1 00:00:13,139 --> 00:00:14,932 ♪ Dig down ♪ 2 00:00:15,015 --> 00:00:16,600 ♪ Dig down deep ♪ 3 00:00:16,684 --> 00:00:20,479 ♪ Lord, I'm tired and oh so weak ♪ 4 00:00:20,563 --> 00:00:22,523 ♪ Dig down ♪ 5 00:00:22,606 --> 00:00:24,525 ♪ Dig down deep ♪ 6 00:00:24,608 --> 00:00:27,653 ♪ Dig me a grave that's six feet deep ♪ 7 00:00:27,737 --> 00:00:29,321 ♪ There's blood ♪ 8 00:00:29,405 --> 00:00:31,657 ♪ In the river ♪ 9 00:00:31,741 --> 00:00:33,075 ♪ There's blood ♪ 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,661 ♪ In the river ♪ 11 00:00:35,745 --> 00:00:37,663 ♪ There's blood ♪ 12 00:00:37,747 --> 00:00:39,123 ♪ In the river ♪ 13 00:00:39,206 --> 00:00:42,001 ♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪ 14 00:00:43,753 --> 00:00:46,589 ♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪ 15 00:00:53,471 --> 00:00:55,514 ♪ Blood in the river ♪ 16 00:00:59,977 --> 00:01:01,687 ♪ Oh! ♪ 17 00:01:03,105 --> 00:01:04,982 ♪ There's blood ♪ 18 00:01:05,065 --> 00:01:06,942 ♪ In the river ♪ 19 00:01:07,026 --> 00:01:09,695 ♪ There's blood in the river ♪ 20 00:01:09,779 --> 00:01:12,364 ♪ There's blood ♪ 21 00:01:12,448 --> 00:01:14,658 ♪ In the river ♪ 22 00:01:14,742 --> 00:01:17,745 ♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪ 23 00:01:18,829 --> 00:01:21,123 ♪ Who's gonna save us now? ♪ 24 00:01:22,249 --> 00:01:24,752 ♪ Nobody's gonna save us ♪ 25 00:01:25,795 --> 00:01:27,755 ♪ Now ♪ 26 00:01:50,485 --> 00:01:52,988 Richmond Dispatch! Got your newspapers right here! 27 00:01:53,072 --> 00:01:54,549 Papers here! 28 00:02:06,961 --> 00:02:10,047 Civil war looms over a divided America. 29 00:02:10,130 --> 00:02:11,465 The northern states aim 30 00:02:11,549 --> 00:02:15,177 to preserve the Union and end slavery, 31 00:02:15,261 --> 00:02:17,763 while the southern states rely on slavery 32 00:02:17,847 --> 00:02:20,057 as their economic bedrock. 33 00:02:20,140 --> 00:02:23,769 This division leads states to secede from the Union 34 00:02:23,853 --> 00:02:25,688 starting with South Carolina, 35 00:02:25,771 --> 00:02:27,690 followed swiftly by Mississippi, 36 00:02:27,773 --> 00:02:32,653 Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas. 37 00:02:32,736 --> 00:02:35,865 Virginia's fate hangs in the balance. 38 00:02:35,948 --> 00:02:37,449 Abraham Lincoln, 39 00:02:37,533 --> 00:02:40,369 newly elected president of The United States, 40 00:02:40,452 --> 00:02:42,037 resides in The White House, 41 00:02:42,121 --> 00:02:44,665 while Jefferson Davis, 42 00:02:44,748 --> 00:02:47,877 the soon-to-be elected president of the Confederacy 43 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,589 will come to reside in The Gray House. 44 00:02:53,382 --> 00:02:57,303 This story is inspired by historical events. 45 00:03:38,844 --> 00:03:40,137 Papers, boy. 46 00:03:43,098 --> 00:03:44,683 Yes, sir... 47 00:03:44,767 --> 00:03:46,727 Was it a long trip? 48 00:03:49,605 --> 00:03:51,106 Pass or your papers. 49 00:03:51,190 --> 00:03:53,317 I got my pass right here, sir. 50 00:03:53,400 --> 00:03:56,904 I told ya, no papers, no pass... 51 00:03:58,364 --> 00:04:02,785 Oat cakes! 52 00:04:02,868 --> 00:04:04,119 All right, who's next? 53 00:04:04,203 --> 00:04:05,579 Master sign this? 54 00:04:05,663 --> 00:04:08,040 Yes, sir. That's his mark. 55 00:04:09,291 --> 00:04:11,377 Papers. 56 00:04:11,460 --> 00:04:14,254 Get on your way. 57 00:04:23,722 --> 00:04:25,683 Ye awright, mum? 58 00:04:30,312 --> 00:04:31,855 Got your pass, trogle? 59 00:04:31,939 --> 00:04:35,401 I'm... freed. 60 00:04:35,484 --> 00:04:37,319 Then, let's see your papers. 61 00:04:39,780 --> 00:04:42,992 Are you deaf? I asked you a question. 62 00:04:43,075 --> 00:04:44,534 Answer me! 63 00:04:44,618 --> 00:04:46,495 No need to be so harsh with the lass. 64 00:04:46,578 --> 00:04:47,871 She seems sickly. 65 00:04:47,955 --> 00:04:49,516 You got a license to pedal in the street, mister? 66 00:04:49,540 --> 00:04:51,082 Aye. 67 00:04:51,166 --> 00:04:52,602 Fresh and crisp from the County Clerk. 68 00:04:52,626 --> 00:04:54,003 Would you like to keep 'em? 69 00:04:54,086 --> 00:04:56,630 Can't have undocumented 70 00:04:56,714 --> 00:04:59,049 n♪♪♪♪♪♪ gallivantin' around Richmond. 71 00:04:59,133 --> 00:05:01,051 I got there manumission papers. 72 00:05:01,135 --> 00:05:02,928 So, let's see 'em. 73 00:05:04,096 --> 00:05:06,140 Hmm. Here they is. 74 00:05:10,436 --> 00:05:11,979 I can't read this. 75 00:05:12,062 --> 00:05:14,940 Hmm. Well, I'll reads it to you... 76 00:05:15,024 --> 00:05:16,608 if you don't know how. 77 00:05:25,701 --> 00:05:28,746 Pike! We need the Slave Patrol's help. 78 00:05:28,829 --> 00:05:31,040 Couple of bucks busted outta the Devil's Half-Acre! 79 00:05:32,624 --> 00:05:34,602 Bully's got the hounds and we're huntin' 'em down the river. 80 00:05:34,626 --> 00:05:35,794 Come on! 81 00:05:35,878 --> 00:05:37,838 -We gotta catch up! -Where'd she go? 82 00:05:39,381 --> 00:05:40,382 Don't know. 83 00:05:41,675 --> 00:05:43,218 We gotta hurry, boss! Let's go! 84 00:05:43,302 --> 00:05:44,845 Move! 85 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:47,115 -Watch your step, darlin'. -Evening. 86 00:05:47,139 --> 00:05:48,766 -Good afternoon. -Good to see you, sir. 87 00:06:09,119 --> 00:06:11,246 Whoa there! Whoa! 88 00:06:19,004 --> 00:06:22,466 Welcome to the Van Lews'. Good evening, ma'am, sir. 89 00:06:22,549 --> 00:06:25,385 Step right on in now, right on in. 90 00:06:25,469 --> 00:06:27,805 -Welcome to the Van Lews'. -Good afternoon. 91 00:06:32,893 --> 00:06:34,812 Now, whatever Lincoln may profess, 92 00:06:34,895 --> 00:06:36,480 Illinois' baboons are in the pocket 93 00:06:36,563 --> 00:06:38,524 of a crackpot abolitionist, 94 00:06:38,607 --> 00:06:41,568 not to mention a wild-eyed Free State acolyte. 95 00:06:41,652 --> 00:06:44,446 Well, if Virginia should choose to secede, 96 00:06:44,530 --> 00:06:47,449 let's hope my Maryland will follow, huh? 97 00:06:48,742 --> 00:06:49,928 Oh, how do you do, Mrs. Van Lew? 98 00:06:49,952 --> 00:06:51,537 Evening, Toby. 99 00:06:51,620 --> 00:06:54,748 Evening. Well, hello there. 100 00:06:54,832 --> 00:06:56,476 -So lovely you could come. -Thank you so much. 101 00:06:56,500 --> 00:06:57,894 Thank you. Thank you so much. 102 00:06:57,918 --> 00:07:01,255 Yes. Evening, Governor Wise. 103 00:07:01,338 --> 00:07:02,798 Ah, Mrs. Van Lew. 104 00:07:02,881 --> 00:07:05,801 What the Republicans intend is to starve the South's economy 105 00:07:05,884 --> 00:07:09,346 and legislate our entire way of life out of existence. 106 00:07:09,429 --> 00:07:13,183 Surely, Governor Wise, that's because it's based on slavery. 107 00:07:14,351 --> 00:07:16,395 Our Southern states clothe the world, 108 00:07:16,478 --> 00:07:18,480 Miss Bremer, rich and poor alike, 109 00:07:18,564 --> 00:07:20,732 and are justly paid for it. 110 00:07:20,816 --> 00:07:24,236 Our sea island cotton is universally sought after. 111 00:07:24,319 --> 00:07:28,073 As my father says, your Scandinavia is no exception. 112 00:07:28,157 --> 00:07:30,909 Ah, no slaves, no cotton. 113 00:07:30,993 --> 00:07:34,955 No cotton, no wealth. No wealth, no progress. 114 00:07:35,038 --> 00:07:37,624 Quod erat demon strand um! 115 00:07:37,707 --> 00:07:40,794 Envy, Miss Bremer, envy, that's all it is. 116 00:07:40,878 --> 00:07:43,589 Just because the North is unable to grow a simple, 117 00:07:43,672 --> 00:07:48,302 measly stalk of cotton, envy will tear this country apart. 118 00:07:48,385 --> 00:07:50,387 Surely, Mr. Lincoln merely opposes 119 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:53,223 the extension of slavery or am I... 120 00:07:53,307 --> 00:07:57,853 Mr. Lincoln is a dupe, or dishonest, or both. 121 00:07:57,936 --> 00:08:00,063 I wouldn't waste a belch in his direction. 122 00:08:00,147 --> 00:08:01,815 Now, now... 123 00:08:01,899 --> 00:08:04,943 Gentlemen, Miss Bremer has traveled to Richmond 124 00:08:05,027 --> 00:08:08,113 all the way from Scandinavia... 125 00:08:08,197 --> 00:08:09,197 My, my. 126 00:08:09,239 --> 00:08:10,741 To familiarize herself 127 00:08:10,824 --> 00:08:14,411 with our customs and Southern hospitalities. 128 00:08:14,494 --> 00:08:16,830 So, I'm sure you'll forgive me if I scoop her up 129 00:08:16,914 --> 00:08:18,916 and introduce her to some other aspects 130 00:08:18,999 --> 00:08:20,918 of our local flora and fauna. 131 00:08:21,001 --> 00:08:23,629 Go ahead. Go ahead. 132 00:08:23,712 --> 00:08:27,424 Gentlemen, please remember, general topics of conversation 133 00:08:27,507 --> 00:08:29,801 are the order of the evening, hmm? 134 00:08:29,885 --> 00:08:31,595 Oh, Mrs. Van Lew, we will speak of nothing 135 00:08:31,678 --> 00:08:33,679 but the delightfulness of your gala. 136 00:08:33,764 --> 00:08:35,432 That's right. 137 00:08:37,643 --> 00:08:39,977 Come on! Come on! 138 00:08:47,194 --> 00:08:50,739 Come on! Grab my hand! Come on, move! 139 00:08:50,822 --> 00:08:52,366 Seriously, Mrs. Van Lew, 140 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:54,368 are all your guests at the festivity 141 00:08:54,451 --> 00:08:56,745 in favor of slavery? 142 00:08:56,828 --> 00:08:58,997 Nothing quite so simple as that. 143 00:08:59,081 --> 00:09:02,000 Some are... quite advanced, 144 00:09:02,084 --> 00:09:03,961 my dear, as you will see. 145 00:09:04,044 --> 00:09:07,005 And call me Eliza. 