223 00:13:59,560 --> 00:14:01,836 Land on the port bow! 224 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:30,029 We make landfall in two hours, Anne, but you stay in Bermuda, remember. 225 00:14:33,360 --> 00:14:35,397 Do you know Bermuda, Mr Baines? 226 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,433 Aye, sir. I've heard it called paradise. 227 00:15:25,840 --> 00:15:28,480 That's Mr Ferns' house. 228 00:15:28,520 --> 00:15:30,512 Thank you. 229 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:01,198 - It is paradise. - Hm. 230 00:16:01,240 --> 00:16:03,994 Well, he does very well, I must say... 231 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:05,713 for a pilot. 232 00:16:05,760 --> 00:16:09,834 You're not the only one who does well out of the war, it seems. 233 00:16:19,360 --> 00:16:21,397 Thank you. 234 00:16:28,960 --> 00:16:31,316 You come well recommended, Captain. 235 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:35,832 - So you will pilot us into Wilmington? - A fine lady, your wife. 236 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:39,234 I think so. 237 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:42,990 But do you usually discuss business in front of her? 238 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:46,192 She is my wife and my partner. 239 00:16:46,240 --> 00:16:49,677 - I see. Rich as well as handsome. - Now, Mr Ferns... 240 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:52,918 Mistress Onedin, what do you think of this business? 241 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:55,031 I think it's a bad business. 242 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,276 You are right. It is. 243 00:16:59,040 --> 00:17:02,351 Wine. Shall I tell you why it is bad business? 244 00:17:02,400 --> 00:17:06,110 I have no wish for details. I dislike the whole enterprise. 245 00:17:06,160 --> 00:17:08,197 And your reason for that? 246 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:12,393 The cargo my husband carries may help the South to win this war. 247 00:17:12,440 --> 00:17:14,238 And you are against that? 248 00:17:14,280 --> 00:17:16,590 I am against the slave trade. 249 00:17:16,640 --> 00:17:19,439 But so am I, in principle. 250 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:22,757 But you would not rob me of my little comforts? 251 00:17:22,800 --> 00:17:25,634 There is no comfort in slavery, Mr Ferns. 252 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:28,752 Well said, ma'am. Well said. 253 00:17:30,880 --> 00:17:33,998 You have a lady who speaks her mind, Capitaine. 254 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:38,239 No harm in that, so long as it is the last time she says it. 255 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:40,272 In the company we keep, 256 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:43,711 she may meet men who take her words for Yankee treason. 257 00:17:43,760 --> 00:17:46,798 My wife is to remain in Hamilton, so, er... 258 00:17:47,840 --> 00:17:52,517 don't concern yourself with her womanly fancies. 259 00:17:52,560 --> 00:17:54,597 Let's get down to business, eh? 260 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,632 Very well, Capitaine. 261 00:17:59,000 --> 00:18:00,992 To business. 262 00:18:05,720 --> 00:18:07,951 Now... 263 00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,312 Bermuda. 264 00:18:16,640 --> 00:18:18,632 Wilmington. 265 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:23,151 The distance between is over 600 nautical miles. 266 00:18:24,520 --> 00:18:27,831 Now, here is the blockade. 267 00:18:29,320 --> 00:18:31,312 Gunboats. 268 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:35,832 Cruisers. 269 00:18:40,840 --> 00:18:43,150 And here... 270 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,669 the main squadron 271 00:18:45,720 --> 00:18:48,189 with the flagship. 272 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,711 Now, this is Cape Fear. 273 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:53,752 Rightly named, hm? 274 00:18:53,800 --> 00:18:57,191 And here is the Confederate fort 275 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,232 on the estuary. 276 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:03,514 The most powerful guns in the South. 277 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:06,473 Once we are within her range... 278 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:10,719 - we are safe. - Mind you. Go in by day? 279 00:19:10,760 --> 00:19:12,877 Well, before, yes. 280 00:19:12,920 --> 00:19:14,991 - And now? - Now, by night. 281 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:17,032 Captain, you are in sail. 282 00:19:17,080 --> 00:19:21,791 Without the right winds, you could be in trouble. I tell you what we do. 283 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:25,277 We do not try to run through this blockade. 284 00:19:25,320 --> 00:19:28,597 No. We set course for the north. 