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Your name is Toby.
Now tell me your name.
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-Kunta Kinte.
-That's not your name!
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[ Screams ]
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And I will name you Kizzy.
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I think I was selfish
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to have you born
into a world like this.
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You trained me well.
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Woman: Kizzy!
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[ Crying ]
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Kizzy!
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This is my right!
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Help me!
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I'm gonna name you
after my daddy ---
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George Lea II.
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[ Crowd chanting
"Chicken George" ]
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George: Come on.
What you got, boy?
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I got to know a time gonna come
when I can buy me free.
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I don't see why not, George.
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And I'm gonna see you again,
my mornin' dove.
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[ All cheering ]
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A name is who you is.
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My daddy took whippings
to protect his name.
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You get to making babies,
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Tom would be a fine name
for a boy.
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Just bring yourself
home safe.
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♪♪
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You win this for me,
and I'll set you free.
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I swear.
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[ Roosters clucking ]
[ Man speaks indistinctly ]
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That Englishman will call me
even if I give you to him...
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take back to England.
-England?!
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Get this nigger off of me!
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Who gonna watch my family?
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Tom Lea!
[ Grunts ]
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[ Pants, screams ]
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♪♪
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Man #1:
£100 on the red.
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Man #2:
£200 on the white.
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Man #3:
£500 on the white.
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Man #4: Yeah, yeah,
I cant take some bets.
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Alex: Mandinka say, "Everything
that enchants also deceives."
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I'm not sure
which is more exotic --
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your bird or your nigger.
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Now, would another £10,000
clarify the issue?
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Done.
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Excellent.
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[ Indistinct conversations ]
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All right, there he is.
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We're stronger, faster,
smarter, prettier.
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Insult to be in the same pit
with you and me.
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Now, what you gonna do
about it?
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[ Rooster clucking ]
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[ Laughter ]
Whoo!
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Ladies and gentlemen, America
is a wild and dangerous land.
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One time,
I saw a Carolina bobcat
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drag a man
high up a hickory tree,
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and two minutes later,
his skeleton fell back down.
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[ Laughter ]
Flesh picked clean.
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Just raining bones.
Clickety-clack.
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I've been chased by savages,
painted faces.
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Alex: After he was sent off
to settle a gambling debt,
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Chicken George won
nearly every match.
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The English loved him,
and he fell
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into his old ways
playing to the crowd.
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Let me tell you now,
I have wrestled mountain men
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big as bears.
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They all naked. They men parts
covered only by their beards.
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[ Laughter ]
Chicken George!
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All: Chicken George!
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You've served me well,
George.
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And I want to assure you
when I've earned back
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the money Tom Lea lost to me,
I will send you home a free man.
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Just wanted to know, sir.
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When would that be?
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Sir, how much longer
I got --
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I will tell you
when the time is right.
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Alex: By the time
Sir Eric set him free,
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George had been in England
for over 20 years --
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no longer enchanted,
no longer deceived.
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♪♪
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Man: Stand at the gate.
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[ Baby crying ]
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Traveling homeward, George felt
the past surge around him.
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He remembered how Kizzy said
Kunta Kinte came to visit her,
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but George was afraid
that his vision
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would mean something
different --
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that his seven children
would think of him
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as little more
than another story.
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Or worse, that they had
forgotten him altogether.
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[ Woman singing indistinctly ]
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[ Singing continues ]
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Did you fall?
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I just sit away
from the trees,
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feel the light
on my face.
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[ Resumes singing ]
Miss Malizy?
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It's George.
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-George?
-Chicken George.
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I'm back from England.
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George?
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Come on now.
Let's get you up.
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[ Humming ]
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[ Creaking ]
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[ Continues humming ]
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Where is my family?
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I know
where your mama is.
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Kizzy got a pain
in her side.
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She knew she was dying.
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Mama.
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[ Breathing shakily ]
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I'm sorry.
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Mama...
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[ Trembles ]
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[ Sniffles ]
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Miss Malizy,
I'm gonna look around.
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Then I'll gonna come back
and take you with me.
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Oh, no, sir.
No. No.
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I got
a right to be here.
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I worked this ground
every day of my life.
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I got a right
to be buried by Kizzy.
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Miss Malizy, I got to go look
for my family.
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You ask Master Tom?
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Tom Lea's still alive?
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Mm-hmm.
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[ Door creaks ]
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[ Birds chirping ]
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[ Chickens squawking ]
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[ Gunshot ]
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[ Gun cocks ]
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I'll shoot you, nigger,
right here.
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Let my chickens peck
at your cold, black body.
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I know you're here
to rob me.
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But I reckon
I could kill you first.
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Kill your own baby boy,
Massa Tom?
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I know you?
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Sure you do.
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-[ Gasps ]
-All right.
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George?
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My George?
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You come back for me,
George.
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[ Sobbing ]
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[ Insects buzzing ]
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You say his name
Benjamin Murray,
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Alamance County?
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Murray.
Benjamin Murray.
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That's who bought
my children?
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He an engineer at
the Fayetteville arsenal.
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That right?
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Needed the money,
George.
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How could you leave me?
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Oh, I didn't leave you.
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You sold me to pay
a gambling debt,
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just like you sold
my children.
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I taught you everything.
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It's all right.
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Got you a life
with fancy folk in England.
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What did I get?
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Patricia run off.
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Whore.
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Old niggers
can hardly work.
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[ Chuckles lightly ]
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Who's gonna look after me,
George?
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Who's gonna cook
and clean?
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Who's gonna obey me?
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You said you'd leave
papers for my family,
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so they free.
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You swore that to me
as they was dragging me away!
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Said you'd set my wife
and all my children free.
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So did you write
them papers for my family?
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Where are they?
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[ Panting ]
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You a man without honor,
Tom Lea.
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You walked your feet
out them dirt hills.
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Not your filthy soul.
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You and me have
the same blood, boy.
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I'm your daddy.
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No, the blood in me
from Kizzy, not you --
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blood that kept me strong
all these years away.
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What few good things I done,
that the blood of my granddaddy.
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And every damn bit
of foolishness in me,
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everything weak,
everything selfish --
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that's you, Tom Lea,
'cause that's who you is.
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You ain't smart enough
to change yourself.
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And the truth is,
your whole damn life,
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you was a slave, too.
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You just never knew it.
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God damn you.
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Tom?
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Tom!
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Oh, Tom!
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Mama, what you doing out here?
You got to get to work.
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I need you to stop at the
Barton farm on your way back.
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See Old Man Augustus.
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He -- he sells that special
chestnut tea for asthma.
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Mama,
I'm not passing that way.
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Besides, Massa Murray knows
how many stops I make.
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Son.
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I'll work fast, mama.
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Bring some back for you.
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Hey, now you got
to get to work.
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You got a big heart,
like your daddy.
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I ain't like my daddy.
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I'll never do nothing foolish
to make Massa Murray angry,
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get myself sold away.
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You just get home safe.
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It only takes
one crazy redneck,
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and Massa's road papers
don't mean nothing.
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Just look after Irene
and that baby in her belly.
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Now, get going now.
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[ Clicks tongue ]
Hyah!
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[ Metal clanking ]
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Business used
to come to me in bunches.
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Now with all this war talk,
can't keep my shop open.
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It ain't safe to be a colored
free man in Carolina no more.
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Ain't never been safe
to be a slave.
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Mm-hmm.
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I hear Mr. Murray
send a fine blacksmith
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like you
all over the state, Tom.
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He pay you a little?
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I need to finish up
with you, man.
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Come on out here, boy.
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[ Door creaks ]
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This boy a runaway.
Stay up here mostly.
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I tell folks
he's my slave.
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Some freemen
keep niggers, too.
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How long you been hiding?
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August
be seven whole years.
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Seven years?
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My brother and me ran away
from Chatham County.
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He got caught,
but they didn't see me.
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I hid in the bushes.
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Saw them patrol boys hang him.
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When I passed by here,
Orly let me hide.
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I'm leaving
the state soon,
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and this boy
ain't got no papers, Tom.
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You got a pass
lets you go anywhere.
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Name's Winslow.
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Just get me by the docks
at Elizabeth City.
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Gonna sneak
on a barge going north.
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Can't help.
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Massa Murray knows how long
it takes me to make my rounds.
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Got a clock for a heart.
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Besides, I need to earn money
for my family, buy them free.
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Can't I be free?
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♪♪
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Whoa, whoa, whoa.
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What's this place?
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Crossing
into Duplin County.
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[ Horse neighs ]
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Come on, now.
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You got no papers,
and I ain't got
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no way to prove
you working with me.
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So best take off now.
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00:13:03,884 --> 00:13:05,917
Can't just
leave me out here.
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00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:08,253
You lucky
I took you this far!
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[ Horse neighs ]
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And if they catch you,
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you better not tell
nobody my name, understand?
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Come on.
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Get in them trees now!
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Hyah, hyah!
261
00:13:37,284 --> 00:13:40,251
That's far enough!
262
00:13:40,253 --> 00:13:42,053
Just stop there!
263
00:13:42,055 --> 00:13:43,421
If I can just explain.
264
00:13:43,423 --> 00:13:44,889
That's far enough.
265
00:13:44,891 --> 00:13:46,958
I see that pistol
in your waist.
266
00:13:46,960 --> 00:13:48,827
You put it down,
or I'll swear
267
00:13:48,829 --> 00:13:50,995
I'll take it
from your dead body.
268
00:13:50,997 --> 00:13:53,531
Toomey,
what's all the fuss?
269
00:13:53,533 --> 00:13:56,234
Nigger has a gun.
270
00:13:58,505 --> 00:14:01,005
I got a reason
to be here.
271
00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:02,307
If I can just speak
to Mr. Murray.
272
00:14:02,309 --> 00:14:04,609
I'm his son.
273
00:14:04,611 --> 00:14:07,145
First, you need to prove
to me you ain't here
274
00:14:07,147 --> 00:14:08,980
to cause trouble
with our niggers.
275
00:14:08,982 --> 00:14:10,515
Who is it, Frederick?
276
00:14:10,517 --> 00:14:14,219
We got a smart-mouth nigger
came strolling on the farm
277
00:14:14,221 --> 00:14:18,089
in his fancy clothes
like he's paying a social call.
278
00:14:18,091 --> 00:14:20,358
Got a fancy gun, too.
279
00:14:22,429 --> 00:14:28,366
For all I know, he's here
to provoke an insurrection.
280
00:14:32,472 --> 00:14:34,606
-Hey, you know that old boy?
-Mnh-mnh.
281
00:14:34,608 --> 00:14:37,442
But he remind me
of a man about to die.
282
00:14:37,444 --> 00:14:40,511
Benjamin,
is there trouble?
283
00:14:40,513 --> 00:14:42,146
Oh, it's nothing to concern
yourself with, Charlotte.
284
00:14:42,148 --> 00:14:44,315
-[ Coughs ]
-Matilda, take my wife inside.
285
00:14:44,317 --> 00:14:46,951
-[ Coughs ]
-Come inside.
286
00:14:46,953 --> 00:14:48,653
Matilda: You need some nice,
hot steam, ma'am.
287
00:14:48,655 --> 00:14:50,321
Mornin' Dove!
288
00:14:55,595 --> 00:14:57,161
George?
289
00:14:59,633 --> 00:15:02,267
Frederick:
Tilda, you know this boy?
290
00:15:02,269 --> 00:15:04,936
That's my George,
my husband.
291
00:15:06,606 --> 00:15:09,474
[ Gun cocks ] Take another step,
I'll shoot you right here.
292
00:15:09,476 --> 00:15:13,077
Then you will kill Matilda's
husband and a free man.
293
00:15:13,079 --> 00:15:15,013
Check my pocket.
294
00:15:15,015 --> 00:15:17,382
You'll see my paper.
295
00:15:17,384 --> 00:15:21,185
♪♪
296
00:15:24,090 --> 00:15:27,025
I was manumitted
by Sir C.E. Russell
297
00:15:27,027 --> 00:15:28,993
of Hampshire, England.
298
00:15:28,995 --> 00:15:31,562
That's his family seal.
299
00:15:31,564 --> 00:15:33,598
This is a free nigger.
300
00:15:33,600 --> 00:15:37,969
So return his property
and obey the law.
301
00:15:37,971 --> 00:15:40,038
Thank you, sir.
302
00:15:44,044 --> 00:15:46,711
There's your fancy gun,
nigger.
303
00:15:48,982 --> 00:15:52,583
Tilda, if this man
is your husband,
304
00:15:52,585 --> 00:15:56,287
you will see him
after the workday is done.
305
00:15:56,289 --> 00:15:58,656
Until then,
306
00:15:58,658 --> 00:16:03,661
I will allow him
to wait on the road.
307
00:16:03,663 --> 00:16:07,265
We've been parted
a long time, Tilda.
308
00:16:07,267 --> 00:16:10,668
Few more hours
ain't no bother to us.
309
00:16:10,670 --> 00:16:20,378
♪♪
310
00:16:20,380 --> 00:16:27,018
♪ Soon I will be done ♪
311
00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:29,620
♪ Trouble of the world ♪ Man:
I want to see a lot less talk
312
00:16:29,622 --> 00:16:32,657
and a hell of a lot more work!
313
00:16:32,659 --> 00:16:39,030
♪ Trouble of the world ♪
314
00:16:39,032 --> 00:16:44,602
♪ Trouble of the world ♪
315
00:16:44,604 --> 00:16:50,575
♪ Soon I will be done ♪
316
00:16:50,577 --> 00:16:55,446
♪ Trouble of the world ♪
317
00:16:55,448 --> 00:16:56,681
[ Horn blares ]
318
00:16:56,683 --> 00:17:08,559
♪ Goin' home to live with God ♪
319
00:17:08,561 --> 00:17:15,166
♪ No more ♪
320
00:17:15,168 --> 00:17:21,072
♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪
321
00:17:21,074 --> 00:17:27,111
♪ No more ♪
322
00:17:27,113 --> 00:17:32,450
♪ Weepin' and wailin' ♪
323
00:17:32,452 --> 00:17:46,230
♪ With God ♪
324
00:17:50,637 --> 00:17:52,804
O0 C1 Matilda: All
this work, George.
325
00:17:52,806 --> 00:17:56,507
Am I still pretty?
326
00:17:56,509 --> 00:18:00,144
I dreamed of you
so many years.
327
00:18:00,146 --> 00:18:02,413
My dreams failed me.
328
00:18:02,415 --> 00:18:04,082
[ Sighs ]
329
00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:06,384
You are
so much more beautiful
330
00:18:06,386 --> 00:18:09,620
than I could possibly
bring to mind.
331
00:18:09,622 --> 00:18:12,290
Now let me watch you
bein' my wife.
332
00:18:12,292 --> 00:18:14,192
[ Laughs ]
333
00:18:14,194 --> 00:18:15,793
Unless you had enough.
334
00:18:15,795 --> 00:18:17,829
No.
335
00:18:17,831 --> 00:18:19,564
I'm just
getting started.
336
00:18:19,566 --> 00:18:21,332
Mm-hmm.
