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so

so

so

so

so

so

how these slaves aren't treated right i

must say you just don't use discipline

my little magnolia blossom i'm getting

too old and sentimental

i only make them work 10 hours a day now

oh you're spoiling me you've got to be

cruel to be kind

i've been a hard master all my life

daughter i feel i've earned myself a

rest

i've had enough responsibility more than

enough

but who'd look after things even though

i'm a woman i'd do everything

i'll set the slaves a good example

father it takes a woman's touch

watch

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straighten your back you and don't

whimper

see pog i can make myself respected you

have to admit it

oh yes i do you're something to look out

for

and i declare you got real ladylike

ideas let's go home

emmanuel you know what i'll do i'll take

you to the cattle market tomorrow

how exciting it'll be exciting for that

young lawrence milan

he'll be there with his paw and i'll bet

he'll look at you even more than he does

at the cattle you flatten me fart

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i picked out 50 heads sir and they are

beautiful animals

that's fine maybe i'll go take a look at

loris do you mind looking after my

daughter for a little while

it's more instant than looking at cattle

sir so that'll be my very great pleasure

don't you worry at all what did i tell

you emmanuel

i'm ready my father's only interested in

cat

and you take advantage of that huh but

my dear lady what i intend

is to take advantage of you shall we

take a walk all right

i didn't expect to find a nice girl like

you in a cattle market

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a nice girl doesn't seem to be in a nice

mood

i'm tired of playing second fiddle

my father's past his prompts i want to

take over and do things my way

that's exactly what i want maybe we

could be good business partners

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and this is my idea of mixing business

with pleasure

oh yeah yes yes they are beautiful

animals

i'll take them all have your men drive

them over yes sir thank you

ah there you are hello again lauren's

had some very interesting theories to

discuss

that's right sir uh to be quite frank

sir

we didn't just talk about cotton picking

we've been considering the possibility

of making a future together

i would look favorably upon your asking

my daughter's hand in marriage and i

hope your father will

be satisfied

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surely the most important thing is for

us to be satisfied

emmanuel's uh way of expressing herself

sir is very forthright and i

very much admire the way she uh makes up

her mind and gets straight to the point

my daughter has always filled me with

surprises and i hope you'll find her as

delightful as i do yes

she's a delightfully surprising young

lady

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here you are boss oh that's nothing to

worry about

just let him rest that up for a few days

and mines don't work anymore

take him away

come along come on whitey

your troubles are over paula what's

happened

oh nothing special but still

have you convinced the bank not to

foreclose on the mortgage

no no paul i didn't but maybe i found a

rich wife

is that a hope or a prayer you mean an

answer to a prayer old johnson's

daughter

with his capital we'll make ourselves

another fortune

how'd you do it i'm proud of you boy

oh i really didn't do anything it was a

manual who wanted it

i'll go to work on that father of her

simple wedding fella

no i'll admit i'm getting old and

sentimental you're a genuine southern

gentleman sir

i want to give my daughter a dory she'll

be proud well

if you insist on me man will have the

richest daughters

my diary should bring tears to my eyes

but he makes me laugh

he doesn't seem to realize that his

plantation will be mine now

and my daughters what makes you so sure

will have a girl

i'm going to i'm quite sure that's what

i want and i'm sure to get it

tell me you mean i'll have to do

just what you want there's no problem

darling

because now you're my man and i'll

always know what you're looking for

you man well darling you know what i'm

looking for just now

oh yes and i love you for it but actions

speak louder than words

i'll bet yours dude

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come on

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maybe i should say what next you just

leave everything to me

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here we are

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i'm happy to be

i hope you're not just gonna talk about

our future plans

i plan to give you what you're looking

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for

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huh

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um

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so

where's the trouble missy johnson come

here jojo

this uppity slave here tried to to do

things to me he's got to be punished

i'll see to that

stake him out whip the sass out of him

sure come on black boy

i didn't do nothing wrong hey mr please

you gotta learn to respect me and you'll

learn the hard way

come on here damn it

stop dragging your feet

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missy said you gotta learn the hard way

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i'll just get these thongs tight

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i don't deserve this missing why are you

doing this to me

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why

you're doing fine

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sprinkle that salt over the cups