285 00:19:28,640 --> 00:19:33,635 We pick up the coast, we follow it down and we come in... 286 00:19:33,680 --> 00:19:35,717 by the back door. 287 00:19:35,760 --> 00:19:38,912 - That close to shore? - Closer than you've ever been. 288 00:19:38,960 --> 00:19:42,954 So close that you will hear nothing but the surf in your ears. 289 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,390 I don't know. Isn't that a risk? 290 00:19:45,440 --> 00:19:47,397 A risk? Of course it is a risk! 291 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:50,751 But not so big a risk as running through three blocks of ships. 292 00:19:50,800 --> 00:19:53,360 Have you been in this close to shore before? 293 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:57,076 Only once. We got away with it. 294 00:19:58,120 --> 00:19:59,998 Right. 295 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:01,440 Let's try it, then. 296 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,110 Good. Well, there remains only to be discussed my fee. 297 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:08,039 750 pounds in gold for the round trip. 298 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:09,833 I understood 500! 299 00:20:09,880 --> 00:20:13,920 Some pilots will charge less, but I come back. 300 00:20:13,960 --> 00:20:16,395 I have never lost a ship yet, Captain. 301 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:21,719 So do what I say, Captain, and I will bring you back. 302 00:20:21,760 --> 00:20:23,797 And me as well, Mr Ferns. 303 00:20:23,840 --> 00:20:26,674 - I thought you said she was not coming. - She isn't. 304 00:20:26,720 --> 00:20:30,031 I am, James. If you're to die, I shall risk it, too. 305 00:20:44,200 --> 00:20:47,557 - Master. - Aye? 306 00:20:47,600 --> 00:20:50,240 Put your best man into the crosstrees. 307 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:53,751 Give him a silver dollar for every sail he sees. 308 00:20:53,800 --> 00:20:58,795 - Silver dollar? - And fine him five if we see it first. 309 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,435 Well, carry on, Mr Baines. 310 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,556 You see before we are seen, Captain, you see? 311 00:21:06,600 --> 00:21:08,990 Before we are seen. 312 00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,156 I spoke with Elizabeth before we sailed. 313 00:21:15,840 --> 00:21:18,071 So you know that I've left her? 314 00:21:19,120 --> 00:21:21,112 Yes. 315 00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:23,595 She doesn't blame you. 316 00:21:23,640 --> 00:21:28,271 - That is most gracious of her! - She realises the wrong she did to you. 317 00:21:28,320 --> 00:21:32,314 Could you not in your heart find it to forgive her and go back? 318 00:21:32,360 --> 00:21:35,831 She's provided for and so is the...child. 319 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:39,874 I've discharged me duty. Maybe more than me duty. 320 00:21:41,120 --> 00:21:43,112 I'm sorry I mentioned it. 321 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:50,719 We have to tuck in close to the surf 322 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:54,515 and creep like a Negro in a henhouse from now on. 323 00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:56,711 By the deep, six! 324 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,991 Go easy, mister! 325 00:21:59,040 --> 00:22:01,236 Easy as she goes! 326 00:22:01,280 --> 00:22:03,272 Sandy bottom, sir. 327 00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,040 Starboard, easy! 328 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:08,072 Starboard and easy, sir! 329 00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:15,036 - Steady as she goes, Mr Baines. - Where's me sail, sir? 330 00:22:15,080 --> 00:22:18,152 - Go on sounding, sailor. - Sir. 331 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:20,920 - Do you hear that surf? 332 00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:23,156 Well, we're nearly in it, Captain. 333 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:25,192 Nothing to port! 334 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,709 Nothing to starboard! 335 00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:29,399 Aye aye, sir. 336 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:37,392 One thing wrong with this ship - 337 00:22:39,120 --> 00:22:41,316 she isn't built of iron. 338 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,600 I've never heard surf like that before, not from on board. 339 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:55,838 Keep her steady as she goes, Mr Baines! 340 00:22:55,880 --> 00:22:58,440 Aye aye, sir. Steady as she goes. 341 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,393 We're very close into the shore, aren't we? 342 00:23:01,440 --> 00:23:04,797 - We are meant to be. - Can't we move out a little? 343 00:23:04,840 --> 00:23:06,911 And run into a Yankee gunboat? 344 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:11,710 You are paying me good money to get you into Wilmington. 345 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:14,355 Please let me do it! 346 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:17,472 - By the mark, four! - Very well. 347 00:23:18,520 --> 00:23:20,716 I couldn't abide the noise below. 