146 00:09:07,089 --> 00:09:09,174 William. William. 147 00:09:09,258 --> 00:09:13,929 Kindly see to it that certain liquid refreshments 148 00:09:14,012 --> 00:09:17,683 are served on the periphery of the room. 149 00:09:17,766 --> 00:09:19,893 The gentleman immediately behind you 150 00:09:19,977 --> 00:09:24,273 could do with a slight... hiatus in their libation. 151 00:09:24,356 --> 00:09:26,149 Yes, ma'am. 152 00:09:26,233 --> 00:09:28,694 Oh, Mr. Broadnaxe, 153 00:09:28,777 --> 00:09:31,238 may I introduce... 154 00:09:31,321 --> 00:09:34,408 Miss Fredrika Bremer of Sweden. 155 00:09:34,491 --> 00:09:36,451 -Well, how do you do? -Mm. 156 00:09:36,535 --> 00:09:40,664 Fredrika, this is Mr. Duncan Broadnaxe - 157 00:09:40,747 --> 00:09:44,543 esteemed editor of The Richmond Chronicle newspaper. 158 00:09:44,626 --> 00:09:45,626 Oh. 159 00:09:45,669 --> 00:09:47,754 Welcome to Virginia, Miss Bremer. 160 00:09:47,838 --> 00:09:49,298 Thank you. Thank you so much. 161 00:09:49,381 --> 00:09:51,925 Yes, Miss Bremer is considered 162 00:09:52,009 --> 00:09:54,970 the Harriet Beecher Stowe of Europe. 163 00:09:55,053 --> 00:09:56,680 -Oh. -Mm-hmm. 164 00:09:56,763 --> 00:10:00,225 Although her writing deals not with Negro affairs, 165 00:10:00,309 --> 00:10:02,436 but the plight of women. 166 00:10:02,519 --> 00:10:05,605 She advocates for the right of women to vote. 167 00:10:05,689 --> 00:10:06,982 Indeed? 168 00:10:07,065 --> 00:10:08,065 We closin' on 'em! 169 00:10:08,108 --> 00:10:09,484 My hounds are gettin' real eager! 170 00:10:16,033 --> 00:10:19,286 They found their scent. Release the dog! 171 00:10:25,334 --> 00:10:26,626 Oh, God! Aah! 172 00:10:38,889 --> 00:10:41,308 God damn it! I warned you! 173 00:10:43,143 --> 00:10:44,644 My hounds know better! 174 00:10:44,728 --> 00:10:46,063 Get it off him! 175 00:10:46,146 --> 00:10:47,439 Dumb bastard's own fault. 176 00:10:47,522 --> 00:10:49,608 Wouldn't 'a gone for his neck, he hadn't fell. 177 00:10:49,691 --> 00:10:51,902 Goddammit, that's costin' me money! 178 00:10:51,985 --> 00:10:53,487 Unless he cut across the river! 179 00:10:53,570 --> 00:10:55,989 I'm afraid we lost the other one. 180 00:10:56,073 --> 00:10:57,925 You're gonna keep those mangy-ass dogs on a short leash. 181 00:10:57,949 --> 00:11:00,619 Or you know what? I'm gonna put 'em both down! 182 00:11:00,702 --> 00:11:02,537 And you know what? Those runaway slaves? 183 00:11:02,621 --> 00:11:05,165 They're coming out of your pay! Give me that! 184 00:11:05,248 --> 00:11:06,625 Come on. 185 00:11:06,708 --> 00:11:09,503 Out of your pay! 186 00:11:12,381 --> 00:11:14,424 We'll pick up tracks on the other side! 187 00:11:26,269 --> 00:11:28,313 Psst! It seems to me 188 00:11:28,397 --> 00:11:31,233 you're more of a thief than a freed woman. 189 00:11:31,316 --> 00:11:33,110 My papers got tore up, you saw it. 190 00:11:33,193 --> 00:11:37,322 Oh. I cannot be certain what these are. 191 00:11:37,406 --> 00:11:39,533 Please, sir, help me. 192 00:11:41,284 --> 00:11:43,787 I'm not much aidin' and abettin', lass. 193 00:11:45,205 --> 00:11:46,957 Take me up to Church Hill. 194 00:11:49,084 --> 00:11:51,545 The Van Lews will pay you a reward. 195 00:11:52,712 --> 00:11:53,630 Church Hill? 196 00:11:55,048 --> 00:11:56,883 The Van Lews? 197 00:11:56,967 --> 00:11:59,594 Heh. It's too risky. 198 00:11:59,678 --> 00:12:01,179 They're regalin' all'a Richmond's 199 00:12:01,263 --> 00:12:02,681 who-be-the-who's there tonight. 200 00:12:02,764 --> 00:12:05,183 No, sir, you see, there's no risk at all. 201 00:12:05,267 --> 00:12:07,352 If the Van Lews don't pay you, 202 00:12:07,436 --> 00:12:09,438 turn me over to Bully Lumpkin. 203 00:12:09,521 --> 00:12:12,065 Now, you know he'd pay a reward. 204 00:12:12,149 --> 00:12:14,401 Either way, 205 00:12:14,484 --> 00:12:16,862 I'm walkin' cash-money, sir. 206 00:12:18,238 --> 00:12:20,991 You sure you're from around here? 207 00:12:21,074 --> 00:12:22,868 You don't think like any other... 208 00:12:22,951 --> 00:12:24,661 "N♪♪♪♪♪ girl?" 209 00:12:24,744 --> 00:12:29,124 Well, sir, I assure you, I was born and raised here... 210 00:12:29,207 --> 00:12:30,250 in Richmond. 211 00:12:30,333 --> 00:12:31,334 Oh... 212 00:12:31,418 --> 00:12:33,003 All right, up with you. 213 00:12:33,086 --> 00:12:34,421 Come on. Up you come. 214 00:12:38,758 --> 00:12:39,968 Thank you. 215 00:12:53,607 --> 00:12:57,277 Mr. Hampton Arsenault, welcome. 216 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,779 Well, Mrs. Van Lew... 217 00:12:59,863 --> 00:13:01,364 A splendid evening 218 00:13:01,448 --> 00:13:05,202 has now elevated itself into a perfect one. 219 00:13:05,285 --> 00:13:07,287 Oh, my thanks for that quite undeserved compliment. 220 00:13:08,622 --> 00:13:10,332 Where is your lovely daughter? 221 00:13:10,415 --> 00:13:12,250 Buried under a throng of admirers, no doubt. 222 00:13:12,334 --> 00:13:16,588 And here I was lulled into thinking 223 00:13:16,671 --> 00:13:19,090 it was my repartee that had drawn you here. 224 00:13:21,051 --> 00:13:22,552 Don't despair, 225 00:13:22,636 --> 00:13:24,679 Elizabeth will be down shortly. 226 00:13:24,763 --> 00:13:25,847 Thank you. 227 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:59,214 Scoot, scoot, little chickens. 228 00:13:59,297 --> 00:14:00,924 It's time for bed! 229 00:14:01,007 --> 00:14:03,260 I'm gonna sprinkle some fairy dust for your dreams. 230 00:14:03,343 --> 00:14:05,929 That's my good girls. 231 00:14:25,782 --> 00:14:29,536 The longer you stare, the more fault you'll find. 232 00:14:29,619 --> 00:14:31,997 I speak from experience. 233 00:14:33,873 --> 00:14:37,377 Your presence is required downstairs. 234 00:14:38,545 --> 00:14:39,921 Tonight's celebration 235 00:14:40,005 --> 00:14:43,258 was... not... my... idea. 236 00:14:43,341 --> 00:14:46,428 Yet, you exhausted 237 00:14:46,511 --> 00:14:50,724 every purveyor of fine apparel in Richmond to dress for it. 238 00:14:50,807 --> 00:14:52,642 For those who came to gawk at an old maid. 239 00:14:52,726 --> 00:14:55,687 Oh, now... don't presume 240 00:14:55,770 --> 00:14:59,899 they came on your account, young lady. 241 00:14:59,983 --> 00:15:02,611 And, if gawkers there be, 242 00:15:02,694 --> 00:15:04,779 we must not disappoint. 243 00:15:04,863 --> 00:15:06,948 All to spend a sweltering evening 244 00:15:07,032 --> 00:15:09,284 cooped up in a cage of corsets and hoops. 245 00:15:09,367 --> 00:15:12,287 I shall have to steer you clear 246 00:15:12,370 --> 00:15:15,498 of our guest Miss Fredrika Bremer. 247 00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:18,543 She'll convince you to start parading around in britches. 248 00:15:20,587 --> 00:15:22,922 Bloomers mother, not britches. 249 00:15:23,006 --> 00:15:26,593 Well, can't say as I see much difference. 250 00:15:32,891 --> 00:15:34,309 Has he come? 251 00:15:35,352 --> 00:15:37,479 Hmm? 252 00:15:37,562 --> 00:15:39,189 Of whom are we speaking? 253 00:15:39,272 --> 00:15:40,857 Mother! 254 00:15:40,940 --> 00:15:43,902 Mr. Hampton Arsenault has arrived 255 00:15:43,985 --> 00:15:46,905 and inquired as to your whereabouts, 256 00:15:46,988 --> 00:15:49,574 however, well... 257 00:15:49,658 --> 00:15:53,370 Now, he's so much in demand. 258 00:15:53,453 --> 00:15:55,372 If you don't intend to come downstairs, 259 00:15:55,455 --> 00:15:57,248 I suppose I shall have to 260 00:15:57,332 --> 00:16:00,293 refer him to one of his many other admirers. 261 00:16:02,545 --> 00:16:05,548 I don't know why I insisted on green, 262 00:16:05,632 --> 00:16:07,759 I'll look though if I'm coming down with the ague. 263 00:16:07,842 --> 00:16:09,469 Elizabeth! 264 00:16:09,552 --> 00:16:12,722 A Van Lew never quails before the summons to battle. 265 00:16:22,816 --> 00:16:25,276 Uh, Tadpole, 266 00:16:25,360 --> 00:16:27,070 go get me that lighting taper over there. 267 00:16:27,153 --> 00:16:28,405 Yes, Uncle Isham. 268 00:16:28,488 --> 00:16:30,156 -Go on. -Right away. 269 00:16:32,826 --> 00:16:34,077 Blowin' in from the West. 270 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:36,079 Look like gonna rain on the party. 271 00:16:36,162 --> 00:16:38,832 Yeah, look like God has got His own fireworks in mind tonight. 272 00:16:38,915 --> 00:16:41,042 Come on. Come on. Come on, Tadpole. Come on. 273 00:16:44,754 --> 00:16:46,089 Gimme that light. 274 00:16:46,172 --> 00:16:47,590 -Uncle Isham? -Hmm? 275 00:16:47,674 --> 00:16:50,135 Mrs. Van Lew said you ain't s'posed to be climbin' ladders! 276 00:16:51,636 --> 00:16:53,096 I suppose you're right. 277 00:16:53,179 --> 00:16:55,348 Go on. You climb. I'll hold. 278 00:17:07,193 --> 00:17:08,337 We expecting company? 279 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:11,656 No, we ain't. What's he doing here? 280 00:17:15,952 --> 00:17:17,704 Whoa. Whoa. 281 00:17:17,787 --> 00:17:19,497 Hold up, Baker Man. 282 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,667 The Van Lews weren't expectin' a delivery tonight. 283 00:17:26,003 --> 00:17:28,715 What I'm deliverin', I don't think any of you were expectin'. 284 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:34,304 She said she belongs here. 285 00:17:37,015 --> 00:17:39,392 Oh... Uncle Isham. 