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so

you're alive

thank you massa i appreciate that

i am punishing this boy lawrence and

nobody's asking you to play the good

samaritan

i'm not playing anything manuel but i'm

a practical man

and i'm no slave lover but but i think

they're more used working the plantation

than just line up

this black tried to get a hold of your

emmanuel how'd you like it if he tried

to put his paws on you

i'd send him back to work take his mind

off fooling around

you're avoiding the question lawrence

but if i get myself

raped remember now don't say i didn't

tell you

if you don't provoke him he won't make

trouble for you manuel

i don't even want to think about it

let's go

put that slave back to work in the

bottom land yes missy come on

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fun's over boy miss his pardon

got no appreciation that's your trouble

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oh

okay numbskull you can bleed all over

the cotton

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uh

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uh

who did he fool around with he stole the

master's brand new sunday go to meeting

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hat

oh why is that slave in the cage because

he stole my best hat yeah but now he's

occupying our best cage instead of

giving us a valid explanation

why did a boy need your hat damn fool

got himself a belly full of religion he

wore the hat to go sing

in the preacher's choir back on

thanksgiving

yes but he got what he deserved

he didn't put on the hat himself he gave

it to his brothers a birthday gift

he can go the preacher settled my father

yes

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you soon got back in shape again you got

a real fine body

would you rather drive that axe into me

i'm just trimming my timber the flowers

in my garden

and i figure for now it can work on that

sure missy

mr lance i nearly spilled the coffee i

like to make it boil right over the pot

get out of here when you're in my house

lawrence

i won't have you playing around with my

property i'm telling you once and for

all

i wasn't playing around i was just

appraising the quality of the goods

amen well let this be a lesson to you

darling

have you a mind to preach at me or to

put your hands on the family help

next time don't keep me wait i've been

here for an hour

not here please let's go tomorrow

come on

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um

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have you gotten to

rub him down real good so he don't catch

cold

checkmate

that's why i never play with you mr

johnson let me console you with a coffee

or a high ball a high ball sir a high

ball judith

did you say something daughter no no

nothing i'm plain exhausted today with

moving around looking into things

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a man would have to be in two places at

once to take care of everything

your health son and your sir

now if you'll excuse me i'll be going

it's a pretty long ride home bye

you remember that slave girl we bought

yesterday

ain't nobody touching mr lawrence i put

it aside for you

damn right too anyone play with that

wench before me

i'll have him castrated

you go bring her here and rub down my

horse right away

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come on girl get up come with me what do

you want from me

ain't neither wants you come on

there she is now sir nice and clean

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uh-huh that'll be all

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my woman's paw interrupted us you can

finish things off please don't make me

hell's fire damn it oh boy what do you

mean by screwing a slave girl right here

in my house

go right back to bed you're just envious

of me paul when you were young and able

you sighed most all the miladis in

louisiana

i didn't put my slave girls into my bed

god darn it

a stable is the best place for that boy

you ought to have more sense by now

i prefer room service and no damn straw

tickling my ass

good morning sir fine day for trading

huh

and i have some fine stock here

open your mouth boy can't see much of

those teeth

well look at this one what do you think

appears to be in fair shape strong as an

ox could pull a load of hay all by

himself

now we come to a real bargain offer see

the muscles on this man

looks like must have swum all the way

from africa

all i'm asking is a fair price a hundred

dollars a head full of luck

okay guaranteed guaranteed against

everything

except for damage due to a careless

handling

i handle them carefully

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do

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so

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you can't even shoot straight you

bastard

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get moving

any trouble mr lawrence sir he got a

hold of a gun and tried to shoot me

can i beat him to death for you sir no

just hand him over to missile manual let

her take care of it

is your mistress at home no sir you

expecting her to come back soon

do you know where i can find her she's

going for a ride to and i think the

master's taking a nap

upstairs all right i'll wait give me a

drink will you

oh no stop it sir please come here you

pretty little weeds

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well i'll be hog time

i'm sorry mr johnson i guess i disturbed

you

i've been turned into some business in

town well sir

i'm convinced my daughter wouldn't

approve of your actions

you fooling around with that judas

i am aware that very few ladies like

that kind of domestic help

it's always been an established

prerogative of female tradition

and my daughter's a mighty proud girl

it's quite reassuring to see that i can

talk to you as man-to-man

i figure you could use more discretion

for the sake of emmanuel

all right i'd better just ride out to

meet her

see you later

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okay

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mr johnson help me sir what's the matter