337
00:18:27,707 --> 00:18:29,740
[ Rooster crows ]
338
00:18:31,311 --> 00:18:33,211
[ Goat bleats ]
339
00:18:33,213 --> 00:18:35,113
[ Chickens clucking ]
340
00:18:35,115 --> 00:18:37,482
[ Door creaks ]
341
00:18:49,195 --> 00:18:51,762
Daddy!
I'm Li'l Kizzy.
342
00:18:51,764 --> 00:18:54,398
[ Crying ]
343
00:18:57,403 --> 00:18:59,137
Hi, Li'l Kizzy.
344
00:18:59,139 --> 00:19:00,671
Hi.
345
00:19:00,673 --> 00:19:03,307
That your little scamp?
346
00:19:03,309 --> 00:19:05,243
Virgil: Yeah,
that's -- that's Uriah.
347
00:19:05,245 --> 00:19:06,544
I'm -- I'm Virgil...sir.
348
00:19:06,546 --> 00:19:07,812
"Sir"?
349
00:19:07,814 --> 00:19:09,747
Boy,
you my firstborn son.
350
00:19:09,749 --> 00:19:11,916
This is, uh --
this is my Lily Su.
351
00:19:11,918 --> 00:19:14,152
-That's me.
-Man and wife?
352
00:19:14,154 --> 00:19:16,187
Well, Lily Su's man got killed
when his wagon tipped,
353
00:19:16,189 --> 00:19:18,422
but, um, Massa Murray --
he promises that --
354
00:19:18,424 --> 00:19:20,191
that we can get married
one day.
355
00:19:22,695 --> 00:19:24,328
You just as pretty
as the sunrise.
356
00:19:24,330 --> 00:19:27,732
Almost pretty as me.
[ Laughter ]
357
00:19:27,734 --> 00:19:29,534
Ashford's our family cat.
358
00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:31,169
Can't stay home at night.
359
00:19:31,171 --> 00:19:33,471
Well, we'll just have
to tie a bell to his paw
360
00:19:33,473 --> 00:19:35,239
so the gals
can hear him coming.
361
00:19:35,241 --> 00:19:37,942
[ Laughter ]
[ Coughs ]
362
00:19:37,944 --> 00:19:39,410
Oh, you James.
363
00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:40,945
That's right, daddy.
364
00:19:40,947 --> 00:19:43,681
Boy, you was thin-boned
as a sparrow when I left.
365
00:19:43,683 --> 00:19:45,483
[ Chuckles ] Massa let
a doctor come by here?
366
00:19:45,485 --> 00:19:47,718
Massa Frederick won't pay
for no doctor.
367
00:19:47,720 --> 00:19:49,887
Says we need
to use our own ways.
368
00:19:49,889 --> 00:19:51,556
I don't need to see
a doctor, daddy.
369
00:19:51,558 --> 00:19:54,592
I feel stronger every day.
370
00:19:54,594 --> 00:19:57,862
And this is Irene,
Tom's first baby.
371
00:19:57,864 --> 00:20:02,233
Got that Cherokee hair.
372
00:20:02,235 --> 00:20:04,502
You don't seem so high-strung
like she say.
373
00:20:04,504 --> 00:20:06,504
And you don't seem
so foolish
374
00:20:06,506 --> 00:20:10,608
and no-account,
like my Tom says.
375
00:20:10,610 --> 00:20:12,710
[ Laughter ]
376
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,512
Where's Tom?
377
00:20:14,514 --> 00:20:16,214
Why ain't he standing
by you with that big belly?
378
00:20:16,216 --> 00:20:18,916
Massa Murray says Tom is
the best blacksmith in Carolina.
379
00:20:18,918 --> 00:20:20,918
Rents him out
all over the state.
380
00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:22,987
Helps Massa Murray
build his guns.
381
00:20:22,989 --> 00:20:24,889
Gets paid, too.
382
00:20:24,891 --> 00:20:26,324
Saving to buy us free.
383
00:20:26,326 --> 00:20:27,758
A slave
never can pay enough.
384
00:20:29,996 --> 00:20:31,662
Never.
385
00:20:37,537 --> 00:20:39,670
Where are
my other children?
386
00:20:46,579 --> 00:20:52,917
George Jr., Louis,
and Mary got sold off
387
00:20:52,919 --> 00:20:54,952
a few weeks
after we came.
388
00:20:54,954 --> 00:20:58,923
Massa Murray said he sorry,
but he couldn't keep all of us.
389
00:20:58,925 --> 00:21:01,559
We tried to keep in touch
with them, daddy, but, uh,
390
00:21:01,561 --> 00:21:03,628
ain't none of them
in Carolina no more.
391
00:21:09,369 --> 00:21:12,903
It's my fault -- all of it.
392
00:21:12,905 --> 00:21:14,505
Now, you listen now.
393
00:21:14,507 --> 00:21:16,274
I put my trust
in false things.
394
00:21:16,276 --> 00:21:18,476
Thought I'd put on a show
for the massas, they act kindly.
395
00:21:18,478 --> 00:21:20,611
Thought they money
and hurrahs mean respect.
396
00:21:20,613 --> 00:21:22,947
I was a damn fool.
397
00:21:22,949 --> 00:21:25,549
I'm gonna keep
this family together,
398
00:21:25,551 --> 00:21:27,985
just like my mama Kizzy wanted,
399
00:21:27,987 --> 00:21:32,456
just like her daddy,
Kunta Kinte before her.
400
00:21:32,458 --> 00:21:36,460
Now, daddy been gone
a long time.
401
00:21:36,462 --> 00:21:40,364
That ain't never gonna
happen again.
402
00:21:40,366 --> 00:21:43,534
Woman: Mississippi, Florida,
Alabama have done
403
00:21:43,536 --> 00:21:47,305
their sacred duty to join
South Carolina in secession.
404
00:21:47,307 --> 00:21:49,507
It is time for North Carolina
405
00:21:49,509 --> 00:21:51,909
to stand up
and join her brothers.
406
00:21:51,911 --> 00:21:54,478
They printed
your entire letter, darling.
407
00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,747
We'll vote war,
and sooner than later.
408
00:21:56,749 --> 00:21:58,582
Charlotte: Frederick,
so many boys will die.
409
00:21:58,584 --> 00:22:00,518
Lincoln is weak.
410
00:22:00,520 --> 00:22:03,421
He won't dare send his soldiers
so far away from home.
411
00:22:03,423 --> 00:22:06,691
And if he does, in two weeks,
we'll declare victory.
412
00:22:06,693 --> 00:22:09,894
North Carolina will reward
the men that led us to freedom,
413
00:22:09,896 --> 00:22:12,096
turn to them for leadership
for a new country.
414
00:22:12,098 --> 00:22:14,432
Secession isn't something
everyone wants.
415
00:22:14,434 --> 00:22:16,534
It's too extreme.
Common sense can still prevail.
416
00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:18,936
Common sense abandoned
this country long ago.
417
00:22:18,938 --> 00:22:20,771
Why should New York
and Boston
418
00:22:20,773 --> 00:22:22,873
and Philadelphia tell us
how to live?
419
00:22:22,875 --> 00:22:24,775
They don't understand.
420
00:22:24,777 --> 00:22:26,844
There is no South
without slavery.
421
00:22:26,846 --> 00:22:28,579
[ Chuckles ]
422
00:22:28,581 --> 00:22:31,382
Haven't I found my match,
mother?
423
00:22:31,384 --> 00:22:32,650
Benjamin: Commence firing!
424
00:22:34,887 --> 00:22:37,588
Cannoneers, cease fire!
425
00:22:39,092 --> 00:22:40,458
Service the piece.
426
00:22:40,460 --> 00:22:42,927
Cannoneers, load!
427
00:22:42,929 --> 00:22:45,563
See, Massa Murray
runs test for the army.
428
00:22:45,565 --> 00:22:48,666
Advance the round! Guns and
cannons, bullets, too.
429
00:22:48,668 --> 00:22:50,701
Says if war comes,
Southern boys
430
00:22:50,703 --> 00:22:53,003
gonna need to make their own guns.
Mm-hmm.
431
00:22:53,005 --> 00:22:55,473
What's your brother Tom
gonna do with all this?
432
00:22:55,475 --> 00:22:58,909
See, Massa Murray asks his
opinion all the time.
433
00:22:58,911 --> 00:23:00,611
If something gets made
by hammer and fire,
434
00:23:00,613 --> 00:23:02,113
Tom's the one
massa depends on.
435
00:23:02,115 --> 00:23:04,382
Benjamin:
Cannoneers, commence firing.
436
00:23:07,153 --> 00:23:08,853
[ Horse whinnies ]
437
00:23:08,855 --> 00:23:10,654
Watch out for Frederick,
though, daddy.
438
00:23:10,656 --> 00:23:12,556
He part
cannon hisself.
439
00:23:12,558 --> 00:23:13,791
Never know
when he going off.
440
00:23:13,793 --> 00:23:16,727
Cannoneers, load!
441
00:23:16,729 --> 00:23:18,796
Sorry I'm late, massa.
442
00:23:18,798 --> 00:23:20,531
Just got back.
443
00:23:20,533 --> 00:23:22,566
Your father's been
anxious to see you.
444
00:23:22,568 --> 00:23:24,168
My father?
445
00:23:24,170 --> 00:23:27,438
Chicken George ain't
no cock-and-bull story, boy!
446
00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,173
Here's our daddy hisself.
447
00:23:29,175 --> 00:23:33,878
He's got lots of real good
stories to tell, too.
448
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,714
Got no time for stories.
449
00:23:36,716 --> 00:23:40,017
Got too much work now.
450
00:23:40,019 --> 00:23:41,819
Frederick: Daddy.
451
00:23:41,821 --> 00:23:44,955
We're getting quite
the collection on the farm.
452
00:23:44,957 --> 00:23:48,492
Every nigger
but the Lost Tribe of Israel.
453
00:23:48,494 --> 00:23:51,195
How long you plan on visiting
with us, Chicken George?
454
00:23:51,197 --> 00:23:52,897
Oh, I ain't visiting.
455
00:23:52,899 --> 00:23:56,066
I told Mr. Murray I'm living
here now with my family.
456
00:23:56,068 --> 00:23:59,437
Mrs. Murray relies
on Matilda.
457
00:23:59,439 --> 00:24:01,872
Having your father here has --
has brightened her mood.
458
00:24:01,874 --> 00:24:03,441
-Ready.
-That's a great kindness, sir,
459
00:24:03,443 --> 00:24:04,942
to be with my children
again.
460
00:24:06,979 --> 00:24:10,014
Cannoneers,
commence firing!
461
00:24:14,020 --> 00:24:15,719
[ Indistinct shouting ]
462
00:24:15,721 --> 00:24:17,521
[ Horse whinnies ]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
463
00:24:17,523 --> 00:24:20,090
Ho, ho, ho, ho.
464
00:24:20,092 --> 00:24:21,926
[ Horse whinnies ]
465
00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:23,961
Benjamin:
Is everyone all right?
466
00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:26,497
Breech exploded.
What went wrong?
467
00:24:26,499 --> 00:24:28,699
Need more precision
on the ball.
468
00:24:28,701 --> 00:24:30,134
Ain't truly round.
469
00:24:30,136 --> 00:24:31,735
How the hell
do you know that?
470
00:24:31,737 --> 00:24:34,839
-By my hands.
-Nonsense.
471
00:24:34,841 --> 00:24:36,774
Bamboozle my father.
472
00:24:36,776 --> 00:24:38,709
You lie to me, I'll string you
up by your toes.
473
00:24:38,711 --> 00:24:40,511
Collect the pieces.
474
00:24:40,513 --> 00:24:43,647
Ashford, get over here
and help clean this up.
475
00:24:43,649 --> 00:24:46,584
Mr. Murray think
real highly of you, son.
476
00:24:46,586 --> 00:24:48,252
I keep
on his good side.
477
00:24:48,254 --> 00:24:50,588
Ain't no good side
for no slave.
478
00:24:50,590 --> 00:24:53,524
Any good side dry up faster
rain in a summer field.
479
00:24:53,526 --> 00:24:54,792
Bet on it.
480
00:24:54,794 --> 00:24:58,128
Betting is your game,
not mine.
481
00:24:58,130 --> 00:25:01,966
If Massa Murray want to play
papa to me, I'm gonna let him.
482
00:25:01,968 --> 00:25:04,935
Do anything to make it easier
for my family.
483
00:25:09,609 --> 00:25:13,143
Ain't every nigger get made
the fool by his white daddy.
484
00:25:13,145 --> 00:25:17,181
[ Waltz playing ]
485
00:25:17,183 --> 00:25:19,717
[ Indistinct conversations ]
486
00:25:26,058 --> 00:25:28,792
-There we go.
-There she is.
487
00:25:32,698 --> 00:25:34,231
Woman:
Bring another plate out here.
488
00:25:42,275 --> 00:25:45,009
-[ Sighs ]
-You can't slow down?
489
00:25:45,011 --> 00:25:47,912
Miss Nancy's barkin' orders like
she runnin' the farm already.
490
00:25:47,914 --> 00:25:49,613
She can bark all she want.
491
00:25:49,615 --> 00:25:51,882
We just got to see
if her bite is bad as his.
492
00:25:51,884 --> 00:25:53,684
Her folks here?
493
00:25:53,686 --> 00:25:55,953
Both her folks died and left her
a place in Raleigh.
494
00:25:55,955 --> 00:25:58,722
She a book-smart lady.
495
00:25:58,724 --> 00:26:02,993
Frederick fell for her as easy
as a slip on a river rock.
496
00:26:09,635 --> 00:26:11,168
What's wrong, son?
497
00:26:11,170 --> 00:26:12,636
Them boys right there --
498
00:26:12,638 --> 00:26:14,705
They Mr. Frederick
boyhood friends.
499
00:26:14,707 --> 00:26:16,307
They ain't even gonna let
Abe Lincoln
500
00:26:16,309 --> 00:26:17,741
on a ballot
in North Carolina.
501
00:26:17,743 --> 00:26:21,779
[ Applause ]
502
00:26:21,781 --> 00:26:24,181
[ Slow waltz plays ]
503
00:26:33,893 --> 00:26:36,160
That's my mama's song.
504
00:26:36,162 --> 00:26:39,229
Every band in the county
plays it now.
505
00:26:39,231 --> 00:26:43,601
It's changed some
but always the same.
506
00:26:43,603 --> 00:26:45,769
I can hear
mama Kizzy humming it.
507
00:26:45,771 --> 00:26:47,638
[ Chuckles ]
508
00:26:47,640 --> 00:26:49,707
These folks don't know
where it come from.
509
00:26:49,709 --> 00:26:52,776
Well,
we do, Mornin' Dove.
510
00:26:52,778 --> 00:26:54,244
Dance with me.
511
00:26:54,246 --> 00:26:56,280
George.
We ain't allowed.
512
00:26:56,282 --> 00:26:58,816
Oh, I'm allowed to dance
with my wife.
513
00:26:58,818 --> 00:27:00,718
[ Laughs ]
514
00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,253
It's been years, George.
515
00:27:03,255 --> 00:27:06,256
[ Waltz continues ]
516
00:27:06,258 --> 00:27:08,659
[ Both chuckle ]
517
00:27:16,235 --> 00:27:18,335
Nancy: Come on, honey.
