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♪ I see a land ♪
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♪ With liberty for all ♪
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♪ Yet still I know ♪
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♪ The truth will rise and
fall, oh, yeah, yeah ♪
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♪ That's the just the way it goe
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♪ A word now to the wise ♪
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♪ The world was made to change ♪
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♪ Each day is a surprise ♪
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♪ I'm lookin' at life
through my own eyes ♪
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♪ I'm searchin' for a hero to id
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♪ Feelin' the pain as innocence
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♪ I'm lookin' at life ♪
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♪ With my own eyes ♪
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♪ I'll take my heart into battle
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♪ Give that freedom bell a rattl
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♪ Get my independence signed ♪
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♪ Declare it on the dotted line
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♪ Let Philadelphia freedom ring
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♪ And patriotic voices sing ♪
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♪ Red, white and blue, never giv
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♪ You represent America ♪
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♪ Lookin' and prayin' for a brig
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♪ I listen to my heart and I obe
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♪ How can I see it any other way
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♪ I'm lookin' at life,
I'm lookin at life ♪
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♪ Through my own eyes ♪
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(upbeat music)
(fireworks exploding)
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(suspenseful music)
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- [Narrator] Here are some excit
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from today's episode of Liberty'
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- Cornwallis has
surrendered, the war is over!
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- It is not over,
Cornwallis is not England!
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I shall quit my throne
before I shall break apart
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this British empire which I love
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I shall never surrender
to those American rebels!
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- "We hold these truths
to be self-evident,
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"that all men are created equal.
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- Those words are about freedom!
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(upbeat music)
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(wheels creaking)
(bridles jangling)
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(horse snorting)
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- I built the house back in '35,
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I'm told it's the oldest complet
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in all the Berkshires.
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It was in this house that we dra
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our statement of grievances
against English rule.
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Unfortunately, you can
see how much attention
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King George paid to it. (laughs)
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- Thank you, Betty.
- You're welcome, Ma'am.
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- Betty, come here!
(ominous music)
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What is the meaning of this?
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- What, Madam?
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- What, you say?
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Look!
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Dust, on my Wedgwood vase!
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- I'll fix it right away, Madam.
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(Betty blowing)
(Madam gasping)
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Bless you, Missus.
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(Madam sneezing)
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- Mrs. Adams, I'm
delighted you could come!
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I do hope we will see your John
back from Europe soon, too?
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- If the news from Yorktown
is good, Colonel Ashley,
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perhaps John and Dr.
Franklin will rejoin us soon.
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And bring along a peace treaty w
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- It is my dearest hope
that that comes to pass.
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- Thank you.
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- Mrs. Adams, I am Theodore Sedg
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I so admire the contributions yo
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and your husband have
made to our new nation.
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- Theodore is the finest attorne
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you don't want to find yourself
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on the other side of a
case from him. (laughs)
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Come, friends, let us begin our
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with the Declaration of Independ
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- Good idea!
- Hear, hear!
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- [Sarah] Wonderful!
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- "When, in the course of human
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"it becomes necessary for one pe
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"to dissolve the political bonds
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"which have connected them with
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"And to assume, among
the powers of the Earth,
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"the separate and equal
station to which the laws
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"of nature and of nature's
God entitled them.
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"A decent respect to the
opinions of mankind requires
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"that they should the declare th
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"which impel them to the separat
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- [Betty] Hi, Honey, did you com
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- That large man from Maine's dr
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his ninth cup of punch!
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- Lizzie, quiet!
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- Well, what's more important,
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us runnin' out of punch
and me gettin' in trouble
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or some ol' words the Master's s
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- Old words?
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(Lizzie gasping)
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Do you know what those
old words are about?
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- I don't, Betty, but I have a f
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you're about to tell me.
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- Little Sister, those
words are about freedom!
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- You and me been slaves
since we were born,
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what do we know about freedom?
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- Nothin', Lizzie, nothin' at al
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- "We hold these truths
to be self evident,
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"that all men are created equal,
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"that they are endowed by their
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"with certain inalienable rights
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"that among these are life, libe
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"and the pursuit of happiness."
