1 00:00:03,711 --> 00:00:05,540 Your name is Toby. Now tell me your name. 2 00:00:05,541 --> 00:00:08,090 - Kunta Kinte. - That's not your name! 3 00:00:09,591 --> 00:00:12,250 And I will name you Kizzy. 4 00:00:12,251 --> 00:00:13,710 I think I was selfish 5 00:00:13,711 --> 00:00:15,750 to have you born into a world like this. 6 00:00:15,751 --> 00:00:17,590 You trained me well. 7 00:00:17,591 --> 00:00:19,590 Kizzy! 8 00:00:20,961 --> 00:00:22,880 Kizzy! 9 00:00:22,881 --> 00:00:24,290 This is my right! 10 00:00:24,291 --> 00:00:25,880 Help me! 11 00:00:25,881 --> 00:00:27,500 I'm gonna name you after my daddy... 12 00:00:27,501 --> 00:00:29,500 George Lea II. 13 00:00:31,041 --> 00:00:32,881 Come on. What you got, boy? 14 00:00:34,791 --> 00:00:37,750 I got to know a time gonna come when I can buy me free. 15 00:00:37,751 --> 00:00:40,040 I don't see why not, George. 16 00:00:40,041 --> 00:00:42,750 And I'm gonna see you again, my mornin' dove. 17 00:00:44,711 --> 00:00:46,790 A name is who you is. 18 00:00:46,791 --> 00:00:50,250 My daddy took whippings to protect his name. 19 00:00:50,251 --> 00:00:52,210 You get to making babies, 20 00:00:52,211 --> 00:00:54,750 Tom would be a fine name for a boy. 21 00:00:54,751 --> 00:00:56,500 Just bring yourself home safe. 22 00:00:58,961 --> 00:01:02,330 You win this for me, and I'll set you free. 23 00:01:02,331 --> 00:01:04,590 I swear. 24 00:01:09,751 --> 00:01:11,830 That Englishman will call me even if I give you to him... 25 00:01:11,831 --> 00:01:13,500 - take back to England. - England?! 26 00:01:13,501 --> 00:01:15,130 Get this nigger off of me! 27 00:01:15,131 --> 00:01:16,670 Who gonna watch my family? 28 00:01:16,671 --> 00:01:18,291 Tom Lea! 29 00:01:36,901 --> 00:01:41,768 Synced and corrected by MasterCookie - www.addic7ed.com - 30 00:01:47,051 --> 00:01:48,880 £100 on the red. 31 00:01:48,881 --> 00:01:50,510 £200 on the white. 32 00:01:50,511 --> 00:01:52,210 £500 on the white. 33 00:01:52,211 --> 00:01:54,170 Yeah, yeah, I cant take some bets. 34 00:01:54,171 --> 00:01:59,590 Mandinka say, "Everything that enchants also deceives." 35 00:01:59,591 --> 00:02:01,380 I'm not sure which is more exotic... 36 00:02:01,381 --> 00:02:03,090 your bird or your nigger. 37 00:02:03,091 --> 00:02:04,881 Now, would another £10,000 clarify the issue? 38 00:02:06,591 --> 00:02:08,170 Done. 39 00:02:08,171 --> 00:02:10,050 Excellent. 40 00:02:13,301 --> 00:02:16,420 All right, there he is. 41 00:02:16,421 --> 00:02:20,380 We're stronger, faster, smarter, prettier. 42 00:02:20,381 --> 00:02:23,380 Insult to be in the same pit with you and me. 43 00:02:23,381 --> 00:02:25,550 Now, what you gonna do about it? 44 00:02:28,171 --> 00:02:30,710 Whoo! 45 00:02:30,711 --> 00:02:36,380 Ladies and gentlemen, America is a wild and dangerous land. 46 00:02:36,381 --> 00:02:38,920 One time, I saw a Carolina bobcat 47 00:02:38,921 --> 00:02:41,050 drag a man high up a hickory tree, 48 00:02:41,051 --> 00:02:44,010 and two minutes later, his skeleton fell back down. 49 00:02:44,011 --> 00:02:45,300 Flesh picked clean. 50 00:02:45,301 --> 00:02:47,010 Just raining bones. Clickety-clack. 51 00:02:47,011 --> 00:02:48,750 I've been chased by savages, painted faces. 52 00:02:48,751 --> 00:02:51,590 After he was sent off to settle a gambling debt, 53 00:02:51,591 --> 00:02:54,380 Chicken George won nearly every match. 54 00:02:54,381 --> 00:02:57,460 The English loved him, and he fell 55 00:02:57,461 --> 00:03:00,670 into his old ways playing to the crowd. 56 00:03:00,671 --> 00:03:02,550 Let me tell you now, I have wrestled mountain men 57 00:03:02,551 --> 00:03:04,880 big as bears. 58 00:03:04,881 --> 00:03:07,880 They all naked. They men parts covered only by their beards. 59 00:03:07,881 --> 00:03:10,300 Chicken George! 60 00:03:10,301 --> 00:03:13,250 Chicken George! 61 00:03:13,251 --> 00:03:15,130 You've served me well, George. 62 00:03:15,131 --> 00:03:17,630 And I want to assure you when I've earned back 63 00:03:17,631 --> 00:03:20,670 the money Tom Lea lost to me, I will send you home a free man. 64 00:03:20,671 --> 00:03:22,880 Just wanted to know, sir. 65 00:03:22,881 --> 00:03:24,750 When would that be? 66 00:03:24,751 --> 00:03:26,300 Sir, how much longer I got... 67 00:03:26,301 --> 00:03:28,051 I will tell you when the time is right. 68 00:03:30,171 --> 00:03:32,840 By the time Sir Eric set him free, 69 00:03:32,841 --> 00:03:35,960 George had been in England for over 20 years... 70 00:03:35,961 --> 00:03:39,510 no longer enchanted, no longer deceived. 71 00:03:43,631 --> 00:03:45,210 Stand at the gate. 72 00:03:49,211 --> 00:03:53,800 Traveling homeward, George felt the past surge around him. 73 00:03:53,801 --> 00:03:58,750 He remembered how Kizzy said Kunta Kinte came to visit her, 74 00:03:58,751 --> 00:04:00,750 but George was afraid that his vision 75 00:04:00,751 --> 00:04:02,630 would mean something different... 76 00:04:02,631 --> 00:04:05,300 that his seven children would think of him 77 00:04:05,301 --> 00:04:07,420 as little more than another story. 78 00:04:07,421 --> 00:04:12,171 Or worse, that they had forgotten him altogether. 79 00:04:20,727 --> 00:04:22,966 _ 80 00:04:32,891 --> 00:04:34,890 Did you fall? 81 00:04:34,891 --> 00:04:36,930 I just sit away from the trees, 82 00:04:36,931 --> 00:04:38,760 feel the light on my face. 83 00:04:38,761 --> 00:04:42,180 Miss Malizy? 84 00:04:42,181 --> 00:04:44,050 It's George. 85 00:04:44,051 --> 00:04:45,550 - George? - Chicken George. 86 00:04:45,551 --> 00:04:47,010 I'm back from England. 87 00:04:47,011 --> 00:04:50,010 George? 88 00:04:50,011 --> 00:04:52,221 Come on now. Let's get you up. 89 00:05:17,551 --> 00:05:21,260 Where is my family? 90 00:05:21,261 --> 00:05:23,551 I know where your mama is. 91 00:05:30,431 --> 00:05:33,050 Kizzy got a pain in her side. 92 00:05:33,051 --> 00:05:34,930 She knew she was dying. 93 00:05:34,931 --> 00:05:37,350 Mama. 94 00:05:41,141 --> 00:05:43,181 I'm sorry. 95 00:05:46,261 --> 00:05:47,931 Mama... 96 00:06:02,221 --> 00:06:05,350 Miss Malizy, I'm gonna look around. 97 00:06:05,351 --> 00:06:06,930 Then I'll gonna come back and take you with me. 98 00:06:06,931 --> 00:06:08,720 Oh, no, sir. No. No. 99 00:06:08,721 --> 00:06:11,430 I got a right to be here. 100 00:06:11,431 --> 00:06:16,300 I worked this ground every day of my life. 101 00:06:16,301 --> 00:06:20,720 I got a right to be buried by Kizzy. 102 00:06:20,721 --> 00:06:23,550 Miss Malizy, I got to go look for my family. 103 00:06:23,551 --> 00:06:26,890 You ask Master Tom? 104 00:06:26,891 --> 00:06:29,470 Tom Lea's still alive? 105 00:06:29,471 --> 00:06:31,430 Mm-hmm. 106 00:06:57,391 --> 00:07:01,090 I'll shoot you, nigger, right here. 107 00:07:01,091 --> 00:07:04,890 Let my chickens peck at your cold, black body. 108 00:07:05,071 --> 00:07:07,530 I know you're here to rob me. 109 00:07:07,531 --> 00:07:10,190 But I reckon I could kill you first. 110 00:07:10,191 --> 00:07:13,730 Kill your own baby boy, Massa Tom? 111 00:07:14,131 --> 00:07:17,670 I know you? 112 00:07:17,671 --> 00:07:20,430 Sure you do. 113 00:07:20,431 --> 00:07:21,931 All right. 114 00:07:23,431 --> 00:07:25,840 George? 115 00:07:25,841 --> 00:07:27,881 My George? 116 00:07:30,801 --> 00:07:34,381 You come back for me, George. 117 00:07:45,391 --> 00:07:48,060 You say his name Benjamin Murray, 118 00:07:48,061 --> 00:07:50,220 Alamance County? 119 00:07:50,221 --> 00:07:52,680 Murray. Benjamin Murray. 120 00:07:52,681 --> 00:07:55,010 That's who bought my children? 121 00:07:55,011 --> 00:07:57,890 He an engineer at the Fayetteville arsenal. 122 00:07:57,891 --> 00:08:00,470 That right? 123 00:08:00,471 --> 00:08:03,310 Needed the money, George. 124 00:08:03,311 --> 00:08:05,180 How could you leave me? 125 00:08:05,181 --> 00:08:07,180 Oh, I didn't leave you. 126 00:08:07,181 --> 00:08:11,390 You sold me to pay a gambling debt, 127 00:08:11,391 --> 00:08:14,970 just like you sold my children. 128 00:08:14,971 --> 00:08:16,720 I taught you everything. 129 00:08:16,721 --> 00:08:18,220 It's all right. 130 00:08:18,221 --> 00:08:21,270 Got you a life with fancy folk in England. 131 00:08:21,271 --> 00:08:23,680 What did I get? 132 00:08:23,681 --> 00:08:26,310 Patricia run off. 133 00:08:26,311 --> 00:08:28,310 Whore. 134 00:08:28,311 --> 00:08:31,890 Old niggers can hardly work. 135 00:08:34,391 --> 00:08:37,640 Who's gonna look after me, George? 136 00:08:37,641 --> 00:08:40,890 Who's gonna cook and clean? 137 00:08:40,891 --> 00:08:43,010 Who's gonna obey me? 138 00:08:43,011 --> 00:08:46,640 You said you'd leave papers for my family, 139 00:08:46,641 --> 00:08:49,970 so they free. 140 00:08:49,971 --> 00:08:53,770 You swore that to me as they was dragging me away! 141 00:08:53,771 --> 00:08:56,510 Said you'd set my wife and all my children free. 142 00:08:56,511 --> 00:08:59,010 So did you write them papers for my family? 143 00:08:59,011 --> 00:09:00,430 Where are they? 144 00:09:01,961 --> 00:09:05,300 You a man without honor, Tom Lea. 145 00:09:05,301 --> 00:09:08,380 You walked your feet out them dirt hills. 146 00:09:08,381 --> 00:09:10,380 Not your filthy soul. 147 00:09:10,381 --> 00:09:13,460 You and me have the same blood, boy. 148 00:09:13,461 --> 00:09:15,840 I'm your daddy. 149 00:09:15,841 --> 00:09:18,210 No, the blood in me from Kizzy, not you... 150 00:09:18,211 --> 00:09:20,920 blood that kept me strong all these years away. 151 00:09:20,921 --> 00:09:24,010 What few good things I done, that the blood of my granddaddy. 152 00:09:24,011 --> 00:09:27,170 And every damn bit of foolishness in me, 153 00:09:27,171 --> 00:09:29,210 everything weak, everything selfish... 154 00:09:29,211 --> 00:09:33,590 that's you, Tom Lea, 'cause that's who you is. 155 00:09:33,591 --> 00:09:35,801 You ain't smart enough to change yourself. 156 00:09:38,171 --> 00:09:42,130 And the truth is, your whole damn life, 157 00:09:42,131 --> 00:09:45,510 you was a slave, too. 158 00:09:45,511 --> 00:09:47,301 You just never knew it. 159 00:09:57,551 --> 00:10:02,170 God damn you. 160 00:10:02,709 --> 00:10:04,458 Tom? 161 00:10:04,459 --> 00:10:07,288 Tom! 162 00:10:07,289 --> 00:10:08,448 Oh, Tom! 163 00:10:08,585 --> 00:10:10,384 Mama, what you doing out here? You got to get to work. 164 00:10:10,385 --> 00:10:12,334 I need you to stop at the Barton farm on your way back. 165 00:10:12,335 --> 00:10:14,044 See Old Man Augustus. 166 00:10:14,045 --> 00:10:15,794 He... he sells that special chestnut tea for asthma. 167 00:10:15,795 --> 00:10:17,384 Mama, I'm not passing that way. 168 00:10:17,385 --> 00:10:20,124 Besides, Massa Murray knows how many stops I make. 169 00:10:20,125 --> 00:10:22,084 Son. 170 00:10:22,085 --> 00:10:24,004 I'll work fast, Mama. 171 00:10:24,005 --> 00:10:25,754 Bring some back for you. 172 00:10:25,755 --> 00:10:27,504 Hey, now you got to get to work. 173 00:10:27,505 --> 00:10:30,924 You got a big heart, like your daddy. 174 00:10:30,925 --> 00:10:33,084 I ain't like my daddy. 175 00:10:33,085 --> 00:10:35,884 I'll never do nothing foolish to make Massa Murray angry, 176 00:10:35,885 --> 00:10:37,715 get myself sold away. 177 00:10:42,585 --> 00:10:44,624 You just get home safe. 178 00:10:44,625 --> 00:10:46,254 It only takes one crazy redneck, 179 00:10:46,255 --> 00:10:48,334 and Massa's road papers don't mean nothing. 