286 00:17:39,476 --> 00:17:40,852 Lord... 287 00:17:40,935 --> 00:17:42,395 Mary Jane. 288 00:17:45,148 --> 00:17:46,917 See you get... 289 00:17:46,941 --> 00:17:48,401 I got it. 290 00:17:48,485 --> 00:17:49,486 Hang on. 291 00:17:49,569 --> 00:17:52,197 Easy, easy, easy. 292 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:54,657 Easy. Take her inside. Take a inside. 293 00:17:56,159 --> 00:17:59,746 Tadpole, that's Mary Jane, your cousin. 294 00:17:59,829 --> 00:18:01,915 Been all the way to Africa. Now, she back. 295 00:18:01,998 --> 00:18:03,833 -No fooling? -No. 296 00:18:03,917 --> 00:18:05,477 We gonna tell Miss Eliza and Miss Lizzy? 297 00:18:05,502 --> 00:18:07,462 No, no, no, no, no, no. 298 00:18:07,545 --> 00:18:10,256 Um, we tell 'em in the morning, not tonight. 299 00:18:12,550 --> 00:18:14,344 It'll be a surprise. 300 00:18:21,893 --> 00:18:23,269 Laurette, 301 00:18:23,353 --> 00:18:24,997 how long will you and John be residing here 302 00:18:25,021 --> 00:18:26,564 with your in-laws? 303 00:18:26,648 --> 00:18:28,691 Ugh. Well... 304 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:32,487 it's bad enough my girls and I must endure the "hospitality" 305 00:18:32,570 --> 00:18:34,739 of my husband's peculiar family 306 00:18:34,823 --> 00:18:37,909 until the re-model of our barn of a home is complete. 307 00:18:37,992 --> 00:18:40,245 Now, there's the burden of this gathering 308 00:18:40,328 --> 00:18:42,247 of all the available men in Richmond 309 00:18:42,330 --> 00:18:47,210 for my sister-in-law, under the guise of patriotism. 310 00:18:47,293 --> 00:18:50,672 As well as points further south. 311 00:18:52,590 --> 00:18:54,384 Oh? Like the delightful 312 00:18:54,467 --> 00:18:57,679 and very handsome Mr. Hampton Arsenault. 313 00:18:57,762 --> 00:19:00,139 One more. All right... 314 00:19:00,223 --> 00:19:02,308 Yes. Now, had I known. 315 00:19:02,392 --> 00:19:04,018 New Orleans gentleman were so becoming, 316 00:19:04,102 --> 00:19:06,688 I would've endeavored to make a sojourn there. 317 00:19:06,771 --> 00:19:09,148 -Laurette! -Laurette! 318 00:19:09,232 --> 00:19:11,442 Oh, before I married John, of course. 319 00:19:11,526 --> 00:19:13,778 In the days of my availability. 320 00:19:13,862 --> 00:19:14,946 Oh. 321 00:19:15,029 --> 00:19:16,629 The Van Lews certainly spared no expense. 322 00:19:16,698 --> 00:19:19,117 Well, heaven knows they can afford it. 323 00:19:19,200 --> 00:19:21,619 Well, of course they can. 324 00:19:21,703 --> 00:19:24,455 Though it does appear a mite desperate - 325 00:19:24,539 --> 00:19:27,792 Lizzy's last opportunity to be plucked off the vine. 326 00:19:29,294 --> 00:19:31,838 I heard she had a beau who died tragically. 327 00:19:31,921 --> 00:19:33,673 Oh! 328 00:19:42,223 --> 00:19:44,767 Mm. Pity. 329 00:19:44,851 --> 00:19:48,271 I believe men are more drawn to a widow than a spinster, 330 00:19:48,354 --> 00:19:52,775 knowing someone once deemed the lady worthy of a proposal. 331 00:19:54,694 --> 00:19:57,030 Oh, Miss Elizabeth! 332 00:19:57,113 --> 00:20:00,116 Heavens sakes, she's a lovely girl. 333 00:20:00,199 --> 00:20:02,243 My sister-in-law has not been a "girl" 334 00:20:02,327 --> 00:20:04,954 for a good many years now. 335 00:20:13,838 --> 00:20:17,759 Around your sister, I feel like a weed in a garden of roses. 336 00:20:17,842 --> 00:20:19,844 -Congressman. -Miss Van Lew. 337 00:20:19,928 --> 00:20:21,596 Mr. Webster. 338 00:20:21,679 --> 00:20:23,782 If she were to notice me at all, it would be to pluck me out. 339 00:20:23,806 --> 00:20:26,184 Confidence, my friend. Confidence! 340 00:20:29,479 --> 00:20:31,606 -Miss Elizabeth? -Erasmus. 341 00:20:34,692 --> 00:20:36,110 Miss Elizabeth... 342 00:20:36,194 --> 00:20:38,821 Suddenly, the whole evening has brightened! 343 00:20:38,905 --> 00:20:41,032 Did the servants bring more candles? 344 00:20:41,115 --> 00:20:45,078 My, my, sir, you give me great cause for concern. 345 00:20:45,161 --> 00:20:47,747 They say the onset of blindness 346 00:20:47,830 --> 00:20:50,166 is preceded by sudden flashes of light. 347 00:20:50,249 --> 00:20:52,293 Oh. Is that what they say? 348 00:20:52,377 --> 00:20:53,753 They also say that blindness 349 00:20:53,836 --> 00:20:56,506 is the principal attribute of heartfelt devotion. 350 00:20:56,589 --> 00:20:58,925 If so, then, I am already blind. 351 00:21:01,469 --> 00:21:04,847 Well, it's an honor that you thought 352 00:21:04,931 --> 00:21:08,226 to finally include us in your busy peregrinations. 353 00:21:08,309 --> 00:21:10,853 Oh, Hampton cannot resist any soiree 354 00:21:10,937 --> 00:21:12,981 which boasts both a floor and a roof. 355 00:21:13,064 --> 00:21:14,357 Oh, is that right? 356 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:16,985 My dear Obie Wise, quite the warrior, I see. 357 00:21:17,068 --> 00:21:18,319 Mm-hmm. 358 00:21:18,403 --> 00:21:21,322 I stand Virginia proud. 359 00:21:21,406 --> 00:21:22,949 Well, let's just say you'd do better 360 00:21:23,032 --> 00:21:26,202 to dress up for battle less and to read your Bible more. 361 00:21:26,285 --> 00:21:28,663 We must be prepared for Northern aggressors. 362 00:21:28,746 --> 00:21:30,373 Well, I doubt they'll attack tonight. 363 00:21:32,375 --> 00:21:34,961 Our United States democracy is the only one in existence 364 00:21:35,044 --> 00:21:37,171 on this entire planet. 365 00:21:37,255 --> 00:21:39,382 Surely, you do not wish to secede from that. 366 00:21:39,465 --> 00:21:41,384 -Well... -If you'll excuse us, 367 00:21:41,467 --> 00:21:43,386 there's something I must show Miss Van Lew. 368 00:21:43,469 --> 00:21:44,512 Of course. 369 00:21:54,313 --> 00:21:57,650 Well, behold, the glories of a Northern education. 370 00:21:57,734 --> 00:21:59,610 The woman's a walking pamphlet. 371 00:21:59,694 --> 00:22:02,405 -She's insufferable. -Mm. She is. 372 00:22:02,488 --> 00:22:04,532 You know, under other circumstances, 373 00:22:04,615 --> 00:22:07,118 a good old-fashioned spanking would be an order. 374 00:22:08,828 --> 00:22:10,830 It may also behoove you and your... 375 00:22:10,913 --> 00:22:13,374 Governor Daddy to refresh your grasp 376 00:22:13,458 --> 00:22:15,043 of our American Constitution. 377 00:22:15,126 --> 00:22:16,502 You should familiarize yourself 378 00:22:16,586 --> 00:22:19,380 with the sovereign rights of our beloved Commonwealth. 379 00:22:19,464 --> 00:22:22,467 Oh? Like your right to dress up 380 00:22:22,550 --> 00:22:25,511 in that dandified made-up uniform? 381 00:22:25,595 --> 00:22:28,473 There comes a time, sir, when insults of a certain order 382 00:22:28,556 --> 00:22:30,266 demand satisfaction. 383 00:22:30,349 --> 00:22:32,810 Are you challenging me, Mr. Wise? 384 00:22:32,894 --> 00:22:35,396 Honor must be defended with action. 385 00:22:35,480 --> 00:22:38,191 You have faced a dueling pistol before? 386 00:22:38,274 --> 00:22:40,359 This is not your quarrel, Mr. Booth. 387 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:43,613 Obie's duels are more regular 388 00:22:43,696 --> 00:22:46,157 than the train to... Fredericksburg. 389 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:48,493 And, as you can see, 390 00:22:48,576 --> 00:22:50,870 he has never been derailed. 391 00:22:50,953 --> 00:22:54,290 You men, you're like a couple of fighting game cocks. 392 00:22:54,373 --> 00:22:56,709 My friend Charmaine here 393 00:22:56,793 --> 00:22:58,795 would appreciate if you put some of that... 394 00:22:58,878 --> 00:23:01,589 masculine energy into a waltz. 395 00:23:01,672 --> 00:23:02,757 Enchanted. 396 00:23:02,840 --> 00:23:04,842 -Congressman... -Lovely. 397 00:23:04,926 --> 00:23:06,236 So, you're from western Virginia. 398 00:23:06,260 --> 00:23:08,346 That's right. There you go. 399 00:23:08,429 --> 00:23:10,181 -Stokely. -Ma'am. 400 00:23:10,264 --> 00:23:12,391 Mm-hmm. 401 00:23:12,475 --> 00:23:13,935 Evening. 402 00:23:15,436 --> 00:23:18,940 I suppose I should think twice before speaking my mind. 403 00:23:19,023 --> 00:23:20,900 Whatever will you think of me? 404 00:23:20,983 --> 00:23:22,652 All the more for having dared to do so. 405 00:23:22,735 --> 00:23:25,571 Now, as I have failed to entice you 406 00:23:25,655 --> 00:23:27,532 to my most Southern homeland, 407 00:23:27,615 --> 00:23:30,284 I've brought a bit of our Cajun Country to you. 408 00:23:34,664 --> 00:23:35,790 Oh, my... 409 00:23:35,873 --> 00:23:37,392 Come back here! 410 00:23:37,416 --> 00:23:38,835 Children, get on over there. 411 00:23:38,918 --> 00:23:40,086 No now, you get on back here. 412 00:23:40,169 --> 00:23:41,170 Get on back here! 413 00:23:41,254 --> 00:23:43,172 Look at the teeth on that thing! 414 00:23:43,256 --> 00:23:45,633 He's lookin' at you like you a piece of bacon! 415 00:23:45,716 --> 00:23:46,716 I... 416 00:23:46,759 --> 00:23:47,885 On our last visit, 417 00:23:47,969 --> 00:23:49,929 you declared your desire to see an alligator. 418 00:23:50,012 --> 00:23:52,014 Meet Antoine. 419 00:23:52,098 --> 00:23:56,435 Mr. Arsenault, you... you are incorrigible! 420 00:23:56,519 --> 00:24:00,064 This... this is quite ridiculous. 421 00:24:00,148 --> 00:24:01,232 Well, indeed. 