1 00:00:00,049 --> 00:00:01,810 Previously on The Book of Negroes... 2 00:00:01,833 --> 00:00:05,491 My name is Samuel Frances, but you can call me Black Sam. 3 00:00:06,212 --> 00:00:08,413 Oh! It's war now, 4 00:00:08,447 --> 00:00:09,681 and we shall have freedom! 5 00:00:10,984 --> 00:00:14,053 If you escape now, Lindo won't have time to hunt you down. 6 00:00:14,087 --> 00:00:17,121 - What will you do now that you are free of Lindo? - Canvas Town. 7 00:00:17,156 --> 00:00:18,956 I will stay among the Negroes there. 8 00:00:18,991 --> 00:00:22,427 - You know this man? - Sam was a friend when I needed one. 9 00:00:22,461 --> 00:00:25,430 The British promise liberty. I will fight for my freedom like any man. 10 00:00:25,464 --> 00:00:27,104 The British just surrendered in Yorktown. 11 00:00:27,433 --> 00:00:29,067 Solomon Lindo will be coming back for you. 12 00:00:43,282 --> 00:00:46,184 (cheering and whistling) 13 00:00:46,218 --> 00:00:50,353 Rebels exalted over the British surrender, but for those who had 14 00:00:50,387 --> 00:00:53,790 taken our freedom back, the peace treaty spelled disaster. 15 00:00:53,895 --> 00:00:57,163 American slaveholders and their agents prowled Manhattan, 16 00:00:57,198 --> 00:01:00,367 grabbing fugitives whenever they could. 17 00:01:00,401 --> 00:01:03,336 My thoughts went to Solomon Lindo. 18 00:01:03,371 --> 00:01:06,005 Would he return to New York to try to claim me 19 00:01:06,039 --> 00:01:08,674 and take me back to Charleston? 20 00:01:08,709 --> 00:01:11,711 "All prisoners on both sides shall be set at liberty 21 00:01:11,745 --> 00:01:16,048 and His Britannic Majesty shall, with all convenient speed 22 00:01:16,082 --> 00:01:19,419 and without causing any destruction or carrying away... 23 00:01:19,453 --> 00:01:22,087 any Negroes, 24 00:01:22,122 --> 00:01:25,991 or other property of American inhabitants, 25 00:01:26,026 --> 00:01:28,327 withdraw all his armies, 26 00:01:28,361 --> 00:01:30,862 garrison, and fleets from the said United States." 27 00:01:30,897 --> 00:01:33,565 Uh, Miss Mina? What do "carry away 28 00:01:33,599 --> 00:01:36,201 any Negroes or other property" mean? 29 00:01:36,236 --> 00:01:38,337 Black folks helped the British. 30 00:01:38,371 --> 00:01:40,071 We up and fought and died for them. 31 00:01:40,105 --> 00:01:44,309 It means the Americans are free to re-enslave runaway slaves. 32 00:01:44,343 --> 00:01:46,311 What did I tell you about the British? 33 00:01:46,345 --> 00:01:48,279 Bounty hunters be all over the city, snatching Negroes, 34 00:01:48,314 --> 00:01:50,214 dragging them down South. 35 00:01:50,249 --> 00:01:52,216 It's downright dangerous now to be in New York. 36 00:01:52,251 --> 00:01:54,218 And even more dangerous to leave. 37 00:01:54,253 --> 00:01:56,154 I am a freeborn woman, 38 00:01:56,188 --> 00:01:58,556 but most of us be runaway slaves. 39 00:01:58,590 --> 00:02:00,558 No Racine plantation owner 40 00:02:00,592 --> 00:02:02,560 is gonna separate me from my kinfolk. 41 00:02:02,594 --> 00:02:04,762 - (approbations) - General Washington 42 00:02:04,796 --> 00:02:07,598 gave the Redcoats until the end of November to evacuate. 43 00:02:07,632 --> 00:02:11,069 Now, New York is the only place still occupied by the British. 44 00:02:11,103 --> 00:02:13,203 Until they leave completely, 45 00:02:13,237 --> 00:02:15,205 you will still have some protection. 46 00:02:15,239 --> 00:02:18,809 No. Let's protect ourselves, protect our families. 47 00:02:18,844 --> 00:02:20,845 Let's set up patrols, 48 00:02:20,879 --> 00:02:23,747 look out for intruders, white or black. 49 00:02:29,420 --> 00:02:31,588 This is what we must do. 50 00:02:44,335 --> 00:02:46,970 Off to Sam's tavern? 51 00:02:47,004 --> 00:02:51,140 No. I'm going to Holy Ground. 52 00:02:51,174 --> 00:02:53,983 - There's a woman there in need. - I will come with you. 53 00:02:53,984 --> 00:02:54,984 No. 54 00:02:55,012 --> 00:02:57,814 - There's no need for that. - Kidnappers are everywhere. 55 00:02:57,848 --> 00:03:00,249 I saw two white men lurking around last night. 56 00:03:00,283 --> 00:03:03,452 Bounty hunters, I suspect. 57 00:03:05,989 --> 00:03:08,224 Everyone knows me 58 00:03:08,258 --> 00:03:10,259 in Holy Ground. 59 00:03:12,262 --> 00:03:14,997 I'll be fine. 60 00:03:19,201 --> 00:03:21,870 Make sure you're back before nightfall. 61 00:03:24,473 --> 00:03:28,010 I will. I'll be fine. 62 00:03:41,890 --> 00:03:43,505 Let me go! 63 00:03:43,506 --> 00:03:45,803 - Where are your freedom papers? - What? 64 00:03:45,861 --> 00:03:49,764 You can come with us polite, or we can make it hard on you. 65 00:03:49,798 --> 00:03:51,832 Ruffian! 66 00:03:51,867 --> 00:03:54,802 Let her go or I shoot. 67 00:03:57,706 --> 00:04:02,610 The next one will go straight into your brain. 68 00:04:02,644 --> 00:04:04,612 I am authorised to pick up 69 00:04:04,646 --> 00:04:06,981 - runaway slaves. - And I'm authorised to shoot. 70 00:04:07,015 --> 00:04:10,850 Let her go now. 71 00:04:10,885 --> 00:04:14,388 You heard the man. 72 00:04:16,057 --> 00:04:18,358 (chuckling) 73 00:04:23,231 --> 00:04:26,800 - Are you all right, Miss Diallo? - I'll be all right. 74 00:04:26,834 --> 00:04:29,302 I went looking for you in Canvas Town. 75 00:04:29,336 --> 00:04:31,671 I was told you were here, in Holy Ground. 76 00:04:31,706 --> 00:04:33,940 I no longer work for you, Lieutenant Waters. 77 00:04:33,975 --> 00:04:37,043 It is not what you think. 78 00:04:37,078 --> 00:04:39,913 My captain would like to meet 79 00:04:39,947 --> 00:04:43,048 the famous One-Pound Mina. 80 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:46,519 (footsteps approaching) 81 00:04:52,959 --> 00:04:56,095 Aminata Diallo. 