180 00:10:48,335 --> 00:10:51,424 Just look after Irene and that baby in her belly. 181 00:10:51,425 --> 00:10:53,334 Now, get going now. 182 00:10:53,335 --> 00:10:55,544 Hyah! 183 00:10:59,385 --> 00:11:01,834 Business used to come to me in bunches. 184 00:11:01,835 --> 00:11:04,884 Now with all this war talk, can't keep my shop open. 185 00:11:04,885 --> 00:11:07,624 It ain't safe to be a colored free man in Carolina no more. 186 00:11:07,625 --> 00:11:09,794 Ain't never been safe to be a slave. 187 00:11:09,795 --> 00:11:12,384 Mm-hmm. 188 00:11:12,385 --> 00:11:14,124 I hear Mr. Murray send a fine blacksmith 189 00:11:14,125 --> 00:11:15,674 like you all over the state, Tom. 190 00:11:15,675 --> 00:11:17,084 He pay you a little? 191 00:11:17,085 --> 00:11:18,545 I need to finish up with you, man. 192 00:11:20,255 --> 00:11:21,834 Come on out here, boy. 193 00:11:26,675 --> 00:11:29,084 This boy a runaway. Stay up here mostly. 194 00:11:29,085 --> 00:11:31,464 I tell folks he's my slave. 195 00:11:31,465 --> 00:11:33,294 Some freemen keep niggers, too. 196 00:11:33,295 --> 00:11:34,834 How long you been hiding? 197 00:11:34,835 --> 00:11:36,714 August be seven whole years. 198 00:11:36,715 --> 00:11:39,254 Seven years? 199 00:11:39,255 --> 00:11:41,884 My brother and me ran away from Chatham County. 200 00:11:41,885 --> 00:11:43,924 He got caught, but they didn't see me. 201 00:11:43,925 --> 00:11:46,124 I hid in the bushes. 202 00:11:46,125 --> 00:11:48,544 Saw them patrol boys hang him. 203 00:11:48,545 --> 00:11:51,884 When I passed by here, Orly let me hide. 204 00:11:51,885 --> 00:11:53,384 I'm leaving the state soon, 205 00:11:53,385 --> 00:11:55,174 and this boy ain't got no papers, Tom. 206 00:11:55,175 --> 00:11:56,834 You got a pass lets you go anywhere. 207 00:11:56,835 --> 00:11:59,714 Name's Winslow. 208 00:11:59,715 --> 00:12:03,254 Just get me by the docks at Elizabeth City. 209 00:12:03,255 --> 00:12:05,885 Gonna sneak on a barge going north. 210 00:12:07,085 --> 00:12:08,924 Can't help. 211 00:12:08,925 --> 00:12:11,504 Massa Murray knows how long it takes me to make my rounds. 212 00:12:11,505 --> 00:12:13,424 Got a clock for a heart. 213 00:12:13,425 --> 00:12:16,834 Besides, I need to earn money for my family, buy them free. 214 00:12:16,835 --> 00:12:19,255 Can't I be free? 215 00:12:25,535 --> 00:12:27,115 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 216 00:12:36,155 --> 00:12:38,944 What's this place? 217 00:12:38,945 --> 00:12:41,444 Crossing into Duplin County. 218 00:12:43,115 --> 00:12:45,654 Come on, now. 219 00:12:45,655 --> 00:12:48,784 You got no papers, and I ain't got 220 00:12:48,785 --> 00:12:50,824 no way to prove you working with me. 221 00:12:50,825 --> 00:12:52,074 So best take off now. 222 00:12:52,075 --> 00:12:54,194 Can't just leave me out here. 223 00:12:54,195 --> 00:12:56,614 You lucky I took you this far! 224 00:12:58,195 --> 00:12:59,864 And if they catch you, 225 00:12:59,865 --> 00:13:02,154 you better not tell nobody my name, understand? 226 00:13:02,155 --> 00:13:03,445 Come on. 227 00:13:05,615 --> 00:13:08,404 Get in them trees now! 228 00:13:08,405 --> 00:13:10,285 Hyah, hyah! 229 00:13:25,661 --> 00:13:28,620 That's far enough! 230 00:13:28,621 --> 00:13:30,370 Just stop there! 231 00:13:30,371 --> 00:13:31,780 If I can just explain. 232 00:13:31,781 --> 00:13:33,160 That's far enough. 233 00:13:33,161 --> 00:13:35,200 I see that pistol in your waist. 234 00:13:35,201 --> 00:13:37,070 You put it down, or I'll swear 235 00:13:37,071 --> 00:13:39,240 I'll take it from your dead body. 236 00:13:39,241 --> 00:13:41,950 Toomey, what's all the fuss? 237 00:13:41,951 --> 00:13:44,491 Nigger has a gun. 238 00:13:46,911 --> 00:13:49,240 I got a reason to be here. 239 00:13:49,241 --> 00:13:50,660 If I can just speak to Mr. Murray. 240 00:13:50,661 --> 00:13:53,030 I'm his son. 241 00:13:53,031 --> 00:13:55,410 First, you need to prove to me you ain't here 242 00:13:55,411 --> 00:13:57,240 to cause trouble with our niggers. 243 00:13:57,241 --> 00:13:58,950 Who is it, Frederick? 244 00:13:58,951 --> 00:14:02,530 We got a smart-mouth nigger came strolling on the farm 245 00:14:02,531 --> 00:14:06,370 in his fancy clothes like he's paying a social call. 246 00:14:06,371 --> 00:14:08,621 Got a fancy gun, too. 247 00:14:10,781 --> 00:14:16,621 For all I know, he's here to provoke an insurrection. 248 00:14:20,781 --> 00:14:22,950 - Hey, you know that old boy? - Mnh-mnh. 249 00:14:22,951 --> 00:14:25,780 But he remind me of a man about to die. 250 00:14:25,781 --> 00:14:28,830 Benjamin, is there trouble? 251 00:14:28,831 --> 00:14:30,410 Oh, it's nothing to concern yourself with, Charlotte. 252 00:14:30,411 --> 00:14:32,620 Matilda, take my wife inside. 253 00:14:32,621 --> 00:14:35,120 Come inside. 254 00:14:35,121 --> 00:14:36,990 You need some nice, hot steam, ma'am. 255 00:14:36,991 --> 00:14:38,531 Mornin' Dove! 256 00:14:43,911 --> 00:14:45,331 George? 257 00:14:47,991 --> 00:14:50,490 Tilda, you know this boy? 258 00:14:50,491 --> 00:14:52,991 That's my George, my husband. 259 00:14:54,911 --> 00:14:57,830 Take another step, I'll shoot you right here. 260 00:14:57,831 --> 00:15:01,280 Then you will kill Matilda's husband and a free man. 261 00:15:01,281 --> 00:15:03,160 Check my pocket. 262 00:15:03,161 --> 00:15:05,620 You'll see my paper. 263 00:15:12,241 --> 00:15:15,240 I was manumitted by Sir C.E. Russell 264 00:15:15,241 --> 00:15:17,160 of Hampshire, England. 265 00:15:17,161 --> 00:15:19,830 That's his family seal. 266 00:15:19,831 --> 00:15:21,910 This is a free nigger. 267 00:15:21,911 --> 00:15:26,120 So return his property and obey the law. 268 00:15:26,121 --> 00:15:28,121 Thank you, sir. 269 00:15:32,161 --> 00:15:34,951 There's your fancy gun, nigger. 270 00:15:37,121 --> 00:15:40,870 Tilda, if this man is your husband, 271 00:15:40,871 --> 00:15:44,450 you will see him after the workday is done. 272 00:15:44,451 --> 00:15:46,950 Until then, 273 00:15:46,951 --> 00:15:51,950 I will allow him to wait on the road. 274 00:15:51,951 --> 00:15:55,410 We've been parted a long time, Tilda. 275 00:15:55,411 --> 00:15:58,950 Few more hours ain't no bother to us. 276 00:16:15,121 --> 00:16:17,830 I want to see a lot less talk 277 00:16:17,831 --> 00:16:20,870 and a hell of a lot more work! 278 00:17:36,955 --> 00:17:39,164 All this work, George. 279 00:17:39,164 --> 00:17:42,833 Am I still pretty? 280 00:17:42,834 --> 00:17:46,333 I dreamed of you so many years. 281 00:17:46,334 --> 00:17:48,743 My dreams failed me. 282 00:17:50,345 --> 00:17:52,764 You are so much more beautiful 283 00:17:52,765 --> 00:17:56,054 than I could possibly bring to mind. 284 00:17:56,055 --> 00:17:58,684 Now let me watch you bein' my wife. 285 00:18:00,475 --> 00:18:02,304 Unless you had enough. 286 00:18:02,305 --> 00:18:04,304 No. 287 00:18:04,305 --> 00:18:05,934 I'm just getting started. 288 00:18:05,935 --> 00:18:07,595 Mm-hmm. 289 00:18:35,745 --> 00:18:38,494 Daddy! I'm Li'l Kizzy. 290 00:18:43,995 --> 00:18:45,654 Hi, Li'l Kizzy. 291 00:18:45,655 --> 00:18:47,284 Hi. 292 00:18:47,285 --> 00:18:49,864 That your little scamp? 293 00:18:49,865 --> 00:18:51,744 Yeah, that's... that's Uriah. 294 00:18:51,745 --> 00:18:53,154 I'm... I'm Virgil... sir. 295 00:18:53,155 --> 00:18:54,494 "Sir"? 296 00:18:54,495 --> 00:18:56,414 Boy, you my firstborn son. 297 00:18:56,415 --> 00:18:58,614 This is, uh... this is my Lily Su. 298 00:18:58,615 --> 00:19:00,654 - That's me. - Man and wife? 299 00:19:00,655 --> 00:19:02,654 Well, Lily Su's man got killed when his wagon tipped, 300 00:19:02,655 --> 00:19:04,994 but, um, Massa Murray... he promises that... 301 00:19:04,995 --> 00:19:06,575 that we can get married one day. 302 00:19:09,325 --> 00:19:10,914 You just as pretty as the sunrise. 303 00:19:10,915 --> 00:19:14,324 Almost pretty as me. 304 00:19:14,325 --> 00:19:16,114 Ashford's our family cat. 305 00:19:16,115 --> 00:19:17,654 Can't stay home at night. 306 00:19:17,655 --> 00:19:20,034 Well, we'll just have to tie a bell to his paw 307 00:19:20,035 --> 00:19:21,744 so the gals can hear him coming. 308 00:19:24,615 --> 00:19:25,954 Oh, you James. 309 00:19:25,955 --> 00:19:27,614 That's right, Daddy. 310 00:19:27,615 --> 00:19:30,284 Boy, you was thin-boned as a sparrow when I left. 311 00:19:30,285 --> 00:19:32,034 Massa let a doctor come by here? 312 00:19:32,035 --> 00:19:34,284 Massa Frederick won't pay for no doctor. 313 00:19:34,285 --> 00:19:36,494 Says we need to use our own ways. 314 00:19:36,495 --> 00:19:38,114 I don't need to see a doctor, Daddy. 315 00:19:38,185 --> 00:19:41,184 I feel stronger every day. 316 00:19:41,185 --> 00:19:44,564 And this is Irene, Tom's first baby. 317 00:19:44,565 --> 00:19:48,724 Got that Cherokee hair. 318 00:19:48,725 --> 00:19:51,064 You don't seem so high-strung like she say. 319 00:19:51,065 --> 00:19:53,064 And you don't seem so foolish 320 00:19:53,065 --> 00:19:57,184 and no-account, like my Tom says. 321 00:19:59,355 --> 00:20:01,144 Where's Tom? 322 00:20:01,145 --> 00:20:02,724 Why ain't he standing by you with that big belly? 323 00:20:02,725 --> 00:20:05,564 Massa Murray says Tom is the best blacksmith in Carolina. 324 00:20:05,565 --> 00:20:07,564 Rents him out all over the state. 325 00:20:07,565 --> 00:20:09,644 Helps Massa Murray build his guns. 326 00:20:09,645 --> 00:20:11,524 Gets paid, too. 327 00:20:11,525 --> 00:20:12,894 Saving to buy us free. 328 00:20:12,895 --> 00:20:14,315 A slave never can pay enough. 329 00:20:16,685 --> 00:20:18,145 Never. 330 00:20:24,105 --> 00:20:26,145 Where are my other children? 331 00:20:33,145 --> 00:20:39,524 George Jr., Louis, and Mary got sold off 332 00:20:39,525 --> 00:20:41,604 a few weeks after we came. 333 00:20:41,605 --> 00:20:45,564 Massa Murray said he sorry, but he couldn't keep all of us. 334 00:20:45,565 --> 00:20:48,064 We tried to keep in touch with them, Daddy, but, uh, 335 00:20:48,065 --> 00:20:50,105 ain't none of them in Carolina no more. 336 00:20:55,855 --> 00:20:59,564 It's my fault... all of it. 337 00:20:59,565 --> 00:21:00,984 Now, you listen now. 338 00:21:00,985 --> 00:21:02,724 I put my trust in false things. 339 00:21:02,725 --> 00:21:04,984 Thought I'd put on a show for the massas, they act kindly. 340 00:21:04,985 --> 00:21:07,144 Thought they money and hurrahs mean respect. 341 00:21:07,145 --> 00:21:09,564 I was a damn fool. 342 00:21:09,565 --> 00:21:12,104 I'm gonna keep this family together, 343 00:21:12,105 --> 00:21:14,604 just like my Mama Kizzy wanted, 344 00:21:14,605 --> 00:21:18,894 just like her daddy, Kunta Kinte before her. 345 00:21:18,895 --> 00:21:22,934 Now, Daddy been gone a long time. 346 00:21:22,935 --> 00:21:26,774 That ain't never gonna happen again. 347 00:21:26,775 --> 00:21:29,984 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama have done 348 00:21:29,985 --> 00:21:33,684 their sacred duty to join South Carolina in secession. 349 00:21:33,685 --> 00:21:35,984 It is time for North Carolina 350 00:21:35,985 --> 00:21:38,434 to stand up and join her brothers. 