348 00:23:20,760 --> 00:23:23,912 - I can't abide it up here. - Will we get out alive? 349 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,997 I'm praying hard, ma'am. 350 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,032 He'll have us over, Captain. 351 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:30,914 He's a good seaman, but he's a madman, sir. 352 00:23:30,960 --> 00:23:34,749 Mr Baines! If anybody can do it, he can. 353 00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:39,192 We are in the estuary! 354 00:23:40,200 --> 00:23:43,159 Steer her west-sou'west! 355 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:17,600 - Morning, ma'am. - Morning, Mr Baines. 356 00:24:17,640 --> 00:24:19,632 You going ashore, ma'am? 357 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:23,230 - Yes. - I'll go with you. 358 00:24:51,520 --> 00:24:55,355 - Look at that man's back. - I've seen worse, ma'am. 359 00:24:55,400 --> 00:24:57,551 Dear God. 360 00:24:57,600 --> 00:25:00,195 But he'll live. He wouldn't be walking else. 361 00:25:00,240 --> 00:25:04,519 To think they'd do that to a defenceless black man. 362 00:25:04,560 --> 00:25:06,552 I hate this place. 363 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:11,071 Well, it isn't a paradise, that's for sure. 364 00:25:11,120 --> 00:25:15,399 More like hell it is - save in your presence, ma'am. 365 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,432 Morning, sir. 366 00:25:21,480 --> 00:25:22,880 Goodbye, Anne. 367 00:25:23,560 --> 00:25:28,430 Should I give Elizabeth any message? She'll be waiting for us in Liverpool. 368 00:25:28,480 --> 00:25:30,153 Give her me... 369 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:31,839 regards. 370 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:34,918 - That's all? - That's all. 371 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:36,952 Goodbye. 372 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,469 - Good luck. - Elizabeth... 373 00:25:39,520 --> 00:25:41,910 asked me to give you this letter. 374 00:25:56,280 --> 00:26:00,672 It will be harder getting out, Captain Onedin, a lot harder. 375 00:26:00,720 --> 00:26:02,837 They know we are in by now. 376 00:26:03,880 --> 00:26:06,839 - How? - The place is full of spies. 377 00:26:06,880 --> 00:26:10,920 In this war, it is brother against brother and trust no man. 378 00:26:10,960 --> 00:26:14,749 So I will have my half fee...now. 379 00:26:14,800 --> 00:26:18,396 This cargo took every penny I possessed. 380 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:21,433 You'll be paid, though, when I'm paid. 381 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:25,156 Major Morrison from the quartermaster's office, sir. 382 00:26:25,200 --> 00:26:27,556 - Captain Onedin. - This is... 383 00:26:27,600 --> 00:26:30,399 - He knows me, don't you, Major? - I do. 384 00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:33,956 I have read your manifest and I see what you carry. 385 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:39,200 It is indeed a handsome cargo of inestimable value to my country. I thank you. 386 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:44,520 - Would you care for some refreshment? - Later perhaps. If we can talk privately... 387 00:26:46,600 --> 00:26:49,911 Don't worry about me, Major. See you get paid. 388 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:52,270 Would you care for the seat, Major? 389 00:26:55,280 --> 00:26:59,035 Sir...I will take that refreshment now, if I may. 390 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:01,549 Oh. 391 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:05,435 We have strange bedfellows in time of war, do we not, sir? 392 00:27:08,280 --> 00:27:10,715 To a safe return home, Captain. 393 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:12,752 Thank you. 394 00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,440 Now, sir. 395 00:27:18,480 --> 00:27:22,235 Naturally, we wish to purchase everything on this ship. 396 00:27:22,280 --> 00:27:26,832 - No point in your selling it piecemeal. - Well, not unless I have to. 397 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,271 Your prices, Captain, are out of my experience. 398 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,870 Oh? I thought I'd been well advised. 399 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,116 - May I ask by whom? - Do you have to? 400 00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,152 Our late friend. 401 00:27:41,080 --> 00:27:44,596 They are very hard, sir. Very hard indeed. 402 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,953 - I would need permission to meet them. - Don't trouble to do that. 403 00:27:49,000 --> 00:27:51,993 I can always put them up for sale to interested parties. 404 00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:54,032 - Now... 405 00:27:54,080 --> 00:27:56,276 - Excuse me, James. - Major, my wife, Anne. 406 00:27:56,320 --> 00:27:59,791 - Your servant, ma'am. - My wife may stay? 407 00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:02,275 Er... But of course. 408 00:28:03,320 --> 00:28:06,472 Right, erm...you were saying, Major. 