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- But if someone offered
me one minute's freedom
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and told me I had to die
at the end of that minute,
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I'd take it just to stand one mi
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on God's Earth a free woman!
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(dramatic music)
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(upbeat music)
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- [Sarah] Dearest Mother,
so much has happened
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since I last wrote.
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General Washington has won at Yo
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It was truly a miraculous conver
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as they're calling it.
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The French Fleet, led
by Admiral de Grasse,
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captured the mouth of the Chesap
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(men yelling)
(cannons firing)
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(fires crackling)
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- [Men] Fire!
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- [British Soldier] The French
are too powerful for us!
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- This trapped General Cornwalli
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He could get no help or
supplies from the sea
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and with the town surrounded on
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by Generals Washington and Rocha
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he could expect nothing but trou
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from the land as well.
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This siege was terrible and
I feared it might never end!
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Finally, the lack of food
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and the endless artillery shelli
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General Cornwallis to concede de
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Over 7,000 British soldiers
surrendered their weapons!
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(triumphant military music)
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Surely, with so large a loss
the British will now realize
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the futility of this war and
we will finally have peace.
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(drums pounding)
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(water splashing)
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(metal clinking)
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(glass humming)
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(door knocking)
- Entre.
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- Doctor Franklin, wonderful new
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Victory at Yorktown!
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Cornwallis has surrendered!
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The war is over!
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- This is indeed wonderful news,
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But is the war really over,
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that I think will be up
to King George to decide.
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- It is not over!
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What of our other general, hmm?
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Cornwallis is not England!
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What of Clinton and his 6,000 me
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What of our fleet?
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We are the largest naval
force on the ocean, sir,
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and I'll thank you to remember t
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We have defeated these
colonists time and again,
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and we shall do so now!
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This changes nothing and
I shall write as much
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to the Secretary of State
from here myself, directly!
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Away with you, I have
business to attend to!
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(suspenseful music)
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Dear
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Sir,
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there will be
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no peace
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without honor!
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(dramatic music)
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(chair squeaking)
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- Lizzie!
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More lemonade!
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(somber music)
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- (sighing) I'll get it, Madam.
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- I told Lizzie to do it!
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Lizzie!
(suspenseful music)
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Right now!
(door squeaking)
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What were you eating?
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- Scraps, Madam.
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- You ate the family's food
without asking me first?
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- [Lizzie] Yes, Madam, I'm sorry
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- You're sorry?
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- Very sorry, Madam.
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Excuse me, Madam.
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(suspenseful music)
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- I did not order you to leave!
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(glass breaking)
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Now clean that up!
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(suspenseful music)
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(glass breaking)
(Lizzie gasping)
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And that!
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(glass breaking)
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And that!
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(glass breaking)
(Lizzie gasping)
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And that!
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And that!
(dramatic music)
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- This is fascinating, Mr. Sedge
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I think I should like to
practice law myself some day!
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- With all respect, Sarah,
there are no women lawyers.
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- With all respect, Mr. Sedgewic
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perhaps I shall be the first.
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- Perhaps you shall, indeed.
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(door knocking)
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Excuse me.
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(upbeat music)
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Betty, come in please.
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- Thank you, Mr. Sedgewick.
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(ominous music)
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- Let me take your coat.
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Uh, please, go ahead and be seat
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(ominous music)
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(girl sniffling)
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Now, Betty, what can I do for yo
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- Sir, I would like you
to help me win my freedom
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for me and my little girl.
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- Excuse me?
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- I don't want to be a slave
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and I don't want my girl
to grow up as I did,
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knowing nothin' but slavery.
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Thank ya kindly.
- You're very welcome.
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- Betty, are you asking me
to sue Colonel John Ashley,
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the most important man in
this town for your freedom?
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- Yes, Sir, I fear for
my child's well-being.
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- You can't let the child be
in harms way, Mr. Sedgewick!
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- But it's more than that, Sir.
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I heard that paper read,
that all men are born equal
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and that every man has a right t
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I am not a dumb critter, won't
the law give me my freedom?
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(dramatic music)
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- And what, my fellow
members of Parliament,
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did King George, ostrich-like,
really, in plain words say
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when he got the news of the defe
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He said, "Our losses in America
have been most horrible.