Let's go back in.
518
00:27:22,241 --> 00:27:25,009
Stop it right now. You
shouldn't be around here.
519
00:27:25,011 --> 00:27:26,644
You know Massa Frederick
don't like you around here.
520
00:27:26,646 --> 00:27:28,412
Boy, why don't you
worry more about
521
00:27:28,414 --> 00:27:30,314
they working your Irene
too hard?
522
00:27:30,316 --> 00:27:33,684
Go ahead, ask Massa Murray to
let her rest till the baby come,
523
00:27:33,686 --> 00:27:35,919
since he looking out
for you now like a father.
524
00:27:35,921 --> 00:27:38,055
Or maybe I'll just buy
my Irene free
525
00:27:38,057 --> 00:27:39,857
with all that money you won in England.
Both of you, stop this.
526
00:27:41,227 --> 00:27:43,827
I got to get back inside
to Miss Charlotte.
527
00:27:43,829 --> 00:27:46,230
[ Sighs ]
528
00:27:49,902 --> 00:27:53,904
Every penny I saved
to come home to my family.
529
00:27:53,906 --> 00:27:55,706
Hallelujah!
530
00:27:55,708 --> 00:27:57,241
Like mama's daddy
used to preach.
531
00:27:57,243 --> 00:27:59,076
The old massa sent me
to England.
532
00:27:59,078 --> 00:28:00,377
I ain't got no choice.
533
00:28:00,379 --> 00:28:02,980
I was a slave.
What else could I do?
534
00:28:02,982 --> 00:28:04,748
All I ever heard
was how you wanted
535
00:28:04,750 --> 00:28:06,183
to gamble your way
to be free.
536
00:28:06,185 --> 00:28:08,152
Ain't the truth, daddy.
537
00:28:08,154 --> 00:28:09,420
You liked it.
538
00:28:09,422 --> 00:28:12,289
[ Applause ]
539
00:28:12,291 --> 00:28:15,759
Ain't no right way
to be a slave.
540
00:28:15,761 --> 00:28:19,463
Only thing they ever gonna
understand is this right here.
541
00:28:19,465 --> 00:28:21,298
You old fool!
542
00:28:21,300 --> 00:28:23,000
You keep flashing
that gun around,
543
00:28:23,002 --> 00:28:24,702
and we'll both be hanged
from an oak tree.
544
00:28:31,110 --> 00:28:33,444
[ Indistinct conversations ]
545
00:28:36,449 --> 00:28:38,916
Think I don't want
to take my hammer
546
00:28:38,918 --> 00:28:41,285
and cave in a man's head
who spits at my brothers
547
00:28:41,287 --> 00:28:43,754
or -- or insults mama?
548
00:28:43,756 --> 00:28:46,290
But what happens next?
549
00:28:46,292 --> 00:28:49,727
After they kill me or --
or sell me?
550
00:28:49,729 --> 00:28:51,895
Who watches out
for the family?
551
00:28:51,897 --> 00:28:56,834
But that was never you,
daddy, 'cause you --
552
00:28:56,836 --> 00:28:59,737
you had
to be Chicken George,
553
00:28:59,739 --> 00:29:02,473
livin' the sportin' life.
554
00:29:02,475 --> 00:29:05,175
[ Waltz continues ]
555
00:29:12,785 --> 00:29:14,451
O0 C1 Let me hold your hand.
[ Chuckles ]
556
00:29:14,453 --> 00:29:17,121
You know
who holds hands?
557
00:29:17,123 --> 00:29:20,190
Mandinka warriors
from Africa.
558
00:29:20,192 --> 00:29:23,260
They're the strongest, toughest
boys in this whole world.
559
00:29:23,262 --> 00:29:26,063
You got to teach my baby,
too, daddy.
560
00:29:26,065 --> 00:29:28,031
Don't you worry.
561
00:29:28,033 --> 00:29:30,868
I got lots to teach you
about Kunta Kinte.
562
00:29:30,870 --> 00:29:32,136
[ Horse whinnies ]
563
00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:33,537
As your lawyer,
I'd prefer you
564
00:29:33,539 --> 00:29:36,140
to refrain from shooting
Chicken George.
565
00:29:36,142 --> 00:29:39,543
A trial requires my valuable
time, even played as a farce.
566
00:29:39,545 --> 00:29:42,179
Here's where you say
you have a smarter idea.
567
00:29:42,181 --> 00:29:45,315
[ Chuckles ]
I have a smarter idea.
568
00:29:45,317 --> 00:29:48,018
North Carolina law's
clear.
569
00:29:48,020 --> 00:29:51,321
Now, freedom granted
to any slave shall be
570
00:29:51,323 --> 00:29:53,524
upon the expressed condition
that he leave the state
571
00:29:53,526 --> 00:29:56,426
within 90 days
and never return.
572
00:29:56,428 --> 00:29:58,262
How long has he been
on your farm?
573
00:29:58,264 --> 00:30:00,230
Over two months now.
574
00:30:00,232 --> 00:30:02,966
On the 91st day,
you can seize him and sell him.
575
00:30:02,968 --> 00:30:05,235
Why quibble over days
when you can just take him?
576
00:30:05,237 --> 00:30:07,571
No, no,
keep it by the book.
577
00:30:07,573 --> 00:30:09,473
Old Chicken George
will find out
578
00:30:09,475 --> 00:30:11,575
I'm a bag of nails compared
to my father.
579
00:30:11,577 --> 00:30:13,243
You leaving here tonight.
580
00:30:13,245 --> 00:30:15,112
I'm right where
I should be.
581
00:30:17,416 --> 00:30:19,983
Is this all the bread
you could find?
582
00:30:19,985 --> 00:30:22,452
Frederick and his friends ate through
the pantry like a plague of locusts.
583
00:30:22,454 --> 00:30:24,855
Matilda, hold on. James will
drive you to the Durham road.
584
00:30:24,857 --> 00:30:27,291
And don't go waving these papers
talking about you free.
585
00:30:27,293 --> 00:30:29,927
Might as well throw a stone
at a wasp nest.
586
00:30:29,929 --> 00:30:32,296
Get the small cart ready.
587
00:30:32,298 --> 00:30:33,864
We won't tell your brothers
or your sisters
588
00:30:33,866 --> 00:30:35,132
until your
daddy is far away.
589
00:30:38,070 --> 00:30:40,337
I ain't leaving.
590
00:30:40,339 --> 00:30:42,239
Hey.
591
00:30:42,241 --> 00:30:45,342
Mr. Murray ain't that bad,
and as for Frederick --
592
00:30:45,344 --> 00:30:47,411
And I'm telling you Massa Murray
grows older every day.
593
00:30:47,413 --> 00:30:49,980
Can't control Frederick.
594
00:30:49,982 --> 00:30:51,915
He is
as bad as they come.
595
00:30:51,917 --> 00:30:53,317
He'll make your life
a torment,
596
00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:55,285
then sell you Mississippi way
or kill you.
597
00:30:55,287 --> 00:30:57,087
I ain't scared
of that boy.
598
00:30:59,124 --> 00:31:01,592
I can't leave you again.
599
00:31:01,594 --> 00:31:03,093
And I won't.
600
00:31:03,095 --> 00:31:04,595
No.
601
00:31:11,270 --> 00:31:15,138
I prayed so hard
that you would come back,
602
00:31:15,140 --> 00:31:17,975
and we'd be free
together,
603
00:31:17,977 --> 00:31:21,311
even after Massa Murray
sold the children.
604
00:31:21,313 --> 00:31:24,047
But if we can't be
free together,
605
00:31:24,049 --> 00:31:26,283
at least you'll be free.
606
00:31:26,285 --> 00:31:29,653
I know what
Mama Kizzy would say.
607
00:31:29,655 --> 00:31:34,124
Do what your grandfather
would do.
608
00:31:34,126 --> 00:31:36,994
Keep moving north,
and don't ever look back.
609
00:31:40,132 --> 00:31:42,532
Promise me.
610
00:31:42,534 --> 00:31:45,435
I promise.
611
00:31:47,373 --> 00:31:49,239
For now I'll go.
612
00:31:55,281 --> 00:31:59,616
I don't know how,
613
00:31:59,618 --> 00:32:03,620
and I don't know when,
614
00:32:03,622 --> 00:32:06,390
but I know I will be back
for this.
615
00:32:14,066 --> 00:32:17,634
And next time, I ain't wavin'
no papers to be free.
616
00:32:17,636 --> 00:32:22,072
Ain't asking no permission
from nobody.
617
00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:26,376
Next time, my Mornin' Dove,
I'm coming to take you.
618
00:32:26,378 --> 00:32:30,180
♪♪
619
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,087
[ Door creaks ]
620
00:32:37,089 --> 00:32:40,691
♪♪
621
00:32:57,209 --> 00:32:59,009
Take it, son.
622
00:33:08,020 --> 00:33:10,320
I'll make sure
he does, daddy.
623
00:33:15,260 --> 00:33:17,027
[ Smacks lips ]
Hyah.
624
00:33:17,029 --> 00:33:18,528
[ Horse neighs ]
625
00:33:18,530 --> 00:33:22,332
♪♪
626
00:33:28,007 --> 00:33:30,741
Irene: Maria wants her daddy
'fore he goes to work.
627
00:33:30,743 --> 00:33:32,776
Oh, my hands are rough
as tree bark.
628
00:33:32,778 --> 00:33:34,578
Talk to her.
629
00:33:34,580 --> 00:33:36,013
Tell her
'bout Kunta Kinte.
630
00:33:36,015 --> 00:33:37,581
[ Sighs ]
631
00:33:37,583 --> 00:33:39,683
Where'd you hear
that name?
632
00:33:39,685 --> 00:33:43,687
Chicken George said Kunta Kinte
made these for Mama Kizzy.
633
00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:46,056
Your granddaddy
from Africa.
634
00:33:46,058 --> 00:33:48,792
The one they stole
on a ship,
635
00:33:48,794 --> 00:33:50,494
then cut his foot off
so he wouldn't run off.
636
00:33:50,496 --> 00:33:52,162
Ain't got no time
for stories now, Irene. Come on.
637
00:33:52,164 --> 00:33:54,064
Chicken George
said the Africans
638
00:33:54,066 --> 00:33:55,766
say special words
for a new baby.
639
00:33:55,768 --> 00:33:58,602
Say stories
bigger than Bible stories.
640
00:33:58,604 --> 00:34:01,438
Irene, when my --
my daddy gets to talking,
641
00:34:01,440 --> 00:34:04,508
telling stories,
it's best stop listening now.
642
00:34:04,510 --> 00:34:07,711
So, here.
Here.
643
00:34:07,713 --> 00:34:09,312
Right here, sir. Got these
special England papers.
644
00:34:09,314 --> 00:34:11,581
Man: All right, I got room
for two niggers up on top.
645
00:34:11,583 --> 00:34:13,316
-I got money.
-Show me money and papers.
646
00:34:13,318 --> 00:34:14,684
The rest can turn around.
647
00:34:14,686 --> 00:34:16,319
-Right here.
-Hey, hey, hey, say, boss.
648
00:34:16,321 --> 00:34:17,821
Say, boss.
We free men.
649
00:34:17,823 --> 00:34:19,456
We ought to be riding
inside this cab.
650
00:34:19,458 --> 00:34:21,458
No niggers inside.
651
00:34:21,460 --> 00:34:23,727
Easy, now, son,
or ain't none of us gettin' on.
652
00:34:23,729 --> 00:34:26,763
There's a war startin', old man,
sooner than later.
653
00:34:26,765 --> 00:34:29,599
I need to put some miles
between me and here.
654
00:34:29,601 --> 00:34:31,401
You know there ain't gonna
be no safe place
655
00:34:31,403 --> 00:34:32,803
once these crackers
start shootin'.
656
00:34:32,805 --> 00:34:34,304
Hey, watch --
watch out, watch out.
657
00:34:34,306 --> 00:34:37,074
Hey, hey, hey,
here, here, here.
658
00:34:37,076 --> 00:34:38,575
What the hell is this,
boy?
659
00:34:38,577 --> 00:34:40,143
That says I'm supposed to be
inside that carriage.
660
00:34:40,145 --> 00:34:42,345
[ Chuckles ] It's just
a slip of old newsprint.
661
00:34:42,347 --> 00:34:44,614
-[ Grumbles ]
-You. You, up top.
662
00:34:44,616 --> 00:34:47,384
-We could ride on the back.
-That's it. No more room.
663
00:34:47,386 --> 00:34:49,619
The rest of you have
to wait for the next one.
664
00:34:49,621 --> 00:34:52,222
Well, you handled that
real good, didn't you, son?
665
00:34:52,224 --> 00:34:54,758
Well,
joke's on that cracker.
666
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:56,560
I can't read a word.
667
00:34:56,562 --> 00:34:58,128
[ Laughs ]
[ Whip cracks ]
668
00:34:58,130 --> 00:34:59,496
Get on it.
Come on.
669
00:34:59,498 --> 00:35:01,231
[ Horse whinnies ]
670
00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:02,599
Ah, Cyrus.
671
00:35:02,601 --> 00:35:04,167
Owned
by the Brickle farm.
672
00:35:04,169 --> 00:35:05,602
Virginia.
673
00:35:05,604 --> 00:35:07,537
Caught me runnin' off
into Pennsylvania,
674
00:35:07,539 --> 00:35:08,872
sent me down
to Tennessee.
675
00:35:08,874 --> 00:35:11,108
I run off twice more.
676
00:35:11,110 --> 00:35:13,276
George.
Chicken George.
677
00:35:13,278 --> 00:35:15,145
Free man for true.
678
00:35:15,147 --> 00:35:17,314
It don't seem
to be helpin' me much.
679
00:35:17,316 --> 00:35:19,683
Hmm, well, I tell you what,
Chicken George,
680
00:35:19,685 --> 00:35:21,451
let's say
we start walkin' 'fore
681
00:35:21,453 --> 00:35:23,653
some Johnny Reb try
and put us back in chains.
682
00:35:23,655 --> 00:35:26,423
They say a nigger make his way
up to a Union fort,
683
00:35:26,425 --> 00:35:28,792
he can get a gun and fight.
684
00:35:28,794 --> 00:35:32,362
So, uh, what you waitin' on,
Chicken George?
685
00:35:32,364 --> 00:35:34,231
[ Chuckles ]
686
00:35:34,233 --> 00:35:38,135
♪♪
687
00:35:48,514 --> 00:35:50,680
O0 C1 If you're moving in with us once
we're married, why fuss with this?
688
00:35:50,682 --> 00:35:52,616
Ostentatious,
don't you think, darling?
689
00:35:52,618 --> 00:35:55,152
I think I agree
with whatever you say.
690
00:35:56,922 --> 00:35:59,556
Too ordinary.
691
00:35:59,558 --> 00:36:01,658
I can forge anything you want,
Miss Nancy.
692
00:36:01,660 --> 00:36:03,793
Uh, I got all kinds
in my wagon.
693
00:36:03,795 --> 00:36:06,363
Would you like to come choose
with me, Frederick?
