The Free State of Jones Page #3

They'll arrest you.

I'm gonna go to Sally's place,

have her fetch one.

You're going to that roadhouse?

We ain't got a doctor no more.

Doc Hacket moved to Alabama,

and Prentiss is off at the war.

Look, he's burnin' up, Sally,

and I can't go into town.

Well, there's this

creole slave over at Eakins.

Kind of healer.

I'll get George

to fetch her with a pass.

Eakins? Plantation?

She's not a field hand.

She's my house negro.

Now, you better

get out of here too.

Rebs come in here

all the time to get whiskey.

They sent me with a pass.

Yeah, yeah.

Come on.

Right this way.

He's burnin' up.

Can you help?

I'll try.

I need to boil some

water, to make a tea.

- I'll fetch you a bucket.

- I can fetch it.

No, you stay here.

I'll fetch it for you.

All right.

Uh...

He's all cool now.

Probably gonna sleep a while.

He better?

He's fine.

Oh.

That's my boy.

That's my boy.

There you are.

Hey.

Thank you.

Oh, don't have to thank me.

I got loaned to you.

No, I do. I do.

Look here,

I... I ain't got no money,

but I want you

to have this, all right?

Th-that's gold.

I can't take that.

Oh, yes, you can.

But saving a life

ain't easy, yeah?

And when you do,

it's something special.

Thank you.

Thank you.

That's kind.

Now, here.

Here's your pass.

All rise.

Court is now in session.

Case number 0646.

The state of Mississippi

v. Davis knight.

That Davis knight

did knowingly and willfully

and feloniously

violate Mississippi law

by engaging in a marital union

with one Junie Lee Spradley,

a white woman.

That as the great-grandson

of Newton knight

and a negro slave

known commonly as Rachel,

he is of at least

one-eighth negro blood,

and as such meets

the minimum standard

to be considered a colored person

in the state of Mississippi.

What happened?

They told me gather up

all the clothes and blankets.

They'd be back for 'em

in an hour.

They told me round up the

hogs and put 'em in a pen.

- Who did?

- The cavalry officer and, uh, the...

Tax agent.

Yeah.

They gonna take my hogs?

No. No, they ain't.

'Cause, uh, we got nothin'

for the winter.

They ain't gonna take your hogs.

Girls, you know

how to shoot one of these?

Hmm?

It ain't real hard. It's

just loud the first time.

Come here to me, darlin'.

Here we go. Put this

here on your right hand.

Hold it right there

with your right hand.

There you go.

You feel that?

You feel that?

How many guns you got

in the house, ma'am?

Two. Three, with a pistol.

Good. Good.

See, now, here's the trigger.

You wanna fire it, you just pull this back.

Two clicks, pull that trigger.

Boom.

All right, here they come.

You ready?

Easy, girls.

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