351 00:21:38,435 --> 00:21:40,934 They printed your entire letter, darling. 352 00:21:40,935 --> 00:21:43,224 We'll vote war, and sooner than later. 353 00:21:43,225 --> 00:21:45,064 Frederick, so many boys will die. 354 00:21:45,065 --> 00:21:46,934 Lincoln is weak. 355 00:21:46,935 --> 00:21:49,854 He won't dare send his soldiers so far away from home. 356 00:21:49,855 --> 00:21:53,144 And if he does, in two weeks, we'll declare victory. 357 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:56,394 North Carolina will reward the men that led us to freedom, 358 00:21:56,395 --> 00:21:58,724 turn to them for leadership for a new country. 359 00:21:58,725 --> 00:22:00,814 Secession isn't something everyone wants. 360 00:22:00,815 --> 00:22:02,934 It's too extreme. Common sense can still prevail. 361 00:22:02,935 --> 00:22:05,524 Common sense abandoned this country long ago. 362 00:22:05,525 --> 00:22:07,274 Why should New York and Boston 363 00:22:07,275 --> 00:22:09,354 and Philadelphia tell us how to live? 364 00:22:09,355 --> 00:22:11,224 They don't understand. 365 00:22:11,225 --> 00:22:13,314 There is no South without slavery. 366 00:22:15,025 --> 00:22:17,774 Haven't I found my match, Mother? 367 00:22:17,775 --> 00:22:18,985 Commence firing! 368 00:22:21,395 --> 00:22:23,935 Cannoneers, cease fire! 369 00:22:25,605 --> 00:22:26,854 Service the piece. 370 00:22:26,855 --> 00:22:29,434 Cannoneers, load! 371 00:22:29,435 --> 00:22:31,934 See, Massa Murray runs test for the army. 372 00:22:31,935 --> 00:22:35,104 - Advance the round! - Guns and cannons, bullets, too. 373 00:22:35,105 --> 00:22:37,104 Says if war comes, Southern boys 374 00:22:37,105 --> 00:22:39,484 - gonna need to make their own guns. - Mm-hmm. 375 00:22:39,485 --> 00:22:41,854 What's your brother Tom gonna do with all this? 376 00:22:41,855 --> 00:22:45,354 See, Massa Murray asks his opinion all the time. 377 00:22:45,355 --> 00:22:46,984 If something gets made by hammer and fire, 378 00:22:46,985 --> 00:22:48,644 Tom's the one massa depends on. 379 00:22:48,645 --> 00:22:50,645 Cannoneers, commence firing. 380 00:22:55,275 --> 00:22:57,024 Watch out for Frederick, though, Daddy. 381 00:22:57,025 --> 00:22:58,934 He part cannon hisself. 382 00:22:58,935 --> 00:23:00,224 Never know when he going off. 383 00:23:00,225 --> 00:23:03,104 Cannoneers, load! 384 00:23:03,105 --> 00:23:05,224 Sorry I'm late, massa. 385 00:23:05,225 --> 00:23:06,854 Just got back. 386 00:23:06,855 --> 00:23:08,984 Your father's been anxious to see you. 387 00:23:08,985 --> 00:23:10,684 My father? 388 00:23:10,685 --> 00:23:13,774 Chicken George ain't no cock-and-bull story, boy! 389 00:23:13,775 --> 00:23:15,644 Here's our daddy hisself. 390 00:23:15,645 --> 00:23:20,274 He's got lots of real good stories to tell, too. 391 00:23:20,275 --> 00:23:23,104 Got no time for stories. 392 00:23:23,105 --> 00:23:26,484 Got too much work now. 393 00:23:26,485 --> 00:23:28,224 Daddy. 394 00:23:28,225 --> 00:23:31,394 We're getting quite the collection on the farm. 395 00:23:31,395 --> 00:23:34,814 Every nigger but the Lost Tribe of Israel. 396 00:23:34,815 --> 00:23:37,724 How long you plan on visiting with us, Chicken George? 397 00:23:37,725 --> 00:23:39,354 Oh, I ain't visiting. 398 00:23:39,355 --> 00:23:42,524 I told Mr. Murray I'm living here now with my family. 399 00:23:42,525 --> 00:23:45,724 Mrs. Murray relies on Matilda. 400 00:23:45,725 --> 00:23:48,314 Having your father here has... has brightened her mood. 401 00:23:48,315 --> 00:23:49,774 - Ready. - That's a great kindness, sir, 402 00:23:49,775 --> 00:23:51,275 to be with my children again. 403 00:23:53,435 --> 00:23:56,315 Cannoneers, commence firing! 404 00:24:02,065 --> 00:24:03,814 Whoa, whoa, whoa. 405 00:24:03,815 --> 00:24:06,484 Ho, ho, ho, ho. 406 00:24:08,315 --> 00:24:10,354 Is everyone all right? 407 00:24:10,355 --> 00:24:12,814 Breech exploded. What went wrong? 408 00:24:12,815 --> 00:24:14,984 Need more precision on the ball. 409 00:24:14,985 --> 00:24:16,564 Ain't truly round. 410 00:24:16,565 --> 00:24:18,024 How the hell do you know that? 411 00:24:18,025 --> 00:24:21,184 - By my hands. - Nonsense. 412 00:24:21,185 --> 00:24:23,104 Bamboozle my father. 413 00:24:23,105 --> 00:24:25,024 You lie to me, I'll string you up by your toes. 414 00:24:25,025 --> 00:24:26,724 Collect the pieces. 415 00:24:26,725 --> 00:24:29,934 Ashford, get over here and help clean this up. 416 00:24:29,935 --> 00:24:32,814 Mr. Murray think real highly of you, son. 417 00:24:32,815 --> 00:24:34,684 I keep on his good side. 418 00:24:34,685 --> 00:24:36,814 Ain't no good side for no slave. 419 00:24:36,815 --> 00:24:39,724 Any good side dry up faster rain in a summer field. 420 00:24:39,725 --> 00:24:41,104 Bet on it. 421 00:24:41,105 --> 00:24:44,484 Betting is your game, not mine. 422 00:24:44,485 --> 00:24:48,274 If Massa Murray want to play papa to me, I'm gonna let him. 423 00:24:48,275 --> 00:24:51,185 Do anything to make it easier for my family. 424 00:24:55,855 --> 00:24:59,484 Ain't every nigger get made the fool by his white daddy. 425 00:25:13,068 --> 00:25:15,658 - There we go. - There she is. 426 00:25:19,568 --> 00:25:21,158 Bring another plate out here. 427 00:25:29,118 --> 00:25:31,827 You can't slow down? 428 00:25:31,828 --> 00:25:34,657 Miss Nancy's barkin' orders like she runnin' the farm already. 429 00:25:34,658 --> 00:25:36,247 She can bark all she want. 430 00:25:36,248 --> 00:25:38,617 We just got to see if her bite is bad as his. 431 00:25:38,618 --> 00:25:40,367 Her folks here? 432 00:25:40,368 --> 00:25:42,657 Both her folks died and left her a place in Raleigh. 433 00:25:42,658 --> 00:25:45,407 She a book-smart lady. 434 00:25:45,408 --> 00:25:49,618 Frederick fell for her as easy as a slip on a river rock. 435 00:25:56,248 --> 00:25:57,907 What's wrong, son? 436 00:25:57,908 --> 00:25:59,287 Them boys right there... 437 00:25:59,288 --> 00:26:01,407 They Mr. Frederick boyhood friends. 438 00:26:01,408 --> 00:26:03,117 They ain't even gonna let Abe Lincoln 439 00:26:03,118 --> 00:26:04,457 on a ballot in North Carolina. 440 00:26:20,578 --> 00:26:22,957 That's my mama's song. 441 00:26:22,958 --> 00:26:25,957 Every band in the county plays it now. 442 00:26:25,958 --> 00:26:30,157 It's changed some but always the same. 443 00:26:30,158 --> 00:26:32,367 I can hear Mmama Kizzy humming it. 444 00:26:34,198 --> 00:26:36,287 These folks don't know where it come from. 445 00:26:36,288 --> 00:26:39,407 Well, we do, Mornin' Dove. 446 00:26:39,408 --> 00:26:40,957 Dance with me. 447 00:26:40,958 --> 00:26:42,997 George. We ain't allowed. 448 00:26:42,998 --> 00:26:45,497 Oh, I'm allowed to dance with my wife. 449 00:26:47,368 --> 00:26:50,037 It's been years, George. 450 00:27:02,998 --> 00:27:04,998 Come on, honey. Let's go back in. 451 00:27:08,908 --> 00:27:11,697 Stop it right now. You shouldn't be around here. 452 00:27:11,698 --> 00:27:13,197 You know Massa Frederick don't like you around here. 453 00:27:13,198 --> 00:27:15,157 Boy, why don't you worry more about 454 00:27:15,158 --> 00:27:17,077 they working your Irene too hard? 455 00:27:17,078 --> 00:27:20,247 Go ahead, ask Massa Murray to let her rest till the baby come, 456 00:27:20,248 --> 00:27:22,497 since he looking out for you now like a father. 457 00:27:22,498 --> 00:27:24,697 Or maybe I'll just buy my Irene free 458 00:27:24,698 --> 00:27:26,368 - with all that money you won in England. - Both of you, stop this. 459 00:27:27,908 --> 00:27:30,367 I got to get back inside to Miss Charlotte. 460 00:27:36,498 --> 00:27:40,457 Every penny I saved to come home to my family. 461 00:27:40,458 --> 00:27:42,197 Hallelujah! 462 00:27:42,198 --> 00:27:43,867 Like mama's daddy used to preach. 463 00:27:43,868 --> 00:27:45,657 The old massa sent me to England. 464 00:27:45,658 --> 00:27:47,077 I ain't got no choice. 465 00:27:47,078 --> 00:27:49,537 I was a slave. What else could I do? 466 00:27:49,538 --> 00:27:51,327 All I ever heard was how you wanted 467 00:27:51,328 --> 00:27:52,827 to gamble your way to be free. 468 00:27:52,828 --> 00:27:54,747 Ain't the truth, Daddy. 469 00:27:54,748 --> 00:27:56,077 You liked it. 470 00:27:58,958 --> 00:28:02,247 Ain't no right way to be a slave. 471 00:28:02,248 --> 00:28:06,117 Only thing they ever gonna understand is this right here. 472 00:28:06,118 --> 00:28:07,957 You old fool! 473 00:28:07,958 --> 00:28:09,537 You keep flashing that gun around, 474 00:28:09,538 --> 00:28:11,118 and we'll both be hanged from an oak tree. 475 00:28:23,078 --> 00:28:25,457 Think I don't want to take my hammer 476 00:28:25,458 --> 00:28:27,867 and cave in a man's head who spits at my brothers 477 00:28:27,868 --> 00:28:30,197 or... or insults Mama? 478 00:28:30,198 --> 00:28:32,867 But what happens next? 479 00:28:32,868 --> 00:28:36,157 After they kill me or... or sell me? 480 00:28:36,158 --> 00:28:38,367 Who watches out for the family? 481 00:28:38,368 --> 00:28:43,287 But that was never you, Daddy, 'cause you... 482 00:28:43,288 --> 00:28:46,197 you had to be Chicken George, 483 00:28:46,198 --> 00:28:49,157 livin' the sportin' life. 484 00:28:56,863 --> 00:28:58,652 Let me hold your hand. 485 00:28:58,653 --> 00:29:01,232 You know who holds hands? 486 00:29:01,233 --> 00:29:04,312 Mandinka warriors from Africa. 487 00:29:04,313 --> 00:29:07,442 They're the strongest, toughest boys in this whole world. 488 00:29:07,443 --> 00:29:10,192 You got to teach my baby, too, Daddy. 489 00:29:10,193 --> 00:29:12,152 Don't you worry. 490 00:29:12,153 --> 00:29:14,902 I got lots to teach you about Kunta Kinte. 491 00:29:16,273 --> 00:29:17,772 As your lawyer, I'd prefer you 492 00:29:17,773 --> 00:29:20,272 to refrain from shooting Chicken George. 493 00:29:20,273 --> 00:29:23,772 A trial requires my valuable time, even played as a farce. 494 00:29:23,773 --> 00:29:26,272 Here's where you say you have a smarter idea. 495 00:29:26,273 --> 00:29:29,442 I have a smarter idea. 496 00:29:29,443 --> 00:29:32,112 North Carolina law's clear. 497 00:29:32,113 --> 00:29:35,482 Now, freedom granted to any slave shall be 498 00:29:35,483 --> 00:29:37,692 upon the expressed condition that he leave the state 499 00:29:37,693 --> 00:29:40,612 within 90 days and never return. 500 00:29:40,613 --> 00:29:42,402 How long has he been on your farm? 501 00:29:42,403 --> 00:29:44,312 Over two months now. 502 00:29:44,313 --> 00:29:47,022 On the 91st day, you can seize him and sell him. 503 00:29:47,023 --> 00:29:49,402 Why quibble over days when you can just take him? 504 00:29:49,403 --> 00:29:51,772 No, no, keep it by the book. 505 00:29:51,773 --> 00:29:53,652 Old Chicken George will find out 506 00:29:53,653 --> 00:29:55,732 I'm a bag of nails compared to my father. 507 00:29:55,733 --> 00:29:57,402 You leaving here tonight. 508 00:29:57,403 --> 00:29:59,073 I'm right where I should be. 509 00:30:01,613 --> 00:30:03,982 Is this all the bread you could find? 510 00:30:03,983 --> 00:30:06,572 Frederick and his friends ate through the pantry like a plague of locusts. 