694
00:36:06,365 --> 00:36:09,199
I defer to your
superior judgment.
695
00:36:09,201 --> 00:36:10,567
That the right answer?
696
00:36:10,569 --> 00:36:12,402
Always.
697
00:36:14,907 --> 00:36:17,340
Signal me
if Frederick comes.
698
00:36:20,812 --> 00:36:23,180
I thought
he couldn't hear anything.
699
00:36:23,182 --> 00:36:24,814
Jerusalem is
deaf and mute,
700
00:36:24,816 --> 00:36:27,184
but if you face him,
he can read lips.
701
00:36:30,455 --> 00:36:34,191
South Carolina is calling a
convention to vote on secession.
702
00:36:34,193 --> 00:36:36,259
Once they leave the Union,
states like North Carolina
703
00:36:36,261 --> 00:36:38,562
are just gonna fall in line
like trees in a hurricane.
704
00:36:38,564 --> 00:36:41,331
Don't know nothing about that, ma'am.
Yes, you do. You read the newspapers.
705
00:36:41,333 --> 00:36:43,767
Matilda sneaks them from the kindling.
I've seen her.
706
00:36:43,769 --> 00:36:45,802
Most of your family reads.
That is a marvel.
707
00:36:45,804 --> 00:36:47,637
Ma'am, don't say
nothin' more, ma'am.
708
00:36:47,639 --> 00:36:49,239
Tom.
709
00:36:49,241 --> 00:36:51,508
I'm a spy for the North.
710
00:36:51,510 --> 00:36:55,946
I'm here to gather information
for Mr. Pinkerton in Washington.
711
00:36:55,948 --> 00:36:57,681
Intelligence, he calls it.
712
00:37:01,353 --> 00:37:04,454
Mr. Murray is aware
of the Confederacy's
713
00:37:04,456 --> 00:37:07,691
plans for weapons
and explosives.
714
00:37:07,693 --> 00:37:10,894
You have a road pass,
and he trusts you, Tom.
715
00:37:10,896 --> 00:37:12,696
Will you help me?
716
00:37:12,698 --> 00:37:15,865
Nobody gonna hurt
a fancy lady like you.
717
00:37:15,867 --> 00:37:18,335
We slaves.
718
00:37:18,337 --> 00:37:20,003
They'll cut us down
like wheat
719
00:37:20,005 --> 00:37:21,671
in a field
and won't think twice.
720
00:37:21,673 --> 00:37:23,940
I-I can't.
I won't.
721
00:37:23,942 --> 00:37:25,775
[ Jerusalem clears throat ]
722
00:37:28,814 --> 00:37:31,014
What's taking so long?
723
00:37:31,016 --> 00:37:33,783
This nigger trying
to get money out of you?
724
00:37:33,785 --> 00:37:35,819
They're like children,
always begging for more.
725
00:37:35,821 --> 00:37:37,420
No, darling.
726
00:37:37,422 --> 00:37:38,989
But you know us women.
727
00:37:38,991 --> 00:37:40,590
Beautiful things dazzle us.
728
00:37:40,592 --> 00:37:43,760
I just need time
to decide.
729
00:37:46,331 --> 00:37:49,699
Man: Company, attention.
730
00:37:49,701 --> 00:37:53,470
♪♪
731
00:38:01,446 --> 00:38:03,780
[ Indistinct conversations ]
732
00:38:08,320 --> 00:38:12,389
There.
Much better.
733
00:38:12,391 --> 00:38:14,424
A Major has
to impress his men.
734
00:38:14,426 --> 00:38:16,559
As long as I impress you.
735
00:38:20,532 --> 00:38:22,332
Let's be careful, daddy.
736
00:38:22,334 --> 00:38:24,801
Gentlemen, uh, this boy Tom's
the king of hooves.
737
00:38:24,803 --> 00:38:27,937
He knows more about a horse's
feet than the horse himself.
738
00:38:27,939 --> 00:38:32,042
I expect you
to look after every shoe
739
00:38:32,044 --> 00:38:34,577
on every horse
in our company every night.
740
00:38:34,579 --> 00:38:36,413
Yes, sir -- uh, Major.
741
00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:39,683
Good shoes make good horses,
and good horses win wars.
742
00:38:39,685 --> 00:38:41,851
Who's really in command
of this company, Frederick?
743
00:38:41,853 --> 00:38:44,754
I report
to one commander, boys.
744
00:38:44,756 --> 00:38:45,922
[ Chuckles ]
745
00:38:47,693 --> 00:38:50,827
Now, let's get this company
ready for battle.
746
00:38:50,829 --> 00:38:54,631
♪♪
747
00:38:56,601 --> 00:38:59,002
[ Gunfire ]
748
00:39:06,611 --> 00:39:09,779
You reckon, uh, them Johnny Rebs
gave up huntin' us?
749
00:39:09,781 --> 00:39:11,715
Sure, Chicken George.
750
00:39:11,717 --> 00:39:14,117
I reckon they changed
their mind all about
751
00:39:14,119 --> 00:39:16,453
niggers going to fight
for Abe Lincoln.
752
00:39:16,455 --> 00:39:17,654
[ Chuckles ]
753
00:39:19,624 --> 00:39:22,592
You reckon you're too old
for this, Chicken George?
754
00:39:22,594 --> 00:39:24,027
[ Panting ]
755
00:39:24,029 --> 00:39:25,895
What's new, boy?
756
00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:29,866
Man gave me this.
757
00:39:31,870 --> 00:39:33,570
You ain't got to unfold it.
Just give it here.
758
00:39:33,572 --> 00:39:35,638
I ain't much good
with words.
759
00:39:35,640 --> 00:39:38,808
Well, you know, I got a notion
to read, but [chuckles]
760
00:39:38,810 --> 00:39:41,478
"Memphis Battery D,
761
00:39:41,480 --> 00:39:44,614
2nd United States
Light Artillery
762
00:39:44,616 --> 00:39:47,384
seeks volunteers
of African descent."
763
00:39:47,386 --> 00:39:48,818
Oh, that's us.
764
00:39:48,820 --> 00:39:50,820
"Pay -- $13 a month."
765
00:39:50,822 --> 00:39:52,489
$13 a month?
766
00:39:52,491 --> 00:39:55,425
I'll fight two wars
for $13 a month.
767
00:39:55,427 --> 00:39:58,428
Man said there was a recruiting
office on Knoxville Turnpike.
768
00:39:58,430 --> 00:39:59,662
[ Twigs crack ]
Shh, shh.
769
00:40:01,533 --> 00:40:03,767
Ohh!
Go!
770
00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:06,536
[ Gunfire, bullets ricocheting ]
Run, run!
771
00:40:06,538 --> 00:40:08,872
[ Indistinct shouting ]
772
00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:16,579
Go, George.
773
00:40:16,581 --> 00:40:18,882
[ Gunfire, bullets ricocheting ]
774
00:40:29,661 --> 00:40:32,028
[ Horse whinnies ]
775
00:40:32,030 --> 00:40:34,497
How?
-Move!
776
00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:38,668
Man:
Come back here, boy!
777
00:40:42,574 --> 00:40:44,174
[ Groans ]
778
00:40:44,176 --> 00:40:46,209
[ Horse whinnies ]
779
00:40:53,618 --> 00:40:55,018
Whew.
780
00:40:55,020 --> 00:40:57,587
[ Panting ]
781
00:40:59,057 --> 00:41:02,125
You going
the wrong way, George.
782
00:41:02,127 --> 00:41:04,060
Chicken George,
you going the wrong way.
783
00:41:04,062 --> 00:41:05,528
What are you doing?
784
00:41:05,530 --> 00:41:07,163
You ride much, Cyrus?
785
00:41:07,165 --> 00:41:09,866
Don't trust these tough buggers
one bit myself.
786
00:41:09,868 --> 00:41:11,634
But let's go.
Come on.
787
00:41:11,636 --> 00:41:13,169
Come on.
-Let's find us Memphis Battery.
788
00:41:13,171 --> 00:41:16,072
[ Clicks tongue ]
789
00:41:16,074 --> 00:41:18,608
[ Crickets chirping ]
790
00:41:26,518 --> 00:41:32,121
Man:
Shut up and keep still!
791
00:41:32,123 --> 00:41:34,491
-[ Crying ]
-Shut up!
792
00:41:34,493 --> 00:41:36,259
Woman: Please, no!
793
00:41:36,261 --> 00:41:37,861
No! No!
794
00:41:37,863 --> 00:41:39,929
Get out of here.
Now, Tom...
795
00:41:39,931 --> 00:41:42,532
-Shut up, I said!
-Tom...
796
00:41:42,534 --> 00:41:44,501
-Come on, now.
-Help!
797
00:41:44,503 --> 00:41:45,768
Who that is?
798
00:41:45,770 --> 00:41:47,070
-Irene!
-No!
799
00:41:47,072 --> 00:41:49,639
-That's my wife. Get off me.
-No!
800
00:41:49,641 --> 00:41:50,840
Come on, now. Break his
wrists if you have to!
801
00:41:50,842 --> 00:41:53,243
-No, please!
-Hold him down!
802
00:41:53,245 --> 00:41:55,278
[ Screaming ]
803
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:56,946
I'm not gonna hurt her
unless you make me.
804
00:41:56,948 --> 00:41:58,248
-Irene!
-Tom!
805
00:41:58,250 --> 00:41:59,949
You gonna wait there
and let me
806
00:41:59,951 --> 00:42:02,185
and my boys
get through with it.
807
00:42:02,187 --> 00:42:05,188
[ Screaming ]
808
00:42:05,190 --> 00:42:07,724
[ Tom whimpering ]
809
00:42:07,726 --> 00:42:09,092
Tom.
810
00:42:11,897 --> 00:42:14,264
[ Gun clicking ]
811
00:42:20,739 --> 00:42:22,238
Just tell me
what you want me to do.
812
00:42:26,177 --> 00:42:29,045
Confederate officer,
Major John Marrett,
813
00:42:29,047 --> 00:42:31,281
has arrived here
on his way to Augusta.
814
00:42:31,283 --> 00:42:33,216
The South's rushing
to build a new arsenal,
815
00:42:33,218 --> 00:42:35,919
and it must be stopped.
816
00:42:35,921 --> 00:42:37,854
Nigger doing his job,
ma'am?
817
00:42:37,856 --> 00:42:39,088
Fine, thanks.
818
00:42:39,090 --> 00:42:41,257
Well, hurry it up,
boy.
819
00:42:47,766 --> 00:42:51,234
The dispatchers he carries have
the designs and supply routes.
820
00:42:51,236 --> 00:42:54,170
What do I do?
821
00:42:54,172 --> 00:42:56,773
Help us kill him
on his way south.
822
00:42:56,775 --> 00:42:59,008
then we'll take
the plans north.
823
00:42:59,010 --> 00:43:00,743
You're talking.
You're a fake?
824
00:43:00,745 --> 00:43:02,845
Don't get all boiled
into a jelly.
825
00:43:02,847 --> 00:43:04,747
Charles Montpelier.
826
00:43:04,749 --> 00:43:06,716
Mr. Pinkerton asked Charles
827
00:43:06,718 --> 00:43:09,819
to cross into slave territory
to guide me.
828
00:43:09,821 --> 00:43:11,654
He's putting his life
at risk.
829
00:43:11,656 --> 00:43:13,923
Kill that Major -- my whole
family be at risk, too.
830
00:43:13,925 --> 00:43:15,091
Only ain't their choice.
831
00:43:15,093 --> 00:43:17,694
I have a family, too, Tom.
832
00:43:17,696 --> 00:43:19,162
Wife, four children.
833
00:43:19,164 --> 00:43:21,197
I miss them every day.
834
00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:25,268
But the truth is I couldn't live
in safety any longer,
835
00:43:25,270 --> 00:43:28,905
not knowing how
my people suffered as slaves.
836
00:43:28,907 --> 00:43:31,708
How do we stop
three riders, Tom?
837
00:43:31,710 --> 00:43:33,876
Frederick and his troops
will be gone,
838
00:43:33,878 --> 00:43:37,080
and Marrett only has
an escort of two men.
839
00:43:37,082 --> 00:43:39,115
Massa Murray built
hand charges
840
00:43:39,117 --> 00:43:41,217
he copied
from a Northern grenade.
841
00:43:41,219 --> 00:43:43,152
Toss 'em like a rock.
842
00:43:43,154 --> 00:43:45,888
Stop 'em for sure.
843
00:43:45,890 --> 00:43:47,890
Can you get them?
844
00:43:47,892 --> 00:43:49,325
He stores them away
from the house.
845
00:43:49,327 --> 00:43:50,860
All right.
846
00:43:50,862 --> 00:43:52,862
Once we have
the intelligence,
847
00:43:52,864 --> 00:43:54,397
Nancy will head
for Philadelphia,
848
00:43:54,399 --> 00:43:57,400
and I'm
for the Union lines.
849
00:43:57,402 --> 00:44:00,637
They'll blame us,
not you.
850
00:44:00,639 --> 00:44:03,006
Well,
not if they catch me.
851
00:44:17,722 --> 00:44:19,322
O0 C1
Tom, what you doing?
852
00:44:19,324 --> 00:44:21,257
Oh, shh.
853
00:44:23,294 --> 00:44:25,128
Go back to sleep now.
854
00:44:25,130 --> 00:44:26,996
Why are you up so early?
855
00:44:26,998 --> 00:44:29,932
Irene, the way to help me --
don't ask me anything.
856
00:44:37,876 --> 00:44:40,843
Chicken George
used to say his mama
857
00:44:40,845 --> 00:44:43,179
used to talk to Kunta Kinte
all the time.
858
00:44:43,181 --> 00:44:47,316
Said the African used to come
to her when she was scared.
859
00:44:47,318 --> 00:44:52,422
Don't know if it's for true,
but maybe ain't no difference.
860
00:44:52,424 --> 00:44:55,892
It's the askin' him to help us
makes the difference.
861
00:44:55,894 --> 00:44:59,696
♪♪
862
00:45:07,072 --> 00:45:09,238
Jerusalem: Throw the grenade
and try to kill all of them,
863
00:45:09,240 --> 00:45:11,174
then we can take
the plans off the Major's body.
864
00:45:11,176 --> 00:45:14,077
After that,
you double back to the farm.
865
00:45:14,079 --> 00:45:16,345
Frederick
and the Rangers are away,
866
00:45:16,347 --> 00:45:19,382
so nobody's
gonna miss you.
867
00:45:19,384 --> 00:45:22,118
Hey.
868
00:45:22,120 --> 00:45:24,153
Kneel with me, Tom.
869
00:45:24,155 --> 00:45:26,289
Come on.
870
00:45:26,291 --> 00:45:30,326
[ Sighs ]
871
00:45:30,328 --> 00:45:34,030
When it comes to standing up
for a cause, help me, Lord,
872
00:45:34,032 --> 00:45:38,000
that I remain a candle
in the storm,
873
00:45:38,002 --> 00:45:45,108
and let no evil smother my low,
but powerful, glow.
874
00:45:45,110 --> 00:45:46,409
Amen.
875
00:45:46,411 --> 00:45:47,844
All right.
876
00:45:47,846 --> 00:45:49,412
Go on.