422 00:24:01,315 --> 00:24:02,733 Ridiculousness is our lot. 423 00:24:02,817 --> 00:24:04,735 It's ridiculous when we reveal our true selves, 424 00:24:04,819 --> 00:24:07,488 casting all to the winds - 425 00:24:07,572 --> 00:24:09,907 possessions, self esteem, reputation - 426 00:24:09,991 --> 00:24:11,534 risking everything for love. 427 00:24:11,617 --> 00:24:14,162 What could be more ridiculous than that? 428 00:24:14,245 --> 00:24:16,539 And when that is denied us, 429 00:24:16,622 --> 00:24:18,916 don't we angrily thrash about like Antoine here? 430 00:24:20,626 --> 00:24:22,461 What is going on out here? 431 00:24:23,963 --> 00:24:25,882 Is... is that a, uh... 432 00:24:26,924 --> 00:24:28,718 An alligator? 433 00:24:30,261 --> 00:24:32,722 Yes, Mother, that's an alligator. 434 00:24:34,140 --> 00:24:35,433 All right. 435 00:24:35,516 --> 00:24:38,186 Uh, Caroline? 436 00:24:38,269 --> 00:24:40,730 Caroline, bring those children inside right now... 437 00:24:40,813 --> 00:24:42,583 -Yes, ma'am. -and make them stay there. 438 00:24:42,607 --> 00:24:43,733 Yes, Missus. 439 00:24:43,816 --> 00:24:46,777 Defy me again, you shall see me spit fire. 440 00:24:46,861 --> 00:24:48,779 Go on. 441 00:24:50,114 --> 00:24:52,116 Everyone? 442 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:54,493 Everyone, our... 443 00:24:54,577 --> 00:24:58,998 zoological interlude has ended. 444 00:24:59,081 --> 00:25:01,834 Dancing and refreshments shall resume. 445 00:25:04,921 --> 00:25:06,255 See? 446 00:25:06,339 --> 00:25:08,483 How can I compete with monstrous reptiles as party gifts? 447 00:25:08,507 --> 00:25:11,010 Oh, buck up, old boy. 448 00:25:11,093 --> 00:25:13,596 Nothing in matters of love, 449 00:25:13,679 --> 00:25:16,390 or life for that matter, is certain. 450 00:25:16,474 --> 00:25:17,767 No. 451 00:25:17,850 --> 00:25:20,937 You have... revealed yourself 452 00:25:21,020 --> 00:25:24,565 as a full-blooded romantic. 453 00:25:24,649 --> 00:25:27,443 Well, indeed I am, Miss Van Lew. 454 00:25:28,694 --> 00:25:31,781 Indeed I am. 455 00:25:31,864 --> 00:25:35,201 In public, Mr. Arsenault? 456 00:25:36,244 --> 00:25:37,954 This is my mother's house. 457 00:25:38,037 --> 00:25:40,248 Yes, yes, yes, yes. 458 00:25:40,331 --> 00:25:41,916 We must abide by convention, of course. 459 00:25:41,999 --> 00:25:44,460 I am not one for avoidable scandals, 460 00:25:44,543 --> 00:25:46,712 as I find myself 461 00:25:46,796 --> 00:25:49,799 to be the object of much gossip already. 462 00:25:49,882 --> 00:25:52,635 Oh, very wise of you, Miss Van Lew. 463 00:25:52,718 --> 00:25:55,471 We must avoid a scandal at all costs. 464 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:44,437 Now, you gonna make 465 00:26:44,520 --> 00:26:46,373 the two-backed beast with old Mrs. Wise's gal, huh? 466 00:26:46,397 --> 00:26:48,941 Boy, keep this up and someday, 467 00:26:49,025 --> 00:26:52,194 a pissed-off coochie gonna turn you into a eunuch. 468 00:26:52,278 --> 00:26:54,780 What choice I gots? 469 00:26:54,864 --> 00:26:56,466 Every time I gets close to some sweet thing, 470 00:26:56,490 --> 00:26:58,534 the damn governor gonna turn around and sell her. 471 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:01,537 Yeah, you got a point there. 472 00:27:01,620 --> 00:27:03,581 -He's got a point. -Go on, enjoy yourself. 473 00:27:03,664 --> 00:27:05,458 Yeah, go on. 474 00:27:08,210 --> 00:27:10,171 Talulah. 475 00:27:12,298 --> 00:27:13,924 You got another one of them apples? 476 00:27:14,008 --> 00:27:15,008 Maybe. 477 00:27:16,344 --> 00:27:20,181 Well, you certainly cut a dashing figure on stage, 478 00:27:20,264 --> 00:27:22,141 Mr. Booth. 479 00:27:22,224 --> 00:27:25,478 Your Hamlet must have been thrilling. 480 00:27:25,561 --> 00:27:28,022 My audiences seemed to think so. 481 00:27:29,815 --> 00:27:34,028 "There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, 482 00:27:34,111 --> 00:27:37,656 than are dreamt of in your philosophy." 483 00:27:38,699 --> 00:27:40,618 That was beautiful. 484 00:27:42,036 --> 00:27:44,830 Your family has an eye for beauty, Mrs. Van Lew, 485 00:27:44,914 --> 00:27:49,752 and I refer not only to this magnificent gala. 486 00:27:49,835 --> 00:27:53,589 Why, thank you, kind sir. 487 00:27:56,509 --> 00:27:58,594 Of course, a thespian such as yourself 488 00:27:58,677 --> 00:28:01,555 would have an eye for beauty, 489 00:28:01,639 --> 00:28:03,724 a roving eye, I hear tell. 490 00:28:04,767 --> 00:28:06,602 John... 491 00:28:06,685 --> 00:28:08,604 He is such a joker. 492 00:28:08,687 --> 00:28:10,689 Aren't you, John? 493 00:28:10,773 --> 00:28:13,401 Not that I'm aware of, Laurette. 494 00:28:15,945 --> 00:28:18,781 Your father, Mr. Booth, gave the best performance of Hamlet 495 00:28:18,864 --> 00:28:20,866 the world has ever seen. 496 00:28:20,950 --> 00:28:23,035 I doubt today's... 497 00:28:23,119 --> 00:28:25,538 lesser talents could ever better it. 498 00:28:31,836 --> 00:28:34,880 My husband, being a man of business, 499 00:28:34,964 --> 00:28:38,008 is not a true theater aficionado. 500 00:28:52,940 --> 00:28:53,940 Please, sir, 501 00:28:53,983 --> 00:28:56,026 please... 502 00:28:56,110 --> 00:28:58,988 Please, sir... 503 00:28:59,071 --> 00:29:02,324 Please. Please, sir. Please. 504 00:29:04,243 --> 00:29:06,996 Oh, God, are you testing me? 505 00:29:08,539 --> 00:29:11,083 Come here. Come here, boy. Come on. 506 00:29:11,167 --> 00:29:13,878 I got you, I got you, I got you. 507 00:29:15,713 --> 00:29:19,091 The Van Lew house! 508 00:29:19,175 --> 00:29:21,719 Easy. Good boy. 509 00:29:56,045 --> 00:29:57,796 Would you please excuse me? 510 00:29:57,880 --> 00:30:00,925 Only if you promise to return. 511 00:30:01,008 --> 00:30:03,302 I think you better come with me. Come on. 512 00:30:07,932 --> 00:30:10,017 Oh, hi, Mr. Arsenault. 513 00:30:10,100 --> 00:30:11,352 Evening. 514 00:30:11,435 --> 00:30:13,604 Your Louisiana beast is the hit of the ball. 515 00:30:13,687 --> 00:30:14,939 It appears so. 516 00:30:15,022 --> 00:30:16,607 Miss Van Lew seemed quite delighted. 517 00:30:16,690 --> 00:30:20,069 Everybody thought your gift was wonderfully dashing, Hampton. 518 00:30:20,152 --> 00:30:21,820 Shall we? 519 00:30:23,364 --> 00:30:24,657 Of course. 520 00:30:28,452 --> 00:30:30,412 They're down there. Right there. 521 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:36,502 How do, ma'am? Bully Lumpkin. 522 00:30:36,585 --> 00:30:38,754 This here's Deputy Pike from the Slave Patrol. 523 00:30:38,837 --> 00:30:41,131 Sorry to disturb your festivities, 524 00:30:41,215 --> 00:30:44,134 but we come here on blood tracks leading right up here. 525 00:30:44,218 --> 00:30:46,679 Well, I haven't seen anything unusual, 526 00:30:46,762 --> 00:30:48,681 and certainly nothing so distressing. 527 00:30:48,764 --> 00:30:49,764 Isham, have you? 528 00:30:49,807 --> 00:30:51,559 No, ma'am. 529 00:30:53,102 --> 00:30:55,980 -Them dogs don't lie. -That's the truth, ma'am. 530 00:30:56,063 --> 00:30:57,940 Well, perhaps not. 531 00:30:58,023 --> 00:31:01,026 But right now, it appears awfully confused. 532 00:31:01,110 --> 00:31:03,070 Can't it tell one Negro from another? 533 00:31:03,153 --> 00:31:05,197 Ma'am, I do apologize for the inconvenience, 534 00:31:05,281 --> 00:31:07,908 but we need to check your stables and outbuildings. 535 00:31:07,992 --> 00:31:09,553 -They gon' come. -You may search, 536 00:31:09,577 --> 00:31:12,288 but I will not have these blood-thirsty hounds 537 00:31:12,371 --> 00:31:14,415 endangering my people. 538 00:31:14,498 --> 00:31:17,459 Now, now, what is this commotion? 539 00:31:17,543 --> 00:31:20,379 Now, my mother's been summoned. 540 00:31:20,462 --> 00:31:22,423 Embarrass her in public 541 00:31:22,506 --> 00:31:24,383 and she will have your heads on a stick. 542 00:31:24,466 --> 00:31:26,176 Oh, he wouldn't do that. 543 00:31:29,263 --> 00:31:31,432 Tie these... excitable mongrels to a tree 544 00:31:31,515 --> 00:31:33,350 and we'll all take a nice, 545 00:31:33,434 --> 00:31:35,352 quiet look around, shall we? 546 00:31:35,436 --> 00:31:36,812 No need to accompany us, ma'am. 547 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:40,316 You best go on back to your party. 548 00:31:40,399 --> 00:31:41,942 Oh, I wouldn't dream of it. 549 00:31:42,026 --> 00:31:44,653 Harboring fugitives is a criminal offense. 550 00:31:44,737 --> 00:31:48,532 We must be assured our safety has not been compromised. 551 00:31:50,075 --> 00:31:51,469 No tellin' what kind of riffraff 552 00:31:51,493 --> 00:31:54,538 you gon' find sniffing around here in the dark. 553 00:31:54,622 --> 00:31:55,956 Go on. Go ahead. 554 00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,270 Gentlemen! 555 00:32:18,354 --> 00:32:21,732 Calm down your dogs! Gentlemen! 556 00:32:24,693 --> 00:32:25,944 Goddamn you, kid! 557 00:32:26,028 --> 00:32:30,491 Tadpole, did you see anybody run in here? 558 00:32:30,574 --> 00:32:32,868 No, ma'am. I ain't seen nothing. 559 00:32:42,544 --> 00:32:43,962 Old Bones is onto somethin'! 560 00:32:44,046 --> 00:32:45,148 We got him. He's inside. 561 00:32:46,674 --> 00:32:48,384 Oh, easy now! 562 00:32:48,467 --> 00:32:50,761 Mary Jane, I told you to stay in bed. 563 00:32:50,844 --> 00:32:53,389 -She's been ill. -She was at the train station, 564 00:32:53,472 --> 00:32:55,140 said she was free, showed me her papers. 