boy

snake bite oh my god we got to do

something come along now

easy easy

judith give me a hand sit down here

bring another chair

get me a shoelace out of the drawer

there

we have to stop the poison from

circulating in the bloodstream i'll go

get the doctor

you stay there and don't move

what the hell you can trust me there's

no time to lose

come with me

you'll die if you wait for a doctor i'll

take care of you

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now i'll show you how my people cure

snakebite

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these leaves have been soaking in a

special infusion

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what's it supposed to do for me the

herbs are a natural antidote to the

poison

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how come you're taking all this trouble

after the way i've been treating you

be easy for you to let me die the dear

lord's commandment is love their

neighbors herself

what are you talking about

me and you and i neighbor's girl i'm the

master you're a slave

we are different colors but we are all

god's children

cain killed his brother there's evil in

our souls

heaven holds a place for those who do

not hate

you surely must have learned your

schooling from the preacher

and i thank the lord for giving me a

chance to save one of my fellow

creatures

you mean you forgive us for what my

people have done to yours

i just feel that there's still hope for

me and for you and for

all of us

get me some alcohol and plenty of

boiling water

wait a minute doctor the bandage

shouldn't be removed until the herbs

have dissolved in the bloodstream

what the deal do you want sir do you

need me or some black witch doctor

leave this man alone go and find some

work to do

uh such impertinence giving me orders

acting as if she's the master and i'm

the slave damned immoral

i hate to interrupt you in these

brilliant observations

but do you mind if we discuss the snake

bite

i'm not here to discuss anything i'm

doing my duty

curing the sick according to the laws of

medical science

quite rightly so doctor so tell me how

does medical science explain me being

alive

he bit me over one hour ago hmm i have

to admit

it was a miracle for me

maybe it was a miracle an angel's

blessing

and i believe that like it or not in

this case it was the black angel

come here judas

little black will you keep your paws off

my fiance

or will i knock it into you it was god's

will my second name is

manuel too and you know well that it

means

god's with us isn't that lovely well you

better start hoping he's with you now

i'll wash your sins away

i even have the same name as my slave

damn it

you listen to me judith emmanuel just

you keep clear mr lawrence i'm warning

you

i'll get my gun and send you right to

heaven express delivery that clear

come on hurry it up there

movement you lazy bastards

i said move it

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so

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come on you

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what do you want with me bob let's go

good evening mr lawrence huh this is one

of the new bats sir

and let her get some sleep well you owe

me that's enough don't bother me

yes sir

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hello paul hello everybody hello

lawrence congratulations on your

engagement and may all your troubles be

little ones

evening son the captain and his mate

just got in new orleans on their slave

ship

and it seems they had a very interesting

bullet sorry paul

i'm afraid i'll skip the fascinating

details for now i'm tired and going

straight to bed

good night off sailor's life isn't

what is it look ma

a snake bit me over on the johnson

plantation this morning oh my god

i guess the doctor must have been right

there or else you wouldn't be alive to

talk about it

you know i nearly died there and i am

deeply indebted

to the friend who saved my life he has

my eternal gratitude you're my only son

there wasn't any white doctor to save me

no no

it's a black angel good night good night

son he'll be all right thomas once he

gets a good night's sleep and recovers

from the shark

you know a snake bite would confuse

anyone

the main thing is he's alive and well

and he always was a headstrong boy

oh well

over there

no ain't that a pretty picture real

birdie

move over come on

what are you waiting for

what you doing master

oh this one yeah okay ted

what's wrong hold it nothing's wrong boy

this your big night

hey get on your feet

you come with us boy we got this here

present for you

no hello

no jeff don't do it

she's my woman we're not animals

and you're my friend

move along you

you mean you forgive us for what my

people have done to yours

i just feel that there is still hope for

me

and for you and for all of us

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get down there welcome to the bridal

sweep get on with it

let's see if you learn the facts alive

don't make me do it captain don't make

me

she's sam's woman and he's my friend

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well i won't make you do it

but if you don't i'll castrate you

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oh

fetch his buddy so he can see the show

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come on let's see some action your buddy