82 00:04:56,130 --> 00:04:59,397 I've been meaning to meet you for some time. 83 00:04:59,732 --> 00:05:01,399 Thank you, 84 00:05:01,434 --> 00:05:04,103 lieutenant. You may go. 85 00:05:16,205 --> 00:05:18,873 Do you have your freedom? 86 00:05:18,907 --> 00:05:21,743 I have been free in New York 87 00:05:21,777 --> 00:05:23,878 for eight years now. 88 00:05:23,912 --> 00:05:27,014 They tell me that you can read and write, 89 00:05:27,049 --> 00:05:29,050 keep ledgers, 90 00:05:29,084 --> 00:05:31,786 and that you speak two African languages. 91 00:05:31,820 --> 00:05:34,455 - Yes. - Are you familiar 92 00:05:34,489 --> 00:05:37,391 with section seven of the provisional peace treaty? 93 00:05:37,425 --> 00:05:41,129 I've taught it to half of Canvas Town. 94 00:05:41,163 --> 00:05:43,297 The Negroes feel betrayed by it. 95 00:05:43,331 --> 00:05:46,567 But if they served for the British for one year minimum, 96 00:05:46,601 --> 00:05:50,003 then they've already been liberated. 97 00:05:50,037 --> 00:05:53,041 Do the British aim to keep their promise to the Negroes? 98 00:05:53,208 --> 00:05:57,077 Our Navy plans to move all Negro Loyalists to Nova Scotia, where they will be free. 99 00:05:57,111 --> 00:05:59,913 Nova Scotia? Not London? 100 00:05:59,947 --> 00:06:02,182 Nova Scotia's a British colony. 101 00:06:02,216 --> 00:06:05,718 In this Nova Scotia, will we be free? 102 00:06:05,753 --> 00:06:08,889 Entirely, yes. 103 00:06:08,923 --> 00:06:11,958 But before long, there will be hard work. 104 00:06:11,993 --> 00:06:14,194 The Negroes will be given land and expected to farm it. 105 00:06:14,228 --> 00:06:16,529 Why have you brought me here, Captain Clarkson? 106 00:06:16,563 --> 00:06:19,732 Miss Diallo, 107 00:06:19,767 --> 00:06:22,001 I want you 108 00:06:22,035 --> 00:06:24,003 to spread the word 109 00:06:24,037 --> 00:06:26,306 among your people. 110 00:06:26,340 --> 00:06:30,510 We need help to register the Negroes. 111 00:06:30,544 --> 00:06:33,579 I'd like to engage you, if you agree, 112 00:06:33,614 --> 00:06:37,049 to collect names and ages and how they came to serve the British. 113 00:06:37,083 --> 00:06:40,186 We need to know how many wish to travel, 114 00:06:40,220 --> 00:06:44,190 and we need to begin embarkations almost immediately. 115 00:06:44,224 --> 00:06:47,492 If you agree, you'll be paid one pound a week in silver. 116 00:06:47,527 --> 00:06:49,594 There will be constant work 117 00:06:49,629 --> 00:06:51,964 and all the information will be kept in a ledger. 118 00:06:51,998 --> 00:06:53,965 What will this ledger be called? 119 00:06:53,999 --> 00:06:56,835 The Book of Negroes. 120 00:06:58,838 --> 00:07:02,974 I do want to go to this Nova Scotia. With my husband. 121 00:07:03,008 --> 00:07:06,445 Consider passage guaranteed for the two of you. 122 00:07:06,479 --> 00:07:09,914 You have my word, Miss Diallo. 123 00:07:09,949 --> 00:07:11,916 Then I accept. 124 00:07:11,951 --> 00:07:14,685 Excellent. 125 00:07:18,257 --> 00:07:20,758 And I would like a map of Africa. 126 00:07:20,792 --> 00:07:22,793 Your maps are terrible. 127 00:07:30,034 --> 00:07:33,571 Thank you, Miss Diallo. Thank you. 128 00:07:37,609 --> 00:07:40,845 Tell me again about this book that gonna have our names in. 129 00:07:40,879 --> 00:07:42,746 The Book of Negroes. 130 00:07:42,780 --> 00:07:47,117 (laughing) She already done told you three times! Stop pestering her! 131 00:07:47,151 --> 00:07:49,686 I'm just asking! I didn't know there was a book 132 00:07:49,720 --> 00:07:51,955 big enough to have every Negro in New York in! 133 00:07:51,990 --> 00:07:54,892 Knucklehead. (Laughing) 134 00:07:54,926 --> 00:07:57,261 Oh, Miss Mina... 135 00:07:57,295 --> 00:08:00,485 Why don't you tell us how about how you come to know your man, Chekura? 136 00:08:00,963 --> 00:08:02,965 Yes, Miss Mina. 137 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,101 When did you first encounter Chekura? 138 00:08:05,135 --> 00:08:07,404 I met Chekura 139 00:08:07,438 --> 00:08:10,006 when I was a little girl in Africa. 140 00:08:10,040 --> 00:08:11,908 How? 141 00:08:15,678 --> 00:08:17,947 When I was a little girl, 142 00:08:17,981 --> 00:08:21,350 the man-stealers would come and take 143 00:08:21,385 --> 00:08:23,786 many Negroes from many villages, Fula, Bamana, 144 00:08:23,820 --> 00:08:26,322 didn't matter who. One night, 145 00:08:26,356 --> 00:08:28,391 they took me. 146 00:08:28,505 --> 00:08:31,607 I met Chekura 147 00:08:31,641 --> 00:08:33,642 on the long walk to the sea. 148 00:08:38,347 --> 00:08:42,885 I helped the man-stealers take the Africans. 149 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:45,954 This is how we came to meet. 150 00:08:48,324 --> 00:08:52,293 You helped them... steal Miss Mina from her kin? 151 00:08:56,032 --> 00:08:58,066 He was kind to me. 152 00:09:00,369 --> 00:09:03,038 He was my companion. 153 00:09:15,017 --> 00:09:18,118 After the British surrendered, slave owners began to prowl 154 00:09:18,153 --> 00:09:21,088 Canvas Town. 155 00:09:21,122 --> 00:09:23,890 - What is it? What? What is it? - (Sobbing) 156 00:09:23,925 --> 00:09:26,060 They took Claybourne! 157 00:09:26,094 --> 00:09:28,662 He's gone! 158 00:09:34,335 --> 00:09:37,971 Where's Claybourne? Where's Claybourne? 159 00:09:41,413 --> 00:09:44,250 - I will do what I can Miss Diallo. - Yes. 160 00:09:44,551 --> 00:09:45,721 Claybourne! 161 00:09:45,777 --> 00:09:48,846 - Bertilda! - Sir, I am Lieutenant Waters 162 00:09:48,880 --> 00:09:50,981 for His Majesty's Army. 163 00:09:51,015 --> 00:09:53,884 Do you have one Claybourne Mitchell on board? 