Go on.
877
00:45:52,283 --> 00:45:54,050
[ Sighs ]
878
00:45:54,052 --> 00:45:57,854
♪♪
879
00:46:06,798 --> 00:46:08,831
[ Sighs ]
880
00:46:08,833 --> 00:46:13,069
♪♪
881
00:46:13,071 --> 00:46:15,471
[ Horse whinnies ]
882
00:46:18,777 --> 00:46:21,077
Frederick: They sent me back
with new dispatches
883
00:46:21,079 --> 00:46:22,779
for Major Marrett.
884
00:46:22,781 --> 00:46:24,280
Well, you just missed him,
Frederick.
885
00:46:24,282 --> 00:46:27,183
He's already left
for Augusta.
886
00:46:27,185 --> 00:46:31,254
Well, tell Tilda to fry me up
a dozen eggs.
887
00:46:31,256 --> 00:46:32,955
I'll be back
'fore they're cold.
888
00:46:32,957 --> 00:46:34,390
We'll catch up to him.
889
00:46:34,392 --> 00:46:36,459
Be safe.
890
00:46:40,498 --> 00:46:43,132
[ Horse panting ]
891
00:46:48,873 --> 00:46:50,506
[ Horse whinnies ]
892
00:46:53,912 --> 00:46:55,211
[ Gun cocks ]
893
00:47:11,563 --> 00:47:14,163
[ Horses neighing ]
894
00:47:28,046 --> 00:47:29,445
[ Grunts ]
895
00:47:29,447 --> 00:47:31,380
[ Coughs ]
896
00:47:38,289 --> 00:47:40,189
Come on, come on.
897
00:47:42,260 --> 00:47:44,193
[ Grunts ]
898
00:47:47,332 --> 00:47:49,532
Go. Go.
899
00:47:49,534 --> 00:47:52,235
[ Horse snorts ]
900
00:47:52,237 --> 00:47:54,237
Frederick:
It can't be much further.
901
00:47:54,239 --> 00:47:56,172
It was over here.
This way. Come on.
902
00:47:56,174 --> 00:47:59,976
♪♪
903
00:48:05,149 --> 00:48:07,283
Whoa.
904
00:48:10,588 --> 00:48:12,421
[ Branch snaps ]
Whoa.
905
00:48:31,075 --> 00:48:33,476
[ Panting ]
906
00:48:42,253 --> 00:48:46,923
We caught one of the assassins,
but there were two.
907
00:48:46,925 --> 00:48:49,358
The other escaped
in the forest.
908
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,228
I'm sure you'll find
the other criminal.
909
00:48:52,230 --> 00:48:55,097
Yes, we will.
910
00:48:55,099 --> 00:48:58,401
I'm just thankful
that you weren't hurt.
911
00:48:58,403 --> 00:49:00,536
So am I, my love.
912
00:49:00,538 --> 00:49:02,305
You're always
so thoughtful
913
00:49:02,307 --> 00:49:04,941
and concerned
for me and my family.
914
00:49:04,943 --> 00:49:06,175
[ Gasps ]
915
00:49:08,479 --> 00:49:10,646
Oh, did I --
916
00:49:10,648 --> 00:49:14,183
did I mention that you know
the one we caught?
917
00:49:14,185 --> 00:49:17,620
How could
that be possible?
918
00:49:17,622 --> 00:49:20,957
Jerusalem.
919
00:49:20,959 --> 00:49:22,425
Get up.
920
00:49:22,427 --> 00:49:23,993
[ Grunting ]
921
00:49:23,995 --> 00:49:26,195
Get up.
922
00:49:26,197 --> 00:49:28,664
Did you know he speaks?
923
00:49:28,666 --> 00:49:31,534
Of course, with a little bit
of prompting,
924
00:49:31,536 --> 00:49:34,270
perhaps you'll have
more success
925
00:49:34,272 --> 00:49:37,039
encouraging him
to reveal his secrets.
926
00:49:37,041 --> 00:49:41,010
[ Gasping ]
927
00:49:41,012 --> 00:49:42,645
This is unseemly.
I'm going back to the house.
928
00:49:42,647 --> 00:49:44,480
Darling!
929
00:49:44,482 --> 00:49:47,216
Ask your nigger who is he,
930
00:49:47,218 --> 00:49:50,252
besides a spy
and a murderer?
931
00:49:52,223 --> 00:49:54,557
Why was he working
for you?
932
00:49:54,559 --> 00:49:57,460
And ask him the names
of all of his conspirators,
933
00:49:57,462 --> 00:49:59,161
everyone who intrigued
with him?
934
00:49:59,163 --> 00:50:01,664
Do this,
and I will spare his life.
935
00:50:03,735 --> 00:50:05,401
Of course...
936
00:50:05,403 --> 00:50:08,504
we already know
you were involved.
937
00:50:08,506 --> 00:50:11,007
Do you?
938
00:50:11,009 --> 00:50:14,310
We searched your house,
939
00:50:14,312 --> 00:50:17,413
found your letters
to Mr. Pinkerton,
940
00:50:17,415 --> 00:50:21,684
notes on our troop
movements.
941
00:50:21,686 --> 00:50:23,386
String him up, boys.
942
00:50:23,388 --> 00:50:24,754
[ Grunting ]
943
00:50:24,756 --> 00:50:26,555
Wait!
944
00:50:26,557 --> 00:50:28,290
Wait, wait.
945
00:50:28,292 --> 00:50:31,627
If I tell you what you want,
will you spare him?
946
00:50:35,266 --> 00:50:38,734
What choice do you have
but to try me?
947
00:50:38,736 --> 00:50:41,303
[ Grunting, panting ]
948
00:50:44,375 --> 00:50:46,809
His name's
Charles Montpelier.
949
00:50:46,811 --> 00:50:48,811
He's a minister,
an editor,
950
00:50:48,813 --> 00:50:52,581
a teacher
from Philadelphia...
951
00:50:52,583 --> 00:50:54,817
and a dear friend.
952
00:50:54,819 --> 00:50:57,086
[ Scoffs ]
953
00:50:59,757 --> 00:51:01,757
[ Gasps ]
954
00:51:01,759 --> 00:51:04,593
Why would you
do this to me?
955
00:51:04,595 --> 00:51:08,798
I believe men and women
can't be owned like cattle.
956
00:51:08,800 --> 00:51:11,567
I believe slavery
is evil.
957
00:51:11,569 --> 00:51:14,470
You pray in a church
to a loving God,
958
00:51:14,472 --> 00:51:16,138
but you defend this sin
959
00:51:16,140 --> 00:51:18,707
against men and women
created in His image?
960
00:51:18,709 --> 00:51:20,676
This is a chance
to save your soul.
961
00:51:20,678 --> 00:51:22,478
-[ Groans ]
-Frederick!
962
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:23,846
Frederick!
963
00:51:23,848 --> 00:51:25,748
Frederick, listen to me!
Listen to me.
964
00:51:25,750 --> 00:51:28,651
You send Nancy --
you send her to Richmond
965
00:51:28,653 --> 00:51:30,386
and let the authorities
handle this matter.
966
00:51:30,388 --> 00:51:32,521
The war has confused
many honorable people, son.
967
00:51:32,523 --> 00:51:34,323
Daddy, she is
a liar and a traitor.
968
00:51:34,325 --> 00:51:36,192
Take him.
Take him away.
969
00:51:36,194 --> 00:51:38,594
-Unhand me.
-Get up, get up.
970
00:51:38,596 --> 00:51:40,629
Listen to me, Frederick.
971
00:51:40,631 --> 00:51:42,298
You do not
disobey me, son.
972
00:51:42,300 --> 00:51:44,200
Enough, Daddy.
973
00:51:44,202 --> 00:51:46,669
You give me one name --
974
00:51:46,671 --> 00:51:49,705
just one,
and I'll send you to Richmond.
975
00:51:49,707 --> 00:51:51,774
Who else was involved?
976
00:51:56,447 --> 00:51:58,681
The intrigue was my own.
977
00:51:58,683 --> 00:52:01,117
There's no one else.
978
00:52:01,119 --> 00:52:03,219
[ Scoffs ]
979
00:52:05,456 --> 00:52:07,456
Ride!
980
00:52:07,458 --> 00:52:09,592
Ride!
981
00:52:09,594 --> 00:52:10,826
[ Gagging ]
982
00:52:10,828 --> 00:52:13,496
No, higher.
No, higher.
983
00:52:13,498 --> 00:52:15,331
Let this boy
take his time.
984
00:52:15,333 --> 00:52:17,733
[ Gagging ]
985
00:52:27,545 --> 00:52:30,846
You -- you love
this nigger more than me!
986
00:52:30,848 --> 00:52:33,315
Frederick, you stop this!
You stop this!
987
00:52:33,317 --> 00:52:34,617
-Get off me!
-Let her go! Toomey, grab him.
988
00:52:34,619 --> 00:52:36,152
-Let her go!
-Frederick.
989
00:52:36,154 --> 00:52:37,586
Clingman, give me my rope.
990
00:52:37,588 --> 00:52:38,888
Listen to your father,
Frederick.
991
00:52:38,890 --> 00:52:40,456
Ballard.
992
00:52:40,458 --> 00:52:42,258
Anderson,
give me another rope.
993
00:52:42,260 --> 00:52:43,526
That is a direct order.
994
00:52:43,528 --> 00:52:45,661
No, Frederick,
I forbid this!
995
00:52:45,663 --> 00:52:47,263
Not on my farm!
996
00:52:47,265 --> 00:52:48,564
Not on my farm!
997
00:52:48,566 --> 00:52:50,199
Don't you do this,
Frederick!
998
00:52:50,201 --> 00:52:51,834
Don't you do this!
999
00:52:51,836 --> 00:52:55,638
♪♪
1000
00:53:22,633 --> 00:53:24,667
O[ Fife and drum march plays ]
1001
00:53:24,669 --> 00:53:26,702
Man: Keep moving.
1002
00:53:26,704 --> 00:53:29,238
Pick it up in the back.
1003
00:53:31,475 --> 00:53:33,742
Can't hardly feel my feet.
1004
00:53:33,744 --> 00:53:35,945
Think the Major ever
gonna give his horse a rest?
1005
00:53:35,947 --> 00:53:39,415
Not unless it
stands up and beg.
1006
00:53:39,417 --> 00:53:42,318
Captain said Fort Pillow's
on real high ground.
1007
00:53:42,320 --> 00:53:44,253
Hard to get at.
1008
00:53:44,255 --> 00:53:45,854
Should be plenty safe.
-Mm-hmm.
1009
00:53:45,856 --> 00:53:47,756
Don't you be no fool, boy.
1010
00:53:47,758 --> 00:53:50,292
Not one of us safe.
1011
00:53:50,294 --> 00:53:53,662
No, not from that nigger-hating
Reb Nathan Forrest.
1012
00:53:53,664 --> 00:53:55,464
Heard his head turns full round
1013
00:53:55,466 --> 00:53:57,700
when he sees a nigger
in a blue uniform.
1014
00:53:57,702 --> 00:53:59,868
And they say
this war about over.
1015
00:53:59,870 --> 00:54:02,004
That's for true. The South's
just about broken in two.
1016
00:54:02,006 --> 00:54:05,274
Keep moving.
Keep moving, men.
1017
00:54:05,276 --> 00:54:07,643
Boy, don't you do nothing foolish now.
Man: Stay together.
1018
00:54:07,645 --> 00:54:09,878
Sometimes you got to keep what's
in your head quiet, right?
1019
00:54:09,880 --> 00:54:12,281
Yeah, uh-huh.
Don't you worry.
1020
00:54:12,283 --> 00:54:14,683
I ain't gonna do nothing --
nothing foolish at all.
1021
00:54:14,685 --> 00:54:16,619
Whoa.
1022
00:54:16,621 --> 00:54:18,420
Hey, say, when we
gonna get our sidearms
1023
00:54:18,422 --> 00:54:19,822
and rifles
so we can fight, Major?
1024
00:54:19,824 --> 00:54:21,924
You have a job, boy,
at your battery.
1025
00:54:21,926 --> 00:54:23,659
Keep those cannons
barking.
1026
00:54:23,661 --> 00:54:25,427
Do that
and make me proud.
1027
00:54:25,429 --> 00:54:27,963
Make you proud.
Get me killed by a Reb.
1028
00:54:27,965 --> 00:54:29,832
I decide myself I want
to get shot.
1029
00:54:29,834 --> 00:54:31,800
You give me a rifle, and I fight
for my own damn freedom.
1030
00:54:31,802 --> 00:54:33,469
[ Chuckling ] All right, Private.
Hyah!
1031
00:54:33,471 --> 00:54:35,471
Don't mean nothing by it, sir.
Just too much sun.
1032
00:54:35,473 --> 00:54:37,873
Makes him loopy.
1033
00:54:37,875 --> 00:54:40,609
Boy, you ever keep your goddamn mouth shut?
[ Chuckles ]
1034
00:54:40,611 --> 00:54:43,545
I'm just tryin' to help these
white boys win this war is all.
1035
00:54:43,547 --> 00:54:44,947
[ Laughs ]
-Get your ass back in line.
1036
00:54:44,949 --> 00:54:47,650
Ahh.
1037
00:54:47,652 --> 00:54:51,453
♪♪
1038
00:54:53,658 --> 00:54:56,025
[ Gunfire, indistinct shouting ]
1039
00:54:56,027 --> 00:54:58,761
Battery, fire!
1040
00:55:09,440 --> 00:55:11,974
Double canister.
Load, load!
1041
00:55:16,681 --> 00:55:19,548
[ Soldiers shouting ]
1042
00:55:19,550 --> 00:55:20,916
Come on!
1043
00:55:26,791 --> 00:55:28,424
Advance the round!
1044
00:55:32,363 --> 00:55:34,330
Move that punch.
Them Rebs ain't waiting on you!
1045
00:55:34,332 --> 00:55:35,497
Can't hold them off!
1046
00:55:37,835 --> 00:55:39,735
Battery!
1047
00:55:43,441 --> 00:55:45,074
Can't get an angle
on these sons of bitches.
1048
00:55:45,076 --> 00:55:48,477
It won't go down.
-We got to move this gun down!
1049
00:55:50,681 --> 00:55:52,815
That's two degrees!
We got to do better!
1050
00:55:52,817 --> 00:55:56,018
Ready! Fire!
1051
00:55:56,020 --> 00:55:58,420
Man: The cannons
are overshooting!
1052
00:55:58,422 --> 00:56:00,422
Advance!
Go!
1053
00:56:04,695 --> 00:56:06,729
It's not gonna happen!
Get down!
1054
00:56:06,731 --> 00:56:08,097
Get down, boys!
Come on!
1055
00:56:11,869 --> 00:56:13,869
Get in here!
Come on!
1056
00:56:13,871 --> 00:56:15,537
How'd I end up here?
1057
00:56:15,539 --> 00:56:17,072
Man said if I joined
the Union boys,
1058
00:56:17,074 --> 00:56:18,941
they'd take me
back up North with them.
1059
00:56:18,943 --> 00:56:20,909
When we leave here,
you gonna be just fine.