511 00:30:06,573 --> 00:30:08,862 - Matilda, hold on. - James will drive you to the Durham road. 512 00:30:08,863 --> 00:30:11,362 And don't go waving these papers talking about you free. 513 00:30:11,363 --> 00:30:13,902 Might as well throw a stone at a wasp nest. 514 00:30:14,203 --> 00:30:16,362 Get the small cart ready. 515 00:30:16,363 --> 00:30:17,812 We won't tell your brothers or your sisters 516 00:30:17,813 --> 00:30:19,113 until your daddy is far away. 517 00:30:22,073 --> 00:30:24,402 I ain't leaving. 518 00:30:24,403 --> 00:30:26,362 Hey. 519 00:30:26,443 --> 00:30:29,482 Mr. Murray ain't that bad, and as for Frederick... 520 00:30:29,483 --> 00:30:31,652 And I'm telling you Massa Murray grows older every day. 521 00:30:31,653 --> 00:30:34,022 Can't control Frederick. 522 00:30:34,023 --> 00:30:36,022 He is as bad as they come. 523 00:30:36,023 --> 00:30:37,482 He'll make your life a torment, 524 00:30:37,483 --> 00:30:39,442 then sell you Mississippi way or kill you. 525 00:30:39,443 --> 00:30:41,103 I ain't scared of that boy. 526 00:30:43,233 --> 00:30:45,812 I can't leave you again. 527 00:30:45,813 --> 00:30:47,152 And I won't. 528 00:30:47,153 --> 00:30:48,693 No. 529 00:30:55,393 --> 00:30:59,272 I prayed so hard that you would come back, 530 00:30:59,273 --> 00:31:01,982 and we'd be free together, 531 00:31:01,983 --> 00:31:05,392 even after Massa Murray sold the children. 532 00:31:05,393 --> 00:31:08,062 But if we can't be free together, 533 00:31:08,063 --> 00:31:10,392 at least you'll be free. 534 00:31:10,393 --> 00:31:13,892 I know what Mama Kizzy would say. 535 00:31:13,893 --> 00:31:18,152 Do what your grandfather would do. 536 00:31:18,153 --> 00:31:20,943 Keep moving north, and don't ever look back. 537 00:31:24,413 --> 00:31:26,912 Promise me. 538 00:31:26,913 --> 00:31:29,743 I promise. 539 00:31:31,703 --> 00:31:33,453 For now I'll go. 540 00:31:39,573 --> 00:31:43,992 I don't know how, 541 00:31:43,993 --> 00:31:47,992 and I don't know when, 542 00:31:47,993 --> 00:31:50,613 but I know I will be back for this. 543 00:31:58,323 --> 00:32:02,072 And next time, I ain't wavin' no papers to be free. 544 00:32:02,073 --> 00:32:06,322 Ain't asking no permission from nobody. 545 00:32:06,323 --> 00:32:10,652 Next time, my Mornin' Dove, I'm coming to take you. 546 00:32:41,609 --> 00:32:43,269 Take it, son. 547 00:32:52,349 --> 00:32:54,649 I'll make sure he does, Daddy. 548 00:32:59,649 --> 00:33:01,398 Hyah. 549 00:33:12,139 --> 00:33:14,968 Maria wants her daddy 'fore he goes to work. 550 00:33:14,969 --> 00:33:17,048 Oh, my hands are rough as tree bark. 551 00:33:17,049 --> 00:33:18,758 Talk to her. 552 00:33:18,759 --> 00:33:20,138 Tell her 'bout Kunta Kinte. 553 00:33:21,799 --> 00:33:23,888 Where'd you hear that name? 554 00:33:23,889 --> 00:33:27,888 Chicken George said Kunta Kinte made these for Mama Kizzy. 555 00:33:27,889 --> 00:33:30,088 Your granddaddy from Africa. 556 00:33:30,089 --> 00:33:33,048 The one they stole on a ship, 557 00:33:33,049 --> 00:33:34,638 then cut his foot off so he wouldn't run off. 558 00:33:34,639 --> 00:33:36,218 Ain't got no time for stories now, Irene. Come on. 559 00:33:36,219 --> 00:33:38,088 Chicken George said the Africans 560 00:33:38,089 --> 00:33:39,968 say special words for a new baby. 561 00:33:39,969 --> 00:33:42,758 Say stories bigger than Bible stories. 562 00:33:42,759 --> 00:33:45,588 Irene, when my... my daddy gets to talking, 563 00:33:45,589 --> 00:33:48,678 telling stories, it's best stop listening now. 564 00:33:48,679 --> 00:33:51,888 So, here. Here. 565 00:33:51,889 --> 00:33:53,388 Right here, sir. Got these special England papers. 566 00:33:53,389 --> 00:33:55,718 All right, I got room for two niggers up on top. 567 00:33:55,719 --> 00:33:57,388 - I got money. - Show me money and papers. 568 00:33:57,389 --> 00:33:58,888 The rest can turn around. 569 00:33:58,889 --> 00:34:00,388 - Right here. - Hey, hey, hey, say, boss. 570 00:34:00,389 --> 00:34:02,048 Say, boss. We free men. 571 00:34:02,049 --> 00:34:03,548 We ought to be riding inside this cab. 572 00:34:03,549 --> 00:34:05,548 No niggers inside. 573 00:34:05,549 --> 00:34:07,888 Easy, now, son, or ain't none of us gettin' on 574 00:34:07,889 --> 00:34:10,928 There's a war startin', old man, sooner than later. 575 00:34:10,929 --> 00:34:13,758 I need to put some miles between me and here. 576 00:34:13,759 --> 00:34:15,468 You know there ain't gonna be no safe place 577 00:34:15,469 --> 00:34:16,968 once these crackers start shootin'. 578 00:34:16,969 --> 00:34:18,388 Hey, watch... watch out, watch out. 579 00:34:18,389 --> 00:34:21,048 Hey, hey, hey, here, here, here. 580 00:34:21,049 --> 00:34:22,678 What the hell is this, boy? 581 00:34:22,679 --> 00:34:24,178 That says I'm supposed to be inside that carriage. 582 00:34:24,179 --> 00:34:26,388 It's just a slip of old newsprint. 583 00:34:26,389 --> 00:34:28,718 You. You, up top. 584 00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:31,468 - We could ride on the back. - That's it. No more room. 585 00:34:31,469 --> 00:34:33,758 The rest of you have to wait for the next one. 586 00:34:33,759 --> 00:34:36,218 Well, you handled that real good, didn't you, son? 587 00:34:36,219 --> 00:34:38,888 Well, joke's on that cracker. 588 00:34:38,889 --> 00:34:40,638 I can't read a word. 589 00:34:42,139 --> 00:34:43,588 Get on it. Come on. 590 00:34:45,259 --> 00:34:46,718 Ah, Cyrus. 591 00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,218 Owned by the Brickle farm. 592 00:34:48,219 --> 00:34:49,718 Virginia. 593 00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,638 Caught me runnin' off into Pennsylvania, 594 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:53,008 sent me down to Tennessee. 595 00:34:53,009 --> 00:34:55,048 I run off twice more. 596 00:34:55,049 --> 00:34:57,298 George. Chicken George. 597 00:34:57,299 --> 00:34:59,088 Free man for true. 598 00:34:59,089 --> 00:35:01,298 It don't seem to be helpin' me much. 599 00:35:01,299 --> 00:35:03,758 Hmm, well, I tell you what, Chicken George, 600 00:35:03,759 --> 00:35:05,548 let's say we start walkin' 'fore 601 00:35:05,549 --> 00:35:07,758 some Johnny Reb try and put us back in chains. 602 00:35:07,759 --> 00:35:10,428 They say a nigger make his way up to a Union fort, 603 00:35:10,429 --> 00:35:12,928 he can get a gun and fight. 604 00:35:12,929 --> 00:35:16,428 So, uh, what you waitin' on, Chicken George? 605 00:35:28,058 --> 00:35:30,967 If you're moving in with us once we're married, why fuss with this? 606 00:35:32,269 --> 00:35:34,228 Ostentatious, don't you think, darling? 607 00:35:34,229 --> 00:35:36,519 I think I agree with whatever you say. 608 00:35:38,519 --> 00:35:41,098 Too ordinary. 609 00:35:41,099 --> 00:35:43,228 I can forge anything you want, Miss Nancy. 610 00:35:43,229 --> 00:35:45,358 Uh, I got all kinds in my wagon. 611 00:35:45,359 --> 00:35:47,858 Would you like to come choose with me, Frederick? 612 00:35:47,859 --> 00:35:50,688 I defer to your superior judgment. 613 00:35:50,689 --> 00:35:52,098 That the right answer? 614 00:35:52,099 --> 00:35:53,809 Always. 615 00:35:56,879 --> 00:35:58,729 Signal me if Frederick comes. 616 00:36:02,439 --> 00:36:04,598 I thought he couldn't hear anything. 617 00:36:04,599 --> 00:36:06,438 Jerusalem is deaf and mute, 618 00:36:06,439 --> 00:36:08,519 but if you face him, he can read lips. 619 00:36:11,939 --> 00:36:15,648 South Carolina is calling a convention to vote on secession. 620 00:36:15,649 --> 00:36:17,688 Once they leave the Union, states like North Carolina 621 00:36:17,689 --> 00:36:20,058 are just gonna fall in line like trees in a hurricane. 622 00:36:20,059 --> 00:36:22,768 - Don't know nothing about that, ma'am. - Yes, you do. You read the newspapers. 623 00:36:22,769 --> 00:36:25,308 Matilda sneaks them from the kindling. I've seen her. 624 00:36:25,309 --> 00:36:27,398 Most of your family reads. That is a marvel. 625 00:36:27,399 --> 00:36:29,148 Ma'am, don't say nothin' more, ma'am. 626 00:36:29,149 --> 00:36:30,688 Tom. 627 00:36:30,689 --> 00:36:32,978 I'm a spy for the North. 628 00:36:32,979 --> 00:36:37,558 I'm here to gather information for Mr. Pinkerton in Washington. 629 00:36:37,559 --> 00:36:39,099 Intelligence, he calls it. 630 00:36:42,809 --> 00:36:45,898 Mr. Murray is aware of the Confederacy's 631 00:36:45,899 --> 00:36:49,188 plans for weapons and explosives. 632 00:36:49,469 --> 00:36:52,718 You have a road pass, and he trusts you, Tom. 633 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:54,468 Will you help me? 634 00:36:54,469 --> 00:36:57,678 Nobody gonna hurt a fancy lady like you. 635 00:36:57,679 --> 00:36:59,968 We slaves. 636 00:36:59,969 --> 00:37:01,878 They'll cut us down like wheat 637 00:37:01,879 --> 00:37:03,428 in a field and won't think twice. 638 00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:05,758 I-I can't. I won't. 639 00:37:10,589 --> 00:37:12,838 What's taking so long? 640 00:37:12,839 --> 00:37:15,588 This nigger trying to get money out of you? 641 00:37:15,589 --> 00:37:17,588 They're like children, always begging for more. 642 00:37:17,589 --> 00:37:19,138 No, darling. 643 00:37:19,139 --> 00:37:20,798 But you know us women. 644 00:37:20,799 --> 00:37:22,338 Beautiful things dazzle us. 645 00:37:22,339 --> 00:37:25,429 I just need time to decide. 646 00:37:27,969 --> 00:37:31,428 Company, attention. 647 00:37:37,521 --> 00:37:40,521 _ 648 00:37:50,189 --> 00:37:54,268 There. Much better. 649 00:37:54,269 --> 00:37:56,348 A Major has to impress his men. 650 00:37:56,349 --> 00:37:58,399 As long as I impress you. 651 00:38:02,399 --> 00:38:04,188 Let's be careful, Daddy. 652 00:38:04,189 --> 00:38:06,728 Gentlemen, uh, this boy Tom's the king of hooves. 653 00:38:06,729 --> 00:38:09,978 He knows more about a horse's feet than the horse himself. 654 00:38:09,979 --> 00:38:14,018 I expect you to look after every shoe 655 00:38:14,019 --> 00:38:16,518 on every horse in our company every night. 656 00:38:16,519 --> 00:38:18,268 Yes, sir... uh, Major. 657 00:38:18,269 --> 00:38:21,598 Good shoes make good horses, and good horses win wars. 658 00:38:21,599 --> 00:38:23,808 Who's really in command of this company, Frederick? 659 00:38:23,809 --> 00:38:26,638 I report to one commander, boys. 660 00:38:29,599 --> 00:38:32,768 Now, let's get this company ready for battle. 661 00:38:41,340 --> 00:38:43,236 _ 662 00:38:48,359 --> 00:38:51,728 You reckon, uh, them Johnny Rebs gave up huntin' us? 663 00:38:51,729 --> 00:38:53,598 Sure, Chicken George. 664 00:38:53,599 --> 00:38:56,138 I reckon they changed their mind all about 665 00:38:56,139 --> 00:38:58,348 niggers going to fight for Abe Lincoln. 666 00:39:01,519 --> 00:39:04,518 You reckon you're too old for this, Chicken George? 667 00:39:06,019 --> 00:39:07,729 What's new, boy? 668 00:39:09,979 --> 00:39:11,689 Man gave me this. 669 00:39:13,769 --> 00:39:15,438 You ain't got to unfold it. Just give it here. 670 00:39:15,439 --> 00:39:17,478 I ain't much good with words. 671 00:39:17,479 --> 00:39:20,768 Well, you know, I got a notion to read, but 672 00:39:20,769 --> 00:39:23,268 "Memphis Battery D, 673 00:39:23,269 --> 00:39:26,438 2nd United States Light Artillery 674 00:39:26,439 --> 00:39:29,138 seeks volunteers of African descent." 