565 00:32:55,224 --> 00:32:59,019 Which you tore up, sir, 'fore you see'd it was a pass. 566 00:32:59,103 --> 00:33:00,437 I was free to go walkin' around 567 00:33:00,521 --> 00:33:02,898 'cause Miss Eliza gives me a pass, didn't you, ma'am? 568 00:33:02,981 --> 00:33:05,609 Uh, yes. 569 00:33:05,693 --> 00:33:09,363 Mary Jane... enjoys watching the trains. 570 00:33:09,446 --> 00:33:10,864 Uh-huh. 571 00:33:10,948 --> 00:33:13,283 And as I was walkin' back, I see'd this boy 572 00:33:13,367 --> 00:33:15,369 cut up through the woods, and as he was runnin', 573 00:33:15,452 --> 00:33:16,495 he dropped this! 574 00:33:16,578 --> 00:33:18,247 Goddamn it! She threw 'em off! 575 00:33:18,330 --> 00:33:21,875 Hounds picked up the scent and followed you, ya stupid monkey! 576 00:33:23,502 --> 00:33:24,962 Mary Jane! 577 00:33:30,551 --> 00:33:32,010 You saw that, Deputy, 578 00:33:32,094 --> 00:33:34,847 so what... what are you going to do about it? 579 00:33:37,599 --> 00:33:38,976 Insolent child! 580 00:33:39,059 --> 00:33:41,562 There'll be no killing at my mother's ball. 581 00:33:41,645 --> 00:33:43,605 Put your gun away, sir. 582 00:33:43,689 --> 00:33:45,482 Go on, get out of here! 583 00:33:46,567 --> 00:33:49,778 She needs to learn a lesson. 584 00:33:51,321 --> 00:33:52,823 Gentlemen, 585 00:33:52,906 --> 00:33:57,619 as I was previously engaged in conversation with the Governor, 586 00:33:57,703 --> 00:34:00,539 might we move this along? 587 00:34:13,510 --> 00:34:15,094 Miss Van Lew. 588 00:34:17,097 --> 00:34:19,475 I told ya our fugitive run on further down the river! 589 00:34:25,397 --> 00:34:27,274 My God... 590 00:34:27,357 --> 00:34:29,568 What just happened? 591 00:34:29,650 --> 00:34:32,905 Mary Jane just sacrificed herself for us. 592 00:34:35,908 --> 00:34:37,868 What do we do now? 593 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:41,705 We return to the party, 594 00:34:41,789 --> 00:34:44,248 resume our polite faces. 595 00:34:45,667 --> 00:34:50,130 If we are to do this work and be safe, 596 00:34:50,214 --> 00:34:54,009 we must continue to be chameleons. 597 00:34:54,092 --> 00:34:56,178 You ladies go on back. 598 00:34:56,261 --> 00:34:59,515 Tadpole and I will take care of our guests. Go on. 599 00:34:59,598 --> 00:35:01,975 Yeah. 600 00:35:02,059 --> 00:35:05,312 I suggest you return your attention to Mr. Arsenault. 601 00:35:05,395 --> 00:35:08,899 He's travelled... all this way to see you. 602 00:35:23,121 --> 00:35:24,891 What you suggest is against the law. 603 00:35:24,915 --> 00:35:28,418 We make the law, you self-righteous jackass. 604 00:35:28,502 --> 00:35:30,963 The chasm of our political differences aside, 605 00:35:31,046 --> 00:35:33,841 I loathe the dang fetid cesspool that is your character. 606 00:35:33,924 --> 00:35:37,261 You do not lead Virginia, Governor. 607 00:35:37,344 --> 00:35:40,639 You drag her, like a drunkard staggers into a ditch. 608 00:35:40,722 --> 00:35:44,852 Mr. Clemens, you impugn me here in the Van Lew home? 609 00:35:44,935 --> 00:35:47,855 I do not frequent brothels, so where else would we meet? 610 00:35:47,938 --> 00:35:50,065 You are thusly entirely impugned. 611 00:35:50,148 --> 00:35:52,168 This is absolutely intolerable. I will not allow it! 612 00:35:52,192 --> 00:35:54,736 -Gentlemen, please! -Sherrard, no. 613 00:35:54,820 --> 00:35:56,714 I am not the villain and clod-pucket who chose this! 614 00:35:56,738 --> 00:35:58,699 This is about slavery, no? 615 00:35:58,782 --> 00:36:00,784 Certainly not! Before Mr. Sherrard Clemens 616 00:36:00,868 --> 00:36:03,704 lowered himself to personal effrontery, 617 00:36:03,787 --> 00:36:05,497 our biggest quarrel and that of the South 618 00:36:05,581 --> 00:36:08,125 hinged upon our sovereign state rights. 619 00:36:08,208 --> 00:36:10,419 Someone! Please! 620 00:36:10,502 --> 00:36:12,504 Mother! 621 00:36:12,588 --> 00:36:14,339 I feel the vapors. 622 00:36:14,423 --> 00:36:15,775 Breathe, Mother, catch your breath. 623 00:36:15,799 --> 00:36:17,801 I fear the vapors are upon me! Oh! 624 00:36:17,885 --> 00:36:20,387 Sir, state rights to own slaves? 625 00:36:20,470 --> 00:36:22,764 That is not what I said. 626 00:36:22,848 --> 00:36:25,517 Miss Bremer, 627 00:36:25,601 --> 00:36:30,480 I am a Southern lady, Richmond born and Richmond bred. 628 00:36:30,564 --> 00:36:34,234 Seven of Virginia's sons have served as president. 629 00:36:34,318 --> 00:36:36,695 These are my people. 630 00:36:36,778 --> 00:36:39,031 And we walk daily 631 00:36:39,114 --> 00:36:41,658 in the footsteps of Washington, Jefferson, 632 00:36:41,742 --> 00:36:44,119 and Patrick Henry, who in the venerable church 633 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:47,998 across from our door gave voice to the defiant hope of mankind. 634 00:36:48,081 --> 00:36:50,292 "Give me liberty or give me death." 635 00:36:51,752 --> 00:36:56,506 Now, we may argue, as families of heart 636 00:36:56,590 --> 00:36:59,593 and passion sometimes do, 637 00:36:59,676 --> 00:37:03,680 but you are in grave error to judge us all as cruel 638 00:37:03,764 --> 00:37:06,016 and ignorant whip-crackers. 639 00:37:07,142 --> 00:37:09,144 Our European ancestors 640 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:13,273 imported their entrenched slavery into this country 641 00:37:13,357 --> 00:37:15,192 and planted it into our Southern fields 642 00:37:15,275 --> 00:37:16,860 just as surely as they planted 643 00:37:16,944 --> 00:37:19,571 the Egyptian cotton and Indian rice, 644 00:37:19,655 --> 00:37:22,699 which, I'm sorry to say, relies upon it. 645 00:37:26,912 --> 00:37:29,581 Now, 300 years later, 646 00:37:29,665 --> 00:37:32,668 whether one advocates slavery or loathes it, 647 00:37:32,751 --> 00:37:34,711 as many Southerners do, 648 00:37:34,795 --> 00:37:37,839 the fact remains that it was thrust upon us 649 00:37:37,923 --> 00:37:41,551 with neither our knowledge nor consent. 650 00:37:41,635 --> 00:37:44,763 Sadly, we were born into it. 651 00:37:52,020 --> 00:37:53,355 And you, 652 00:37:53,438 --> 00:37:56,817 shake hands as gentlemen and be done with this. 653 00:37:56,900 --> 00:37:58,986 Governor, the tempest of our times 654 00:37:59,069 --> 00:38:00,737 calls for temperate heads, 655 00:38:00,821 --> 00:38:03,949 if you wish to guide Virginia's fate. 656 00:38:04,032 --> 00:38:07,869 And you shall, of course, no doubt, have my support. 657 00:38:07,953 --> 00:38:09,663 Appreciated. 658 00:38:10,789 --> 00:38:12,624 Goodness gracious. 659 00:38:12,708 --> 00:38:16,044 The spectacle has begun. 660 00:38:16,128 --> 00:38:18,380 Gentlemen, let's just go outside and enjoy the fireworks. 661 00:38:21,008 --> 00:38:22,384 That was masterful. 662 00:38:22,467 --> 00:38:23,677 You should be in Congress. 663 00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,513 How could that be? You don't allow women to vote. 664 00:38:26,596 --> 00:38:29,307 Oh, touché, Miss Bremer. You have a point. 665 00:38:29,391 --> 00:38:31,560 But it'd be a shame to come all this way 666 00:38:31,643 --> 00:38:33,123 and not see these beautiful fireworks. 667 00:38:37,607 --> 00:38:40,902 Erasmus was right, that was masterful. 668 00:38:40,986 --> 00:38:42,446 But rather exhausting. 669 00:38:42,529 --> 00:38:45,115 I thought Obie was gonna challenge me to a duel. 670 00:38:46,950 --> 00:38:48,410 Well, we're lucky tonight - 671 00:38:48,493 --> 00:38:50,996 the storm seems to have passed us by. 672 00:38:51,079 --> 00:38:55,417 Although, I fear another tempest awaits just beyond the horizon 673 00:38:55,500 --> 00:38:58,670 and will be storming upon us before we know it. 674 00:38:58,754 --> 00:39:01,923 I pray to God in heaven, we'll be ready for it. 675 00:39:03,592 --> 00:39:06,178 Well, with you by my side, I shall be ready for anything. 676 00:39:08,013 --> 00:39:12,350 Rocket's red glare, bombs bursting in air. 677 00:39:12,434 --> 00:39:14,102 Public insult like that... 678 00:39:14,186 --> 00:39:16,563 Simply glorious, isn't it? 679 00:39:16,646 --> 00:39:20,192 Miss Eliza, I'm afraid I must depart, 680 00:39:20,275 --> 00:39:21,985 but thank you for a wonderful evening. 681 00:39:22,069 --> 00:39:23,069 It was spectacular. 682 00:39:23,111 --> 00:39:24,571 Most certainly, Mr. Arsenault. 683 00:39:24,654 --> 00:39:25,947 Our pleasure. 684 00:39:26,031 --> 00:39:28,533 -Until tomorrow? -Of course. 685 00:39:28,617 --> 00:39:30,035 Good night. 686 00:39:30,118 --> 00:39:32,662 John Jr., good night. 687 00:39:32,746 --> 00:39:34,873 Mr. Arsenault, I'll see you out. 688 00:39:39,294 --> 00:39:41,505 Recovered from your attack of the vapors, Mother? 689 00:39:43,632 --> 00:39:45,550 In controversial times, 690 00:39:45,634 --> 00:39:50,180 a certain amount of artifice is necessary. 691 00:39:55,352 --> 00:39:57,562 Do you think I got carried away inside? 692 00:39:58,980 --> 00:40:01,441 Oh, I promise you, most of that went over their heads. 693 00:40:02,734 --> 00:40:04,402 In my experience, 694 00:40:04,486 --> 00:40:08,156 men watch our mouths very intently, 695 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:10,283 but manage to hear not a word 696 00:40:10,367 --> 00:40:12,119 of what we're saying. 