164 00:09:53,918 --> 00:09:56,386 What business is that of yours? 165 00:09:56,420 --> 00:09:59,389 Claybourne Mitchell volunteered with my regiment for two years. 166 00:09:59,423 --> 00:10:01,858 Per the articles of peace, 167 00:10:01,892 --> 00:10:04,727 any Negro who serves His Majesty's Army for one year 168 00:10:04,761 --> 00:10:06,629 has won his liberty. 169 00:10:06,663 --> 00:10:10,867 - He's a free man. - Well, go ahead and fetch him. 170 00:10:13,904 --> 00:10:16,238 Sir, 171 00:10:16,272 --> 00:10:18,708 the war 172 00:10:18,742 --> 00:10:20,810 is over, 173 00:10:20,844 --> 00:10:24,213 and we have a treaty signed by your Congress. 174 00:10:24,247 --> 00:10:26,649 That bark 175 00:10:26,683 --> 00:10:28,985 is legally owned by my employer, 176 00:10:29,019 --> 00:10:31,387 Mister, um, 177 00:10:31,421 --> 00:10:33,822 Sam Stephens of Georgia. 178 00:10:33,856 --> 00:10:35,991 He escaped the 13th, 179 00:10:36,026 --> 00:10:37,926 but we got him now. 180 00:10:37,960 --> 00:10:40,962 He fought for his freedom. You have no right to hold him captive. 181 00:10:40,997 --> 00:10:44,599 You speak to me again, nigger, and I will kill you where you stand! 182 00:10:46,436 --> 00:10:49,303 Ahem! Good day. 183 00:10:49,338 --> 00:10:51,506 I want on the boat. I want to leave with him. 184 00:10:53,108 --> 00:10:57,178 You sellin' yourself with a kid? It's too bad 185 00:10:57,212 --> 00:10:59,748 Mr. Stephens's got all the nigger wives he needs. 186 00:10:59,782 --> 00:11:01,850 At least let me say goodbye to him. 187 00:11:10,725 --> 00:11:13,861 You still wear that sword on your hip like you were conquering this country. 188 00:11:16,398 --> 00:11:19,167 Surrender that sword. 189 00:11:25,373 --> 00:11:27,875 Go on. 190 00:11:32,213 --> 00:11:34,347 I spent four years 191 00:11:34,382 --> 00:11:37,051 hunting cowardly Redcoats like yourself. 192 00:11:41,989 --> 00:11:45,892 That nigger killed good patriots. 193 00:11:45,926 --> 00:11:47,894 He deserves what's coming. 194 00:11:47,928 --> 00:11:51,364 Bring him up. 195 00:11:55,268 --> 00:11:56,903 You got one minute to say what you gotta say. 196 00:12:02,943 --> 00:12:05,244 (small chuckle) 197 00:12:05,278 --> 00:12:08,180 You done gone and got yourself caught. 198 00:12:08,265 --> 00:12:11,367 Yeah. 199 00:12:11,401 --> 00:12:13,502 Looks that way. 200 00:12:16,606 --> 00:12:18,574 Listen, I want you and Sarah to go 201 00:12:18,608 --> 00:12:21,977 - to Nova Scotia, you hear me? - You shut your drawbridge mouth. 202 00:12:22,011 --> 00:12:25,781 Me, you, and Sarah, we is family now. 203 00:12:25,815 --> 00:12:29,551 You listen to me. 204 00:12:29,585 --> 00:12:32,087 I want you to go see Freddie. 205 00:12:32,121 --> 00:12:35,557 He owe me one pound. You make sure you get that money from him for you and the baby, 206 00:12:35,591 --> 00:12:38,593 you hear what I'm sayin'? You understand? 207 00:12:38,627 --> 00:12:42,597 You get it from him your damn self. 208 00:12:42,631 --> 00:12:45,800 If I could tell you nothing, know how hard... 209 00:12:52,341 --> 00:12:55,310 Sarah? Come hug your daddy. 210 00:12:58,514 --> 00:13:01,481 Mama gonna take care of you. 211 00:13:01,516 --> 00:13:03,483 You understand? 212 00:13:03,518 --> 00:13:05,786 - Mama gonna take care of you. - Wait! 213 00:13:05,821 --> 00:13:09,256 - You hear me? You gonna go with your mama! - That's enough now! 214 00:13:09,290 --> 00:13:11,959 - No! - Get off! 215 00:13:11,993 --> 00:13:14,028 All right, all right! 216 00:13:16,031 --> 00:13:19,099 Y'all go on! Get! 217 00:13:19,133 --> 00:13:21,301 I'm gonna be all right. 218 00:13:24,472 --> 00:13:25,910 - Go on! - Y'all go on! 219 00:13:25,911 --> 00:13:26,811 Get him down! 220 00:13:26,907 --> 00:13:28,542 We is family! 221 00:13:28,576 --> 00:13:31,345 It all gonna be all right! 222 00:13:31,379 --> 00:13:33,347 I will be all right. 223 00:13:33,381 --> 00:13:35,648 We is family. 224 00:13:35,682 --> 00:13:38,584 Gonna be all right. 225 00:13:45,492 --> 00:13:48,594 (people laughing and talking) 226 00:14:06,613 --> 00:14:10,282 What happened? 227 00:14:10,316 --> 00:14:12,484 Mina. 228 00:14:16,522 --> 00:14:18,757 Shh, shh... 229 00:14:18,792 --> 00:14:21,794 (sobbing) Shh... 230 00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:28,366 (crickets chirping) 231 00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:36,374 I'm going to help Sam cater a conference hosted by General Washington. 232 00:14:36,409 --> 00:14:40,544 - General Washington? - South river, in Tappan. 233 00:14:40,645 --> 00:14:43,781 General Washington is hosting British General Guy Carleton 234 00:14:43,816 --> 00:14:47,084 to discuss the British withdrawal from New York. 235 00:14:47,119 --> 00:14:51,555 - How long will you be gone away? - Overnight. 236 00:14:51,589 --> 00:14:54,525 I'll be back in the morning. 237 00:14:58,896 --> 00:15:01,832 I will see you in the morning. 238 00:15:17,949 --> 00:15:20,750 Guy Carleton and George Washington 239 00:15:20,784 --> 00:15:23,186 met to discuss the British withdrawal. 240 00:15:25,489 --> 00:15:29,125 Washington was angry that the British were evacuating Negroes. 241 00:15:29,160 --> 00:15:33,162 A speedy evacuation of all His Majesty's armies, garrison 242 00:15:33,196 --> 00:15:35,431 and fleets from New York is actively under way, 243 00:15:35,466 --> 00:15:37,433 supervised by Captain Clarkson. 244 00:15:37,468 --> 00:15:39,836 As agreed upon, by the end of November. 245 00:15:39,870 --> 00:15:41,771 As agreed upon, sir. 246 00:15:41,805 --> 00:15:45,140 On the matter of delivery of all Negroes and other property back to the inhabitants 247 00:15:45,175 --> 00:15:47,309 of these United States, how soon 248 00:15:47,344 --> 00:15:49,745 - will that transpire? - Our Navy 249 00:15:49,779 --> 00:15:53,582 has already embarked refugees of all colors to Nova Scotia. 