409 00:28:08,120 --> 00:28:11,955 If I may expand my objections to your prices as listed... 410 00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:16,152 Sir, the South is indeed in bad straits. 411 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:21,355 Lee's army at Potomac has never more than 30 days' rations on which to rely. 412 00:28:21,400 --> 00:28:24,313 Well, our citizens very nearly starve. 413 00:28:24,360 --> 00:28:28,957 Since the war began, bacon has gone up in price ten times, tea 16 times. 414 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:31,879 - The price of flour's double. - Oh, Major. 415 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,596 I've risked my ship and possibly my life for this cargo. 416 00:28:35,640 --> 00:28:38,109 I've done it for money and money alone. 417 00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,676 Now, the South is not my cause, neither is the North. 418 00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,509 James Onedin is my cause and my ships. 419 00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:51,352 I'm sorry, but unless you meet my prices, I shall put my cargo up for auction, 420 00:28:51,400 --> 00:28:53,596 as I am allowed to do by your laws. 421 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:58,078 Very well, sir. If that is your final word. 422 00:28:58,120 --> 00:29:00,077 It is. 423 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:04,751 You hold us to ransom, sir, but we will pay your price. 424 00:29:04,800 --> 00:29:06,393 In gold. 425 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,751 Confederate money, it's a debased currency. 426 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:15,431 - You will take your price in cotton. - In gold. 427 00:29:15,480 --> 00:29:18,154 So you are to go back to Liverpool empty? 428 00:29:18,200 --> 00:29:22,240 No, with your gold I shall buy the cotton privately 429 00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,910 from your planters...at bottom prices. 430 00:29:25,960 --> 00:29:28,316 They can't give the stuff away. 431 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:33,230 Sir, whatever else you may be, you are certainly a man of business. 432 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:36,512 Well, I don't think you meant that as a compliment 433 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,553 but I'm going to take it as one. 434 00:29:41,200 --> 00:29:43,635 Oh, very well. It is agreed. 435 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:52,273 Done? 436 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:54,920 - Done. - Good. 437 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:58,317 I'll go on deck and give orders to unload the cargo. 438 00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:00,511 I want to sail as soon as possible. 439 00:30:00,560 --> 00:30:03,678 Oh, Anne...look after our guest, will you? 440 00:30:10,320 --> 00:30:12,596 Why, Major? 441 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:13,869 Ma'am? 442 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:18,517 Why do you fight on? The right must prosper in the end. 443 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:23,510 - Why beggar yourselves in such a cause? - You are an abolitionist, ma'am? 444 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,632 I try to understand as best I can the issues. 445 00:30:26,680 --> 00:30:29,115 As I see it, slavery must end. It must! 446 00:30:30,920 --> 00:30:33,719 This war is not just about slavery, ma'am! 447 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:35,752 It is about states' rights. 448 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:39,350 States must live as they wish, not as Washington wishes. 449 00:30:39,400 --> 00:30:42,916 - Do you keep slaves? - My father does. 450 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:45,952 But ma'am... 451 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,277 even if this were a bad cause, how could I admit to it? 452 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:52,673 And besides, 453 00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:57,317 if you feel this way, how can you bring yourself to aid us, 454 00:30:58,360 --> 00:31:00,238 to profit from us? 455 00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:33,030 - Bread! Please, bread. - Don't touch her, sir! 456 00:31:33,080 --> 00:31:35,834 Bread. Give us bread. 457 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:37,872 Go on! 458 00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,393 Yellow jack. 459 00:31:41,440 --> 00:31:43,432 Fever? 460 00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:46,359 - Here? In port? - Where is it not, sir? 461 00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:06,596 Well, ma'am, we're leaving this pestilential place. 462 00:32:06,640 --> 00:32:09,439 Yes, Mr Baines. The sooner, the better. 463 00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:11,312 Aye. 464 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:20,996 - You won't do what? - I won't take you out tomorrow. 