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"The taxes the British people ar
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"for this war are outrageously h
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"but even now that Lord
Cornwallis has surrendered
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"at Yorktown and our hopes of vi
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"in America have utterly disappe
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"I forbid anyone from thinking o
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"My insane rage for revenge live
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"and only the total enslavement
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"of my American subjects
will lay it to rest!"
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Gentlemen, what the
King speaks is madness!
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And you, Lord North, must tell h
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(Parliament exclaiming)
(dramatic music)
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- Betty, why did you come to me?
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You know I'm a close
friend of the colonel's.
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- Master said you're the
finest attorney in town
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and you were there in Master's
study a few years back,
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writin' those other words
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about freedom everybody was sayi
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- You mean back in '73 when we
discussed the Bill of Rights
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and the Constitution for Massach
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- Yes, Sir, when I was waitin' a
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I was keepin' still and mindin'
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I heard you gentlemen, in
all you said I never heard,
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but that all people are free and
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I thought long about
it and figured I'd see
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whether I did not come in among
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- Sir, you must help!
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Has a slave ever won her
freedom in court before?
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- Yes, Sarah, a number of times,
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but those cases were always base
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on a master promising freedom to
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and then breaking that promise.
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Colonel Ashley made no
such promise to Betty.
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- So you won't take Betty's case
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- On the contrary, that's exactl
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I will take Betty's case.
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- Yahoo!
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(throat clearing)
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(upbeat music)
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- I do not care what that vile
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Mr. Charles Fox says in Parliame
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I do not care what anyone
says in Parliament!
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Lord North, I do not care what a
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in the entire world!
(dramatic music)
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I shall quit my throne
before I shall break apart
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this British empire which I love
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And, Sir, I shall never surrende
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to those American rebels!
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Never!
(dramatic music)
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(ominous music)
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- [Court Observer] This is
a great opportunity for us.
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- [Court Observer] Let's hope
they free the poor woman.
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- Can Mumbet win, Mrs. Adams?
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- She has fine lawyers in
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Mr. Sedgewick and Mr. Tapping Re
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- [Sarah] And she has right on h
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- Yes, Sarah, we shall see wheth
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those two weapons are strong
enough to carry the day.
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- Is that the jury?
- It is.
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- But all the jurors are men?
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And they're all white?
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How will Mumbet get a fair trial
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- Give them some credit, Sarah,
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perhaps they'll understand we ar
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all the same race, the human rac
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- Judge, on behalf of Colonel As
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who has served his state
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and country so well in so many w
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we ask that this case be
dismissed immediately.
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(people gasping)
- What?
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- Will they do that?
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- And that Bet be returned
to her lawful residence,
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the home of Colonel Ashley.
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(people exclaiming)
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- Order!
(gavel banging)
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On what grounds, Sir?
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- Judge, the custom of our
nation considers slavery
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to be right and correct.
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Bet is the lawful Negro
slave of John Ashley,
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Colonel Ashley can testify to th
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It is a simple question
of ownership, you see.
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Therefore, we ask you to return
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to Colonel Ashley immediately.
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(people exclaiming)
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- That's outrageous!
- Justice will be done!
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(dramatic music)
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(dogs barking)
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- [Messenger] Your Highness!
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- Now, my cowardly premier,
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Lord North has sent me his resig
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They're all against me?
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Well, I should not accept this!
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And I shall not let my colonists
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The British Empire, like
these hounds, is strong!
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The rebels, like the fox, are we
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- Your Majesty, I'm afraid somet
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the fox does escape the hound.
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(dramatic music)
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(dog howling)
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- The court rejects
Colonel Ashley's motion
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to dismiss this case.
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Mr. Sedgewick, you may
speak for your client.
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- Thank you, Judge.
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(upbeat music)
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In the past, a slave in
Massachusetts has been freed
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only when a master went back on
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to free that slave,
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but we would like to make
two different arguments.
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Two, new arguments.
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First, no Massachusetts law
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has ever established slavery as
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I defy Colonel Ashley to
show me one that does?
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Second, even more importantly,
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even if such a law did exist,
it would be canceled out
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by our state's new Constitution,
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as my client has so
wisely pointed out to me.