250 00:15:53,616 --> 00:15:55,918 Negroes, sir. 251 00:15:55,952 --> 00:15:58,387 Hmm, some Negroes were among the refugees, yes. 252 00:15:58,421 --> 00:16:01,623 Well, some of these Negroes are property of the inhabitants of these United States 253 00:16:01,657 --> 00:16:03,825 and should not have been carried off. 254 00:16:03,860 --> 00:16:07,028 Your action violates article seven 255 00:16:07,062 --> 00:16:09,531 - in the articles of peace. - General, 256 00:16:09,565 --> 00:16:12,166 with respect, Negroes who responded 257 00:16:12,201 --> 00:16:16,037 to British proclamations of liberty are no longer American property. 258 00:16:16,071 --> 00:16:19,407 With these proclamations, a number of my own slaves, slaves of members of Congress, 259 00:16:19,441 --> 00:16:23,044 of officers in this very room, abandoned their masters. 260 00:16:23,078 --> 00:16:26,447 The carrying off of Negroes is a clear infraction. 261 00:16:26,481 --> 00:16:29,750 Infraction? Well, if declared as such 262 00:16:29,785 --> 00:16:31,752 by our respective sovereigns, 263 00:16:31,787 --> 00:16:35,123 compensation will be made by the Crown to owners, 264 00:16:35,157 --> 00:16:38,191 - including those in this room. - Compensation? 265 00:16:38,226 --> 00:16:40,628 In what manner? 266 00:16:40,662 --> 00:16:44,164 I have taken measures to create a register of evacuated Negroes, 267 00:16:44,198 --> 00:16:47,435 classifying the name, age and occupation of each person 268 00:16:47,469 --> 00:16:50,170 as well as the name and place of his former master. 269 00:16:50,204 --> 00:16:52,239 It's impossible to ascertain the value of the slaves 270 00:16:52,273 --> 00:16:54,975 through any facts which you may find in such a register. 271 00:16:55,009 --> 00:16:58,478 A further difficulty would be identifying the slaves' true identity, 272 00:16:58,512 --> 00:17:01,148 supposing the slave gave a false name for his master. 273 00:17:01,182 --> 00:17:03,150 I must confess, General, 274 00:17:03,184 --> 00:17:06,453 the mere supposition that I, the King's Minister, 275 00:17:06,487 --> 00:17:09,823 would breach the public faith towards people of any complexion 276 00:17:09,857 --> 00:17:14,093 seems to denote a less than friendly disposition. 277 00:17:19,066 --> 00:17:22,869 I'm afraid we must leave this with our respective sovereigns. The... 278 00:17:22,903 --> 00:17:27,006 dinner that Black Sam has so generously prepared is ready. 279 00:17:27,040 --> 00:17:29,741 General Washington 280 00:17:29,776 --> 00:17:32,144 - was none too happy. - No. (Laughing) 281 00:17:32,179 --> 00:17:35,814 The British may have lost on the field of battle, but their General Carleton 282 00:17:35,849 --> 00:17:39,018 - has won the peace with his Book of Negroes plan. - Hmm. 283 00:17:39,052 --> 00:17:41,854 - The Negroes will have a chance at liberty. - You. 284 00:17:41,888 --> 00:17:45,190 - You as well, Mina. - Well... 285 00:18:05,177 --> 00:18:08,413 I love Chekura very much, Sam. 286 00:18:08,447 --> 00:18:11,149 I know. 287 00:18:50,154 --> 00:18:52,889 Forgive me for bringing you to this place. 288 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,428 There's nothing to forgive. 289 00:19:21,140 --> 00:19:23,960 Miss Diallo, this is the ledger, 290 00:19:24,041 --> 00:19:27,082 in which you'll record the names of the Negro Loyalists. 291 00:19:28,683 --> 00:19:31,806 _ 292 00:19:34,803 --> 00:19:38,071 Good morning, miss. Tell me your name 293 00:19:38,106 --> 00:19:41,208 - and your age. - My name is Emily. 294 00:19:41,242 --> 00:19:43,710 I think I'm 23 or 24, 295 00:19:43,744 --> 00:19:46,846 I don't know for sure. This my baby Janice. 296 00:19:46,881 --> 00:19:50,517 - She four months. - Where's the baby's father? 297 00:19:50,551 --> 00:19:54,354 He dead. The Americans, they kill him fighting with the British. 298 00:19:54,389 --> 00:19:57,857 - Do you have a last name? - No, just Emily. But my owner 299 00:19:57,892 --> 00:20:01,093 was Mr. John Smith, but I runs away from him six years ago 300 00:20:01,128 --> 00:20:03,930 from Charlestown. Come to New York by boat. 301 00:20:03,964 --> 00:20:06,699 How did you serve the British Army? 302 00:20:06,734 --> 00:20:08,735 I worked in Holy Ground. 303 00:20:08,769 --> 00:20:11,370 What did you do in Holy Ground? 304 00:20:11,405 --> 00:20:14,706 I performed various services for the British Army. 305 00:20:14,741 --> 00:20:18,144 Certain officers, when they were on leave, would come to me 306 00:20:18,178 --> 00:20:21,447 'cause they say I gave special service, different from the other girls. 307 00:20:21,481 --> 00:20:24,850 I have general birth certificate. 308 00:20:27,521 --> 00:20:33,559 Just write 'lusty wench'. Go ahead, we have no time to waste. 309 00:20:39,999 --> 00:20:43,602 Thank you, Miss Emily. Thank you for telling me your story. 310 00:20:47,806 --> 00:20:52,009 I am meeting people from places I have never heard of! 311 00:20:52,044 --> 00:20:55,012 You have become our diary, 312 00:20:55,047 --> 00:20:57,148 recording our stories. 313 00:20:57,183 --> 00:21:00,351 They're giving me something. 314 00:21:00,386 --> 00:21:03,054 They're letting me know that I'm not alone. 315 00:21:08,259 --> 00:21:10,561 That we are not alone. 316 00:21:18,937 --> 00:21:22,639 Our baby will be born in March in Nova Scotia. 317 00:21:29,914 --> 00:21:32,082 Yes. 318 00:21:46,930 --> 00:21:50,633 John Cartwright, born 1719, Virginia. 319 00:21:50,667 --> 00:21:53,669 I deserted the rebel standard. 