465 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:25,311 - But you've got your money! - Half fee, Capitaine. 466 00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:28,831 - But you agreed! - Agreed to go when I was ready to go. 467 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:32,954 - Why? - I've told you. They know that we are in. 468 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,595 They mean to get us when we go out. 469 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:40,112 They can come into the surf to get us because they have the boats that can do it. 470 00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:46,360 Then when do you mean to leave this place? I mean, a week? Two weeks? 471 00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,191 A month maybe. They have got nothing better to do but wait. 472 00:32:51,240 --> 00:32:55,393 - You would we rotted here all month? - It is better than a Federal jail. 473 00:32:57,120 --> 00:32:59,112 Oh, is it? 474 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,153 Ah, I see. 475 00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:05,237 You know about the yellow fever? 476 00:33:05,280 --> 00:33:09,479 - Aye, I do. You should have warned me. - A small outbreak? 477 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,638 - I've my wife to think of. - You should not have brought her. 478 00:33:13,680 --> 00:33:16,275 Well, she stays in this place no longer. 479 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:20,712 - We sail first tide tomorrow. - In that case, you sail without me. 480 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,832 And if you sail without me, you'll be taken. 481 00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,872 We'll see. 482 00:33:25,920 --> 00:33:29,755 I don't give advice...but don't do it. 483 00:33:31,760 --> 00:33:35,549 If the yellow fever gets aboard my ship, we're all done for. 484 00:33:35,600 --> 00:33:38,752 I'm between the devil and the deep blue, Mr Ferns. 485 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:42,191 Oh, no, sir. You are between two devils, sir - 486 00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:44,960 the fever and the Federals. 487 00:33:47,880 --> 00:33:49,872 Go at night. 488 00:33:49,920 --> 00:33:51,912 Keep close in. 489 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,192 Oh, and Capitaine, good luck. 490 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,680 - You've forgotten something? - No. 491 00:34:10,720 --> 00:34:13,519 I thought you'd be halfway to Washington. 492 00:34:13,560 --> 00:34:15,552 No. 493 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,910 Decided not to work with Ericsson? 494 00:34:19,400 --> 00:34:23,155 - For the time being. - What made you change your mind? 495 00:34:23,200 --> 00:34:27,831 Anne gave me a letter from Elizabeth. It brought me to me senses. 496 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:35,278 James, I do believe this stuff gets worse with the keeping. 497 00:35:13,720 --> 00:35:16,155 By the mark, five! 498 00:35:16,200 --> 00:35:18,635 Steady as she goes, Mr Baines! 499 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,240 East to half-north, sir! 500 00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,239 And again, seaman. And again. 501 00:35:28,840 --> 00:35:31,435 By the deep, six! 502 00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,791 - Nothing to the north, Baines! - Aye aye, sir. 503 00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:52,512 By the mark, five! 504 00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,029 I said steady, Mr Baines! 505 00:35:55,080 --> 00:35:57,959 Every man jack puts his hands on his head! 506 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:03,756 This ship is a prize of the United States of America! 507 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,039 Fortunes of war, Captain. 508 00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:10,312 You gave us a good run but you had no chance, none at all. 509 00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,352 We simply knew to expect you. 510 00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:16,838 - To expect us? - Indeed. Our intelligence is very good. 511 00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,315 Is your intelligence called Mr Ferns? 512 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:23,513 - I cannot tell you that, ma'am. - I take that as an admission. 513 00:36:23,560 --> 00:36:26,598 - No, I have said nothing. - You've said enough. 514 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,077 Well, ma'am, all things will be known eventually. 515 00:36:30,120 --> 00:36:33,750 Meantime, this ship is a prize and I have an armed crew aboard. 516 00:36:33,800 --> 00:36:35,951 Now, you may not be happy, ma'am, 517 00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:39,960 but I trust you'll be comfortable till we make port in New Orleans. 518 00:36:40,000 --> 00:36:43,118 I am impressed by your consideration, sir. 519 00:36:43,160 --> 00:36:44,958 My wife means... 