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Miss Rosalee!

Boy, what you doing?

You can't be on this here porch.

I'm sorry, Miss Rosalee,
but it done come early.

Go get my mama from the cookhouse!

What happened?!

We's was out in the field,

and she just fell holding her stomach.

Shh, you gonna be all right.

Just, just put your leg...

Should there be that much blood?

Come on, come on. Rosalee.

It hurts.

Zeke, where you keep your clothes?

Miss Ernestine.

Ain't nothing about
child birth polite, Zeke.

You ain't gonna be no help

if you stand around
slack-jawed at every turn.

Go on outside and wait.

It hurts!

It's all right.

I know it hurts, but listen to me.

You got to stop pushing.

Mama, what's wrong?

Baby's turned about.

Got to come out head first,

or neither of them gon' make it.

No, no, no, no, no!

Shh!

Put something in her mouth.

No, no, no, no, no, no...

No, no...

Miss Suzanna gonna throw a fit,

she hear all that noise coming
up at the big house.

Shh...

It hurts, it hurts,
it hurts, it hurts.

It's a boy.

Oh...

My name's John Hawkes.

And I stand before you today

because the future of our country

is being decided inside this courtroom.

Dred Scott, by law, is not
allowed a legal defense.

He's not even allowed to defend himself.

So someone should speak for him.

This nation was founded by those fleeing

religious oppression
from across the Atlantic.

Escaping those who would deny
them their freedom.

I ask you, is not the plight

of every runaway slave
but a noble extension

of that same manifest destiny?

There are three legal questions
in front of this court.

The first is about jurisdiction.

All right, let's,
uh, give it a read.

"Mr. Pullman, thank you
for your prompt payment

"of Charlotte's bills
for the last quarter.

"She's made great steps forward,

"but she takes one or two
backwards from time to time.

"Her latest, injuring one
of our orderlies at lights out.

"We have not included costs
for his medical bills,

"but moving her to a more
secure ward has increased

"the cost of her treatment,
which is at a critical stage.

"We have nothing
but high hopes for her future.

"And you are an important part of that.

Sincerely, Washington Hospital."

I have to say,

it's the third time
they've asked for more money.

Best hospital in the country.

Send one as well.

"Dear Charlotte."

"Hope you are well. Getting well."

"Ben, Jay and I..."

"... we all miss you.

Your loving husband."

August.

Whoo-wee!

Got us another one, Jim!

Saw his bitch with him.

She gonna be close still.

- Eh, we'll get her.
- Yep.

- Hang him up.
- All right.

Mama looking for you.

Eat your green beans.

They're ready for the next course.

Liddy, Eve, Rosalee, let's move.

Here, let me fix your hair.

I wanted to stay with the baby
till Seraphina woke up.

I covered for you, but there ain't
no excuse for not being here

when dinner's on that table.
And you should know,

there's some trouble going on
with one of the field slaves.

It's got the white folks
on edge, so you mind yourself.

Why don't we just
invite all the slaves?

Seeing as we're already inviting
everybody else.

Darling, don't be ridiculous...
we're not inviting everybody.

Just the important bodies.

Please explain
to me how the Willowsets

- are important.
- Carver Willowset is about to become

the next bishop of Atlanta.
You can't get elected

in this state without
kissing the lord's ring.

Doesn't anybody care
that this is my birthday.

Not some campaign rally
for Daddy to be mayor.

Senator, sweetie pie.

This has turned into a circus.
I'm exhausted

- just thinking about it.
- Well, the last thing I want

is to exhaust
my beautiful, pregnant wife.

That's why I'm having Avery
send over his house niggers.

As if the slaves can do anything
without my constant instruction.

Can I offer a hand?

Thanks.

No problem.

Mr. Hawkes.

That was a thought-provoking
speech you gave earlier.

Oh. Good to know at least
one person was listening,

- Mister...?
- Still.

William Still.

I've heard of you.

About what you do.

Through discreet circles, I hope.

What I do is why I've sought you
and your horses out this evening.

And are you in need
for a lawyer or a nag?

A home.

Yours, in particular.

Its location
along the Ohio River

could be very advantageous to the cause.

Afraid I don't follow.

I believe you do.

You spoke with passion about
the rights of all men today,

but your words fell on deaf ears.