320 00:21:53,703 --> 00:21:56,238 That was service enough. 321 00:21:56,272 --> 00:21:59,441 I was born a slave, 322 00:21:59,475 --> 00:22:01,744 but I will die free. 323 00:22:04,948 --> 00:22:07,850 Uh, Joe Mason. 324 00:22:07,884 --> 00:22:09,852 I be 25 years old. 325 00:22:09,886 --> 00:22:12,420 My wife and my daughter drowned 326 00:22:12,455 --> 00:22:15,323 crossing the Santee River while we run away from Samuel Ash. 327 00:22:15,558 --> 00:22:21,296 Got a plantation down there in Edisto, South Carolina. 328 00:22:21,330 --> 00:22:23,831 I worked as a blacksmith for the King's Army. 329 00:22:23,866 --> 00:22:26,301 From April to November, 330 00:22:26,335 --> 00:22:28,537 I helped register thousands of Blacks 331 00:22:28,571 --> 00:22:30,705 who were leaving New York. Some went as slaves 332 00:22:30,739 --> 00:22:34,441 of British officers, but others traveled free. 333 00:22:34,476 --> 00:22:38,112 - George Haskins. - They had been promised land 334 00:22:38,147 --> 00:22:41,282 and tools to break the land and provisions on which to live 335 00:22:41,316 --> 00:22:44,251 until they could enjoy the fruit of their farming 336 00:22:44,286 --> 00:22:47,421 in Nova Scotia. I wrote names in the Book of Negroes, 337 00:22:47,455 --> 00:22:50,791 recording how people had got their freedom, 338 00:22:50,825 --> 00:22:54,094 how old they were, and where they had been born. 339 00:22:54,128 --> 00:22:57,698 South Carolina, Virginia, Madagascar, 340 00:22:57,732 --> 00:23:00,067 Angola, and Bonny. 341 00:23:00,101 --> 00:23:03,203 People watched the movement of my hand as I wrote their names 342 00:23:03,237 --> 00:23:06,873 and made me read them aloud once I was done. 343 00:23:06,908 --> 00:23:09,609 The work left me weary, 344 00:23:09,643 --> 00:23:12,713 but it excited me to imagine that, fifty years later, 345 00:23:12,747 --> 00:23:15,148 someone might find an ancestor 346 00:23:15,183 --> 00:23:17,317 in the Book of Negroes and say, 347 00:23:17,351 --> 00:23:20,653 "That was my grandmother". 348 00:23:20,688 --> 00:23:23,055 Prince. 349 00:23:23,090 --> 00:23:25,825 So the nuns called me. I didn't have a mother or father. 350 00:23:25,859 --> 00:23:28,428 I picked up arms and fought with the British 351 00:23:28,462 --> 00:23:31,163 when the Americans started the fight. 352 00:23:31,198 --> 00:23:33,533 I have a wooden leg now. 353 00:23:33,567 --> 00:23:36,102 Lost it in Brooklyn Heights fighting them rebels, and killed me 354 00:23:36,136 --> 00:23:39,091 many an American. Now I's free. 355 00:23:39,106 --> 00:23:42,074 I want me my own land in this here Nova Scotia. 356 00:23:42,109 --> 00:23:45,511 Sarah is my name. 357 00:23:45,545 --> 00:23:47,647 I be 42 years old. 358 00:23:47,681 --> 00:23:50,983 Got blind mixing lye for soap. An explosion went off. 359 00:23:51,018 --> 00:23:54,419 Man one foot over was handing me his red coat, 360 00:23:54,454 --> 00:23:57,122 telling me to wash it soft and gentle. 361 00:23:57,157 --> 00:24:00,559 Killed him lickety-split, so I reckon I was lucky. 362 00:24:00,593 --> 00:24:03,462 I know worse trouble, though. 363 00:24:06,232 --> 00:24:10,135 - May I have your name, miss? - My name Aminata. 364 00:24:13,238 --> 00:24:15,874 My mama Sanu said I was born on a slave ship 365 00:24:15,908 --> 00:24:17,909 going to South Carolina. 366 00:24:19,912 --> 00:24:21,913 Where is your mother now? 367 00:24:21,947 --> 00:24:25,583 Died two years ago. Got shot up while nursing the British. 368 00:24:25,617 --> 00:24:28,419 Dear God, girl! 369 00:24:28,453 --> 00:24:31,088 I am Aminata too! 370 00:24:33,091 --> 00:24:35,693 I caught you! I caught you 371 00:24:35,727 --> 00:24:37,861 coming out of your mother on that slave ship! 372 00:24:37,896 --> 00:24:40,164 She named you after me! 373 00:24:40,199 --> 00:24:43,500 She named you after me! 374 00:24:43,534 --> 00:24:46,203 My mama told me all about you! 375 00:24:46,237 --> 00:24:49,940 She spoke of you a thousand times! 376 00:24:49,974 --> 00:24:51,875 Look at you. 377 00:24:51,910 --> 00:24:54,678 You are Sanu's daughter. 378 00:25:01,819 --> 00:25:04,454 I can't keep my family waiting any longer. 379 00:25:04,488 --> 00:25:06,456 I leave for London in the morning. 380 00:25:06,490 --> 00:25:10,126 Well done, Miss Diallo. And my ship? 381 00:25:10,160 --> 00:25:12,161 When can I leave with my husband? 382 00:25:12,196 --> 00:25:15,098 Your tickets for the Joseph, 383 00:25:15,132 --> 00:25:18,034 departing November the 7th for Annapolis Royal. 384 00:25:18,068 --> 00:25:21,337 Oh, do please write to me in London. 385 00:25:21,371 --> 00:25:23,339 Here. I'm so curious to hear 386 00:25:23,373 --> 00:25:25,574 how the Negro Loyalists fare in Nova Scotia. 387 00:25:25,609 --> 00:25:28,911 - Thank you, Captain. - Good luck. 388 00:25:28,946 --> 00:25:32,147 Drop Claybourne's name and the name of his master 389 00:25:32,181 --> 00:25:34,783 in the fishnet when you get to Georgia. Someone will know where they took him. 390 00:25:34,817 --> 00:25:37,886 You have a good man here, Miss Mina. 391 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:39,888 You hold on to him. 392 00:25:39,922 --> 00:25:42,658 Ain't no patriot gonna bust up me and Claybourne. 393 00:25:42,692 --> 00:25:46,194 He better know to stay alive till me and Sarah find him. 394 00:25:46,229 --> 00:25:48,830 I have secured tickets from Captain Clarkson. 395 00:25:48,865 --> 00:25:51,066 For Nova Scotia. 396 00:25:53,535 --> 00:25:56,805 Two tickets: one for you and Sarah, and one is for Claybourne. 