520 00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:49,040 That she hates my face at her table but as I say, fortunes of war. 521 00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:54,553 Well, I must on deck to see that we sail in the right direction. 522 00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:58,640 I prefer Maudesley's variable screw propeller myself. 523 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,513 Are you interested in steamships, sir? 524 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:07,760 You could say that. I helped build two of my brother's design. 525 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:10,792 Back in Scotland, that was. 526 00:37:11,840 --> 00:37:14,560 A Scotsman. 527 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:17,320 He talks politely but keeps us prisoner. 528 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:21,876 We could be in irons aboard his gunboat this very minute. 529 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:25,516 - Why upset the fella? - He only left you here because of me. 530 00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:27,552 It's better than nothing. 531 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,160 Oh, it could have happened any time. 532 00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,192 I don't blame you, James. 533 00:37:32,240 --> 00:37:34,914 - Blame me? - You tried a gamble and lost. 534 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:37,919 If that's a speech of sympathy, God save us! 535 00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,236 We will begin again after they let us go. 536 00:37:40,280 --> 00:37:43,910 You never wanted this enterprise. Be glad it's ended so badly. 537 00:37:43,960 --> 00:37:47,874 - I disapproved but that doesn't mean... - Oh, hush, woman. 538 00:37:50,720 --> 00:37:53,838 Well, there's no wind, no wind at all. 539 00:37:56,880 --> 00:38:00,396 I'm in no hurry to feel the irons of a Federal jail. 540 00:38:01,720 --> 00:38:03,837 Let it be calm forever. 541 00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:08,992 Anne, if you'll excuse us, eh? 542 00:38:14,920 --> 00:38:19,551 I've no doubt you'll be impatient to get home, Captain Fergusson, eh? 543 00:38:19,600 --> 00:38:25,312 Home? I lost my wife to the childbed fever three years ago in New York. 544 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,831 I have no home to go to. The sea's my home. 545 00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,111 We all have our misfortunes, sir. 546 00:38:32,160 --> 00:38:36,598 There would have been a profit of some £30,000 for me on this voyage. 547 00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,989 - As much as that? - Oh, aye. 548 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,552 £30,000? 549 00:38:44,600 --> 00:38:49,038 Yeah. It was to have gone towards building a steamship. 550 00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:53,635 A design of Mr Frazer's here. 551 00:38:53,680 --> 00:38:56,149 He calls it the Golden Nugget. 552 00:39:00,560 --> 00:39:04,349 You have designed a steamship, sir? 553 00:39:04,400 --> 00:39:09,714 You've got the plans aboard, Frazer. Why not show them to Captain Ferguson? 554 00:39:09,760 --> 00:39:13,993 - Would you care to see the plans, sir? - I shall be most interested. 555 00:39:15,040 --> 00:39:17,794 I'll get them from me cabin. 556 00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,551 What do you think of it, Captain Ferguson? 557 00:39:59,600 --> 00:40:02,434 It's a fine design. I see no fault in it. 558 00:40:02,480 --> 00:40:05,951 - None at all. I congratulate you, sir. - Thank you. 559 00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:10,392 If, erm... Oh, I say if we could've built her, 560 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,239 what a day it would have been for the men who worked on her, eh? 561 00:40:13,280 --> 00:40:16,637 It will be a blow in the eye for them that wants to stop progress. 562 00:40:16,680 --> 00:40:19,718 There are few in Liverpool who could work her. 563 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:23,037 I'd need a top man, a practical man at me right hand, 564 00:40:23,080 --> 00:40:25,914 a fully trained man, an engineer. 565 00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,794 Qualified engineers are hard to come by. 566 00:40:29,840 --> 00:40:32,036 It so happens that I'm one myself. 567 00:40:32,080 --> 00:40:34,072 Indeed? 568 00:40:35,120 --> 00:40:38,113 Well, as you say, it's a fine design. 569 00:40:38,160 --> 00:40:40,914 A pity we shall never see her launched. 570 00:42:02,520 --> 00:42:04,716 ..you owe this new country of yours? 571 00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:09,118 When the war's over, what will you do? You're no longer a young man. 572 00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:13,871 Your roots are no more American than mine. 573 00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:16,160 What do you owe them? 574 00:42:16,200 --> 00:42:19,671 I've taken their pay, I'll wear their uniform. 575 00:42:20,720 --> 00:42:24,953 And when the war's over, how far will that uniform take you, eh? 576 00:42:25,000 --> 00:42:28,198 Now, what happens if you take us to New Orleans? 