697 00:40:26,341 --> 00:40:28,885 Jericho, we're leaving. 698 00:40:33,515 --> 00:40:36,184 Take me home. Mrs. Wise will follow later. 699 00:40:39,437 --> 00:40:42,440 Mr. Wise, I'd like to offer my hand. 700 00:40:42,524 --> 00:40:44,693 And you mine. 701 00:40:44,776 --> 00:40:47,529 Dawn tomorrow at the cemetery. 702 00:40:47,612 --> 00:40:49,197 I shall inform my seconds. 703 00:40:49,281 --> 00:40:51,950 Miss Elizabeth urged us to avert this course. 704 00:40:52,033 --> 00:40:54,077 Whilst we were guests in her home. 705 00:40:55,328 --> 00:40:57,873 Now, we walk the streets of Richmond, sir. 706 00:40:57,956 --> 00:41:01,251 You may continue to hide behind Miss Elizabeth's skirts 707 00:41:01,334 --> 00:41:04,254 or remedy the situation on the field of honor. 708 00:41:04,337 --> 00:41:06,548 Tomorrow, sunrise. 709 00:41:16,600 --> 00:41:18,768 Nothing like the Fourth of July. 710 00:41:38,163 --> 00:41:40,040 Gentlemen, your presence here 711 00:41:40,123 --> 00:41:42,334 proves you are both men of honor. 712 00:41:42,417 --> 00:41:44,336 It is not too late to reconcile. 713 00:41:45,420 --> 00:41:46,671 Never. 714 00:41:46,755 --> 00:41:49,299 My family has been deeply wronged. 715 00:41:50,342 --> 00:41:51,843 The duel shall proceed. 716 00:41:51,927 --> 00:41:52,928 So be it. 717 00:42:06,066 --> 00:42:07,692 Governor Wise himself 718 00:42:07,776 --> 00:42:10,987 should be shot for what he's done to that boy. 719 00:42:11,071 --> 00:42:13,198 Pure foolishness, Webster. 720 00:42:13,281 --> 00:42:14,532 Gentlemen, 721 00:42:14,616 --> 00:42:16,451 on my signal, 722 00:42:16,534 --> 00:42:19,329 you will ride to your marks, turn and fire. 723 00:42:21,581 --> 00:42:22,874 Hold ready... 724 00:42:22,958 --> 00:42:24,459 Set! 725 00:42:58,285 --> 00:43:00,620 The point of honor being settled. 726 00:43:00,704 --> 00:43:03,748 You may now dismount, shake hands, and be reconciled. 727 00:43:03,832 --> 00:43:06,209 I'm not satisfied. 728 00:43:06,293 --> 00:43:08,521 Obie, please. You've proven yourself a brave man. 729 00:43:08,545 --> 00:43:11,339 The contest, unless the gentleman prove a coward, 730 00:43:11,423 --> 00:43:13,425 must continue. 731 00:43:14,509 --> 00:43:16,636 Then it shall. 732 00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:18,263 Lest I have time for another insult 733 00:43:18,346 --> 00:43:19,681 toward you or the governor? 734 00:43:19,764 --> 00:43:21,683 Take your pistol. 735 00:43:21,766 --> 00:43:23,977 The duel shall resume. 736 00:43:38,325 --> 00:43:40,493 God have mercy on you both. 737 00:43:46,082 --> 00:43:47,959 Hold ready! 738 00:43:48,043 --> 00:43:49,377 Set! 739 00:44:15,779 --> 00:44:17,530 Sherrard. 740 00:44:18,782 --> 00:44:19,991 Sit tight. 741 00:44:20,075 --> 00:44:23,953 Son of a bitch. 742 00:44:28,875 --> 00:44:31,127 I conduct my affairs as I see fit! 743 00:44:31,211 --> 00:44:32,629 Then why, dear God, 744 00:44:32,712 --> 00:44:35,048 did you ever accept my proposal of marriage? 745 00:44:35,131 --> 00:44:38,760 I remain here for my daughters only! 746 00:44:38,843 --> 00:44:40,512 Oh, how noble of you! 747 00:44:40,595 --> 00:44:42,222 Babcock... 748 00:44:43,306 --> 00:44:44,682 Look at yourself, mister! 749 00:44:44,766 --> 00:44:46,684 You're the one who stuck us here! 750 00:44:46,768 --> 00:44:49,854 You refused to rely upon slave labor 751 00:44:49,938 --> 00:44:53,650 to expedite our deprivations and complete our own home! 752 00:44:53,733 --> 00:44:56,569 Don't you ever act as if you're the measure of the man 753 00:44:56,653 --> 00:44:59,989 I deserve! You don't even have it in you! 754 00:45:00,073 --> 00:45:01,408 Poor Mr. Junior. 755 00:45:01,491 --> 00:45:03,410 Lord knows what'll happen if Miss Laurette 756 00:45:03,493 --> 00:45:06,121 ever discovers what we're doing. 757 00:45:06,204 --> 00:45:09,499 Our Underground Railroad won't be so underground anymore. 758 00:45:09,582 --> 00:45:11,352 Fawning over that stripling of an actor! 759 00:45:11,376 --> 00:45:15,088 Why did we have no warning about that runaway? 760 00:45:15,171 --> 00:45:17,173 I do not know. 761 00:45:17,257 --> 00:45:19,342 The red lamp was lit. 762 00:45:19,426 --> 00:45:21,136 After... 763 00:45:21,219 --> 00:45:24,889 last night's fiasco, 764 00:45:24,973 --> 00:45:28,560 we need to be finished with all this. 765 00:45:30,103 --> 00:45:32,313 Don't you ever disrespect me like that again. 766 00:45:32,397 --> 00:45:35,358 Are you threatening me, John? 767 00:45:35,442 --> 00:45:36,877 I can't help it if men find me appealing! 768 00:45:44,951 --> 00:45:46,536 We hope you have a safe journey 769 00:45:46,619 --> 00:45:48,705 back to your homeland, Miss Bremer. 770 00:45:48,788 --> 00:45:50,248 Thank you ever so, Madame Van Lew. 771 00:45:50,331 --> 00:45:53,209 You may visit me next time. 772 00:46:04,888 --> 00:46:06,556 I'm curious. 773 00:46:06,639 --> 00:46:08,224 Is it because you still have slaves 774 00:46:08,308 --> 00:46:10,935 the reason you speak so expressively to defend it? 775 00:46:11,019 --> 00:46:13,605 Why... I do not justify nor defend it. 776 00:46:13,688 --> 00:46:16,566 I was merely trying to explain why it exists. 777 00:46:17,901 --> 00:46:20,862 We abolished slavery in Europe 13 years ago. 778 00:46:20,945 --> 00:46:24,449 It's complicated, Miss Bremer. 779 00:46:24,532 --> 00:46:26,576 Pity us, should you choose. 780 00:46:26,659 --> 00:46:29,162 Pray for us, if you're willing. 781 00:46:29,245 --> 00:46:33,625 But as a foreigner with no blood at stake in our noble union, 782 00:46:33,708 --> 00:46:35,543 you are in no position to judge us. 783 00:46:35,627 --> 00:46:37,378 You have no idea what my family 784 00:46:37,462 --> 00:46:41,174 and many others with similar beliefs 785 00:46:41,257 --> 00:46:43,384 do for these poor creatures. 786 00:46:43,468 --> 00:46:45,011 Creatures? 787 00:46:45,094 --> 00:46:46,679 Are they not our fellow human beings? 788 00:46:51,100 --> 00:46:52,860 Forgive me. I'm grateful for your hospitality 789 00:46:52,936 --> 00:46:54,479 and sorry to upset you so. 790 00:46:54,562 --> 00:46:56,397 I fear it's a defect of my character - 791 00:46:56,481 --> 00:46:58,525 I always speak my mind. 792 00:46:58,608 --> 00:47:02,195 I too, am often told that is my problem. 793 00:47:03,613 --> 00:47:05,240 Good day. Your train awaits. 794 00:47:05,323 --> 00:47:06,699 Godspeed. 795 00:47:15,375 --> 00:47:18,545 All right, let's go see about Mary Jane. 796 00:47:20,713 --> 00:47:21,714 So, there you are 797 00:47:21,798 --> 00:47:23,424 had to go and beat on this girl, huh? 798 00:47:23,508 --> 00:47:24,717 She had it coming. 799 00:47:24,801 --> 00:47:26,362 Bully gave her a tap, then she slapped him back, 800 00:47:26,386 --> 00:47:28,638 right in front of God and everybody. 801 00:47:28,721 --> 00:47:32,141 -And who does she belong to? -The Van Lews. 802 00:47:32,225 --> 00:47:35,520 You are an imbecile, Pike, you really are. 803 00:47:35,603 --> 00:47:37,647 You took her from the party last night? 804 00:47:37,730 --> 00:47:41,067 Mrs. Van Lew herself ordered the arrest. 805 00:47:41,150 --> 00:47:44,153 Come on, girl. 806 00:47:44,237 --> 00:47:45,947 You clean her up. 807 00:47:46,030 --> 00:47:47,240 Hmph. 808 00:47:47,323 --> 00:47:48,908 Fat chance of that. 809 00:48:04,340 --> 00:48:08,177 Oh, Miss Elizabeth! Mrs. Van Lew, good morning! 810 00:48:19,022 --> 00:48:20,356 Whoa. Whoa. 811 00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:21,858 Whoa. Whoa there. 812 00:48:31,284 --> 00:48:33,286 Good morning. 813 00:48:35,038 --> 00:48:36,038 Please. 814 00:48:37,749 --> 00:48:39,167 Yes, this must be very unsavory 815 00:48:39,250 --> 00:48:40,650 for you to come down here like this. 816 00:48:40,710 --> 00:48:43,421 I take it John Jr. was not available to come himself. 817 00:48:43,504 --> 00:48:44,714 Unfortunately, 818 00:48:44,797 --> 00:48:46,382 he's tending to other pressing matters. 819 00:48:46,466 --> 00:48:47,592 I understand. 820 00:48:47,675 --> 00:48:49,153 If I knew this poor wretch belonged to you, 821 00:48:49,177 --> 00:48:51,346 I would have dismissed this case entirely. 822 00:48:51,429 --> 00:48:54,015 No, no, I insisted Deputy Pike arrest her. 823 00:48:54,098 --> 00:48:55,516 Slave code calls for hanging 824 00:48:55,600 --> 00:48:57,310 when assaulting a white man. 825 00:48:58,728 --> 00:49:00,772 Thank you, Mr. Pike. 826 00:49:03,149 --> 00:49:04,484 When we get home, 827 00:49:04,567 --> 00:49:06,287 the girl will get the whooping she deserves. 828 00:49:06,319 --> 00:49:07,862 I'm sure she will. 829 00:49:07,945 --> 00:49:10,907 Naturally, we will pay the fine. 830 00:49:10,990 --> 00:49:14,410 Oh, please, put your money away, Miss Van Lew, please. 831 00:49:14,494 --> 00:49:16,829 Ten dollars is waived as a token of our respect 832 00:49:16,913 --> 00:49:18,432 and my personal way of saying thank you 833 00:49:18,456 --> 00:49:21,459 for what a wonderful gala you put on last evening. 834 00:49:21,542 --> 00:49:24,629 I mean, it was the social event of the season. 835 00:49:24,712 --> 00:49:26,881 Well, thank you most kindly. 836 00:49:26,964 --> 00:49:27,965 Please. 837 00:49:37,558 --> 00:49:39,310 I'll be in the carriage. 838 00:49:40,603 --> 00:49:42,689 A shame the discord between Obie Wise 839 00:49:42,772 --> 00:49:45,400 and Congressman Clemens could not have ended there, hmm? 840 00:49:49,070 --> 00:49:52,657 I thought the hostilities had been averted. 