397 00:25:56,839 --> 00:25:59,107 The last ship leaves from New York 398 00:25:59,142 --> 00:26:01,476 to Nova Scotia on November 30th. 399 00:26:01,510 --> 00:26:04,312 Thank you for going through the trouble, Miss Mina. 400 00:26:09,752 --> 00:26:11,719 I don't got much. 401 00:26:11,754 --> 00:26:14,221 We're still young, though. 402 00:26:14,256 --> 00:26:16,491 I'm gonna do what I have to to win my man's freedom. 403 00:26:16,525 --> 00:26:20,261 This should help you buy his freedom. 404 00:26:22,264 --> 00:26:24,331 I'll pay you back every penny, Mr. Fraunces, you hear? 405 00:26:24,365 --> 00:26:28,035 I know. 406 00:26:28,069 --> 00:26:32,173 I ain't gonna let this child grow up without knowing her daddy. 407 00:26:32,207 --> 00:26:34,675 We can spread the word for Claybourne in Nova Scotia, 408 00:26:34,709 --> 00:26:37,011 - Bertilda. He's smart and... - I was born in these colonies 409 00:26:37,012 --> 00:26:38,312 and this is where I'm gonna die. 410 00:26:40,648 --> 00:26:43,383 I be American, Miss Mina. 411 00:26:45,986 --> 00:26:48,488 I be American. 412 00:27:00,201 --> 00:27:04,537 (clamoring) 413 00:27:04,571 --> 00:27:08,341 When George Washington and his men rode into New York to meet his aides 414 00:27:08,375 --> 00:27:10,443 and celebrate the rebel victory, 415 00:27:10,477 --> 00:27:13,045 it killed the hope in those of us left behind. 416 00:27:13,079 --> 00:27:16,415 If we didn't get out soon, we would be 417 00:27:16,450 --> 00:27:20,118 re-enslaved and might never get out again. 418 00:27:20,153 --> 00:27:22,521 Nine days ago, 419 00:27:22,556 --> 00:27:25,224 the last of the British Army left American soil, 420 00:27:25,258 --> 00:27:28,626 and we have truly won our revolution. 421 00:27:28,661 --> 00:27:32,297 - (all): Hear, hear! - I must, however, bid you all farewell. 422 00:27:32,332 --> 00:27:34,432 I intend on commencing a journey 423 00:27:34,467 --> 00:27:37,035 this day to Annapolis, where I will resign my commission. 424 00:27:37,070 --> 00:27:39,137 - (protestations) - Gentlemen, gentlemen. 425 00:27:39,172 --> 00:27:42,507 It is with a heart filled with love and gratitude 426 00:27:42,541 --> 00:27:44,909 that I now take my leave of you. 427 00:27:44,943 --> 00:27:47,879 I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be 428 00:27:47,913 --> 00:27:50,248 as prosperous and happy as your former ones 429 00:27:50,282 --> 00:27:53,251 have been glorious and honorable. 430 00:27:53,285 --> 00:27:57,188 (all): Hear, hear. 431 00:28:00,658 --> 00:28:03,127 General Washington. 432 00:28:04,562 --> 00:28:07,564 Please forgive the intrusion. 433 00:28:07,599 --> 00:28:10,067 Of course. 434 00:28:10,102 --> 00:28:14,305 Do you think the Negro will one day have his freedom like the Americans? 435 00:28:14,339 --> 00:28:17,340 Hm. 436 00:28:19,677 --> 00:28:23,781 I can foresee that nothing but the rooting out of slavery 437 00:28:23,815 --> 00:28:26,249 will perpetuate the existence of our Union. 438 00:28:26,284 --> 00:28:28,419 Then, General, 439 00:28:28,453 --> 00:28:30,587 why do you own slaves? 440 00:28:30,622 --> 00:28:35,425 Here is your hat and coat, General. 441 00:28:35,459 --> 00:28:38,728 I'm afraid the General must be on his way. 442 00:29:09,759 --> 00:29:13,462 - Thank you for your help, Sam. - Hm. 443 00:29:19,436 --> 00:29:22,070 Safe travels, Miss Diallo. 444 00:29:22,104 --> 00:29:24,806 You're a good friend, Sam. 445 00:29:41,623 --> 00:29:44,225 (giggling excitedly) 446 00:29:44,259 --> 00:29:46,327 Your names? 447 00:29:46,362 --> 00:29:48,997 I am Aminata Diallo and this is my husband, 448 00:29:49,031 --> 00:29:51,732 Chekura Tiano. 449 00:29:57,906 --> 00:30:00,173 Aminata Diallo. 450 00:30:00,208 --> 00:30:02,510 Return here, please. 451 00:30:04,613 --> 00:30:06,780 - Why? - Aminata Diallo, 452 00:30:06,815 --> 00:30:10,718 there's a claim against you, we cannot allow you to leave. Go with these men. 453 00:30:10,752 --> 00:30:13,120 - What claim? - There will be no discussion. 454 00:30:13,154 --> 00:30:17,224 I have a certificate from General Birch. I have worked for the English 455 00:30:17,258 --> 00:30:21,228 for years, from April up until a week ago! I was working 456 00:30:21,262 --> 00:30:25,198 on this very document, the Book of Negroes, under Captain Clarkson! 457 00:30:25,233 --> 00:30:27,934 You'll be allowed to respond to the allegations of your claimant. 458 00:30:27,968 --> 00:30:29,600 - What claimant? - Gentlemen, remove this woman. 459 00:30:29,601 --> 00:30:30,601 It's Lindo. 460 00:30:30,604 --> 00:30:32,939 - It's Lindo. Lindo has made a claim on me! - Please! 461 00:30:32,973 --> 00:30:35,274 - I am her husband and I go with her. - Now look here, boy. 462 00:30:35,308 --> 00:30:37,577 If you get off this ship, you will board no other. 463 00:30:37,611 --> 00:30:40,246 If she prevails over her claimant, she may board 464 00:30:40,280 --> 00:30:44,116 another vessel. But if you leave this ship, you stay in New York. I will see to that. 465 00:30:46,119 --> 00:30:48,987 No. No. 466 00:30:49,022 --> 00:30:50,656 - No, I will not leave. - Go, go. 467 00:30:50,690 --> 00:30:52,960 - I will not leave you. - It's the only way. 468 00:30:52,961 --> 00:30:53,961 Take her! 469 00:31:24,009 --> 00:31:26,697 Canvas Town, at once had been a fountain of life. 470 00:31:27,098 --> 00:31:31,824 Now, after the British evacuation, it was like a ghost town, 471 00:31:31,925 --> 00:31:35,328 with just a few handfuls of dispirited folks. 472 00:31:44,571 --> 00:31:46,905 State your name. 473 00:31:46,940 --> 00:31:50,509 - Aminata Diallo. - Are you a runaway slave? 474 00:31:50,543 --> 00:31:53,846 I was once a man's property, but now I am free, like the Americans. 