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Our Massachusetts Constitution s
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"All men are born free and equal
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"and have certain natural, essen
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"and unalienable rights."
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Among which may be reckoned the
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of enjoying their liberties.
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Gentlemen,
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Betty cannot be the lawful slave
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of Colonel John Ashley
for a very simple reason,
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slavery
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is
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unlawful!
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(upbeat music)
(children laughing)
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(Catherine crying)
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- It's just a scrape,
Catherine, you're gonna be fine.
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(children laughing)
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You ready to catch your brother
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- Betty?
- Yes, Sarah?
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- What will you do if you lose?
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- Honey, my husband, rest in pea
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died in this war so we all could
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from your friends back in Englan
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Not, so some of us could be
slaves to some others of us.
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Somehow, some time, me and
little Bet are gonna be free
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and you can count on that.
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- Betty, Sarah?
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The jury's comin' back.
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(Betty sighing)
(somber music)
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(suspenseful music)
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- Gentlemen, have you reached a
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- We have, Judge.
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We find that Bet is not
now, nor has she ever been
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the legal servant or
property of John Ashley.
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(crowd exclaiming)
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We award 30 shillings in damages
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and order John Ashley to
pay her for all her service
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since she was 21 years old.
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We also declare that John Ashley
shall pay all court costs.
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- Congratulations to us all!
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- This is a great day!
- Isn't it wonderful!
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- [Guest] All our people shall b
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- (children laughing)
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- Oh, you got him, Catherine!
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Good going!
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- Friends, friends!
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To courage,
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to freedom,
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to Mumbet!
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- [Crowd] To Mumbet, hurray!
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Hurray!
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- I've given myself a
new name, a free name.
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From this moment on,
I'm Elizabeth Freeman.
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- [Crowd] Elizabeth Freeman, hur
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- Betty?
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I'm hoping you'll come
back and work for me?
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For salary, of course, we
sure could use you back.
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00:20:11,251 --> 00:20:12,836
- Thank you, Mister,
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00:20:12,836 --> 00:20:15,631
but I'm gonna stay here
with the Sedgewicks.
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00:20:15,631 --> 00:20:17,966
They've done nothin' but treat m
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and with 10 children
and Mrs. Sedgewick ill,
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somebody's gotta do the cookin'.
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(crowd laughing)
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- I'll leave you to it, then.
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Goodbye, Betty.
(somber music)
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- Girls,
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it sure feels good
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to call that man mister insteada
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You're free, baby!
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Just like I always promised!
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You're free!
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(lively court music)
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(couples muttering)
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- My good friends, King
George has come to his senses,
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he wishes to negotiate peace wit
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and with the new United States o
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(crowd cheering)
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00:21:20,612 --> 00:21:24,241
Hmm, perhaps I oughta make
that announcement again?
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(women laughing)
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(dramatic music)
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- [Sarah] And, Mother,
there's more good news!
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Another slave by the name
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of Quok Walker sued for his free
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in the Supreme Court of
Massachusetts and also won.
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The decision will surely lead
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to slavery being outlawed
in Massachusetts.
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Listen to what the chief justice
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"Slavery took its origin
from European nations
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"and the British government,
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"but a different idea has
taken place here in America.
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"Everyone is born free and equal
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"Everyone is entitled to liberty
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"and to have it guarded.
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"Slavery is, in my judgment,
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"as effectively abolished as it
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- Thank you, Mister Ashley.
(uplifting music)
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- [Sarah] Mother, these long
overdue decisions for liberty
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give me new hope for my new coun
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Our new country.
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I hope and trust that the horror
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of slavery will soon be abolishe
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in the rest of our 13 states, fo
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For, Mother, if one American
is not free, none of us are.
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(dramatic music)
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♪ In our life through my own eye
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♪ I'm searchin' for a hero to id
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♪ Feelin' the pain as innocence
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♪ I'm lookin' at life
through my own eyes ♪
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♪ I'll take my heart into battle
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♪ Give that freedom bell a rattl
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♪ Get my independence signed ♪
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♪ Declare it on the dotted line
462
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♪ Red, white and blue, never giv
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♪ You represent America ♪
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