1060
00:56:20,911 --> 00:56:22,745
Go wherever you want.
1061
00:56:22,747 --> 00:56:24,480
You leave here, you gonna be a
free man. You hear me?
1062
00:56:24,482 --> 00:56:26,415
Man: I'm gonna blow
your brains out, boy!
1063
00:56:26,417 --> 00:56:28,784
Chain you to my mule, nigger!
1064
00:56:28,786 --> 00:56:30,619
Nathan Forrest
don't take nigger prisoners!
1065
00:56:30,621 --> 00:56:31,920
Hear that?
1066
00:56:31,922 --> 00:56:33,956
That ain't good news.
1067
00:56:33,958 --> 00:56:35,991
Why aren't you
manning your battery?
1068
00:56:35,993 --> 00:56:38,026
No good, sir!
Barrel won't suppress enough.
1069
00:56:38,028 --> 00:56:39,595
We shooting
straight over their heads!
1070
00:56:39,597 --> 00:56:41,563
Major Booth gonna
surrender the fort, sir?
1071
00:56:41,565 --> 00:56:43,132
Major Booth's dead,
but I'm sure Major Bradford
1072
00:56:43,134 --> 00:56:45,000
will make
the honorable choice.
1073
00:56:45,002 --> 00:56:46,635
The honorable choice would have
been to give us rifles.
1074
00:56:46,637 --> 00:56:48,170
We could have ran
them Rebs back over that hill.
1075
00:56:54,678 --> 00:56:57,579
Move! Move! Move!
We're not safe here!
1076
00:56:57,581 --> 00:57:00,549
Don't stop! Go.
-Get that side arm, George.
1077
00:57:00,551 --> 00:57:02,885
[ Bullets ricocheting ]
1078
00:57:06,657 --> 00:57:09,057
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1079
00:57:09,059 --> 00:57:11,960
Get down, get down.
1080
00:57:21,806 --> 00:57:24,039
Man: We surrender now.
We surrender.
1081
00:57:24,041 --> 00:57:26,608
[ Soldiers shouting ]
1082
00:57:28,879 --> 00:57:30,512
We surrender.
1083
00:57:32,516 --> 00:57:34,082
Don't shoot.
1084
00:57:34,084 --> 00:57:36,652
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1085
00:57:39,824 --> 00:57:41,089
We gonna
surrender now, too?
1086
00:57:41,091 --> 00:57:43,659
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1087
00:57:51,836 --> 00:57:53,669
You hang on now.
1088
00:57:53,671 --> 00:57:56,038
Not so sure.
-Them white boys giving up.
1089
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:57,739
Why can't we, George?
-Stay right here.
1090
00:57:57,741 --> 00:57:59,741
-Wait, wait.
-I got to go.
1091
00:57:59,743 --> 00:58:01,743
Fool.
1092
00:58:01,745 --> 00:58:03,545
I surrender!
I surrender!
1093
00:58:03,547 --> 00:58:04,980
Don't shoot.
1094
00:58:04,982 --> 00:58:06,582
Man: I don't want no more.
1095
00:58:06,584 --> 00:58:08,016
I don't want no more.
1096
00:58:12,656 --> 00:58:15,023
[ Guns cocking ]
1097
00:58:17,828 --> 00:58:20,229
[ Gunfire ]
1098
00:58:28,239 --> 00:58:31,940
Man: Come on,
kill those nigger bastards --
1099
00:58:31,942 --> 00:58:33,876
every last one of them.
1100
00:58:33,878 --> 00:58:35,644
I'm gonna kill them. You
won't get two steps! Move!
1101
00:58:38,682 --> 00:58:42,684
♪ Oh, how long, how long ♪
George!
1102
00:58:42,686 --> 00:58:46,855
♪ Before the sun goes down? ♪
1103
00:58:46,857 --> 00:58:51,593
♪ Oh, how long, how long ♪
No! No! No!
1104
00:58:51,595 --> 00:58:56,164
♪ Before the sun goes down? ♪
Stop! Stop! Stop!
1105
00:58:56,166 --> 00:59:01,169
♪ I wish I had a title
when I was young ♪
1106
00:59:01,171 --> 00:59:05,641
♪ Before the sun goes down ♪
1107
00:59:05,643 --> 00:59:10,546
♪ I never woulda
had-a this race to run ♪
1108
00:59:10,548 --> 00:59:15,017
♪ Before the sun goes down ♪
1109
00:59:15,019 --> 00:59:19,588
♪ Oh, how long, how long ♪
1110
00:59:19,590 --> 00:59:23,892
♪ Before the sun goes down? ♪
1111
00:59:23,894 --> 00:59:28,664
♪ Oh, how long, how long ♪
1112
00:59:28,666 --> 00:59:32,634
♪ Before the sun goes down? ♪
1113
00:59:35,339 --> 00:59:39,141
♪♪
1114
00:59:45,215 --> 00:59:47,683
-[ Grunts ]
-They shot them.
1115
00:59:47,685 --> 00:59:49,851
They shot them all --
all the colored boys.
1116
00:59:49,853 --> 00:59:51,920
They was just trying
to surrender.
1117
00:59:51,922 --> 00:59:54,122
How you do something
like that?
1118
00:59:54,124 --> 00:59:55,791
What kind of men
are they?
1119
00:59:55,793 --> 00:59:57,359
Maybe ain't men.
1120
00:59:57,361 --> 00:59:59,294
Maybe something else.
1121
00:59:59,296 --> 01:00:01,296
Something come out in war.
-[ Groans ]
1122
01:00:03,334 --> 01:00:06,034
You know what
you doing, George?
1123
01:00:06,036 --> 01:00:07,703
I got a rough idea.
1124
01:00:07,705 --> 01:00:09,638
[ Groans ]
No!
1125
01:00:09,640 --> 01:00:11,173
[ Groans ]
1126
01:00:11,175 --> 01:00:13,342
You know, you's a good, old man,
Chicken George.
1127
01:00:13,344 --> 01:00:15,978
[ Groaning ]
1128
01:00:18,182 --> 01:00:20,716
Aah.
1129
01:00:20,718 --> 01:00:24,786
Tell me a story, George,
about the African.
1130
01:00:26,023 --> 01:00:29,758
My granddaddy
is Kunta Kinte.
1131
01:00:29,760 --> 01:00:31,927
He a Mandinka warrior
they stole away
1132
01:00:31,929 --> 01:00:34,796
across the ocean
on the Kamby Bolongo.
1133
01:00:34,798 --> 01:00:36,398
Ka-Kamby --
Kamby Bolongo.
1134
01:00:36,400 --> 01:00:39,267
That's -- that's a big river,
like the Mississippi?
1135
01:00:39,269 --> 01:00:40,802
That's right.
1136
01:00:40,804 --> 01:00:43,639
Kunta Kinte
could ride and swim.
1137
01:00:43,641 --> 01:00:44,973
Couldn't no man
break him.
1138
01:00:44,975 --> 01:00:47,409
[ Groaning ]
1139
01:00:50,347 --> 01:00:53,115
I figure I got
some new stories now.
1140
01:00:53,117 --> 01:00:57,653
This young boy named Cyrus --
can't nobody tell him nothing.
1141
01:00:57,655 --> 01:01:00,956
But the way I see it,
that boy saved
1142
01:01:00,958 --> 01:01:05,327
an old man like me
in a hard, hard place.
1143
01:01:05,329 --> 01:01:07,796
Wait a minute. Wait.
Wait a minute, George.
1144
01:01:07,798 --> 01:01:09,865
Listen,
my mama had a prayer
1145
01:01:09,867 --> 01:01:13,869
she used to say to me
back when I was sick.
1146
01:01:13,871 --> 01:01:16,071
You know,
before they sold me off.
1147
01:01:16,073 --> 01:01:17,406
Now would be the time.
1148
01:01:17,408 --> 01:01:19,107
I know.
1149
01:01:19,109 --> 01:01:24,112
I know, oh, Lord,
my flesh may fail,
1150
01:01:24,114 --> 01:01:28,250
but God is the strength
of my heart.
1151
01:01:28,252 --> 01:01:30,952
-[ Grunting ]
-[ Groaning ]
1152
01:01:34,925 --> 01:01:38,694
O0 C1 ♪♪
1153
01:01:46,203 --> 01:01:48,904
Hey, come see this.
1154
01:01:48,906 --> 01:01:52,074
Get your ass out here
and come and see this!
1155
01:01:52,076 --> 01:01:54,443
[ Cows lowing ]
1156
01:01:57,281 --> 01:01:59,281
You know this herd,
James?
1157
01:01:59,283 --> 01:02:02,751
Look like Massa Anson's cows,
but that's four miles from here.
1158
01:02:02,753 --> 01:02:04,820
Well, why his slaves
ain't stop them from wandering?
1159
01:02:04,822 --> 01:02:07,456
I've been up by the big house.
Everybody gone.
1160
01:02:07,458 --> 01:02:09,357
-Gone?
-All of them.
1161
01:02:09,359 --> 01:02:10,892
Where they gone?
1162
01:02:15,132 --> 01:02:17,466
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1163
01:02:20,971 --> 01:02:22,404
Boy: Mom!
1164
01:02:22,406 --> 01:02:24,406
Hey, hey.
1165
01:02:24,408 --> 01:02:26,441
Hey.
1166
01:02:26,443 --> 01:02:28,310
General Lee's gone home.
-What?
1167
01:02:28,312 --> 01:02:29,978
The war's over for good.
1168
01:02:29,980 --> 01:02:31,413
[ Chuckles ]
1169
01:02:31,415 --> 01:02:33,281
Overseer can blow
his work horn all he wants,
1170
01:02:33,283 --> 01:02:35,150
but we ain't slaves no more.
1171
01:02:35,152 --> 01:02:36,818
Whoa, whoa, whoa,
ain't no more secesh?
1172
01:02:36,820 --> 01:02:38,520
Not one more day.
1173
01:02:38,522 --> 01:02:40,388
[ All murmuring ]
1174
01:02:40,390 --> 01:02:42,324
I heard it from a white man
down at the courthouse.
1175
01:02:42,326 --> 01:02:45,761
Hey say Robert Lee --
he know he done for.
1176
01:02:45,763 --> 01:02:47,929
And so he gave him his horse
and his sword,
1177
01:02:47,931 --> 01:02:50,432
but old Ulysses
wouldn't take it.
1178
01:02:50,434 --> 01:02:52,501
He just said,
"You go on home now.
1179
01:02:52,503 --> 01:02:55,904
Stop this foolishness."
[ Laughs ]
1180
01:02:55,906 --> 01:02:59,508
So I tell you this war is over,
and we ain't slaves!
1181
01:02:59,510 --> 01:03:02,477
[ All cheering ]
1182
01:03:02,479 --> 01:03:06,148
Tom, right now,
right here, we free.
1183
01:03:06,150 --> 01:03:08,550
[ Cheering continues ]
1184
01:03:08,552 --> 01:03:11,286
-Mama.
-Is it true?
1185
01:03:11,288 --> 01:03:15,090
♪♪
1186
01:03:48,926 --> 01:03:55,931
Blessed is this earth
'cause my people lie beneath it.
1187
01:03:55,933 --> 01:04:01,436
Blessed is the rain
because it moistens their faces.
1188
01:04:01,438 --> 01:04:08,210
Blessed is the wind because it
carries their names back to us.
1189
01:04:08,212 --> 01:04:10,045
Kunta Kinte.
1190
01:04:12,983 --> 01:04:15,951
Belle.
1191
01:04:15,953 --> 01:04:18,520
Mama Kizzy.
1192
01:04:18,522 --> 01:04:21,456
Miss Malizy.
1193
01:04:21,458 --> 01:04:24,559
Sarah.
1194
01:04:24,561 --> 01:04:30,999
My children Louis, Mary,
and George Jr.
1195
01:04:31,001 --> 01:04:36,504
My daddy, Benjamin Lyon.
1196
01:04:36,506 --> 01:04:39,941
[ Voice breaking ]
And my husband, George.
1197
01:04:39,943 --> 01:04:42,444
[ Crying ]
1198
01:04:42,446 --> 01:04:44,980
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1199
01:04:49,086 --> 01:04:53,388
I'm so thankful
this war is done.
1200
01:04:53,390 --> 01:04:58,526
Just don't ask me
to heft up my skirt and dance.
1201
01:04:58,528 --> 01:05:05,133
I can't measure these days
in flags and armies,
1202
01:05:05,135 --> 01:05:09,304
only in the ones
that I'm missing.
1203
01:05:09,306 --> 01:05:11,673
[ Trembles ]
1204
01:05:19,016 --> 01:05:23,385
Out here working
just as hard as before.
1205
01:05:23,387 --> 01:05:25,654
Not a bad idea
if you want to eat.
1206
01:05:25,656 --> 01:05:27,522
Didn't know "free"
meant hungry.
1207
01:05:30,694 --> 01:05:32,193
We'd like to know
where we stand, sir.
1208
01:05:32,195 --> 01:05:34,262
Man: What we supposed
to do about food?
1209
01:05:34,264 --> 01:05:36,965
You done locked all the sheds.
You moved all the hogs.
1210
01:05:36,967 --> 01:05:39,167
We don't even know where the --
where the grain got taken.
1211
01:05:39,169 --> 01:05:42,370
Well, I'm happy
to announce that, uh,
1212
01:05:42,372 --> 01:05:45,373
every three acres of my land
that you clear and plant,
1213
01:05:45,375 --> 01:05:48,076
I'll pay you one chicken
and one hog.
1214
01:05:48,078 --> 01:05:51,079
And you can rent back, uh,
farmland
1215
01:05:51,081 --> 01:05:52,347
and your cabins
at a fair price.
1216
01:05:52,349 --> 01:05:54,082
A fair price?
1217
01:05:54,084 --> 01:05:55,483
For the massa
or the nigger?
1218
01:05:55,485 --> 01:05:57,585
We'll think on it
a while.
1219
01:05:57,587 --> 01:06:00,455
Well, be of good cheer.
1220
01:06:00,457 --> 01:06:01,957
Things will improve.
1221
01:06:01,959 --> 01:06:04,626
[ Clicks tongue ]
1222
01:06:04,628 --> 01:06:08,063
I thought we won
that damn war.
1223
01:06:08,065 --> 01:06:11,666
♪♪
1224
01:06:17,174 --> 01:06:19,641
Who is this coming?
1225
01:06:21,511 --> 01:06:24,612
This the --
this the Murray farm?
1226
01:06:24,614 --> 01:06:25,981
Yes, sir.
1227
01:06:25,983 --> 01:06:27,716
Man:
Can we help you, friend?
1228
01:06:27,718 --> 01:06:29,150
Can you help me?
Maybe you can. Maybe you can't.
1229
01:06:29,152 --> 01:06:30,652
Well, you need
to state your business.
1230
01:06:30,654 --> 01:06:32,320
No.
1231
01:06:32,322 --> 01:06:38,259
First, I need you
to answer my question.
1232
01:06:38,261 --> 01:06:40,228
And you best get it right.
1233
01:06:40,230 --> 01:06:43,198
Who is Kunta Kinte?