sure has

plenty of brotherly love boy

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yes

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something on your mind

lawrence uh sorry don you were saying

you look worried

how does your leg feel now mr lawrence

my leg feels just like i do like i'm

born in you

i'm glad to hear that sir don't forget

to repeat the treatment

make sure you get rid of that poison for

good i will

i bet tomorrow when you come over she'll

be all dressed like a little nursery

maid

if one day someone saves your life

you'll feel different i'd rather not

take the chance

i don't trust her kind

usually the patient prefers to stay

alone with his nurse

those herbs should just stink

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jude

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jude

i warned you

i'm not wasting time i'll have you whip

to death and it'll be slow and painful

for god's sake you manuel i owe my life

to this girl

and i won't put up with this

please try to understand it makes no

difference if her skin is black

she's a fine person and i admire her

this damn girl has bewitched you but i'm

gonna show the [ __ ] she's a slave

jodo she's all yours hold it

you leave her alone

damn you lawrence don't forget this is

my house don't interfere in this

you own this house not her body cause i

intend to buy her

she's not for sale i don't care to do

business with you

tell your father to come over to my

plantation and tell us his price

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huh

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um

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all right boys that'll do

now rape this [ __ ] here right in front

of him

have fun mr lawrence see what they do to

your guardian angel

no

oh god no oh

oh

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you pay for this you white trash i'll

dance on your grave you bastard

it'll be my pleasure to see you rot in

hell my little nymphomaniac

here

so

so

there you are you can sleep in my bed

for the night tomorrow i'll speak to my

mother

i'm sure she'll be glad to have you here

as a mate

you don't have to feel you owe me

something because i saved your life sir

you must know it's not gratitude the way

i feel about you

judith

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this is most embarrassing for me

lawrence you will make your excuses to

our neighbors

now just a minute paul maybe the truth

is even more embarrassing

our good neighbor's daughter had a crew

of hired hands beat me half to death

hmm you humiliated my girl in front of

one of her slaves

and i will not tolerate such behavior

young man

all i intended to do was buy the slave

so all we have to do is pay the man i

ain't making excuses

for bleeding on his grace tell me the

price of the slave and we'll say no more

i'm asking for an apology for the honor

of my daughter sir

i might have some remarks to make about

the honor of my family getting trampled

on by your day laborers

milan i don't want to be feuding with

you just consider that slave as a

personal gift

thank you good day

uh by the way paul yesterday you said

you'd feel eternal gratitude for the

person who'd saved

my life i'd like to ask you one favor

and that is to allow the girl to live in

this house right now

and then eventually to set her free i've

got no choice if that was the girl old

man johnson was just here yapping about

and i'm asking you to repay her for her

kindness her name is

judith i must say i hope she's gonna be

able to give me a little help in the

kitchen

you see we took your chains off as a

president for landing as your woman

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i'll think about you massa if you get to

hell before i do

it sure talks big for a boy who needs a

friend to satisfy his woman

boy if any man had taken my woman and

scooter

i'd stick a knife at his belly here but

you ain't man enough to do it

hey sharpie do you see how his woman was

loving every minute of that

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got him thinking

let's see what happens

you son of a [ __ ] you've done me wrong

you ain't no friend of mine you're dead

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listen you gave in too easy

to cut my balls off got someone else to

do

don't blame me yeah

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um

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that's not fooling around you all start

fighting for real

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yeah boy

oh hey you won't miss money on this

which one you back i don't know oh look

the same to me

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now ain't that a damn shame fun's over

already

ugh

you bastard

on your feet

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uh

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give me a gun

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hmm

now we buy these slaves to pick cotton

on this plantation here

and not to use like gamecocks

look at that your blood's the same color

as his

hey big boy

who me missy who else my name is elias

why don't you come on upstairs

walk right in

uh

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come in here

did you ever have a white woman no

i bet you didn't well that's good

because i've never had a black boy

either

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but the rumor is your good stuff

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a master he'd make me die i'm a slave

and i'm your mistress

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i've always loved you

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that's enough stop it you

now i've had my thrill black boy

get out of here out of here out of here

out of here out

ouch

how are you getting on with my mother

she's been so kind

being with you is enough to make me feel

content

it's like living in a dream you know i'm

in love with you but my dream isn't

real your class is prejudiced against a

slave

that doesn't make any difference and our

dream will come true

nobody can stop us

elias forgive me for the way i treated

you yesterday it's mr lawrence's fault

you're here

he's not gonna let us be happy after

this it's him or you see you gotta kill

him elias

tried to kill him once but my hand shook

i just ain't able

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my god why don't you try to understand