Did that sit well with you?

Words aside, what actions would you be
willing to take to back them up?

I admire what you do, Mr. Still.

And in another life,
I'd like to think that

I could be a man
that would help your cause.

But not in this one?

About a quarter mile down the road,

you got three slave catchers
making their way towards here.

They got your friend...

...and they got dogs.

Where you headed?

All right, then...

good luck to you.

We's tried following the drinkin' gourd.

You did a fair job at that, but...

you wound up on the wrong side
of the city of Atlanta.

You got two routes north...

Chelsea Savannah and the Ohio River.

This time of year,
your best bet's the Ohio.

She's low and easy to cross.

And when you get there...

there are far more people willing
to help you along the way.

How you know so much?

I made the journey a few times myself.

At night... when the hiding's easier.

Now, you'll have
a straight shot to the river

if you just follow
the Blue Ridge Mountains,

but only way to them is back
through town.

Ain't no way I's gonna make
it without someone seeing me.

You will if I hide you in the wagon.

Now, I want you to wipe your hands hard

on that tree over there... get all
your sweat and stank off on them.

Then walk your footprints
back into the stream there.

Got to throw off the scent for the dogs.

Make sure you step
in your same footprints.

No new ones.

Search 'em out. Search 'em out.

Good boy! Search 'em out.

She took to the stream!

- Come on, boys.
- Hold up.

Hell of a random place

for you to stop to water
your mule, August.

Last place for water till home.

You seen any runaways around here?

You know I wouldn't tell you if I had.

I don't want any trouble.

I'm just gonna be on my way.

Not before I take a look in your wagon.

You want a hole in you, too, Jim?

Like I said,

I'll just be on my way.

Elizabeth?

Elizabeth?

Elizabeth.

John.

You're home early.

I thought you're not due to arrive
until just before the train.

Would the house
still be standing if I had?

Mmm.

Now, I know this all looks unpleasant,

but once my intentions for
the space are fully realized...

You see, I woke up this morning,
and I thought

the baby should have light.

More light than it could stand.
And I came

to the conclusion the nursery
should have French doors.

- French doors? And...
- Yeah.

Over there? Is a... veranda?

No. That was an unfortunate mishap.

The sledgehammer is quite heavy.

What do you think about curtains?

I think they should cover the windows,

- keep the light out.
- You're a tease.

I meant colors. Of course,

it's difficult to decide
without knowing if it's gonna be

a boy or a girl, so I was thinking

maybe yellow.

It's not that uncommon.

There's nothing to be ashamed of.

The human body is like
a garden, and some gardens,

unfortunately, well,
they lack a certain...

Yellow's a lovely color.

Tell me how your trip went.

It was great. It was, uh... it was good.

People were listening.

Just not the right people.

I've heard the case is not
likely to go Mr. Scott's way.

He did everything right. He followed

the law to the letter, yet he
still finds himself in chains.

What's a man supposed to do
when he feels so powerless?

Well...

I don't pretend to know anything
about the ways of men.

But as a dainty little lady like me,

why, I pick up a sledgehammer...

pray for the best,
and hope that God is listening.

Let's go! Move!

Get!

Go! Move!

Let's go, let's go.

- Move it.
- Settle in. You'll be going

back to your masters soon.

Now y'all stay put

and stay quiet!

Come on, Jim.

Miss Suzanna wants her bath early.

You gonna have to take
James out to your brother.

And when you get back, warm
up some milk for Miss Mary.

You can let go of me now.

Miss Rosalee,

we don't get to see your pretty
face enough around here.

Pearly Mae,

it's time for our evening prayers.

Is that for me, Sam?

When it's finished.

Wait till T.R. sees it.

Listen now,

this ain't for playin' with
in no big house.

It stays here or you can't
have it, you hear me?

Hand-carved like that.

Better than any of them toys T.R. has.

Mama sent some dinner.

Mm-hmm. Scraps off of massa's table.

It might be good enough for you,
but I ain't no dog.

Get on in the house! Where is he?

Why they hurtin' Henry?

They been askin' about Noah.

Massa sent him on some work
down the way, was due back

this morning.

How'd they get you?

I wasn't runnin'.

Yet here you are.

They sicced them dogs on me
before I could show 'em my pass.