475 00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:55,981 No, you're a runaway slave from South Carolina. 476 00:31:56,016 --> 00:31:58,183 A claim has been made against you. 477 00:31:58,217 --> 00:32:00,218 Bring in the claimant. 478 00:32:12,465 --> 00:32:14,899 - Mina, it's been too long. - How dare you. 479 00:32:14,933 --> 00:32:17,435 Your Honor, I own this woman. 480 00:32:17,470 --> 00:32:20,071 She was loaned out to a Mr. Solomon Lindo, 481 00:32:20,105 --> 00:32:23,174 of Charleston, and this same Mr. Solomon Lindo 482 00:32:23,208 --> 00:32:27,278 absconded with my property and then she ran away in New York City. 483 00:32:27,312 --> 00:32:30,014 This, sir, indicates 484 00:32:30,049 --> 00:32:33,818 that I purchased this woman from a Mr. William King in 1761. 485 00:32:41,293 --> 00:32:43,260 What is your response to this? 486 00:32:43,295 --> 00:32:45,262 That part is true, 487 00:32:45,297 --> 00:32:47,998 but I was sold to Solomon Lindo in 1773. 488 00:32:48,032 --> 00:32:52,503 Mr. Lindo manumitted me in 1775. 489 00:32:52,537 --> 00:32:55,572 So where are your manumission papers? 490 00:33:00,344 --> 00:33:03,980 - I've lost them. - She lost them, Your Honor. 491 00:33:04,015 --> 00:33:06,583 I did not lose my documents. 492 00:33:06,617 --> 00:33:09,052 Right there is proof of ownership. 493 00:33:09,087 --> 00:33:11,654 Miss Diallo, have you anything else to say for yourself? 494 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:14,524 - He's lying. - Sir, 495 00:33:14,558 --> 00:33:16,759 if I may have a moment of the Court's time? 496 00:33:16,793 --> 00:33:19,061 Mr. Fraunces, 497 00:33:19,096 --> 00:33:21,264 have you something to contribute to this process? 498 00:33:21,298 --> 00:33:23,899 You know me to be an upstanding businessman. 499 00:33:23,934 --> 00:33:26,401 - Your reputation is steady. - Now, I must ask 500 00:33:26,436 --> 00:33:28,403 for a brief delay of two hours. 501 00:33:28,438 --> 00:33:30,973 I am obtaining proof on behalf of this woman. 502 00:33:31,007 --> 00:33:33,642 Two hours. 503 00:33:33,676 --> 00:33:36,511 Yes, sir. 504 00:33:36,546 --> 00:33:40,149 You're coming home with me, Mina. Coming home. 505 00:33:49,492 --> 00:33:51,727 Thank you. 506 00:33:51,761 --> 00:33:53,995 Did you think that I wouldn't find you? 507 00:33:54,029 --> 00:33:56,030 What do you want? 508 00:33:56,065 --> 00:33:59,300 To own you. And that child you're carrying. 509 00:33:59,334 --> 00:34:01,402 You're my property. 510 00:34:01,436 --> 00:34:03,638 I am no man's property. 511 00:34:03,672 --> 00:34:06,107 I am a free woman. 512 00:34:06,142 --> 00:34:08,109 Negroes do not understand 513 00:34:08,144 --> 00:34:10,245 the meaning of that word. 514 00:34:10,279 --> 00:34:13,181 If they did, they would not help bring their own people here. 515 00:34:13,215 --> 00:34:15,783 Now, true Americans know what liberty is. 516 00:34:15,817 --> 00:34:17,785 I fought the British and I've got a... 517 00:34:17,819 --> 00:34:20,388 I've got a crippled leg now to show for that. 518 00:34:20,422 --> 00:34:22,823 Hmm? 519 00:34:25,093 --> 00:34:27,161 - Remember the big house? - Oh... 520 00:34:27,195 --> 00:34:30,164 You could've been up there close to me. 521 00:34:32,466 --> 00:34:34,968 But you went and you let an African impregnate you. 522 00:34:35,003 --> 00:34:37,304 He has great honor. 523 00:34:37,338 --> 00:34:39,306 You have none. 524 00:34:39,340 --> 00:34:41,875 I sold your child, Mina. 525 00:34:41,910 --> 00:34:44,311 Only got a few pounds for her. 526 00:34:44,345 --> 00:34:48,348 No man could sell my child. 527 00:34:48,382 --> 00:34:53,186 I would hunt him down to the ends of the earth until I killed him. 528 00:34:53,220 --> 00:34:55,188 What did your boy do? 529 00:34:55,222 --> 00:34:58,525 What kind of man is that? 530 00:34:58,559 --> 00:35:01,027 That's a slave, Mina. 531 00:35:01,061 --> 00:35:03,830 Sir. 532 00:35:03,864 --> 00:35:06,966 The justice of the peace has called the court back in session, sir. 533 00:35:08,969 --> 00:35:10,937 Mina. 534 00:35:10,971 --> 00:35:12,972 I love that slave. 535 00:35:21,315 --> 00:35:23,716 Freely. 536 00:35:30,122 --> 00:35:33,892 Miss Diallo, Mr. Fraunces has not returned with any evidence of your claim of freedom. 537 00:35:33,926 --> 00:35:36,094 Mr. Fraunces... 538 00:35:36,128 --> 00:35:38,696 said he would return, and he shall. 539 00:35:38,731 --> 00:35:40,798 Miss Diallo, do you have 540 00:35:40,833 --> 00:35:43,268 any evidence to substantiate 541 00:35:43,302 --> 00:35:45,636 - your claim of freedom? - I ask Your Honor for more time. 542 00:35:45,671 --> 00:35:48,439 With all due respect, Your Honor, I ask you to uphold the rule of the law 543 00:35:48,474 --> 00:35:51,076 and return my property to me. 544 00:35:51,110 --> 00:35:54,145 Miss Diallo, as you can see, I've got three more cases. 545 00:35:54,180 --> 00:35:56,146 I'm afraid I can no longer wait, I... 546 00:35:56,181 --> 00:35:58,583 Ah, Mr. Fraunces. 547 00:36:00,586 --> 00:36:03,921 - Have you made any progress, sir? - Yes, sir, I have. 548 00:36:03,955 --> 00:36:07,024 I present to you Mr. Solomon Lindo. 549 00:36:11,725 --> 00:36:12,754 Mr. Lindo. 550 00:36:12,755 --> 00:36:14,600 What stake have you in this case? 551 00:36:14,701 --> 00:36:17,977 This man, Mr. Appleby, 552 00:36:18,620 --> 00:36:21,722 sold Mina D. to me in 1773. 553 00:36:21,757 --> 00:36:25,326 He does not own her. I do. Shall I show you proof? 554 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,762 It's been a long day, Mr. Lindo. 555 00:36:27,796 --> 00:36:30,264 Just read it out. 556 00:36:34,937 --> 00:36:39,073 "Bill of sale between Robinson Appleby, of St. Helena Island, 557 00:36:39,107 --> 00:36:41,641 and Solomon Lindo, of Charleston. 