he's ruining our chances of being happy

together

he's prejudiced against you and me can't

you get that into your head

i tried to shoot him after all i'll

promise you what you like

kill him sorry manuel

but i ain't cut out to be a murderer

i am not cut out to be a murderer but

i'd sooner see you dead and married to

her you praise this all the way paw

now don't get so excited the doctor says

it's bad for your heart

damn it get out of here i'm not gonna

listen to you yet about marrying that

girl

i'm not about to commit anymore

and god strike me dead if i do

thomas oh he's had a heart attack

let me get him to bed then i'll go for

the doctor

joe yes ma'am well them down is that a

hard ride sure thing man

boy put that bucket down and come with

me

with with you missy yes with me come on

no missy please i mustn't do that

it's time you learn to obey you'll do

what i want

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get out of here

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joe i took care of the horse man there's

a boy in there tried to fool around with

me

get him and put him in the cage you want

i should whip him some too of course

i don't know the rules of being accepted

in heaven but

i guess i'll find out pretty soon

so i suppose there's no cause to

worry about it it's difficult a man does

the best he can and then maybe

he begins to wonder if things could have

been different

i think the times are gonna be changing

paul i hope i'm gonna find this freedom

for us all

everybody should do what he believes in

a man

should fight to keep his dignity in

living

on this plantation there'll be no more

slavery

you will see the coming of a brand new

day

different i hope and better than the

past bless you

whatever that slave is done i think you

have been too hard on him i hope your

resentment for judith isn't making you

take it out on the other slave

slaves cost a lot i've already forgotten

about that silly little housemate i'm

only interested in the discipline here

i must say i'm sorry i didn't take a

firmer stand about the way lawrence

behaved

i'm certainly not obsessed with the idea

of revenge lawrence means absolutely

nothing

his father and i are business partners

and i know you appreciate that

don't worry paul i'm too much of a lady

to go compromising myself and by the way

pop before you go

would you tell elias to bring me some

buckets of hot water for a bath

sure manuel

when i was a little girl i used to try

to get hold of my reflection in the

water so that the river wouldn't carry

it away

you're one of the few beautiful things

that this old river has seen

while he keeps on rolling and rolling

along

yes in the middle of too much suffering

my parents came from africa

and they died in misery after i was born

we'll never do

anything that can wipe out the past but

we can try

for a better future remember i believe

there is hope for us

for all of us i think

without you i

i never would have seen never seen the

light

i owe all to you everything i am now

it's all thanks to you

come along judy

we've got to start somewhere to put an

end to all this hatred and oppression

i know what you mean emmanuel johnson if

only

we could convince her to open up her

heart and mind

we'll go to see her put the buckets down

come here

put him down

you know that i've been waiting and you

know what for

two buckets of water ain't it

i was waiting for a man waiting for a

long time

let's get moving my bed's been waiting

too

take me

no i preferred to be tied out there in

the stalks

i saw you last night when you call that

boy joanie

and what happened to him later

he couldn't do what you do to me to set

me on fire he deserved

i've given up hope you treat me like a

human though my heart burns when i look

at you

but i'm not even a slave to you

not even a beast i'm just a simple

meaningless object

damn you elias i always get everything i

want nobody refuses my orders

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um

there's nothing that i can say the only

thing i need is

to make you love me

i'm spoiled and superficial you're a

real person

i'm a selfish empty little [ __ ]

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ugh

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you're right you are a meaningless

object you said you'd rather be tied in

the stocks and act the stallion

very silly of you elias so i've arranged

something more thrilling

you're gonna die to save my good name

help

tom

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follow elias he tried to raid me then he

jumped out the window

you go down that path you two with me

over here

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shoot him

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mr sir i'm begging your pardon what is

it

missing very well she's up for blood but

what she got four men with guns they're

gonna kill elias

but why what did the man do she says he

tried to rape her so he's got to die

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so

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uh

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guys

i want him alive i'm gonna fix him

back down you bastard you belong in the

dirt

i belong to the human race don't ever

forget it

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ugh

something moving in there

there he is

my god you killed miss emmanuel

you are not alone we are here and we

love you

nobody could

possibly love me you have to learn how

to give love first

yeah i'm learning that now

but it's too late it's never too late to

free our hearts from hatred and fear

and make a better world i love you all

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now it's up to us judith to love

and make it better

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you