675 00:39:29,139 --> 00:39:30,768 Oh, that's us. 676 00:39:30,769 --> 00:39:32,728 "Pay... $13 a month." 677 00:39:32,729 --> 00:39:34,268 $13 a month? 678 00:39:34,269 --> 00:39:37,188 I'll fight two wars for $13 a month. 679 00:39:37,189 --> 00:39:40,188 Man said there was a recruiting office on Knoxville Turnpike. 680 00:39:40,189 --> 00:39:41,399 Shh, shh. 681 00:39:43,309 --> 00:39:45,598 Ohh! Go! 682 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:48,308 Run, run! 683 00:39:56,939 --> 00:39:58,348 Go, George. 684 00:40:13,939 --> 00:40:16,139 - How? - Move! 685 00:40:18,689 --> 00:40:20,349 Come back here, boy! 686 00:40:35,349 --> 00:40:36,808 Whew. 687 00:40:40,899 --> 00:40:43,978 You going the wrong way, George. 688 00:40:43,979 --> 00:40:45,898 Chicken George, you going the wrong way. 689 00:40:45,899 --> 00:40:47,228 What are you doing? 690 00:40:47,229 --> 00:40:49,018 You ride much, Cyrus? 691 00:40:49,019 --> 00:40:51,598 Don't trust these tough buggers one bit myself. 692 00:40:51,599 --> 00:40:53,308 But let's go. Come on. 693 00:40:53,309 --> 00:40:55,058 - Come on. - Let's find us Memphis Battery. 694 00:41:08,269 --> 00:41:13,938 Shut up and keep still! 695 00:41:13,939 --> 00:41:16,188 Shut up! 696 00:41:16,189 --> 00:41:18,098 Please, no! 697 00:41:18,099 --> 00:41:19,598 No! No! 698 00:41:19,599 --> 00:41:21,728 Get out of here. Now, Tom... 699 00:41:21,729 --> 00:41:24,138 - Shut up, I said! - Tom... 700 00:41:24,139 --> 00:41:26,188 - Come on, now. - Help! 701 00:41:26,189 --> 00:41:27,478 Who that is? 702 00:41:27,479 --> 00:41:28,848 - Irene! - No! 703 00:41:28,849 --> 00:41:31,348 - That's my wife. Get off me. - No! 704 00:41:31,349 --> 00:41:32,598 - Come on, now. - Break his wrists if you have to! 705 00:41:32,599 --> 00:41:35,058 - No, please! - Hold him down! 706 00:41:37,189 --> 00:41:38,688 I'm not gonna hurt her unless you make me. 707 00:41:38,689 --> 00:41:40,098 - Irene! - Tom! 708 00:41:40,099 --> 00:41:41,688 You gonna wait there and let me 709 00:41:41,689 --> 00:41:44,018 and my boys get through with it. 710 00:41:49,399 --> 00:41:50,769 Tom. 711 00:42:02,399 --> 00:42:03,939 Just tell me what you want me to do. 712 00:42:08,019 --> 00:42:10,768 Confederate officer, Major John Marrett, 713 00:42:10,769 --> 00:42:13,058 has arrived here on his way to Augusta. 714 00:42:13,059 --> 00:42:14,978 The South's rushing to build a new arsenal, 715 00:42:14,979 --> 00:42:17,638 and it must be stopped. 716 00:42:17,639 --> 00:42:19,558 Nigger doing his job, ma'am? 717 00:42:19,559 --> 00:42:20,808 Fine, thanks. 718 00:42:20,809 --> 00:42:22,939 Well, hurry it up, boy. 719 00:42:29,399 --> 00:42:32,978 The dispatchers he carries have the designs and supply routes. 720 00:42:32,979 --> 00:42:35,898 What do I do? 721 00:42:35,899 --> 00:42:38,398 Help us kill him on his way south, 722 00:42:38,399 --> 00:42:40,688 then we'll take the plans north. 723 00:42:40,689 --> 00:42:42,348 You're talking. You're a fake? 724 00:42:42,349 --> 00:42:44,478 Don't get all boiled into a jelly. 725 00:42:44,479 --> 00:42:46,348 Charles Montpelier. 726 00:42:46,349 --> 00:42:48,308 Mr. Pinkerton asked Charles 727 00:42:48,309 --> 00:42:51,438 to cross into slave territory to guide me. 728 00:42:51,439 --> 00:42:53,228 He's putting his life at risk. 729 00:42:53,229 --> 00:42:55,558 Kill that Major... my whole family be at risk, too. 730 00:42:55,559 --> 00:42:56,808 Only ain't their choice. 731 00:42:56,809 --> 00:42:59,268 I have a family, too, Tom. 732 00:42:59,269 --> 00:43:00,898 Wife, four children. 733 00:43:00,899 --> 00:43:02,898 I miss them every day. 734 00:43:02,899 --> 00:43:06,978 But the truth is I couldn't live in safety any longer, 735 00:43:06,979 --> 00:43:10,518 not knowing how my people suffered as slaves. 736 00:43:10,519 --> 00:43:13,228 How do we stop three riders, Tom? 737 00:43:13,229 --> 00:43:15,438 Frederick and his troops will be gone, 738 00:43:15,439 --> 00:43:18,728 and Marrett only has an escort of two men. 739 00:43:18,729 --> 00:43:20,768 Massa Murray built hand charges 740 00:43:20,769 --> 00:43:22,848 he copied from a Northern grenade. 741 00:43:22,849 --> 00:43:24,848 Toss 'em like a rock. 742 00:43:24,849 --> 00:43:27,478 Stop 'em for sure. 743 00:43:27,479 --> 00:43:29,478 Can you get them? 744 00:43:29,479 --> 00:43:31,018 He stores them away from the house. 745 00:43:31,019 --> 00:43:32,438 All right. 746 00:43:32,439 --> 00:43:34,438 Once we have the intelligence, 747 00:43:34,439 --> 00:43:36,098 Nancy will head for Philadelphia, 748 00:43:36,099 --> 00:43:39,098 and I'm for the Union lines. 749 00:43:39,099 --> 00:43:42,098 They'll blame us, not you. 750 00:43:42,099 --> 00:43:44,519 Well, not if they catch me. 751 00:43:57,865 --> 00:43:59,614 Tom, what you doing? 752 00:43:59,615 --> 00:44:01,445 Oh, shh. 753 00:44:03,535 --> 00:44:05,364 Go back to sleep now. 754 00:44:05,365 --> 00:44:07,154 Why are you up so early? 755 00:44:07,155 --> 00:44:10,035 Irene, the way to help me... don't ask me anything. 756 00:44:18,035 --> 00:44:20,984 Chicken George used to say his mama 757 00:44:20,985 --> 00:44:23,364 used to talk to Kunta Kinte all the time. 758 00:44:23,365 --> 00:44:27,574 Said the African used to come to her when she was scared. 759 00:44:27,575 --> 00:44:32,694 Don't know if it's for true, but maybe ain't no difference. 760 00:44:32,695 --> 00:44:36,034 It's the askin' him to help us makes the difference. 761 00:44:47,235 --> 00:44:49,484 Throw the grenade and try to kill all of them, 762 00:44:49,485 --> 00:44:51,364 then we can take the plans off the Major's body. 763 00:44:51,365 --> 00:44:54,234 After that, you double back to the farm. 764 00:44:54,235 --> 00:44:56,614 Frederick and the Rangers are away, 765 00:44:56,615 --> 00:44:59,654 so nobody's gonna miss you. 766 00:44:59,655 --> 00:45:02,234 Hey. 767 00:45:02,235 --> 00:45:04,324 Kneel with me, Tom. 768 00:45:04,325 --> 00:45:06,534 Come on. 769 00:45:10,535 --> 00:45:14,154 When it comes to standing up for a cause, help me, Lord, 770 00:45:14,155 --> 00:45:18,114 that I remain a candle in the storm, 771 00:45:18,115 --> 00:45:25,234 and let no evil smother my low, but powerful, glow. 772 00:45:25,235 --> 00:45:26,614 Amen. 773 00:45:26,615 --> 00:45:27,904 All right. 774 00:45:27,905 --> 00:45:29,535 Go on. Go on. 775 00:45:58,595 --> 00:46:02,594 They sent me back with new dispatches for Major Marrett. 776 00:46:02,595 --> 00:46:04,224 Well, you just missed him, Frederick. 777 00:46:04,225 --> 00:46:07,094 He's already left for Augusta. 778 00:46:07,095 --> 00:46:11,184 Well, tell Tilda to fry me up a dozen eggs. 779 00:46:11,185 --> 00:46:12,804 I'll be back 'fore they're cold. 780 00:46:12,805 --> 00:46:14,354 We'll catch up to him. 781 00:46:14,355 --> 00:46:16,355 Be safe. 782 00:47:18,145 --> 00:47:19,935 Come on, come on. 783 00:47:27,185 --> 00:47:29,394 Go. Go. 784 00:47:32,055 --> 00:47:34,054 It can't be much further. 785 00:47:34,055 --> 00:47:35,974 It was over here. This way. Come on. 786 00:47:44,935 --> 00:47:47,015 Whoa. 787 00:47:50,475 --> 00:47:52,185 Whoa. 788 00:48:22,015 --> 00:48:26,594 We caught one of the assassins, but there were two. 789 00:48:26,595 --> 00:48:29,184 The other escaped in the forest. 790 00:48:29,185 --> 00:48:31,974 I'm sure you'll find the other criminal. 791 00:48:31,975 --> 00:48:34,854 Yes, we will. 792 00:48:34,855 --> 00:48:38,184 I'm just thankful that you weren't hurt. 793 00:48:38,185 --> 00:48:40,354 So am I, my love. 794 00:48:40,355 --> 00:48:42,054 You're always so thoughtful 795 00:48:42,055 --> 00:48:44,594 and concerned for me and my family. 796 00:48:48,265 --> 00:48:50,474 Oh, did I... 797 00:48:50,475 --> 00:48:53,854 did I mention that you know the one we caught? 798 00:48:53,855 --> 00:48:57,434 How could that be possible? 799 00:48:57,435 --> 00:49:00,594 Jerusalem. 800 00:49:00,595 --> 00:49:02,184 Get up. 801 00:49:03,645 --> 00:49:05,894 Get up. 802 00:49:05,895 --> 00:49:08,434 Did you know he speaks? 803 00:49:08,435 --> 00:49:11,354 Of course, with a little bit of prompting, 804 00:49:11,355 --> 00:49:13,974 perhaps you'll have more success 805 00:49:13,975 --> 00:49:16,684 encouraging him to reveal his secrets. 806 00:49:20,645 --> 00:49:22,434 This is unseemly. I'm going back to the house. 807 00:49:22,435 --> 00:49:24,224 Darling! 808 00:49:24,225 --> 00:49:26,894 Ask your nigger who is he, 809 00:49:26,895 --> 00:49:29,855 besides a spy and a murderer? 810 00:49:31,855 --> 00:49:34,304 Why was he working for you? 811 00:49:34,305 --> 00:49:37,184 And ask him the names of all of his conspirators, 812 00:49:37,185 --> 00:49:38,804 everyone who intrigued with him? 813 00:49:38,805 --> 00:49:41,355 Do this, and I will spare his life. 814 00:49:43,515 --> 00:49:45,094 Of course... 815 00:49:45,095 --> 00:49:48,224 we already know you were involved. 816 00:49:48,225 --> 00:49:50,594 Do you? 817 00:49:50,595 --> 00:49:53,974 We searched your house, 818 00:49:53,975 --> 00:49:57,094 found your letters to Mr. Pinkerton, 819 00:49:57,095 --> 00:50:01,434 notes on our troop movements. 820 00:50:01,435 --> 00:50:03,014 String him up, boys. 821 00:50:04,515 --> 00:50:06,304 Wait! 822 00:50:06,305 --> 00:50:07,974 Wait, wait. 823 00:50:07,975 --> 00:50:11,265 If I tell you what you want, will you spare him? 824 00:50:14,895 --> 00:50:18,514 What choice do you have but to try me? 825 00:50:24,055 --> 00:50:26,594 His name's Charles Montpelier. 826 00:50:26,595 --> 00:50:28,594 He's a minister, an editor, 827 00:50:28,595 --> 00:50:32,264 a teacher from Philadelphia... 828 00:50:32,265 --> 00:50:34,514 and a dear friend. 829 00:50:41,435 --> 00:50:44,264 Why would you do this to me? 830 00:50:44,265 --> 00:50:48,514 I believe men and women can't be owned like cattle. 831 00:50:48,515 --> 00:50:51,224 I believe slavery is evil. 832 00:50:51,225 --> 00:50:54,094 You pray in a church to a loving God, 833 00:50:54,095 --> 00:50:55,684 but you defend this sin 834 00:50:55,685 --> 00:50:58,394 against men and women created in His image? 835 00:50:58,395 --> 00:51:00,354 This is a chance to save your soul. 836 00:51:00,355 --> 00:51:02,094 Frederick! 837 00:51:02,095 --> 00:51:03,554 Frederick! 838 00:51:03,555 --> 00:51:05,474 Frederick, listen to me! Listen to me. 839 00:51:05,475 --> 00:51:08,304 You send Nancy... you send her to Richmond 840 00:51:08,305 --> 00:51:09,974 and let the authorities handle this matter. 841 00:51:09,975 --> 00:51:12,144 The war has confused many honorable people, son. 842 00:51:12,145 --> 00:51:13,894 Daddy, she is a liar and a traitor. 843 00:51:13,895 --> 00:51:15,724 Take him. Take him away. 844 00:51:15,725 --> 00:51:18,264 - Unhand me. - Get up, get up. 845 00:51:18,265 --> 00:51:20,304 Listen to me, Frederick. 846 00:51:20,305 --> 00:51:21,894 You do not disobey me, son. 847 00:51:21,895 --> 00:51:23,764 Enough, Daddy. 848 00:51:23,765 --> 00:51:26,354 You give me one name... 849 00:51:26,355 --> 00:51:29,354 just one, and I'll send you to Richmond. 850 00:51:29,355 --> 00:51:31,355 Who else was involved? 851 00:51:35,975 --> 00:51:38,304 The intrigue was my own. 852 00:51:38,305 --> 00:51:40,594 There's no one else. 853 00:51:45,015 --> 00:51:47,014 Ride! 854 00:51:47,015 --> 00:51:49,144 Ride! 855 00:51:50,475 --> 00:51:53,054 No, higher. No, higher. 