577 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,354 My cargo's impounded and the money goes towards a war 578 00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:35,040 where it won't show one way or the other. 579 00:42:35,080 --> 00:42:38,676 But put into something like this, 580 00:42:39,720 --> 00:42:41,837 I could do some good in the world. 581 00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:45,794 It could be a new start for you. You could be me chief engineer. 582 00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:49,639 £200 a year and a house of your own. 583 00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:52,878 And a share of the profits of the Golden Nugget. 584 00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:55,480 You'd have to work 16 hours a day, mind. 585 00:42:55,520 --> 00:43:00,356 - You said £30,000? - Yeah. 586 00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:05,077 Our risk is equal, therefore we take equal profit - 15,000 each. 587 00:43:06,480 --> 00:43:08,551 - You want half? - Or nothing. 588 00:43:13,560 --> 00:43:15,552 Very well. 589 00:43:15,600 --> 00:43:18,069 We will sign articles to that effect. 590 00:43:18,120 --> 00:43:20,874 Here, I've drawn up a document. 591 00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,358 - Blimey, you've come well prepared. - Aye, I hope so. 592 00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:40,072 Right. 593 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:43,672 Now... 594 00:43:46,000 --> 00:43:47,992 How do we get to Liverpool? 595 00:43:48,040 --> 00:43:52,239 Well, now... You just leave that to me, hm? 596 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:57,792 Captain. Mr Frazer. 597 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:01,478 If you'll excuse me. 598 00:44:11,320 --> 00:44:13,232 Mr Bell. 599 00:44:13,280 --> 00:44:16,034 I have fresh orders for you. 600 00:44:16,080 --> 00:44:18,959 You're to take the men off in the longboats 601 00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:20,400 and row for the shore. 602 00:44:20,440 --> 00:44:24,275 - But sir... - I have put these orders in writing, Mr Bell. 603 00:44:26,040 --> 00:44:29,397 Show them to anybody who questions your conduct. 604 00:44:29,440 --> 00:44:32,797 - Aren't you coming, sir? - No. 605 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:37,158 As a matter of intelligence, Bell... 606 00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:40,272 - Oh? - Always obey... 607 00:44:40,320 --> 00:44:43,472 the last order given, Lieutenant, 608 00:44:43,520 --> 00:44:46,399 and you will do well in the navy. 609 00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:48,193 Thank you, sir. 610 00:45:30,360 --> 00:45:31,350 Cast off. 611 00:45:34,240 --> 00:45:36,197 Man on bow. 612 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:46,552 Ready, together. 613 00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,714 This man is built like we are built 614 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:34,640 and breathes God's good air just like we breathe it. 615 00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,911 This man has one misfortune... 616 00:46:51,960 --> 00:46:54,350 Now, who are these people? They're our American brothers! 617 00:46:54,400 --> 00:46:58,155 - You did it, James, you did it! - Yes, we did it. 618 00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:00,078 We're rich, Anne! We're rich! 619 00:47:00,120 --> 00:47:03,272 Yes, Robert. We went to make a profit and it seems we've made one. 620 00:47:03,320 --> 00:47:05,676 I trust we're all proud of ourselves. 621 00:47:05,720 --> 00:47:07,359 James, do you know that woman? 622 00:47:11,800 --> 00:47:13,553 Hm? No. 623 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,592 Never seen her before in my life. 624 00:47:15,640 --> 00:47:19,316 And who are they? Who are these people? 625 00:47:19,360 --> 00:47:20,760 Our American brothers! 626 00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,200 Our American brothers do this! 627 00:47:26,240 --> 00:47:31,110 Yes, and to thousands like him! This man was lucky - he escaped. 628 00:47:31,160 --> 00:47:37,475 But there's still thousands like him, still slaves, in the so-called Confederate States of America. 629 00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:41,594 The South! Yes. Yes, it is a shame, sir. 630 00:47:41,640 --> 00:47:44,997 And that is why we should never buy their cotton. 631 00:47:45,040 --> 00:47:49,080 Even if we're starving, even if our children are starving 632 00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,112 and begging in the streets. 633 00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:56,280 I put it to you, God created Man in his own image, 634 00:47:56,320 --> 00:47:59,472 black or white, red or brown. 635 00:47:59,520 --> 00:48:04,072 And it is not up to us to fly in the face of the holy Lord! 636 00:48:04,120 --> 00:48:07,830 No, because he would not countenance this... 636 00:48:08,305 --> 00:48:14,914 Support us and become VIP member to remove all ads from www.OpenSubtitles.org