1234
01:06:47,137 --> 01:06:50,071
No more than 20
of us colored boys
1235
01:06:50,073 --> 01:06:51,573
make it out
of Fort Pillow alive.
1236
01:06:51,575 --> 01:06:53,375
Oh, no.
1237
01:06:53,377 --> 01:06:57,078
Ol' Nathan Forrest
couldn't kill us fast enough.
1238
01:06:57,080 --> 01:07:00,782
After I got shot,
me and George,
1239
01:07:00,784 --> 01:07:04,586
we took to the woods,
then to the river.
1240
01:07:04,588 --> 01:07:07,022
Mm-hmm.
1241
01:07:11,795 --> 01:07:14,763
Yeah, you must be Tom.
1242
01:07:14,765 --> 01:07:18,500
He said you had arms
as big as cannonballs.
1243
01:07:18,502 --> 01:07:21,102
[ Chuckles ]
1244
01:07:21,104 --> 01:07:24,472
Say you were smarter
than Jeff Davis' own engineers.
1245
01:07:24,474 --> 01:07:27,442
He said you were
the hunger in his heart.
1246
01:07:27,444 --> 01:07:29,677
He did.
1247
01:07:29,679 --> 01:07:31,813
Mm-hmm.
1248
01:07:31,815 --> 01:07:33,581
[ Chuckles ]
1249
01:07:35,419 --> 01:07:37,218
Yeah.
1250
01:07:37,220 --> 01:07:39,254
Mighty fine food here.
1251
01:07:39,256 --> 01:07:41,322
What happened
to my husband?
1252
01:07:41,324 --> 01:07:44,225
Old George,
he carried me to the hospital.
1253
01:07:44,227 --> 01:07:46,795
That was long after
he cut off my arm here.
1254
01:07:46,797 --> 01:07:49,130
-Grandpa cut off his arm?
-Son.
1255
01:07:49,132 --> 01:07:50,698
[ Chuckles ]
Yes.
1256
01:07:50,700 --> 01:07:52,434
Yes, he did.
1257
01:07:52,436 --> 01:07:54,135
It's okay.
1258
01:07:54,137 --> 01:07:56,237
Only reason I'm alive now.
1259
01:07:56,239 --> 01:07:58,339
Old George say
he was gonna walk home.
1260
01:07:58,341 --> 01:08:01,276
Say that's what a Mandinka
warrior would do.
1261
01:08:01,278 --> 01:08:03,244
And then a man showed up.
1262
01:08:03,246 --> 01:08:06,781
Reverend Garland, was it?
Yeah.
1263
01:08:06,783 --> 01:08:09,484
Reverend Garland said he had
a church outside of Sewanee
1264
01:08:09,486 --> 01:08:12,654
kept getting shot at by
old, no-good white boys --
1265
01:08:12,656 --> 01:08:14,656
uh, the Bushwhackers.
1266
01:08:14,658 --> 01:08:17,826
Say they was stealin' and
killin' niggers left and right.
1267
01:08:17,828 --> 01:08:19,294
Stealin'
from white folks, too.
1268
01:08:19,296 --> 01:08:21,296
They was looking
for colored soldiers
1269
01:08:21,298 --> 01:08:23,665
to help them fight back.
1270
01:08:23,667 --> 01:08:28,236
Old George [chuckles]
he was the first to volunteer.
1271
01:08:28,238 --> 01:08:29,804
Ha.
1272
01:08:31,741 --> 01:08:33,608
You sure this boy
ain't around the bend?
1273
01:08:33,610 --> 01:08:34,809
I reckoned you'd say
that.
1274
01:08:34,811 --> 01:08:36,711
Reckon I would, too.
1275
01:08:36,713 --> 01:08:38,279
[ Chuckles ]
1276
01:08:38,281 --> 01:08:41,616
Old George told me
to bring this back
1277
01:08:41,618 --> 01:08:44,486
in case he ain't make it.
1278
01:08:44,488 --> 01:08:45,720
There.
1279
01:08:52,229 --> 01:08:56,264
I miss old Chicken George,
his Africa stories.
1280
01:08:56,266 --> 01:08:58,633
[ Chuckles ]
Yeah.
1281
01:09:05,609 --> 01:09:06,908
Bring him back to me.
1282
01:09:10,614 --> 01:09:12,647
I'm coming with you, Tom,
to find daddy.
1283
01:09:12,649 --> 01:09:14,649
Can't, James.
1284
01:09:14,651 --> 01:09:17,452
You watch over mama.
1285
01:09:55,659 --> 01:09:57,792
O0 C1 Hey, boy. Hey.
1286
01:09:57,794 --> 01:10:01,529
You know Reverend Garland
in Sewanee?
1287
01:10:01,531 --> 01:10:03,731
My daddy
called Chicken George.
1288
01:10:03,733 --> 01:10:05,366
Chicken George.
1289
01:10:05,368 --> 01:10:06,768
Did you ever hear
of him?
1290
01:10:09,806 --> 01:10:11,339
H-hey.
1291
01:10:15,312 --> 01:10:16,844
Hey.
1292
01:10:16,846 --> 01:10:18,313
Hey.
1293
01:10:18,315 --> 01:10:20,348
Hey, hold up now.
1294
01:10:20,350 --> 01:10:23,952
♪♪
1295
01:10:31,928 --> 01:10:33,595
[ Horse whinnies ]
1296
01:10:35,565 --> 01:10:37,899
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1297
01:10:46,610 --> 01:10:49,277
Man: As soon as you load up,
move out. Don't wait.
1298
01:10:49,279 --> 01:10:51,379
Them Bushwhackers gone
for now. They gonna come back.
1299
01:10:51,381 --> 01:10:53,881
Quickly.
Let's go.
1300
01:10:53,883 --> 01:10:56,351
Do not stop until we get
to Henning, Tennessee.
1301
01:10:59,456 --> 01:11:01,522
I'll meet you all there.
1302
01:11:01,524 --> 01:11:03,625
Godspeed.
1303
01:11:03,627 --> 01:11:06,694
[ Indistinct
conversations continue ]
1304
01:11:06,696 --> 01:11:08,630
Let's load it up.
1305
01:11:08,632 --> 01:11:12,433
♪♪
1306
01:11:15,805 --> 01:11:18,506
Daddy?
1307
01:11:18,508 --> 01:11:20,775
[ Indistinct
conversations continue ]
1308
01:11:25,282 --> 01:11:27,048
Daddy, it's Tom.
1309
01:11:33,423 --> 01:11:35,290
[ Chuckles ]
1310
01:11:35,292 --> 01:11:37,458
It really is you.
1311
01:11:37,460 --> 01:11:39,927
Thought I was having
another dream.
1312
01:11:39,929 --> 01:11:41,929
Cyrus said
you had a rough go.
1313
01:11:44,668 --> 01:11:46,434
It's time
to come home now.
1314
01:11:46,436 --> 01:11:48,036
You need to get on your feet,
move out.
1315
01:11:48,038 --> 01:11:49,637
Not safe here.
1316
01:11:49,639 --> 01:11:52,073
I'm not coming
with you.
1317
01:11:52,075 --> 01:11:56,811
I'm going home -- Carolina --
with my son.
1318
01:11:56,813 --> 01:11:59,314
I understand.
1319
01:11:59,316 --> 01:12:01,683
You've done more than enough
for us, George,
1320
01:12:01,685 --> 01:12:03,851
chasing off those Bushwhackers.
1321
01:12:03,853 --> 01:12:06,321
You saved our lives.
1322
01:12:06,323 --> 01:12:07,955
The war might be over,
1323
01:12:07,957 --> 01:12:10,658
but some white men
ain't never gonna let it go --
1324
01:12:10,660 --> 01:12:13,795
ain't never gonna accept
us being free.
1325
01:12:13,797 --> 01:12:15,997
I do know one thing --
1326
01:12:15,999 --> 01:12:19,067
the Lord don't take
no steps backwards.
1327
01:12:19,069 --> 01:12:21,936
And we ain't giving up
our freedom.
1328
01:12:21,938 --> 01:12:24,706
Henning --
own some land there.
1329
01:12:24,708 --> 01:12:26,507
Gonna make it safe
for our people.
1330
01:12:26,509 --> 01:12:28,576
God's watching over you.
1331
01:12:28,578 --> 01:12:30,845
Let's move out.
-Get a move on, daddy.
1332
01:12:30,847 --> 01:12:32,747
Come on, now, boys.
We going home.
1333
01:12:32,749 --> 01:12:36,384
[ Groans ]
1334
01:12:36,386 --> 01:12:38,386
How'd you find me, boy?
1335
01:12:38,388 --> 01:12:41,022
A boy brought me to you.
1336
01:12:41,024 --> 01:12:44,792
Dressed in this blue cloth
on his body and his head.
1337
01:12:44,794 --> 01:12:46,661
Brought me straight
to you.
1338
01:12:46,663 --> 01:12:48,996
-Blue cloth on his head.
-Mm-hmm?
1339
01:12:48,998 --> 01:12:52,133
Ain't got no boy
like that here.
1340
01:12:52,135 --> 01:12:54,869
Well, hey.
1341
01:12:54,871 --> 01:12:58,373
I thought you might
be needing this.
1342
01:12:58,375 --> 01:13:00,808
[ Chuckles ]
1343
01:13:03,813 --> 01:13:06,013
You're a good boy.
1344
01:13:11,788 --> 01:13:14,655
[ Gunshot ]
1345
01:13:14,657 --> 01:13:16,691
Come on, Daddy.
1346
01:13:16,693 --> 01:13:17,959
Come on, let's go.
1347
01:13:17,961 --> 01:13:19,961
Hurry up.
Come on.
1348
01:13:19,963 --> 01:13:21,996
This way, this way.
1349
01:13:21,998 --> 01:13:23,664
Come on.
-Get over there.
1350
01:13:23,666 --> 01:13:25,967
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1351
01:13:36,980 --> 01:13:38,179
Man: Move up, move up!
1352
01:13:40,583 --> 01:13:41,983
Come on, Daddy,
let's go!
1353
01:13:41,985 --> 01:13:44,118
Come on.
Keep it moving, Daddy.
1354
01:13:44,120 --> 01:13:46,988
[ Gunfire continues ]
1355
01:13:46,990 --> 01:13:48,723
Go, go.
Get up.
1356
01:13:48,725 --> 01:13:51,159
[ Groaning ]
1357
01:13:58,168 --> 01:13:59,500
Tom:
We make that Union line,
1358
01:13:59,502 --> 01:14:01,102
them Bushwhackers
won't follow us.
1359
01:14:01,104 --> 01:14:03,037
We almost there.
1360
01:14:03,039 --> 01:14:04,605
Just keep moving.
1361
01:14:04,607 --> 01:14:06,107
Man #1: Run, boy.
1362
01:14:13,216 --> 01:14:15,216
Man #2: Got Bushwhackers
up on the ridge.
1363
01:14:15,218 --> 01:14:17,552
Turn right back.
1364
01:14:17,554 --> 01:14:18,920
You ain't welcome here.
1365
01:14:18,922 --> 01:14:20,788
What?
Y'all heard them shots.
1366
01:14:20,790 --> 01:14:22,957
Got Bushwhackers behind us.
Killed some of us already.
1367
01:14:22,959 --> 01:14:24,592
Come on.
-That's not our trouble.
1368
01:14:24,594 --> 01:14:25,960
Not since President Lincoln
got shot dead.
1369
01:14:25,962 --> 01:14:27,562
What?
1370
01:14:27,564 --> 01:14:28,863
Some Southern traitor
1371
01:14:28,865 --> 01:14:30,698
put a bullet
in poor old Abe's head.
1372
01:14:30,700 --> 01:14:32,033
Now I'm tired
of you people.
1373
01:14:32,035 --> 01:14:34,001
Ain't enough
we already fought for you.
1374
01:14:34,003 --> 01:14:35,837
Now, we truly sorry
about Mr. Lincoln, sir,
1375
01:14:35,839 --> 01:14:37,839
but we got Bushwhackers --
-This is a military camp.
1376
01:14:37,841 --> 01:14:39,140
We don't have stuff
for niggers.
1377
01:14:39,142 --> 01:14:40,975
-Get out of here!
-Stop.
1378
01:14:40,977 --> 01:14:42,677
Tom: This man
is Memphis Battery!
1379
01:14:42,679 --> 01:14:44,745
Fought at Fort Pillow!
1380
01:14:44,747 --> 01:14:46,514
Look at his damn uniform!
1381
01:14:46,516 --> 01:14:48,049
A uniform
don't make a soldier.
1382
01:14:48,051 --> 01:14:49,684
Not to me.
1383
01:14:49,686 --> 01:14:51,118
We've given our blood
for you people.
1384
01:14:51,120 --> 01:14:53,187
-Oh, what about our blood?
-Tell him, corporal.
1385
01:14:53,189 --> 01:14:55,623
What about the blood we gave
for this country?
1386
01:14:55,625 --> 01:14:57,859
For years!
-Easy now.
1387
01:15:00,196 --> 01:15:02,230
He got every right
to be here!
1388
01:15:02,232 --> 01:15:05,700
[ Indistinct shouting ]
1389
01:15:05,702 --> 01:15:07,502
George: Hey, hold on.
1390
01:15:07,504 --> 01:15:09,670
Hold on just
one cotton-picking second.
1391
01:15:09,672 --> 01:15:11,506
[ Shouting stops ]
1392
01:15:11,508 --> 01:15:14,008
Y'all -- y'all don't know
who you got there.
1393
01:15:14,010 --> 01:15:16,244
That right there --
1394
01:15:16,246 --> 01:15:18,779
it's best damn blacksmith
in the whole damn Union.
1395
01:15:18,781 --> 01:15:21,616
That's who he is.
1396
01:15:21,618 --> 01:15:24,752
Let me tell you now,
that boy -- he got rare,
1397
01:15:24,754 --> 01:15:29,290
mystical skills, passed down
by Mandinka craftsmen.
1398
01:15:29,292 --> 01:15:32,293
That's on the Kamby Bolongo
in Africa.
1399
01:15:32,295 --> 01:15:35,029
One time, I saw him patch
a cannon by sitting
1400
01:15:35,031 --> 01:15:37,899
on the muzzle
and hammering it as it fired!
1401
01:15:37,901 --> 01:15:39,667
[ Laughter ]
When that hammer broke,
1402
01:15:39,669 --> 01:15:41,869
he just carried on pounding
it with his fists!
1403
01:15:41,871 --> 01:15:44,572
Look at him --
arms like cannonballs!
1404
01:15:44,574 --> 01:15:47,275
Yes, sir, he can fix a rifle,
1405
01:15:47,277 --> 01:15:50,111
mend a saddle,
patch pots and pans.
1406
01:15:50,113 --> 01:15:53,981
That boy can smooth a knot
from a twisted axle
1407
01:15:53,983 --> 01:15:56,951
like a pretty girl
pull tangles from her hair.
1408
01:15:56,953 --> 01:15:59,754
[ Laughter ] And y'all want to
chase him off? Come on, now.
1409
01:15:59,756 --> 01:16:02,323
You'll be the first soldier boys
home sitting up in your own bed,
1410
01:16:02,325 --> 01:16:04,258
eating on your mama's home
cooking.