You might've fooled them,

but I can see that fire
you trying to snuff out.

Freedom burning behind those eyes.

You want to know something?

I made it.

I made it to that river.

Came out a free man.

Until...

I had it.

The map to freedom.

Ain't no such thing as a map to freedom.

Word for word,

it showed me the way.

I carved it out on the wall.

You ought to rest now.

You listen to me.

You got to have faith.

You run...

you follow that map,

and you a free man.

I seen the devil's grin,

but I missed the angel's light.

You be ready when you get to that river.

Seraphina?

Seraphina. Come on now.

- You should be restin'. Let's go.
- I washed him clean

of the sins of this life. Of the pain.

I couldn't have him
growin' up like this.

Oh, not like this.

And he free now.

I can guess where your head's at,

but you got to bring it back here.

Right here on these cakes,

'cause we using all the eggs we got.

I just can't understand

how someone could do that
to their own baby.

I can.

Fear is something powerful.

From a young age, we think we know it.

But I ain't never truly felt fear,

real fear, until I had you
and your brothers.

From the minute y'all were born,

I was afraid of losing you.

That y'all be sold or kilt.

That your brothers would be
worked and beat to the bone.

And that you'd be too purty.

There ain't no fear like
that you have for your child.

Make it so you can't see straight.

You can't change
what you saw last night.

Focus on what's in front of you.

Lose yourself in the work.

Stand up.

I put my trust in you, Noah.

You were supposed to take that wagon

to the Ludlow plantation,
drop off that anvil,

come right on back.

I sorry, massa.
That's what I intended to do.

Don't lie to me, Noah.
They said they found you

outside of Atlanta.
That's two counties over.

Yes, massa, I got lost.

Bullshit.

Yo' ass was runnin'.

No, no, massa, massa,

it was dark and I was scared

and they sicced them dogs on me
before I could show 'em my pass.

You wasn't lost!

- I was lost.
- You made that trip

six times now.

And I always come back.

I always come back, massa.

I always come back.

I'm sorry, massa. I swear. I swear.

Bill,

how many miles you reckon
between my plantation

- and the North?
- Hell,

more than I can count.

Well, my guess, at least 600.

On foot, there is not a man
on earth who could make that.

Especially not being hunted
by those whose sole aim

is to drag him back in chains,
dead or alive. Add to that,

there isn't anywhere to hide

as a nigger in a white man's
world, and you got yourself

an impossible feat.

Almost as impossible
as getting off my plantation.

Got the Yellow River on one side,

Stone Mountain the other.

300 acres of thicket
and swamp everywhere else.

I do, I swear, on the fourth day,

the Lord our God blessed me

with a fortress.

20 years I've been the master
of this plantation,

and I have not had

one runaway.

Not one.

And he ain't the first.

Only takes one bad nigger
to spoil 'em all.

He can barely stand.
He ain't runnin' any time soon.

You and Bill

keep an eye on him all the same.

I'm gonna send someone down here
to tend to that leg.

And then you get back in that shop.

There's still work to be done today.

- Thank you, massa.
- Oh.

I had to pay those
slave catchers five dollars

because of your terrible sense
of direction.

A lash for each dollar seems fair.

Whoa. Whoa, mule. Whoa, mule.

We've made it
to the other side of the city.

It's safe to get out now.

Why you do this?

Help people like me.

I got a boy.

Name is Ben.

Coming up on 12 years old.

He don't yet know the world's

a harsh and unfair place.

And I'm afraid there
ain't no changin' that.

Not in my life, anyway.

So, I suppose

when it comes down to it, I'm just...

thinking of his future.

Thank you.

Get up, so she can look at that leg.

You gonna have to take off your shirt.

Seems I... I need some help,

if you don't mind.

It's Rose, right?

Ro-Rosalee.

I'm Noah.

I know your brother.

I don't think we ever spoke before.

You don't leave the big house much.

I always wonder what
it must be like up there,

sleeping in them nice comfy beds.

We still slaves... don't
matter where you sleep.

- This ain't that bad.
- It ain't?

Then hell, I guess I should
put this to better use.

Why is you's pretending?

We all pretendin' in some way.

It's nice to meet you properly, Miss Rose.

Wait. Wait, hold it.

No, wait. Laney Briss told me if you
put a pillow under my bottom...