856 00:51:53,055 --> 00:51:54,854 Let this boy take his time. 857 00:52:07,095 --> 00:52:10,434 You... you love this nigger more than me! 858 00:52:10,435 --> 00:52:12,804 Frederick, you stop this! You stop this! 859 00:52:12,805 --> 00:52:14,184 - Get off me! - Let her go! Toomey, grab him. 860 00:52:14,185 --> 00:52:15,554 - Let her go! - Frederick. 861 00:52:15,555 --> 00:52:17,094 Clingman, give me my rope. 862 00:52:17,095 --> 00:52:18,514 Listen to your father, Frederick. 863 00:52:18,515 --> 00:52:19,934 Ballard. 864 00:52:19,935 --> 00:52:21,724 Anderson, give me another rope. 865 00:52:21,725 --> 00:52:23,054 That is a direct order. 866 00:52:23,055 --> 00:52:25,224 No, Frederick, I forbid this! 867 00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:26,724 Not on my farm! 868 00:52:26,725 --> 00:52:28,054 Not on my farm! 869 00:52:28,055 --> 00:52:29,644 Don't you do this, Frederick! 870 00:52:29,645 --> 00:52:31,434 Don't you do this! 871 00:53:02,217 --> 00:53:04,296 Keep moving. 872 00:53:04,296 --> 00:53:06,586 Pick it up in the back. 873 00:53:09,006 --> 00:53:11,295 Can't hardly feel my feet. 874 00:53:11,296 --> 00:53:13,585 Think the Major ever gonna give his horse a rest? 875 00:53:13,586 --> 00:53:16,925 Not unless it stands up and beg. 876 00:53:16,926 --> 00:53:19,755 Captain said Fort Pillow's on real high ground. 877 00:53:19,756 --> 00:53:21,665 Hard to get at. 878 00:53:21,666 --> 00:53:23,465 - Should be plenty safe. - Mm-hmm. 879 00:53:23,466 --> 00:53:25,295 Don't you be no fool, boy. 880 00:53:25,296 --> 00:53:27,755 Not one of us safe. 881 00:53:27,756 --> 00:53:31,215 No, not from that nigger-hating Reb Nathan Forrest. 882 00:53:31,216 --> 00:53:32,965 Heard his head turns full round 883 00:53:32,966 --> 00:53:35,255 when he sees a nigger in a blue uniform. 884 00:53:35,256 --> 00:53:37,465 And they say this war about over. 885 00:53:37,466 --> 00:53:39,665 That's for true. The South's just about broken in two. 886 00:53:39,666 --> 00:53:42,715 Keep moving. Keep moving, men. 887 00:53:42,716 --> 00:53:45,125 - Boy, don't you do nothing foolish now. - Stay together. 888 00:53:45,126 --> 00:53:47,505 Sometimes you got to keep what's in your head quiet, right? 889 00:53:47,506 --> 00:53:49,665 Yeah, uh-huh. Don't you worry. 890 00:53:49,666 --> 00:53:52,215 I ain't gonna do nothing... nothing foolish at all. 891 00:53:52,216 --> 00:53:54,125 Whoa. 892 00:53:54,126 --> 00:53:55,835 Hey, say, when we gonna get our sidearms 893 00:53:55,836 --> 00:53:57,335 and rifles so we can fight, Major? 894 00:53:57,336 --> 00:53:59,545 You have a job, boy, at your battery. 895 00:53:59,546 --> 00:54:01,215 Keep those cannons barking. 896 00:54:01,216 --> 00:54:02,835 Do that and make me proud. 897 00:54:02,836 --> 00:54:05,545 Make you proud. Get me killed by a Reb. 898 00:54:05,546 --> 00:54:07,375 I decide myself I want to get shot. 899 00:54:07,376 --> 00:54:09,335 You give me a rifle, and I fight for my own damn freedom. 900 00:54:09,336 --> 00:54:10,965 - All right, Private. - Hyah! 901 00:54:10,966 --> 00:54:12,875 Don't mean nothing by it, sir. Just too much sun. 902 00:54:12,876 --> 00:54:15,425 Makes him loopy. 903 00:54:15,426 --> 00:54:18,085 Boy, you ever keep your goddamn mouth shut? 904 00:54:18,086 --> 00:54:20,965 I'm just tryin' to help these white boys win this war is all. 905 00:54:20,966 --> 00:54:22,505 Get your ass back in line. 906 00:54:22,506 --> 00:54:25,125 Ahh. 907 00:54:33,546 --> 00:54:36,166 Battery, fire! 908 00:54:46,836 --> 00:54:49,426 Double canister. Load, load! 909 00:54:56,966 --> 00:54:58,336 Come on! 910 00:55:04,216 --> 00:55:05,716 Advance the round! 911 00:55:09,666 --> 00:55:11,665 Move that punch. Them Rebs ain't waiting on you! 912 00:55:11,666 --> 00:55:12,756 Can't hold them off! 913 00:55:15,296 --> 00:55:17,086 Battery! 914 00:55:20,796 --> 00:55:22,585 Can't get an angle on these sons of bitches. 915 00:55:22,586 --> 00:55:25,756 - It won't go down. - We got to move this gun down! 916 00:55:28,046 --> 00:55:30,255 That's two degrees! We got to do better! 917 00:55:30,256 --> 00:55:33,505 Ready! Fire! 918 00:55:33,506 --> 00:55:35,755 The cannons are overshooting! 919 00:55:35,756 --> 00:55:37,666 Advance! Go! 920 00:55:42,086 --> 00:55:44,125 It's not gonna happen! Get down! 921 00:55:44,126 --> 00:55:45,506 Get down, boys! Come on! 922 00:55:49,256 --> 00:55:51,295 Get in here! Come on! 923 00:55:51,296 --> 00:55:52,835 How'd I end up here? 924 00:55:52,836 --> 00:55:54,505 Man said if I joined the Union boys, 925 00:55:54,506 --> 00:55:56,335 they'd take me back up North with them. 926 00:55:56,336 --> 00:55:58,335 When we leave here, you gonna be just fine. 927 00:55:58,336 --> 00:56:00,085 Go wherever you want. 928 00:56:00,086 --> 00:56:01,795 You leave here, you gonna be a free man. You hear me? 929 00:56:01,796 --> 00:56:03,665 I'm gonna blow your brains out, boy! 930 00:56:03,666 --> 00:56:06,125 Chain you to my mule, nigger! 931 00:56:06,126 --> 00:56:07,925 Nathan Forrest don't take nigger prisoners! 932 00:56:07,926 --> 00:56:09,295 Hear that? 933 00:56:09,296 --> 00:56:11,335 That ain't good news. 934 00:56:11,336 --> 00:56:13,375 Why aren't you manning your battery? 935 00:56:13,376 --> 00:56:15,425 No good, sir! Barrel won't suppress enough. 936 00:56:15,426 --> 00:56:16,925 We shooting straight over their heads! 937 00:56:16,926 --> 00:56:18,835 Major Booth gonna surrender the fort, sir? 938 00:56:18,836 --> 00:56:20,585 Major Booth's dead, but I'm sure Major Bradford 939 00:56:20,586 --> 00:56:22,465 will make the honorable choice. 940 00:56:22,466 --> 00:56:23,925 The honorable choice would have been to give us rifles. 941 00:56:23,926 --> 00:56:25,546 We could have ran them Rebs back over that hill. 942 00:56:31,966 --> 00:56:34,835 Move! Move! Move! We're not safe here! 943 00:56:34,836 --> 00:56:37,835 - Don't stop! Go. - Get that side arm, George. 944 00:56:46,506 --> 00:56:49,256 Get down, get down. 945 00:56:59,086 --> 00:57:01,425 We surrender now. We surrender. 946 00:57:06,216 --> 00:57:07,666 We surrender. 947 00:57:09,796 --> 00:57:11,505 Don't shoot. 948 00:57:17,086 --> 00:57:18,505 We gonna surrender now, too? 949 00:57:29,086 --> 00:57:30,875 You hang on now. 950 00:57:30,876 --> 00:57:33,335 - Not so sure. - Them white boys giving up. 951 00:57:33,336 --> 00:57:34,965 - Why can't we, George? - Stay right here. 952 00:57:34,966 --> 00:57:37,005 - Wait, wait. - I got to go. 953 00:57:37,006 --> 00:57:39,005 Fool. 954 00:57:39,006 --> 00:57:40,715 I surrender! I surrender! 955 00:57:40,716 --> 00:57:42,255 Don't shoot. 956 00:57:42,256 --> 00:57:43,755 I don't want no more. 957 00:57:43,756 --> 00:57:45,256 I don't want no more. 958 00:58:05,546 --> 00:58:09,255 Come on, kill those nigger bastards... 959 00:58:09,256 --> 00:58:11,125 every last one of them. 960 00:58:11,126 --> 00:58:12,756 - I'm gonna kill them. - You won't get two steps! Move! 961 00:58:15,836 --> 00:58:19,875 George! 962 00:58:24,086 --> 00:58:28,755 No! No! No! 963 00:58:28,756 --> 00:58:33,425 Stop! Stop! Stop! 964 00:59:22,426 --> 00:59:24,795 They shot them. 965 00:59:24,796 --> 00:59:27,045 They shot them all... all the colored boys. 966 00:59:27,046 --> 00:59:29,085 They was just trying to surrender. 967 00:59:29,086 --> 00:59:31,295 How you do something like that? 968 00:59:31,296 --> 00:59:32,925 What kind of men are they? 969 00:59:32,926 --> 00:59:34,585 Maybe ain't men. 970 00:59:34,586 --> 00:59:36,585 Maybe something else. 971 00:59:36,586 --> 00:59:38,466 Something come out in war. 972 00:59:40,586 --> 00:59:43,165 You know what you doing, George? 973 00:59:43,166 --> 00:59:44,755 I got a rough idea. 974 00:59:44,756 --> 00:59:46,715 No! 975 00:59:48,376 --> 00:59:50,625 You know, you's a good, old man, Chicken George. 976 00:59:55,336 --> 00:59:57,795 Aah. 977 00:59:57,796 --> 01:00:01,756 Tell me a story, George, about the African. 978 01:00:03,216 --> 01:00:06,835 My granddaddy is Kunta Kinte. 979 01:00:06,836 --> 01:00:09,045 He a Mandinka warrior they stole away 980 01:00:09,046 --> 01:00:11,925 across the ocean on the Kamby Bolongo. 981 01:00:11,926 --> 01:00:13,665 Ka-Kamby... Kamby Bolongo. 982 01:00:13,666 --> 01:00:16,505 That's... that's a big river, like the Mississippi? 983 01:00:16,506 --> 01:00:17,835 That's right. 984 01:00:17,836 --> 01:00:20,665 Kunta Kinte could ride and swim. 985 01:00:20,666 --> 01:00:22,085 Couldn't no man break him. 986 01:00:27,546 --> 01:00:30,255 I figure I got some new stories now. 987 01:00:30,256 --> 01:00:34,625 This young boy named Cyrus... can't nobody tell him nothing. 988 01:00:34,626 --> 01:00:38,045 But the way I see it, that boy saved 989 01:00:38,046 --> 01:00:42,505 an old man like me in a hard, hard place. 990 01:00:42,506 --> 01:00:44,835 Wait a minute. Wait. Wait a minute, George. 991 01:00:44,836 --> 01:00:46,965 Listen, my mama had a prayer 992 01:00:46,966 --> 01:00:50,875 she used to say to me back when I was sick. 993 01:00:50,876 --> 01:00:53,165 You know, before they sold me off. 994 01:00:53,166 --> 01:00:54,545 Now would be the time. 995 01:00:54,546 --> 01:00:56,215 I know. 996 01:00:56,216 --> 01:01:01,165 I know, oh, Lord, my flesh may fail, 997 01:01:01,166 --> 01:01:05,375 but God is the strength of my heart. 998 01:01:20,932 --> 01:01:23,511 Hey, come see this. 999 01:01:23,512 --> 01:01:26,721 Get your ass out here and come and see this! 1000 01:01:32,012 --> 01:01:33,711 You know this herd, James? 1001 01:01:33,795 --> 01:01:37,134 Look like Massa Anson's cows, but that's four miles from here. 1002 01:01:37,135 --> 01:01:39,174 Well, why his slaves ain't stop them from wandering? 1003 01:01:39,175 --> 01:01:41,964 I've been up by the big house. Everybody gone. 1004 01:01:41,965 --> 01:01:43,844 - Gone? - All of them. 1005 01:01:43,845 --> 01:01:45,215 Where they gone? 1006 01:01:55,345 --> 01:01:56,924 Mom! 1007 01:01:56,925 --> 01:01:58,884 Hey, hey. 1008 01:01:58,885 --> 01:02:00,924 Hey. 1009 01:02:00,925 --> 01:02:02,754 - General Lee's gone home. - What? 1010 01:02:02,755 --> 01:02:04,344 The war's over for good. 1011 01:02:05,385 --> 01:02:07,174 Overseer can blow his work horn all he wants, 1012 01:02:07,175 --> 01:02:09,004 but we ain't slaves no more. 1013 01:02:09,005 --> 01:02:10,634 Whoa, whoa, whoa, ain't no more secesh? 1014 01:02:10,635 --> 01:02:12,464 Not one more day. 1015 01:02:14,305 --> 01:02:16,254 I heard it from a white man down at the courthouse. 1016 01:02:16,255 --> 01:02:19,544 Hey say Robert Lee... he know he done for. 1017 01:02:19,545 --> 01:02:21,714 And so he gave him his horse and his sword, 1018 01:02:21,715 --> 01:02:24,384 but old Ulysses wouldn't take it. 1019 01:02:24,385 --> 01:02:26,424 He just said, "You go on home now. 1020 01:02:26,425 --> 01:02:29,674 Stop this foolishness." 1021 01:02:29,675 --> 01:02:33,504 So I tell you this war is over, and we ain't slaves! 1022 01:02:36,425 --> 01:02:39,964 Tom, right now, right here, we free. 1023 01:02:42,465 --> 01:02:45,174 - Mama. - Is it true? 1024 01:03:22,635 --> 01:03:29,634 Blessed is this earth 'cause my people lie beneath it. 1025 01:03:29,635 --> 01:03:35,304 Blessed is the rain because it moistens their faces. 