841 00:49:52,740 --> 00:49:55,451 Only postponed, I'm afraid. 842 00:49:55,535 --> 00:49:56,661 Hmm. 843 00:49:56,744 --> 00:49:58,663 Oh, excuse my indiscretion. 844 00:49:58,746 --> 00:50:00,456 I thought you knew. 845 00:50:00,540 --> 00:50:03,626 Obie enlisted your friend Mr. Arsenault 846 00:50:03,710 --> 00:50:06,462 as his second. 847 00:50:07,714 --> 00:50:10,633 Duels are against the law, Mr. Reeves. 848 00:50:10,717 --> 00:50:13,094 As city constable you are duty-bound 849 00:50:13,177 --> 00:50:14,429 to put a stop to it. 850 00:50:14,512 --> 00:50:16,097 Mm. 851 00:50:16,180 --> 00:50:19,600 But not everybody obeys the law, now do they, huh? 852 00:50:21,185 --> 00:50:23,563 Miss Van Lew? 853 00:50:31,028 --> 00:50:32,613 Come on, girl. 854 00:50:41,414 --> 00:50:43,708 Throw her in and let's go. 855 00:50:43,791 --> 00:50:45,251 I've matters to attend to. 856 00:50:46,294 --> 00:50:48,504 Hurry up. 857 00:50:48,588 --> 00:50:50,256 Eyes straight ahead. 858 00:50:50,339 --> 00:50:52,216 There's still people watching. 859 00:50:53,468 --> 00:50:54,719 Isham! 860 00:50:54,802 --> 00:50:55,970 Hyup there. 861 00:51:05,646 --> 00:51:07,231 Hey! What?! 862 00:51:08,441 --> 00:51:10,526 Oh, sorry, sir. I'm sorry. 863 00:51:10,610 --> 00:51:12,361 Watch the shop! 864 00:51:12,445 --> 00:51:14,030 Excuse me. Pardon me. 865 00:51:20,077 --> 00:51:22,497 Anyone see that boy? 866 00:51:22,580 --> 00:51:24,791 Where'd he go? 867 00:51:26,334 --> 00:51:28,211 He went that way. 868 00:51:28,294 --> 00:51:29,462 Thank you! 869 00:51:35,384 --> 00:51:37,512 Sorry. Sorry, Miss. I was hungry. 870 00:51:37,595 --> 00:51:39,764 All right. 871 00:51:39,847 --> 00:51:41,057 But you see, there's this man 872 00:51:41,140 --> 00:51:42,451 and he thinks that I stole something. 873 00:51:42,475 --> 00:51:43,768 I didn't steal nothing. 874 00:51:58,908 --> 00:52:00,493 You see a boy come by here? 875 00:52:00,576 --> 00:52:03,079 No. 876 00:52:04,622 --> 00:52:06,958 Here you are. Here you are, Miss Clara. 877 00:52:08,626 --> 00:52:10,586 Sorry to trouble you. 878 00:52:10,670 --> 00:52:12,463 Frankfurters. Get your frankfurters here. 879 00:52:12,547 --> 00:52:13,965 I'll take one. 880 00:52:19,887 --> 00:52:21,889 You got a name, tomboy? 881 00:52:24,308 --> 00:52:25,393 Katey. 882 00:52:38,281 --> 00:52:41,534 Aww, job by bawbag, fer Chris'sakes. 883 00:52:44,996 --> 00:52:47,790 I ain't never, never 884 00:52:47,874 --> 00:52:50,418 seen nothing like this before. 885 00:52:54,755 --> 00:52:57,925 You live here? 886 00:52:58,009 --> 00:52:59,427 For now. 887 00:52:59,510 --> 00:53:03,222 Saving my money to, one day, move far away from all this. 888 00:53:04,473 --> 00:53:06,267 Look like you already rich. 889 00:53:06,350 --> 00:53:08,686 How much you need? 890 00:53:08,769 --> 00:53:11,606 A lot more than I've got now, that's for sure. 891 00:53:16,402 --> 00:53:17,528 Gentlemen. A pleasure. 892 00:53:17,612 --> 00:53:19,614 How are you? 893 00:53:19,697 --> 00:53:23,451 Listen, honey, I have to go out. 894 00:53:23,534 --> 00:53:24,911 Here's something for you. 895 00:53:24,994 --> 00:53:26,579 I want you to go across the street, 896 00:53:26,662 --> 00:53:29,373 buy yourself a good beef-steak. 897 00:53:29,457 --> 00:53:31,375 Get some color back in those cheeks. 898 00:53:31,459 --> 00:53:33,586 Hmm? Now, listen. 899 00:53:34,629 --> 00:53:36,380 It's very important. 900 00:53:36,464 --> 00:53:38,257 You see this on the door... 901 00:53:40,593 --> 00:53:43,971 you stay scarce a while longer. Do you understand? 902 00:53:45,222 --> 00:53:46,974 Yeah. 903 00:53:47,058 --> 00:53:48,058 You sure about that? 904 00:53:48,100 --> 00:53:49,602 Yes. 905 00:53:49,685 --> 00:53:51,354 Strange little creature. 906 00:53:51,437 --> 00:53:52,730 Let's go. 907 00:53:53,898 --> 00:53:55,316 I've got a lot of work to do. 908 00:53:55,399 --> 00:53:57,568 Go out the stairs, out the door, 909 00:53:57,652 --> 00:53:59,362 you'll see the butcher right there. 910 00:53:59,445 --> 00:54:02,114 No, you're not going in there. Come on, out you go. 911 00:54:02,198 --> 00:54:03,616 Out you go. 912 00:54:03,699 --> 00:54:05,952 Senator Judah Benjamin. 913 00:54:06,035 --> 00:54:08,037 My name is Stokely Reeves. 914 00:54:08,120 --> 00:54:11,082 Governor Wise sent me to welcome you to Richmond. 915 00:54:11,165 --> 00:54:14,168 I trust your trip from Washington was a pleasant one? 916 00:54:14,251 --> 00:54:16,671 Pleasant enough, Mr. Reeves. 917 00:54:16,754 --> 00:54:18,631 Good day, gentlemen. 918 00:54:18,714 --> 00:54:20,525 Might any of you be staying on the third floor? 919 00:54:20,549 --> 00:54:23,344 Room 317, I believe, 920 00:54:23,427 --> 00:54:24,971 just directly above me. 921 00:54:25,054 --> 00:54:27,181 Someone wearing what must be hobnail boots 922 00:54:27,264 --> 00:54:29,600 is just pacing back and forth throughout the night. 923 00:54:29,684 --> 00:54:32,144 I do need my sleep, 924 00:54:32,228 --> 00:54:35,398 and it's really quite disturbing. 925 00:54:35,481 --> 00:54:37,316 Not guilty, I'm delighted to say. 926 00:54:37,400 --> 00:54:39,026 But if you care for me to intercede... 927 00:54:39,110 --> 00:54:41,696 Oh, no, kind sir. Thank you. 928 00:54:41,779 --> 00:54:44,865 I'll just speak with the bell captain. 929 00:54:49,161 --> 00:54:50,287 Thank you... 930 00:54:50,371 --> 00:54:52,011 May I offer you a drink, Senator? 931 00:54:52,039 --> 00:54:53,374 Yes. 932 00:54:58,754 --> 00:55:01,007 She must be in room 217. 933 00:55:01,090 --> 00:55:04,760 Yeah, a man must question the decency of a woman 934 00:55:04,844 --> 00:55:08,597 who spends her time in a commercial hotel room alone. 935 00:55:09,682 --> 00:55:11,809 Ahh... Curious. 936 00:55:11,892 --> 00:55:16,397 Seems like scurvy or some sort of shipboard fever. 937 00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:18,899 You sure she hasn't been to sea? 938 00:55:18,983 --> 00:55:20,901 No, sir. 939 00:55:30,828 --> 00:55:32,997 How soon before she's back to work? 940 00:55:33,080 --> 00:55:34,665 This n♪♪♪♪♪ is malnourished. 941 00:55:35,750 --> 00:55:37,084 This is most vexing. 942 00:55:37,168 --> 00:55:42,048 I've known your family for years, 943 00:55:42,131 --> 00:55:44,717 and even a chained-up dog deserves to be fed. 944 00:55:52,016 --> 00:55:56,562 I had no idea Dr. Graves had such a tender heart. 945 00:56:00,566 --> 00:56:05,237 I wish you'd told us you were coming back. 946 00:56:05,321 --> 00:56:08,115 My return was not easy. 947 00:56:08,199 --> 00:56:09,784 You're home now. 948 00:56:09,867 --> 00:56:12,119 You rest. 949 00:56:12,203 --> 00:56:13,579 We'll take care of you. 950 00:56:14,663 --> 00:56:16,665 I thank you very much, Mrs. Eliza. 951 00:56:16,749 --> 00:56:19,543 But I've been learning to take care of myself. 952 00:56:21,879 --> 00:56:24,548 Yes. 953 00:56:24,632 --> 00:56:26,258 Yes, you have. 954 00:56:28,302 --> 00:56:29,845 All right. 955 00:56:29,929 --> 00:56:33,265 Up we go. 956 00:56:33,349 --> 00:56:36,102 I got you, I got you. 957 00:56:36,185 --> 00:56:39,313 -I got you. -Did you know... 958 00:56:39,396 --> 00:56:43,109 it was Mary Jane first gave you the name Tadpole. 959 00:56:43,192 --> 00:56:45,194 For sure? 960 00:56:45,277 --> 00:56:46,570 Mm-hmm. 961 00:56:46,654 --> 00:56:48,447 Eula? 962 00:56:48,531 --> 00:56:49,990 Eula! 963 00:56:50,074 --> 00:56:52,243 Oh, Lord, have mercy. 964 00:56:52,326 --> 00:56:54,745 What? Now, we're serving the servants? 965 00:56:54,829 --> 00:56:57,623 Laurette, a sick slave is worthless. 966 00:56:57,706 --> 00:56:59,458 I should be sublimely grateful 967 00:56:59,542 --> 00:57:02,753 to be treated half as well by this family. 968 00:57:05,339 --> 00:57:09,510 And Eula, when you're done with this Negress Queen of England, 969 00:57:09,593 --> 00:57:11,137 fetch me some tea. 970 00:57:13,514 --> 00:57:15,224 Oh, Lord have mercy. 971 00:57:15,307 --> 00:57:17,393 That was Laurette, 972 00:57:17,476 --> 00:57:20,020 John Jr.'s bride - a proud, pure-blooded descendant 973 00:57:20,104 --> 00:57:22,940 of the first family of Virginia. 974 00:57:23,023 --> 00:57:26,485 Which she'll happily divulge to anyone who's listening. 975 00:57:27,987 --> 00:57:29,446 She a witch! 976 00:57:29,530 --> 00:57:32,241 You mind your manners now, son. 977 00:57:32,324 --> 00:57:36,579 Yes, Uncle Isham. I's humbly begs your pardons. 978 00:57:36,662 --> 00:57:38,497 "I beg your pardon." 979 00:57:38,581 --> 00:57:40,583 I beg your pardon. 980 00:57:40,666 --> 00:57:43,169 That's good, son. 981 00:57:43,252 --> 00:57:45,045 It's not like they say in the sermons. 982 00:57:46,881 --> 00:57:50,509 Those people in Liberia, they don't want us. 983 00:57:53,053 --> 00:57:55,639 Just because our skin is the same, it don't make us the same. 984 00:57:57,850 --> 00:57:59,810 We're not Africans. 985 00:58:02,021 --> 00:58:04,607 Well, what are you then? 986 00:58:05,691 --> 00:58:07,651 I'm an American. 987 00:58:14,950 --> 00:58:16,535 Mary Jane... 988 00:58:18,329 --> 00:58:22,082 what happened to you over there? 989 00:58:25,961 --> 00:58:27,963 I realized who I am... 990 00:58:30,758 --> 00:58:32,968 and where I belong. 