Wait, you're talking
to your friends about this?

Which amendment is it?

The one which prevents
incriminating oneself?

Wait, wait, wait.

I'm sorry.

I can't seem to get out of my own head.

Oh, don't apologize.

You're not the only one.

A man came to see me at the capital.

- Mm-hmm?
- A William Still. Pennsylvania.

The one that aids the runaway slaves?

He asked about using our house.

To do what?

To... help people.

You mean to harbor fugitives?

I mean both, I suppose.

I told him that...

we couldn't be of any help to him.

But what if we did?

We could make a real difference.

Well, it's a n-noble cause

and... somebody has to do it.

But it doesn't have to be us.

We could be thrown in jail.

You know it's breaking the law.

Yeah, that same law allows people

to own other people.

It's not enough for me to just
speak about this anymore,

- Elizabeth...
- But-but you're talking

- about risking our future.
- Risk?

Most runaways are
either recaptured or killed.

- I've heard horrible things.
- Yeah, as have I,

from my friends, about angry Negroes

who kill the owners of safe houses

and then make away
with their possessions.

What if...

on our way back
we stop over in Pennsylvania

- and we just hear what he has to say.
- Absolutely not.

- Wh-Why?
- Absolutely not.

This is our home, and you need
to think about our family.

What family, Elizabeth?

How many?

200. Every night.

600 since you left.

Add 50 more.

You said you'd be back before
they knew you's was gone.

I ran into some trouble.

I didn't make it to the city
like I planned.

Come here. You all right?

Good.

- What about you? That limp.
- Oh, I got

to let them think I'm weak,
that I ain't no threat.

So they can stop watching me so close.

I think I found it.

The way to the promised land.

Look.

Now, this here, this was carved
on the jailhouse wall.

Now, I don't know much,

but I know that there says "freedom."

We gots to find somebody
to read this to us.

No, we got to do way more than that.

That jailhouse was filled
with poor souls

being dragged back in chains.

You know what they all had in common?

They was all alone.

It ain't enough
to just find which way to go...

we got to get a group of us together.

- Yeah.
- Be clever about it.

Find a strength in numbers,
'cause, look, when we run...

when we run...

ain't no white man
gonna be able to stop us.

Daddy, you like my hair?

It's beautiful, sweetie pie.

There. All done.

We'll pull the back out
right before the party.

All curled up, you look like a
princess in them picture books.

My hair, my dress, my party...

everything's gonna be perfect.

And it's all thanks to you, Stine.

James is sure getting big these days.

How old is he now, eight?

- Gonna be seven this year.
- We get him

out in that field, get him strong,

I'll bet he'd fetch us
a good price on the block.

What do you say to that, Tom?

Finally make some money
off one of these niggers.

Mm.

Paddy rollers always move in twos.

There were three of them
catchers that got me.

Means we need at least two
more on the run with us.

Seems like more people
are just gonna slow us down.

No, it ain't about speed.

We ain't gonna get off
this plantation by just running,

and we ain't gonna get
600 miles north without help.

So who you thinkin'?

Moses.

The preacher man?

The one that's saying every Sunday that

- God said to obey thy massa?
- You said it yourself,

we need somebody who can read.

You see how that holy spirit
catch him on Sunday.

Them words ain't comin' from God.

They comin' from that book
he keep hidin'.

I guess having God on our side
wouldn't hurt none, neither.

Oh, if he's picked a side,

it ain't ours.

How about Sam?

He's smart.

Clever building things;
He could come in handy.

No, he save up what little
they give him in the shop.

Fool thinks the massa gonna
let him buy his freedom.

He play by the rules...
might not be able to trust him.

Nah, we go for Zeke.

He big as a house.

I once saw him

near kill a man who tried
to have his way with Seraphina.

He'd destroy anything in our way.

Now he ain't got nothin' left,

save for a wife who killed his baby.

Everybody be paying
their respects tonight

when they put that baby in the ground.

- That's gonna be our only chance...
- How's that leg?

It's doing all right, Mr. Cato.
I appreciate you asking.

They find your wagon, they know
you ain't been to the Ludlow's.

Know you was on
the wrong side of Atlanta.

It ain't my wagon, it's the massa's.

It's been out there for days.

All them bandits... you really think
there's anything left to find?

You think you smart, huh?

No, sir. "No, sir."

Please, massa, please,

I just a big ol' dumb nigger.

Please don't punish me!

You might've fooled them, but I see you.

You a troublemaker,
and you got the itch.

That about right, ain't it?

You think you smarter
than the rest of us.

You think you a free man.

You have yourself a nice day,
now, Mr. Cato.

Well, you ain't as smart as you think,
so I'm-a give you some advice, boy!

Don't you play big nigger with me!

Y'all have a nice day, now.

I'll keep my eye out for that wagon.

We got to do this right,

or we's dead before we step
one foot off this plantation.

Best keep her away.

For her own good.

They all gone sick, Pa.

What is it?

Milk poison, best I could tell.

What are y'all gonna do?

Do you know what? Come here.

You know, I almost forgot...

I got you something from up north.

What is it?

That there is called a "baseball."

Whole new sport was invented
a couple of years back.

Some regulars in a Yankee tavern
were going on about it. And this...

is for catching the ball.

Go ahead, put your hand
in there. Like that.

You know how we got to break
this leather in, right?

Like on a saddle?
So that it works right.

Some fella in the tavern
was suggesting that you tuck

the ball on in there so that they get
to know each other a little better.

Why don't you go up to the house
and do that now, Ben, hmm?

Sam. Sam.

Tonight at the funeral, we need to talk.

Aw, damn it!

You see what you done?!

Rosalee, go down there

and tell my son to come inside.

- I'll go, Miss Suzanna.
- Quickly now, Rosalee.

Look what you done!

You got 'em all dirty!

Them things worth more than

- your life, boy!
- M-Mr. Bill?

Get your hands out.

- Put 'em out!
- M-Mr. Bill, uh, Miss Suzanna

wants, uh, Mr. T.R.

and James to go back up
on that porch with her.

This boy's gonna pay
for wasting my time.

Hold 'em out!

It's my fault.

It's my fault, Mr. Bill, it's my fault.

I gave 'em the sugar...
that's got 'em running wild.

If anybody gonna be punished,
it's gonna be me.

Please...

So that's how they do it up
in the big house, is it?

You just talk to me

- any way you want?
- N-No, sir.

Come down here and tell me how
it's gonna be?!

No, no, sir.

He a little boy, sir. He's a little boy.

Massa?

Guests are coming up the drive.

Bill!

That's enough.
She's gonna need those hands

to serve at the party tonight.

Can the handsome devil
standing before me

really be my brother?

Hey, Tom.

It's been too long.

Lizzy.

Mmm.

What have you been feeding him?

You must be crazy.

- You tryin' to get us killed.
- The Lord saw fit

to show you mercy after you was

dragged back here, and now you talkin'

- like this.
- I wasn't tryin' to run.

I was just tryin' to get into the city.

Find a connection to the freedom train.

All right, I need you
to tell me what this say.

Now I know you crazy.
Massa see you with somethin'

with words on it,
he gonna have your back peeled.

I don't know who told you's
I could read,

but they's mistaken.

I thought God ain't take kindly
to tellin' lies.

I ain't gonna tell nobody.
Now, this is the map to freedom.

I'm trustin' you with it.
You got to trust me, too.

Okay, we all got to trust
each other. This whole thing,

it don't work no other way.

Oh, no. It don't work any which way.

That's what they want you to
think, but we do this right,

we do this together,
we can stand as free men.

Ugly death.

That's the only thing
we gonna find we stay here.

S-Slip it to me.

I see what it say back at my cabin.

You're not doing much talking tonight

Having a hard time
opening up a conversation

with your fellow slave owners.

Well, it's all the more reason I
appreciate you making the trip.

Mary's birthday isn't
a matter of politics.

It's a matter of family.

I, uh, couldn't help but notice
you and the wife

weren't doing much talking either.

You ever say something so reprehensible

that you can't possibly take it back?

Why do you think I own
so many acres of land?

More places to hide.

I love that accent
you've adopted, by the way.

Mmm. Mm-hmm.

I'm just trying to embrace the culture.

Is that part of it? The bid for senator?

Show 'em that you're one of them?

They know I ain't one of 'em.

That's why the Democrats approached me.

They think I can speak
the language of the North.

I hope I still can.

Who's your campaign manager?

- Smartest guy I know.
- Good. What's his name?

John Hawkes.

You have outdone yourself
tonight, Suzanna.

They're gonna be talking about this one

- for the rest of the year.
- It's not a competition.

Says the woman who always wins.

Elizabeth, tell us about
the weather up north.

Do y'all get anything like this heat?

Elizabeth.

Bernadette was asking
about the weather up north.

Right. Um, yeah,
it d... it does get hot.

But nothing like this.

It's a bit, um... oppressive.

Is your husband a planter
like his brother?

No, no. John operates
a law practice in the city.

He's also quite the activist.

- Oh, that's wonderful.
- For what cause?

Rights for niggers.

I try not to talk politics
at social occasions.

That's amusing, because I feel

like all you Northerners do is talk.

We're the ones down here
doing all the work

to keep the economy going.

This cake is delicious.

Did you make it yourself?

I guess it's easy to be a woman
of ideals, given your...

condition.

And I promise you this.

You and John will both
feel differently on the matter

if you ever have children.

Now, I simply

must show you ladies
where the nursery will be.

Come. This way.

That was-was real good of you

to take them lashes for your brother.

You says we all pretendin'.

What'd you mean?

We's all know we supposed to be free.

I ain't been more than two steps
off this plantation in my life.

Can't even imagine
what being free would be like.

All them cities up north, they
all built of iron and steel.

A free man, say with the skills I got,

oh, he could live like a king.

Go anywhere his heart desires.

Live a life is his own
and no one else's.

Except his wife, when he finds her.

And they children?

They ain't never gonna have
to think about runnin'.

Did you have a chance
to taste the peacock?

No, I have had a scotch in my hand

since we stepped off the stagecoach.

I didn't drink nearly enough
to forget what I said to you.

You're right.

I need to start putting
our family first.

Tom asked me to manage his campaign.

If I want to make a difference,
a real one,

then having the ears
of a senator could help.

We'd have to move down here.

But I'd be home more and
we'd be surrounded by family

for when we have our own.

It's me.

I'm the reason that we
can't have children.

Oh.

They had a little boy up in a swing,

and he was... fanning us in the parlor

like he was just another
piece of the furniture.

And no one cared.

This...

this isn't the kind of world

that I want to bring children into.

We have to change that.

That's five dollars
from the Macon plantation.

And here's $50 for the one
from Alabama way.

Hold on now.

The notice says $100, dead or alive.

That's for the pair.

- Male and female.
- That bitch?

We done chased her over a cliff.
She fell.

Must've been 50 feet.

- Is that so?
- I reckon

it could've been 75.

Ain't no way to get that body.

Well, the good Lord must
have been looking out for her,

'cause she ended up in here
without a scratch on her.

Rest of this money goes
to the slave catcher

- who brought her in.
- And who's that, exactly?

That'd be me, Jim.

You stole her right from under us.

Y'all ain't
the only ones tricked.

He walked her right in here
with his coat over her head.

I swear I heard her call him a saint.

That true?

Not at all.

She called me an angel.

Hey, boy.

Mr. Macon wants to see you
up at the big house. Now.

We left off

John 15:13. I got somethin' else

I want you to read me tonight.

Where'd you get this?

Noah.

He think I'm the one that can read.

It's a song.

My mama used to sing it to me
when I was no older than Boo.

Some of the words are different.

Yeah. Noah reckons
that that's the way to freedom.

Sing it to me, Ma.

Y'all wait here.

This can go one of two ways.

I tell the massa
where I found your wagon.

We see if that slick tongue
of yours can talk yourself out

- of a hangin'.
- You don't know nothin'.

I know enough to know
you plannin' something.

See, I think you runnin' and you
gonna take that boy with you.

The way I sees you's watchin'
everybody, talking in hushes,

maybe you gonna take some others, too.

A thing you ain't consider,

you get caught or not, it's gonna be

the slaves left behind
that's gonna pay the price.

Don't act like you care
'bout nobody else.

You only care about yourself.

You right.

That's why I don't mean
to be left behind.

Ain't no chance in hell.

Let's go.

Guess we gonna find out
who the big nigger is now.

It's been a long day.
What couldn't wait?

Well, massa, we just wanted
to say we found your wagon.

You did?

Good. Where was it?

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