558 00:36:41,676 --> 00:36:45,446 Terms of sale of Mina, a Guinea wench". 559 00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,682 - Will that suffice, sir? - Read on. 560 00:36:53,388 --> 00:36:56,957 "Solomon Lindo agrees to purchase said wench, Mina, 561 00:36:56,991 --> 00:36:59,158 for sixty pounds sterling, 562 00:36:59,193 --> 00:37:01,461 and arrange the sale of May, 563 00:37:01,496 --> 00:37:03,763 daughter of Mina. 564 00:37:03,798 --> 00:37:06,967 Said sale to be effected in Savannah, Georgia, 565 00:37:07,001 --> 00:37:10,871 with terms suitable to Robinson Appleby and Mr. Lindo." 566 00:37:12,873 --> 00:37:14,840 I did this, 567 00:37:14,875 --> 00:37:16,909 but I sought to place the child 568 00:37:16,943 --> 00:37:20,013 in a caring family. 569 00:37:20,047 --> 00:37:22,915 Mr. Appleby, would you care to reply? 570 00:37:22,949 --> 00:37:24,917 No. 571 00:37:24,951 --> 00:37:27,887 I have nothing to say to him. 572 00:37:27,921 --> 00:37:30,589 Hand me the contract. 573 00:37:33,059 --> 00:37:35,694 This court is adjourned until tomorrow morning. 574 00:37:35,729 --> 00:37:39,464 I will evaluate the contract and render my decision 575 00:37:39,499 --> 00:37:42,001 about this matter then. 576 00:37:42,035 --> 00:37:45,404 Until then, you will be kept in chains. 577 00:37:49,909 --> 00:37:53,278 Mina, may I have a word? 578 00:37:55,281 --> 00:37:57,282 Aminata. 579 00:37:59,685 --> 00:38:01,819 I have nothing to say to you. 580 00:38:01,854 --> 00:38:05,523 Appleby was determined to sell your baby to an owner and you to another. 581 00:38:05,558 --> 00:38:07,559 What happened to my baby? 582 00:38:07,593 --> 00:38:11,696 - From what I know, she died young. - If you knew 583 00:38:11,730 --> 00:38:15,299 it meant selling away my baby, why did you do that to us? 584 00:38:17,302 --> 00:38:19,636 You are no Hebrew. 585 00:38:22,307 --> 00:38:24,475 I will no longer think of you. 586 00:38:26,478 --> 00:38:28,212 Mina. 587 00:38:31,916 --> 00:38:34,797 I have looked over the contract between Mr. Appleby and Mr. Lindo. 588 00:38:35,187 --> 00:38:37,472 Mr. Appleby, you have no honor. 589 00:38:37,923 --> 00:38:40,899 You have one day to get out of New York. 590 00:38:51,118 --> 00:38:54,020 Goodbye, Mina. 591 00:39:02,596 --> 00:39:05,165 Mr. Lindo, you may take your property. 592 00:39:07,167 --> 00:39:09,168 She's not my property. 593 00:39:11,171 --> 00:39:13,305 I wish Mina to be free. 594 00:39:13,339 --> 00:39:15,474 You're manumitting your slave? 595 00:39:15,508 --> 00:39:19,679 It's a matter of making peace with my past. 596 00:39:22,215 --> 00:39:24,183 I'm marking her down here 597 00:39:24,217 --> 00:39:26,918 as free. Set this woman loose. 598 00:39:43,235 --> 00:39:45,970 Aminata. 599 00:39:46,005 --> 00:39:48,673 Aminata, I'm sorry. 600 00:39:50,876 --> 00:39:53,144 Next claimant. 601 00:39:53,179 --> 00:39:56,380 For your journey. Crab cakes. 602 00:39:56,415 --> 00:39:58,182 - Ohh, crab cakes! - Cheese, 603 00:39:58,217 --> 00:40:01,018 - two loaves of bread... - (giggling) 604 00:40:01,052 --> 00:40:04,255 Fresh apples, and some beer. 605 00:40:04,289 --> 00:40:07,091 Sam... Sam... 606 00:40:10,995 --> 00:40:13,530 I don't know how to repay you. 607 00:40:13,564 --> 00:40:15,899 Oh... 608 00:40:18,502 --> 00:40:22,606 Freedom will come to every Negro in America. 609 00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:24,908 It will take some time, 610 00:40:24,943 --> 00:40:27,644 but one day, the Declaration of Independence 611 00:40:27,678 --> 00:40:30,213 will live up to its creed. 612 00:40:30,248 --> 00:40:32,815 Our new country will be called 613 00:40:32,850 --> 00:40:35,218 the United States of America. 614 00:40:35,253 --> 00:40:37,887 What's so united about it? 615 00:40:39,724 --> 00:40:42,559 There's nothing united 616 00:40:42,593 --> 00:40:46,896 about a nation that declares all men are created equal, 617 00:40:46,930 --> 00:40:49,665 but keeps its people in chains. 618 00:40:51,668 --> 00:40:54,603 - I'm going to stay here and work on that. - Will you? 619 00:40:54,638 --> 00:40:56,639 And will I live to see it? 620 00:40:56,673 --> 00:40:58,641 Are you sure you don't want to stay 621 00:40:58,675 --> 00:41:01,177 in these United States? 622 00:41:01,211 --> 00:41:04,946 - I could use your help. - No, Sam, no. 623 00:41:04,981 --> 00:41:08,317 It is time for me to leave this new country. 624 00:41:08,351 --> 00:41:13,021 My husband awaits me in Nova Scotia. 625 00:41:15,458 --> 00:41:19,060 General Washington has offered me a job in his residence 626 00:41:19,095 --> 00:41:21,062 as head cook. 627 00:41:21,097 --> 00:41:24,666 Mount Vernon, Virginia. I took it. 628 00:41:24,700 --> 00:41:27,368 I'm going to close the tavern. 629 00:41:27,403 --> 00:41:29,637 You are a true American. 630 00:41:29,672 --> 00:41:32,507 And the Americans will prove to be the better people. 631 00:41:32,541 --> 00:41:35,476 Hmm... 632 00:41:35,511 --> 00:41:39,614 I will take my chances with the British. 633 00:41:41,617 --> 00:41:44,285 Will I ever see you again, Aminata Diallo? 634 00:42:17,418 --> 00:42:20,253 Goodbye, Sam. 635 00:42:51,585 --> 00:42:54,186 I had lost my belongings, 636 00:42:54,220 --> 00:42:57,055 but I was going to see my husband. 637 00:42:57,090 --> 00:42:59,191 I had my legs, 638 00:42:59,225 --> 00:43:01,393 which were still in working order, 639 00:43:01,427 --> 00:43:04,461 and a child growing in my belly. 640 00:43:04,496 --> 00:43:08,900 I wonder what will dawn bright in Nova Scotia. 641 00:43:09,901 --> 00:43:11,360 - synced and corrected by chamallow - - www.addic7ed.com -