991 00:58:42,561 --> 00:58:46,815 And see? You go through like that. 992 00:58:46,899 --> 00:58:48,859 -Oh, Mrs. Van Lew. -Oh... 993 00:58:48,943 --> 00:58:51,087 I'm here to call on Miss Elizabeth. She's expecting me. 994 00:58:51,111 --> 00:58:53,697 Oh, Mr. Arsenault, an already pleasant day made even brighter! 995 00:58:53,781 --> 00:58:55,449 Well... 996 00:58:55,532 --> 00:58:57,952 Lizzy! 997 00:58:58,035 --> 00:59:01,205 Were you waiting by the door for Mr. Arsenault's arrival? 998 00:59:01,288 --> 00:59:02,915 Oh, well... 999 00:59:02,998 --> 00:59:07,670 Come along, girls. And Lizzy... 1000 00:59:07,753 --> 00:59:09,505 do try and rise to the occasion. 1001 00:59:09,588 --> 00:59:12,091 Come on, let's feed the goldfish. 1002 00:59:12,174 --> 00:59:14,176 Shall we? 1003 00:59:15,386 --> 00:59:16,470 Mrs. Van Lew. 1004 00:59:18,847 --> 00:59:21,475 I can see Laurette likes to be the center of attention. 1005 00:59:22,518 --> 00:59:24,353 As do we all on occasion. 1006 00:59:25,771 --> 00:59:27,290 Although, I try to be a little more prudent 1007 00:59:27,314 --> 00:59:29,942 about whose attention I seek and when. 1008 00:59:33,070 --> 00:59:35,197 I understand it was the duel that made you late. 1009 00:59:35,281 --> 00:59:36,657 Yes. 1010 00:59:36,740 --> 00:59:39,201 I hope all involved are safe and sound. 1011 00:59:39,285 --> 00:59:41,495 Well, thankfully, the undertaker remains undisturbed, 1012 00:59:41,578 --> 00:59:43,998 but the doctor's services were required for Mr. Clemens. 1013 00:59:44,081 --> 00:59:45,124 -Sherrard? -Yeah. 1014 00:59:45,207 --> 00:59:46,208 Oh no. 1015 00:59:46,292 --> 00:59:47,772 It's only in the leg, the fleshy part. 1016 00:59:47,835 --> 00:59:49,670 Shall we go? Our picnic will spoil. 1017 01:00:00,597 --> 01:00:01,932 I'll race you. 1018 01:00:39,928 --> 01:00:41,305 You win. 1019 01:00:41,388 --> 01:00:44,808 What are you grinning about? Were you holding back? 1020 01:00:46,143 --> 01:00:49,063 If so, that would be quite annoying. 1021 01:00:49,146 --> 01:00:50,481 Well, of course it would. 1022 01:00:50,564 --> 01:00:54,234 I would never dream of attempting such a low trick. 1023 01:00:54,318 --> 01:00:55,402 Thank you. 1024 01:00:57,863 --> 01:01:00,657 Now, shut those doubting eyes. 1025 01:01:00,741 --> 01:01:01,825 Go on. 1026 01:01:03,327 --> 01:01:04,661 I have a surprise for you. 1027 01:01:06,830 --> 01:01:08,957 Don't open them until I say. 1028 01:01:21,011 --> 01:01:22,638 Oh, Hampton... 1029 01:01:22,721 --> 01:01:24,640 Shall we? 1030 01:01:27,726 --> 01:01:30,062 Last night's events left us with unfinished business. 1031 01:01:30,145 --> 01:01:31,814 I agree. 1032 01:01:39,029 --> 01:01:41,240 You haven't enquired after Antoine. 1033 01:01:41,323 --> 01:01:44,326 He will be most upset; 1034 01:01:44,410 --> 01:01:46,036 he's preparing another surprise for you. 1035 01:01:46,120 --> 01:01:48,330 You're teaching your alligator tricks now? 1036 01:01:48,414 --> 01:01:50,290 Oh, you'll see. 1037 01:01:50,374 --> 01:01:52,251 He's making a great sacrifice for you. 1038 01:01:52,334 --> 01:01:53,710 Hmm... 1039 01:01:53,794 --> 01:01:56,380 Do you give quaint names to all your creatures? 1040 01:01:56,463 --> 01:01:58,090 Oh, he's named after royalty: 1041 01:01:58,173 --> 01:02:01,218 "Antoine, the Bastard of Burgundy." 1042 01:02:01,301 --> 01:02:04,972 I had another royal name in mind had he turned out to be female. 1043 01:02:05,055 --> 01:02:06,932 Pray, what name was that? 1044 01:02:07,015 --> 01:02:10,686 "Beatrice, the bitch of Berkshire?" 1045 01:02:12,438 --> 01:02:13,878 The same one with which we christened 1046 01:02:13,939 --> 01:02:15,482 the newest of my family's ships. 1047 01:02:15,566 --> 01:02:17,860 -Hmm? -The S.S. Elizabeth. 1048 01:02:42,843 --> 01:02:46,138 Perhaps we can link your name to mine even more closely. 1049 01:02:48,015 --> 01:02:50,392 Hampton, what are you saying? 1050 01:02:52,895 --> 01:02:57,107 Oh, Lord, I seem to have plunged into deep waters 1051 01:02:57,191 --> 01:02:59,985 rather sooner than I'd planned. 1052 01:03:00,068 --> 01:03:01,629 Perhaps you are merely testing the waters. 1053 01:03:01,653 --> 01:03:03,655 Indeed I am. I'm testing the waters. 1054 01:03:05,532 --> 01:03:07,618 People who know me say I have sharp edges. 1055 01:03:07,701 --> 01:03:10,204 I fear you may find them too sharp. 1056 01:03:13,540 --> 01:03:16,126 Elizabeth, that's a risk I'm willing to take. 1057 01:03:18,629 --> 01:03:21,673 Hampton... 1058 01:03:21,757 --> 01:03:25,010 you have thrown me into a quandary. 1059 01:03:26,220 --> 01:03:27,679 In truth, if... 1060 01:03:27,763 --> 01:03:31,266 If you had outright asked me to be your mistress, well... 1061 01:03:31,350 --> 01:03:34,520 perhaps I would be in less of one. 1062 01:03:34,603 --> 01:03:36,188 Well... 1063 01:03:37,689 --> 01:03:39,441 Let's go for a stroll. 1064 01:03:45,739 --> 01:03:49,701 Hampton, I must admit, I am drawn to you. 1065 01:03:49,785 --> 01:03:52,412 Indeed, we are very drawn to each other. 1066 01:03:52,496 --> 01:03:53,539 But? 1067 01:03:53,622 --> 01:03:55,791 I'm compelled to warn you. 1068 01:03:55,874 --> 01:03:58,252 I believe we have differences 1069 01:03:58,335 --> 01:04:00,379 about certain... social conventions. 1070 01:04:00,462 --> 01:04:02,589 Such as? 1071 01:04:05,842 --> 01:04:09,972 Tell me, why did you consent to serve as a second this morning 1072 01:04:10,055 --> 01:04:12,349 in Obie's ridiculous duel? 1073 01:04:12,432 --> 01:04:14,184 Well, Obie's my friend. 1074 01:04:15,727 --> 01:04:18,522 A gentleman's natural instinct is to defend his honor. 1075 01:04:18,605 --> 01:04:20,983 It's what distinguishes a gentleman from the plod. 1076 01:04:21,066 --> 01:04:22,693 -His honor? -Mm-hmm. 1077 01:04:22,776 --> 01:04:25,487 Or his fear of being judged as less of a man? 1078 01:04:27,072 --> 01:04:28,699 I suppose that's part of it. 1079 01:04:28,782 --> 01:04:31,118 But even though we may disagree with them, 1080 01:04:31,201 --> 01:04:32,786 our social conventions are... 1081 01:04:34,621 --> 01:04:36,290 well, they're our way of life. 1082 01:04:36,373 --> 01:04:38,375 No matter how destructive they are? 1083 01:04:41,044 --> 01:04:43,880 I warned you of my sharp edges. 1084 01:04:45,465 --> 01:04:48,135 Would you prefer me as a coquettish, 1085 01:04:48,218 --> 01:04:50,512 conventional Southern belle like Laurette, 1086 01:04:50,596 --> 01:04:52,556 or to play the shrinking violet? 1087 01:04:52,639 --> 01:04:55,642 Would you have me relinquish all my convictions for your sake, 1088 01:04:55,726 --> 01:04:57,978 Miss Van Lew? 1089 01:05:00,397 --> 01:05:01,440 Hm. 1090 01:05:17,456 --> 01:05:19,616 That's where the Yankees will come from when it begins. 1091 01:05:21,627 --> 01:05:24,921 No reasonable person wants war. 1092 01:05:25,005 --> 01:05:27,841 I pray reason will prevail, even this late in the day. 1093 01:05:27,924 --> 01:05:29,885 Well, we'll see. 1094 01:05:29,968 --> 01:05:33,347 But in any union both parties must be willing to give up 1095 01:05:33,430 --> 01:05:34,765 some of the things they hold dear. 1096 01:05:34,848 --> 01:05:36,475 -Don't you agree? -What? 1097 01:05:36,558 --> 01:05:40,187 Even at the expense of accepting what is clearly unjust? 1098 01:05:42,272 --> 01:05:45,651 So, might reason smooth a path to a union between us, 1099 01:05:45,734 --> 01:05:48,111 do you think? 1100 01:05:48,195 --> 01:05:50,322 I hope it might. 1101 01:05:50,405 --> 01:05:54,326 Honestly, there's no one in the world I would rather be with. 1102 01:05:54,409 --> 01:05:57,871 Do you truly want to be with me? 1103 01:05:57,954 --> 01:06:01,416 Certainly, your friends wouldn't approve. 1104 01:06:02,793 --> 01:06:04,670 I hope you aren't a sore loser. 1105 01:06:08,006 --> 01:06:10,425 Who says I'd lose? 1106 01:06:10,509 --> 01:06:12,844 -Thank you very much. -Governor Wise will 1107 01:06:12,928 --> 01:06:14,864 want to know that, as Northern transgressions increase, 1108 01:06:14,888 --> 01:06:16,824 if we can count on the great state of Louisiana to look 1109 01:06:16,848 --> 01:06:19,768 kindly on our beloved state of Virginia when she secedes? 1110 01:06:19,851 --> 01:06:21,478 Well, I believe, at present, 1111 01:06:21,561 --> 01:06:23,897 the Senator is less interested in separation 1112 01:06:23,980 --> 01:06:26,650 than he is in unity. 1113 01:06:26,733 --> 01:06:28,860 Well, compromise is my public position. 1114 01:06:28,944 --> 01:06:31,697 But privately, I prefer positions I witnessed 1115 01:06:31,780 --> 01:06:33,407 at the Shanghai circus. 1116 01:06:33,490 --> 01:06:35,659 Well, I've not yet witnessed such things, 1117 01:06:35,742 --> 01:06:38,161 but I assure you, I do apply myself. 1118 01:06:38,245 --> 01:06:40,580 You enjoy your stay, Senator. 1119 01:06:41,790 --> 01:06:43,750 The coach will be by in the morning promptly 1120 01:06:43,834 --> 01:06:45,252 to pick you up for your meeting. 1121 01:06:45,335 --> 01:06:47,713 I hope you have a good night in our fair city. 1122 01:06:47,796 --> 01:06:49,631 Get some rest now and don't strain yourself. 1123 01:06:49,715 --> 01:06:50,757 Thank you, Mr. Reeves. 1124 01:06:50,841 --> 01:06:53,218 God forbid you strain yourself. 1125 01:06:53,301 --> 01:06:55,303 What might your name be? 1126 01:06:55,387 --> 01:06:58,390 I haven't introduced myself yet. