The Man Who Came Back Page #2

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- Junebug!

Come on.

Let's move.

You take 'em to the thicket. I'm gonna

stay here and give you some time.

I'll stay.

You go.

Junebug,

I'll stay.

You go.

Get on.

They comin'.

Y'all gonna quit

before my harvest?

We're striking.

Striking.

Listen, you stupid darky,

you still got to pay

room and board.

You gotta pay tool fees,

mule fees.

You gonna owe Duke Plantation

so deep,

I'm gonna work you a full year,

you're still gonna be in debt.

My hands're going

back to work.

What hands, master?

'Cause I don't see

nobody.

Wait! Please...

- Preacher!

- No. No worries...

Preacher, please please

please, don't let 'em do this.

Please don't let 'em

do this.

Preacher, Preacher,

don't let 'em do this.

Lord's work, boy.

You Negros got to learn to

render unto Caesar.

Please don't, please.

Please...

please don't do this!

Please don't do this.

Please please don't...

There you go.

What is...

Gabe,

come over here.

- Gabe, don't you look.

- Yes, ma'am.

No, you let him look.

Let him see what evil men

do when good men let them.

- We might have lost Vicksburg...

- Hey, Reba.

...we might have lost

Gettysburg,

but praise God for

our victory today, huh?

I believe my daddy may even

say things were handled well today.

This is your day off!

Most days we're

working in the fields.

My friend, who's the biggest

toad in this puddle?

Harder!

That wasn't a fur-ball,

that was a whole cat, wasn't it?

Sir, allow me to

introduce myself.

My name is Ezra Tarwell.

I am an attorney.

Bumpy road back there.

I'm an attorney.

Your accent hardly

hangs with Spanish moss, Mr. Tarwell.

Yeah, I am a product of

Oswego, New York, sir.

But we mustn't let unfortunate

regional differences

stand in the way of civility.

Yeah, all that.

Let me speculate

on something.

When the war was over,

you and your carpet bag

decided to come down here

and make a profit out

of the tragedy

that they call

"Reconstruction. "

Now the federal army's

moved on

and all of a sudden, you decide

to switch over to the white man's side.

Am... am I close?

Nearly.

Um, I... I am devoted

to justice

and prosperity.

Since justice is blind,

the only color I really care about

is green.

Damn your accent!

I love the way you talk.

Sit down, Mr. Tarwell.

- Sit down.

- That looks like someone was...

I want to report a murder.

Reese Paxton,

y'all know there ain't

no n*ggers allowed in here.

I know justice

for a black man

lies way below

what we expect for ourselves.

This was a human being.

What sanction

would you suggest

if our sheriff were to arrest

one of our fine citizens?

I ponder that question.

I know that pigs will fly before

this town will jail a white man

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