1026 01:03:35,305 --> 01:03:41,964 Blessed is the wind because it carries their names back to us. 1027 01:03:41,965 --> 01:03:43,675 Kunta Kinte. 1028 01:03:46,715 --> 01:03:49,674 Belle. 1029 01:03:49,675 --> 01:03:52,424 Mama Kizzy. 1030 01:03:52,425 --> 01:03:55,254 Miss Malizy. 1031 01:03:55,255 --> 01:03:58,384 Sarah. 1032 01:03:58,385 --> 01:04:04,714 My children Louis, Mary, and George Jr. 1033 01:04:04,715 --> 01:04:10,344 My daddy, Benjamin Lyon. 1034 01:04:10,345 --> 01:04:13,634 And my husband, George. 1035 01:04:22,755 --> 01:04:27,174 I'm so thankful this war is done. 1036 01:04:27,175 --> 01:04:32,344 Just don't ask me to heft up my skirt and dance. 1037 01:04:32,345 --> 01:04:38,804 I can't measure these days in flags and armies, 1038 01:04:38,805 --> 01:04:43,004 only in the ones that I'm missing. 1039 01:04:52,935 --> 01:04:57,434 Out here working just as hard as before. 1040 01:04:57,435 --> 01:04:59,764 Not a bad idea if you want to eat. 1041 01:04:59,765 --> 01:05:01,475 Didn't know "free" meant hungry. 1042 01:05:04,765 --> 01:05:06,144 We'd like to know where we stand, sir. 1043 01:05:06,145 --> 01:05:08,224 What we supposed to do about food? 1044 01:05:08,225 --> 01:05:10,894 You done locked all the sheds. You moved all the hogs. 1045 01:05:10,895 --> 01:05:13,104 We don't even know where the... where the grain got taken. 1046 01:05:13,105 --> 01:05:16,394 Well, I'm happy to announce that, uh, 1047 01:05:16,395 --> 01:05:19,394 every the acres of my land that you clear and plant, 1048 01:05:19,395 --> 01:05:21,974 I'll pay you one chicken and one hog. 1049 01:05:21,975 --> 01:05:24,974 And you can rent back, uh, farmland 1050 01:05:24,975 --> 01:05:26,344 and your cabins at a fair price. 1051 01:05:26,345 --> 01:05:27,974 A fair price? 1052 01:05:27,975 --> 01:05:29,554 For the massa or the nigger? 1053 01:05:29,555 --> 01:05:31,604 We'll think on it a while. 1054 01:05:31,605 --> 01:05:34,514 Well, be of good cheer. 1055 01:05:34,515 --> 01:05:35,844 Things will improve. 1056 01:05:38,725 --> 01:05:41,934 I thought we won that damn war. 1057 01:05:51,055 --> 01:05:53,605 Who is this coming? 1058 01:05:55,515 --> 01:05:58,604 This the... this the Murray farm? 1059 01:05:58,605 --> 01:05:59,844 Yes, sir. 1060 01:05:59,845 --> 01:06:01,764 Can we help you, friend? 1061 01:06:01,765 --> 01:06:03,054 Can you help me? Maybe you can. Maybe you can't. 1062 01:06:03,055 --> 01:06:04,684 Well, you need to state your business. 1063 01:06:04,685 --> 01:06:06,224 No. 1064 01:06:06,225 --> 01:06:12,144 First, I need you to answer my question. 1065 01:06:12,145 --> 01:06:14,144 And you best get it right. 1066 01:06:14,145 --> 01:06:16,975 Who is Kunta Kinte? 1067 01:06:21,015 --> 01:06:23,894 No more than 20 of us colored boys 1068 01:06:23,895 --> 01:06:25,554 make it out of Fort Pillow alive. 1069 01:06:25,555 --> 01:06:27,304 Oh, no. 1070 01:06:27,305 --> 01:06:30,894 Ol' Nathan Forrest couldn't kill us fast enough. 1071 01:06:30,895 --> 01:06:34,844 After I got shot, me and George, 1072 01:06:34,845 --> 01:06:38,554 we took to the woods, then to the river. 1073 01:06:38,555 --> 01:06:40,765 Mm-hmm. 1074 01:06:45,805 --> 01:06:48,764 Yeah, you must be Tom. 1075 01:06:48,845 --> 01:06:52,514 He said you had arms as big as cannonballs. 1076 01:06:54,975 --> 01:06:58,474 Say you were smarter than Jeff Davis' own engineers. 1077 01:06:58,475 --> 01:07:01,424 He said you were the hunger in his heart. 1078 01:07:01,425 --> 01:07:03,684 He did. 1079 01:07:03,685 --> 01:07:05,844 Mm-hmm. 1080 01:07:09,345 --> 01:07:11,134 Yeah. 1081 01:07:11,135 --> 01:07:13,184 Mighty fine food here. 1082 01:07:13,185 --> 01:07:15,224 What happened to my husband? 1083 01:07:15,225 --> 01:07:18,134 Old George, he carried me to the hospital. 1084 01:07:18,135 --> 01:07:20,844 That was long after he cut off my arm here. 1085 01:07:20,845 --> 01:07:23,014 - Grandpa cut off his arm? - Son. 1086 01:07:23,015 --> 01:07:24,684 Yes. 1087 01:07:24,685 --> 01:07:26,344 Yes, he did. 1088 01:07:26,345 --> 01:07:27,974 It's okay. 1089 01:07:27,975 --> 01:07:30,094 Only reason I'm alive now. 1090 01:07:30,095 --> 01:07:32,264 Old George say he was gonna walk home. 1091 01:07:32,265 --> 01:07:35,134 Say that's what a Mandinka warrior would do. 1092 01:07:35,135 --> 01:07:37,134 And then a man showed up. 1093 01:07:37,135 --> 01:07:40,804 Reverend Garland, was it? Yeah. 1094 01:07:40,805 --> 01:07:43,384 Reverend Garland said he had a church outside of Sewanee 1095 01:07:43,385 --> 01:07:46,594 kept getting shot at by old, no-good white boys... 1096 01:07:46,595 --> 01:07:48,594 uh, the Bushwhackers. 1097 01:07:48,595 --> 01:07:51,804 Say they was stealin' and killin' niggers left and right. 1098 01:07:51,805 --> 01:07:53,134 Stealin' from white folks, too. 1099 01:07:53,135 --> 01:07:55,134 They was looking for colored soldiers 1100 01:07:55,135 --> 01:07:57,634 to help them fight back. 1101 01:07:57,635 --> 01:08:02,094 Old George he was the first to volunteer. 1102 01:08:02,095 --> 01:08:03,725 Ha. 1103 01:08:05,725 --> 01:08:07,514 You sure this boy ain't around the bend? 1104 01:08:07,515 --> 01:08:08,804 I reckoned you'd say that. 1105 01:08:08,805 --> 01:08:10,634 Reckon I would, too. 1106 01:08:12,095 --> 01:08:15,594 Old George told me to bring this back 1107 01:08:15,595 --> 01:08:18,384 in case he ain't make it. 1108 01:08:18,385 --> 01:08:19,555 There. 1109 01:08:26,015 --> 01:08:30,054 I miss old Chicken George, his Africa stories. 1110 01:08:30,055 --> 01:08:32,425 Yeah. 1111 01:08:39,515 --> 01:08:40,765 Bring him back to me. 1112 01:08:44,555 --> 01:08:46,514 I'm coming with you, Tom, to find Daddy. 1113 01:08:46,515 --> 01:08:48,514 Can't, James. 1114 01:08:48,515 --> 01:08:51,185 You watch over Mama. 1115 01:08:58,632 --> 01:09:01,632 _ 1116 01:09:27,801 --> 01:09:29,970 Hey, boy. Hey. 1117 01:09:29,971 --> 01:09:33,670 You know Reverend Garland in Sewanee? 1118 01:09:33,671 --> 01:09:35,880 My daddy called Chicken George. 1119 01:09:35,881 --> 01:09:37,510 Chicken George. 1120 01:09:37,511 --> 01:09:38,841 Did you ever hear of him? 1121 01:09:41,971 --> 01:09:43,301 H-hey. 1122 01:09:47,381 --> 01:09:49,010 Hey. 1123 01:09:49,011 --> 01:09:50,340 Hey. 1124 01:09:50,341 --> 01:09:52,380 Hey, hold up now. 1125 01:10:18,671 --> 01:10:21,260 As soon as you load up, move out. Don't wait. 1126 01:10:21,261 --> 01:10:23,380 Them Bushwhackers gone for now. They gonna come back. 1127 01:10:23,381 --> 01:10:26,010 Quickly. Let's go. 1128 01:10:26,011 --> 01:10:28,261 Do not stop until we get to Henning, Tennessee. 1129 01:10:31,421 --> 01:10:33,550 I'll meet you all there. 1130 01:10:33,551 --> 01:10:35,670 Godspeed. 1131 01:10:38,761 --> 01:10:40,670 Let's load it up. 1132 01:10:47,881 --> 01:10:50,510 Daddy? 1133 01:10:57,211 --> 01:10:59,091 Daddy, it's Tom. 1134 01:11:07,211 --> 01:11:09,420 It really is you. 1135 01:11:09,421 --> 01:11:12,050 Thought I was having another dream. 1136 01:11:12,051 --> 01:11:13,921 Cyrus said you had a rough go. 1137 01:11:16,671 --> 01:11:18,380 It's time to come home now. 1138 01:11:18,381 --> 01:11:20,130 You need to get on your feet, move out. 1139 01:11:20,131 --> 01:11:21,630 Not safe here. 1140 01:11:21,631 --> 01:11:24,170 I'm not coming with you. 1141 01:11:24,171 --> 01:11:28,800 I'm going home... Carolina... with my son. 1142 01:11:28,801 --> 01:11:31,260 I understand. 1143 01:11:31,261 --> 01:11:33,670 You've done more than enough for us, George, 1144 01:11:33,671 --> 01:11:35,920 chasing off those Bushwhackers. 1145 01:11:35,921 --> 01:11:38,300 You saved our lives. 1146 01:11:38,301 --> 01:11:40,050 The war might be over, 1147 01:11:40,051 --> 01:11:42,670 but some white men ain't never gonna let it go... 1148 01:11:42,671 --> 01:11:45,800 ain't never gonna accept us being free. 1149 01:11:45,801 --> 01:11:48,050 I do know one thing... 1150 01:11:48,051 --> 01:11:51,170 the Lord don't take no steps backwards. 1151 01:11:51,171 --> 01:11:53,920 And we ain't giving up our freedom. 1152 01:11:53,921 --> 01:11:56,670 Henning... own some land there. 1153 01:11:56,671 --> 01:11:58,510 Gonna make it safe for our people. 1154 01:11:58,511 --> 01:12:00,550 God's watching over you. 1155 01:12:00,551 --> 01:12:02,840 - Let's move out. - Get a move on, Daddy. 1156 01:12:02,841 --> 01:12:04,760 Come on, now, boys. We going home. 1157 01:12:08,341 --> 01:12:10,340 How'd you find me, boy? 1158 01:12:10,341 --> 01:12:13,050 A boy brought me to you. 1159 01:12:13,051 --> 01:12:16,840 Dressed in this blue cloth on his body and his head. 1160 01:12:16,841 --> 01:12:18,670 Brought me straight to you. 1161 01:12:18,671 --> 01:12:21,010 - Blue cloth on his head. - Mm-hmm? 1162 01:12:21,011 --> 01:12:24,260 Ain't got no boy like that here. 1163 01:12:24,261 --> 01:12:26,880 Well, hey. 1164 01:12:26,881 --> 01:12:30,260 I thought you might be needing this. 1165 01:12:35,761 --> 01:12:37,921 You're a good boy. 1166 01:12:46,551 --> 01:12:48,630 Come on, Daddy. 1167 01:12:48,631 --> 01:12:49,920 Come on, let's go. 1168 01:12:49,921 --> 01:12:52,010 Hurry up. Come on. 1169 01:12:52,011 --> 01:12:54,010 This way, this way. 1170 01:12:54,011 --> 01:12:55,550 - Come on. - Get over there. 1171 01:13:08,921 --> 01:13:10,091 Move up, move up! 1172 01:13:12,421 --> 01:13:13,920 Come on, Daddy, let's go! 1173 01:13:13,921 --> 01:13:16,050 Come on. Keep it moving, Daddy. 1174 01:13:18,921 --> 01:13:20,590 Go, go. Get up. 1175 01:13:30,131 --> 01:13:31,300 We make that Union line, 1176 01:13:31,301 --> 01:13:33,050 them Bushwhackers won't follow us. 1177 01:13:33,051 --> 01:13:34,970 We almost there. 1178 01:13:34,971 --> 01:13:36,420 Just keep moving. 1179 01:13:36,421 --> 01:13:37,971 Run, boy. 1180 01:13:45,171 --> 01:13:47,170 Got Bushwhackers up on the ridge. 1181 01:13:47,171 --> 01:13:49,380 Turn right back. 1182 01:13:49,381 --> 01:13:50,840 You ain't welcome here. 1183 01:13:50,841 --> 01:13:52,630 What? Y'all heard them shots. 1184 01:13:52,631 --> 01:13:54,800 Got Bushwhackers behind us. Killed some of us already. 1185 01:13:54,801 --> 01:13:56,380 - Come on. - That's not our trouble. 1186 01:13:56,381 --> 01:13:57,840 Not since President Lincoln got shot dead. 1187 01:13:57,841 --> 01:13:59,300 What? 1188 01:13:59,301 --> 01:14:00,670 Some Southern traitor 1189 01:14:00,671 --> 01:14:02,510 put a bullet in poor old Abe's head. 1190 01:14:02,511 --> 01:14:03,880 Now I'm tired of you people. 1191 01:14:03,881 --> 01:14:05,880 Ain't enough we already fought for you. 1192 01:14:05,881 --> 01:14:07,630 Now, we truly sorry about Mr. Lincoln, sir, 1193 01:14:07,631 --> 01:14:09,710 - but we got Bushwhackers... - This is a military camp. 1194 01:14:09,711 --> 01:14:11,050 We don't have stuff for niggers. 1195 01:14:11,051 --> 01:14:12,840 - Get out of here! - Stop. 1196 01:14:12,841 --> 01:14:14,470 This man is Memphis Battery! 1197 01:14:14,471 --> 01:14:16,510 Fought at Fort Pillow! 1198 01:14:16,511 --> 01:14:18,260 Look at his damn uniform! 1199 01:14:18,261 --> 01:14:19,880 A uniform don't make a soldier. 