1411
01:16:04,260 --> 01:16:06,627
Who wants to smell mama's
gravy right now? Amen?!
1412
01:16:06,629 --> 01:16:08,062
Together: Amen!
1413
01:16:08,064 --> 01:16:12,300
If that boy can shoe horses,
we can use him.
1414
01:16:12,302 --> 01:16:14,602
Let them all in.
1415
01:16:14,604 --> 01:16:17,338
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1416
01:16:17,340 --> 01:16:19,106
Man #1: Everybody fall out.
Back to work.
1417
01:16:19,108 --> 01:16:21,075
Come on, now.
1418
01:16:21,077 --> 01:16:23,578
Man #2: Y'all get a little
something to eat.
1419
01:16:23,580 --> 01:16:29,016
♪ I fear, I fear,
my mother, dear ♪
1420
01:16:29,018 --> 01:16:35,222
♪ I fear I've come to harm ♪
1421
01:16:35,224 --> 01:16:38,926
♪ No more to see
her lovely face ♪
1422
01:16:38,928 --> 01:16:43,364
Now, I-I could be wrong.
1423
01:16:43,366 --> 01:16:48,069
I got a notion about
that boy who brought you to me.
1424
01:16:48,071 --> 01:16:53,641
Suppose you gonna tell me
he was a Mandinka spirit?
1425
01:16:53,643 --> 01:16:56,177
Nope.
1426
01:16:56,179 --> 01:16:58,346
Gonna tell you he was Kunta
Kinte hisself,
1427
01:16:58,348 --> 01:17:00,181
same as came to my mama.
1428
01:17:00,183 --> 01:17:04,085
♪ By the old barn gate ♪
1429
01:17:04,087 --> 01:17:08,889
♪ My soul will pass you by ♪
1430
01:17:08,891 --> 01:17:11,158
♪♪
1431
01:17:21,304 --> 01:17:23,070
I know you ain't
over there thinking
1432
01:17:23,072 --> 01:17:24,772
I can't do this
by myself, is you?
1433
01:17:24,774 --> 01:17:27,074
No, sir.
I think that'd be kind of risky.
1434
01:17:27,076 --> 01:17:28,275
Yes, sir.
1435
01:17:28,277 --> 01:17:30,244
Yes, sir.
[ Chuckles ]
1436
01:17:30,246 --> 01:17:32,213
-"A"?
-Mm-hmm.
1437
01:17:32,215 --> 01:17:34,949
-"B"?
-Yeah.
1438
01:17:34,951 --> 01:17:36,651
Boy: "C"?
1439
01:17:39,222 --> 01:17:41,789
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1440
01:17:51,300 --> 01:17:55,102
♪♪
1441
01:17:58,775 --> 01:17:59,974
Oh.
1442
01:18:03,980 --> 01:18:06,013
Jesus.
1443
01:18:10,019 --> 01:18:12,887
George.
1444
01:18:12,889 --> 01:18:14,722
George.
1445
01:18:17,093 --> 01:18:19,794
[ Laughs ]
George.
1446
01:18:19,796 --> 01:18:22,096
Hey, Tom.
1447
01:18:22,098 --> 01:18:24,699
[ Laughter ]
1448
01:18:25,301 --> 01:18:27,935
How you doing?
1449
01:18:27,937 --> 01:18:29,470
George.
1450
01:18:29,472 --> 01:18:32,306
Oh.
1451
01:18:32,308 --> 01:18:34,475
You're a sight
for sore eyes.
1452
01:18:34,477 --> 01:18:37,078
[ Laughs ]
1453
01:18:38,414 --> 01:18:41,716
Old Chicken George.
1454
01:18:41,718 --> 01:18:44,719
About goddamn time
you made it here, old man.
1455
01:18:44,721 --> 01:18:46,454
I'm giving you a chance to learn
how to work a field.
1456
01:18:46,456 --> 01:18:48,389
Oh, will you now?
[ Laughter ]
1457
01:18:48,391 --> 01:18:50,991
Cyrus: Stand him.
Stand him up right.
1458
01:18:50,993 --> 01:18:52,359
Oh, hang on.
1459
01:18:52,361 --> 01:18:54,829
Ah.
1460
01:18:54,831 --> 01:18:56,731
Oh, that -- that was nothing.
1461
01:18:56,733 --> 01:18:58,232
Took out 20 men.
1462
01:18:58,234 --> 01:19:00,401
Neither one of us
got a scratch on us.
1463
01:19:00,403 --> 01:19:02,903
[ Laughter ]
1464
01:19:07,477 --> 01:19:08,876
O0 C1 Tom: Mr. Murray,
we all leaving.
1465
01:19:08,878 --> 01:19:10,444
Well, surely, we can
work out something, Tom.
1466
01:19:10,446 --> 01:19:13,347
A-an extra chicken or two,
if -- if that helps.
1467
01:19:13,349 --> 01:19:16,317
Thank you, sir,
but Henning, Tennessee,
1468
01:19:16,319 --> 01:19:18,252
is gonna have shops run
by our own people.
1469
01:19:18,254 --> 01:19:21,055
Not that we won't take money
from the white folk.
1470
01:19:21,057 --> 01:19:23,157
Money ain't got no color.
1471
01:19:23,159 --> 01:19:25,926
Tom, I don't know if
you'll take my words to heart,
1472
01:19:25,928 --> 01:19:29,396
but I wish you
and your family good fortune.
1473
01:19:29,398 --> 01:19:34,335
There was a time when we were
working together, I felt...
1474
01:19:37,774 --> 01:19:40,441
Well...godspeed.
1475
01:19:45,782 --> 01:19:48,115
You niggers
ain't going nowhere.
1476
01:19:48,117 --> 01:19:50,184
-Frederick.
-You got to pay 'fore you leave.
1477
01:19:50,186 --> 01:19:53,888
Don't have to ask you,
Frederick.
1478
01:19:53,890 --> 01:19:55,890
Talking to your daddy. I told you
I would handle this, Frederick.
1479
01:19:55,892 --> 01:19:57,525
-My daddy's a fool.
-Son.
1480
01:19:57,527 --> 01:20:00,461
I want every penny you earned
on this farm as a blacksmith.
1481
01:20:00,463 --> 01:20:02,429
Made a lot more money
for this farm.
1482
01:20:02,431 --> 01:20:04,265
Goodbye, sir.
1483
01:20:04,267 --> 01:20:06,066
Son, son!
1484
01:20:06,068 --> 01:20:07,868
You think
anything's changed
1485
01:20:07,870 --> 01:20:09,937
'cause the war's over?
-Frederick, please.
1486
01:20:09,939 --> 01:20:11,939
Them Union boys
gonna be home soon enough,
1487
01:20:11,941 --> 01:20:15,810
but I'll still be right here,
and plenty of men just like me.
1488
01:20:15,812 --> 01:20:18,379
We will
redeem this country
1489
01:20:18,381 --> 01:20:20,181
and put you people
back where you belong.
1490
01:20:20,183 --> 01:20:23,384
It's just natural law.
1491
01:20:23,386 --> 01:20:26,887
I won't never see a nigger
be my equal.
1492
01:20:26,889 --> 01:20:30,958
Don't have no interest
in being your equal, Frederick.
1493
01:20:32,495 --> 01:20:36,030
Charlotte: No, no!
1494
01:20:36,032 --> 01:20:37,431
F-Frederick!
1495
01:20:37,433 --> 01:20:38,833
Oh, my god.
1496
01:20:41,537 --> 01:20:43,337
[ Crying ]
1497
01:20:43,339 --> 01:20:45,873
[ Panting ]
1498
01:20:48,044 --> 01:20:50,578
First thing good
my daddy ever did for me.
1499
01:20:53,583 --> 01:20:55,516
-Yeah, we're ready.
-All right, baby.
1500
01:20:55,518 --> 01:20:57,918
Woman:
Are you guys ready?
1501
01:20:57,920 --> 01:20:59,186
All right,
let's get the kids in there.
1502
01:20:59,188 --> 01:21:00,588
[ Laughs ]
1503
01:21:00,590 --> 01:21:03,224
[ Indistinct conversations ]
1504
01:21:03,226 --> 01:21:06,994
♪♪
1505
01:21:39,328 --> 01:21:40,594
[ Baby coos ]
1506
01:21:45,301 --> 01:21:50,037
Well, Chicken George, I reckon
it's time I be moving on.
1507
01:21:50,039 --> 01:21:52,673
I thank you kindly
for everything,
1508
01:21:52,675 --> 01:21:56,043
and you --
you're all nice folks.
1509
01:21:56,045 --> 01:21:59,680
But after all, you --
you's all family.
1510
01:21:59,682 --> 01:22:01,215
And you're not my family.
1511
01:22:04,287 --> 01:22:08,555
We are now,
if you want us to be.
1512
01:22:11,294 --> 01:22:13,694
Hmm.
1513
01:22:13,696 --> 01:22:17,564
Well, that doesn't sound
so bad, now does it?
1514
01:22:17,566 --> 01:22:21,435
Not bad at all.
1515
01:22:21,437 --> 01:22:23,637
-Can I come in?
-Mm-hmm.
1516
01:22:27,043 --> 01:22:28,676
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
1517
01:22:28,678 --> 01:22:31,412
Hey, hey, hey, hey.
1518
01:22:31,414 --> 01:22:34,581
Yeah, she gonna be a strong one,
just like my mama.
1519
01:22:34,583 --> 01:22:36,417
Mm-hmm.
1520
01:22:36,419 --> 01:22:39,586
You are so beautiful.
1521
01:22:39,588 --> 01:22:42,289
Tom:
Irene, give me the baby?
1522
01:22:42,291 --> 01:22:44,058
Tom, what's wrong?
1523
01:22:44,060 --> 01:22:45,626
Matilda:
It's all right.
1524
01:22:57,440 --> 01:22:59,073
Tom.
1525
01:22:59,075 --> 01:23:00,574
Get back.
1526
01:23:04,480 --> 01:23:07,047
[ Breathing heavily ]
1527
01:23:12,188 --> 01:23:14,989
W-what do I do, daddy?
1528
01:23:17,626 --> 01:23:20,995
Tell me now.
What --
1529
01:23:20,997 --> 01:23:24,698
How do they -- how do I...
1530
01:23:24,700 --> 01:23:28,335
give her
her name the right way?
1531
01:23:28,337 --> 01:23:32,306
Son, I can't --
1532
01:23:32,308 --> 01:23:35,109
I can't say
I know for sure.
1533
01:23:35,111 --> 01:23:38,512
Just talk to her.
1534
01:23:40,716 --> 01:23:44,718
I don't know
any Africa words.
1535
01:23:44,720 --> 01:23:48,022
I don't know if this
is the right time,
1536
01:23:48,024 --> 01:23:51,658
or I don't know if the sky looks
the way it's supposed to be,
1537
01:23:51,660 --> 01:23:55,262
but...
1538
01:23:55,264 --> 01:24:01,301
I know you my first
baby not born a slave.
1539
01:24:01,303 --> 01:24:06,507
First baby
nobody can own.
1540
01:24:06,509 --> 01:24:09,610
But that don't mean you
don't have to be a warrior.
1541
01:24:09,612 --> 01:24:13,680
Still gonna have
to fight to stay free.
1542
01:24:13,682 --> 01:24:17,151
Every day.
1543
01:24:17,153 --> 01:24:22,823
Always gonna be someone wants
to take away your freedom.
1544
01:24:22,825 --> 01:24:25,793
And I can't keep
this family together
1545
01:24:25,795 --> 01:24:30,297
if I don't teach you
where we come from,
1546
01:24:30,299 --> 01:24:35,402
who we are...
1547
01:24:35,404 --> 01:24:38,172
if I don't remember
who I am.
1548
01:24:42,178 --> 01:24:46,080
So that's why I got
to tell you this story --
1549
01:24:46,082 --> 01:24:48,515
so I can be the father
I want to be.
1550
01:24:48,517 --> 01:24:52,319
♪♪
1551
01:25:02,565 --> 01:25:06,133
Alex:
His name was Kunta Kinte,
1552
01:25:06,135 --> 01:25:11,171
son of Omoro and Binta Kinte
from Juffure
1553
01:25:11,173 --> 01:25:15,209
in the Kingdom of Niumi
on the Kamby Bolongo.
1554
01:25:15,211 --> 01:25:17,244
Flying home from The Gambia,
1555
01:25:17,246 --> 01:25:20,647
I knew I had to write
a book about him.
1556
01:25:20,649 --> 01:25:24,251
My ancestors would be a symbol
for millions of slaves,
1557
01:25:24,253 --> 01:25:28,555
all of them seeds of American
families living today,
1558
01:25:28,557 --> 01:25:32,192
captured, chained,
sailed across the same ocean
1559
01:25:32,194 --> 01:25:35,362
in ships
where untold numbers died.
1560
01:25:35,364 --> 01:25:38,332
Sold to thousands
of plantations,
1561
01:25:38,334 --> 01:25:42,669
millions of men and women
who struggled to survive
1562
01:25:42,671 --> 01:25:45,739
and fought to be free every day.
1563
01:25:45,741 --> 01:25:49,543
♪♪
1564
01:26:47,736 --> 01:26:51,538
♪♪
1565
01:27:10,926 --> 01:27:13,427
[ Man chanting
in native language ]
1566
01:27:20,402 --> 01:27:22,736
The truth can never be known.
1567
01:27:22,738 --> 01:27:25,539
It can only be told in a story.
1568
01:27:25,541 --> 01:27:29,243
There once was a boy who
was taken from his family
1569
01:27:29,245 --> 01:27:31,678
and carried halfway
around the world.
1570
01:27:31,680 --> 01:27:34,448
He lived to start a new family.
1571
01:27:34,450 --> 01:27:37,951
And in his journey, he became
a hero for a new nation.
1572
01:27:37,953 --> 01:27:40,687
I hope my story honors him,
1573
01:27:40,689 --> 01:27:44,958
brings peace
and pride to us all.
1574
01:27:44,960 --> 01:27:48,729
♪♪
1575
01:28:02,278 --> 01:28:06,013
O0 C1
♪ ahhhh ahhhh ahhhhh.
1576
01:28:06,015 --> 01:28:12,052
♪ ahhhh ahhhh ahhhhh.
1577
01:28:12,054 --> 01:28:15,022
♪ And when the door closes,
1578
01:28:15,024 --> 01:28:18,025
♪ another one opens.
1579
01:28:18,027 --> 01:28:20,027
♪ I walk through it.
1580
01:28:20,029 --> 01:28:23,063
♪ With my head up.
1581
01:28:23,065 --> 01:28:26,300
♪ At the end of a desert,
1582
01:28:26,302 --> 01:28:29,303
♪ there's always an ocean.
1583
01:28:29,305 --> 01:28:32,072
♪ And when the night fades away,
1584
01:28:32,074 --> 01:28:34,074
♪ the sun comes up.
1585
01:28:34,076 --> 01:28:38,312
♪ New beginning...
1586
01:28:38,314 --> 01:28:43,050
♪ Oh, it's just a new beginning.
1587
01:28:43,052 --> 01:28:44,017
♪ Oh...
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