1200 01:14:19,881 --> 01:14:21,550 Not to me. 1201 01:14:21,551 --> 01:14:23,050 We've given our blood for you people. 1202 01:14:23,051 --> 01:14:25,090 - Oh, what about our blood? - Tell him, corporal. 1203 01:14:25,091 --> 01:14:27,470 What about the blood we gave for this country? 1204 01:14:27,471 --> 01:14:29,591 - For years! - Easy now. 1205 01:14:32,171 --> 01:14:34,130 He got every right to be here! 1206 01:14:37,471 --> 01:14:39,210 Hey, hold on. 1207 01:14:39,211 --> 01:14:41,470 Hold on just one cotton-picking second. 1208 01:14:43,211 --> 01:14:45,800 Y'all... y'all don't know who you got there. 1209 01:14:45,801 --> 01:14:48,090 That right there... 1210 01:14:48,091 --> 01:14:50,550 it's best damn blacksmith in the whole damn Union. 1211 01:14:50,551 --> 01:14:53,340 That's who he is. 1212 01:14:53,341 --> 01:14:56,510 Let me tell you now, that boy... he got rare, 1213 01:14:56,511 --> 01:15:01,210 mystical skills, passed down by Mandinka craftsmen. 1214 01:15:01,211 --> 01:15:04,210 That's on the Kamby Bolongo in Africa. 1215 01:15:04,211 --> 01:15:06,840 One time, I saw him patch a cannon by sitting 1216 01:15:06,841 --> 01:15:09,710 on the muzzle and hammering it as it fired! 1217 01:15:09,711 --> 01:15:11,420 When that hammer broke, 1218 01:15:11,421 --> 01:15:13,710 he just carried on pounding it with his fists! 1219 01:15:13,711 --> 01:15:16,340 Look at him... arms like cannonballs! 1220 01:15:16,341 --> 01:15:19,130 Yes, sir, he can fix a rifle, 1221 01:15:19,131 --> 01:15:21,970 mend a saddle, patch pots and pans. 1222 01:15:21,971 --> 01:15:25,800 That boy can smooth a knot from a twisted axle 1223 01:15:25,801 --> 01:15:28,710 like a pretty girl pull tangles from her hair. 1224 01:15:28,711 --> 01:15:31,510 And y'all want to chase him off? Come on, now. 1225 01:15:31,511 --> 01:15:34,170 You'll be the first soldier boys home sitting up in your own bed, 1226 01:15:34,171 --> 01:15:36,130 eating on your mama's home cooking. 1227 01:15:36,131 --> 01:15:38,300 Who wants to smell Mama's gravy right now? Amen?! 1228 01:15:38,301 --> 01:15:39,840 Amen! 1229 01:15:39,841 --> 01:15:44,130 If that boy can shoe horses, we can use him. 1230 01:15:44,131 --> 01:15:46,260 Let them all in. 1231 01:15:49,171 --> 01:15:50,880 Everybody fall out. Back to work. 1232 01:15:50,881 --> 01:15:52,840 Come on, now. 1233 01:15:52,841 --> 01:15:55,210 Y'all get a little something to eat. 1234 01:16:10,791 --> 01:16:15,370 Now, I-I could be wrong. 1235 01:16:15,371 --> 01:16:20,000 I got a notion about that boy who brought you to me. 1236 01:16:20,001 --> 01:16:25,460 Suppose you gonna tell me he was a Mandinka spirit? 1237 01:16:25,461 --> 01:16:28,170 Nope. 1238 01:16:28,171 --> 01:16:30,290 Gonna tell you he was Kunta Kinte hisself, 1239 01:16:30,291 --> 01:16:32,170 same as came to my mama. 1240 01:16:53,251 --> 01:16:54,960 I know you ain't over there thinking 1241 01:16:54,961 --> 01:16:56,580 I can't do this by myself, is you? 1242 01:16:56,581 --> 01:16:58,910 No, sir. I think that'd be kind of risky. 1243 01:16:58,911 --> 01:17:00,210 Yes, sir. 1244 01:17:00,211 --> 01:17:02,170 Yes, sir. 1245 01:17:02,171 --> 01:17:04,120 - "A"? - Mm-hmm. 1246 01:17:04,121 --> 01:17:06,790 - "B"? - Yeah. 1247 01:17:06,791 --> 01:17:08,331 "C"? 1248 01:17:30,501 --> 01:17:31,711 Oh. 1249 01:17:35,791 --> 01:17:37,751 Jesus. 1250 01:17:41,831 --> 01:17:44,670 George. 1251 01:17:44,671 --> 01:17:46,371 George. 1252 01:17:48,911 --> 01:17:51,540 George. 1253 01:17:51,541 --> 01:17:53,960 Hey, Tom. 1254 01:17:57,171 --> 01:17:59,710 How you doing? 1255 01:17:59,711 --> 01:18:01,410 George. 1256 01:18:01,411 --> 01:18:04,210 Oh. 1257 01:18:04,211 --> 01:18:06,460 You're a sight for sore eyes. 1258 01:18:10,371 --> 01:18:13,410 Old Chicken George. 1259 01:18:13,491 --> 01:18:16,490 About goddamn time you made it here, old man. 1260 01:18:16,491 --> 01:18:18,490 I'm giving you a chance to learn how to work a field. 1261 01:18:18,491 --> 01:18:20,370 Oh, will you now? 1262 01:18:20,371 --> 01:18:22,910 Stand him. Stand him up right. 1263 01:18:22,911 --> 01:18:24,290 Oh, hang on. 1264 01:18:24,291 --> 01:18:26,660 Ah. 1265 01:18:26,661 --> 01:18:28,490 Oh, that... that was nothing. 1266 01:18:28,491 --> 01:18:30,200 Took out 20 men. 1267 01:18:30,201 --> 01:18:32,290 Neither one of us got a scratch on us. 1268 01:18:36,862 --> 01:18:38,151 Mr. Murray, we all leaving. 1269 01:18:38,152 --> 01:18:39,821 Well, surely, we can work out something, Tom. 1270 01:18:39,822 --> 01:18:42,741 A-an extra chicken or two, if... if that helps. 1271 01:18:43,022 --> 01:18:45,931 Thank you, sir, but Henning, Tennessee, 1272 01:18:45,932 --> 01:18:47,891 is gonna have shops run by our own people. 1273 01:18:47,892 --> 01:18:50,641 Not that we won't take money from the white folk. 1274 01:18:50,642 --> 01:18:52,761 Money ain't got no color. 1275 01:18:52,762 --> 01:18:55,471 Tom, I don't know if you'll take my words to heart, 1276 01:18:55,472 --> 01:18:59,101 but I wish you and your family good fortune. 1277 01:18:59,102 --> 01:19:03,892 There was a time when we were working together, I felt... 1278 01:19:07,552 --> 01:19:10,312 Well... godspeed. 1279 01:19:15,512 --> 01:19:17,971 You niggers ain't going nowhere. 1280 01:19:17,972 --> 01:19:20,101 - Frederick. - You got to pay 'fore you leave. 1281 01:19:20,187 --> 01:19:23,766 Don't have to ask you, Frederick. 1282 01:19:23,767 --> 01:19:25,766 - Talking to your daddy. - I told you I would handle this, Frederick. 1283 01:19:25,767 --> 01:19:27,556 - My daddy's a fool. - Son. 1284 01:19:27,557 --> 01:19:30,476 I want every penny you earned on this farm as a blacksmith. 1285 01:19:30,477 --> 01:19:32,476 Made a lot more money for this farm. 1286 01:19:32,477 --> 01:19:34,186 Goodbye, sir. 1287 01:19:34,187 --> 01:19:35,936 Son, son! 1288 01:19:35,937 --> 01:19:37,686 You think anything's changed 1289 01:19:37,687 --> 01:19:39,806 - 'cause the war's over? - Frederick, please. 1290 01:19:39,807 --> 01:19:41,806 Them Union boys gonna be home soon enough, 1291 01:19:41,807 --> 01:19:45,636 but I'll still be right here, and plenty of men just like me. 1292 01:19:45,637 --> 01:19:48,306 We will redeem this country 1293 01:19:48,307 --> 01:19:50,056 and put you people back where you belong. 1294 01:19:50,057 --> 01:19:53,346 It's just natural law. 1295 01:19:53,347 --> 01:19:56,686 I won't never see a nigger be my equal. 1296 01:19:56,687 --> 01:20:00,727 Don't have no interest in being your equal, Frederick. 1297 01:20:02,477 --> 01:20:05,896 No, no! 1298 01:20:05,897 --> 01:20:07,346 F-Frederick! 1299 01:20:07,347 --> 01:20:08,557 Oh, my god. 1300 01:20:17,897 --> 01:20:20,437 First thing good my daddy ever did for me. 1301 01:20:23,557 --> 01:20:25,436 - Yeah, we're ready. - All right, baby. 1302 01:20:25,437 --> 01:20:27,726 Are you guys ready? 1303 01:20:27,727 --> 01:20:29,056 All right, let's get the kids in there. 1304 01:21:15,097 --> 01:21:19,766 Well, Chicken George, I reckon it's time I be moving on. 1305 01:21:21,765 --> 01:21:24,634 I thank you kindly for everything, 1306 01:21:24,635 --> 01:21:26,444 and you... you're all nice folks. 1307 01:21:26,487 --> 01:21:30,196 But after all, you... you's all family. 1308 01:21:30,197 --> 01:21:31,537 And you're not my family. 1309 01:21:34,737 --> 01:21:38,987 We are now, if you want us to be. 1310 01:21:41,737 --> 01:21:44,236 Hmm. 1311 01:21:44,237 --> 01:21:48,036 Well, that doesn't sound so bad, now does it? 1312 01:21:48,037 --> 01:21:51,906 Not bad at all. 1313 01:21:51,907 --> 01:21:54,077 - Can I come in? - Mm-hmm. 1314 01:21:57,367 --> 01:21:59,196 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 1315 01:21:59,197 --> 01:22:01,906 Hey, hey, hey, hey. 1316 01:22:01,907 --> 01:22:05,076 Yeah, she gonna be a strong one, just like my mama. 1317 01:22:05,077 --> 01:22:06,826 Mm-hmm. 1318 01:22:06,827 --> 01:22:10,036 You are so beautiful. 1319 01:22:10,307 --> 01:22:12,966 Irene, give me the baby? 1320 01:22:12,967 --> 01:22:14,676 Tom, what's wrong? 1321 01:22:14,677 --> 01:22:16,307 It's all right. 1322 01:22:28,177 --> 01:22:29,716 Tom. 1323 01:22:29,717 --> 01:22:31,177 Get back. 1324 01:22:42,807 --> 01:22:45,467 W-what do I do, Daddy? 1325 01:22:48,347 --> 01:22:51,596 Tell me now. What... 1326 01:22:51,597 --> 01:22:55,466 How do they... how do I... 1327 01:22:55,467 --> 01:22:58,926 give her her name the right way? 1328 01:22:58,927 --> 01:23:02,886 Son, I can't... 1329 01:23:02,887 --> 01:23:05,636 I can't say I know for sure. 1330 01:23:05,637 --> 01:23:09,097 Just talk to her. 1331 01:23:11,387 --> 01:23:15,386 I don't know any Africa words. 1332 01:23:15,387 --> 01:23:18,546 I don't know if this is the right time, 1333 01:23:18,547 --> 01:23:22,346 or I don't know if the sky looks the way it's supposed to be, 1334 01:23:22,347 --> 01:23:25,806 but... 1335 01:23:25,807 --> 01:23:31,886 I know you my first baby not born a slave. 1336 01:23:31,887 --> 01:23:37,136 First baby nobody can own. 1337 01:23:37,137 --> 01:23:40,256 But that don't mean you don't have to be a warrior. 1338 01:23:40,257 --> 01:23:44,306 Still gonna have to fight to stay free. 1339 01:23:44,307 --> 01:23:47,676 Every day. 1340 01:23:47,677 --> 01:23:53,506 Always gonna be someone wants to take away your freedom. 1341 01:23:53,507 --> 01:23:56,466 And I can't keep this family together 1342 01:23:56,467 --> 01:24:00,846 if I don't teach you where we come from, 1343 01:24:00,847 --> 01:24:05,966 who we are... 1344 01:24:05,967 --> 01:24:08,597 if I don't remember who I am. 1345 01:24:12,677 --> 01:24:16,546 So that's why I got to tell you this story... 1346 01:24:16,547 --> 01:24:19,046 so I can be the father I want to be. 1347 01:24:33,137 --> 01:24:36,546 His name was Kunta Kinte, 1348 01:24:36,547 --> 01:24:41,596 son of Omoro and Binta Kinte from Juffure 1349 01:24:41,597 --> 01:24:45,636 in the Kingdom of Niumi on the Kamby Bolongo. 1350 01:24:45,637 --> 01:24:47,716 Flying home from The Gambia, 1351 01:24:47,717 --> 01:24:51,216 I knew I had to write a book about him. 1352 01:24:51,217 --> 01:24:54,716 My ancestors would be a symbol for millions of slaves, 1353 01:24:54,717 --> 01:24:59,096 all of them seeds of American families living today, 1354 01:24:59,097 --> 01:25:02,636 captured, chained, sailed across the same ocean 1355 01:25:02,637 --> 01:25:05,846 in ships where untold numbers died. 1356 01:25:05,847 --> 01:25:08,806 Sold to thousands of plantations, 1357 01:25:08,807 --> 01:25:13,216 millions of men and women who struggled to survive 1358 01:25:13,217 --> 01:25:16,256 and fought to be free every day. 1359 01:26:50,717 --> 01:26:53,216 The truth can never be known. 1360 01:26:53,217 --> 01:26:55,886 It can only be told in a story. 1361 01:26:55,887 --> 01:26:59,596 There once was a boy who was taken from his family 1362 01:26:59,597 --> 01:27:02,096 and carried halfway around the world. 1363 01:27:02,097 --> 01:27:04,756 He lived to start a new family. 1364 01:27:04,757 --> 01:27:08,426 And in his journey, he became a hero for a new nation. 1365 01:27:08,427 --> 01:27:11,046 I hope my story honors him, 1366 01:27:11,047 --> 01:27:15,426 brings peace and pride to us all. 1367 01:27:17,325 --> 01:27:21,325 Synced and corrected by MasterCookie www.addic7ed.com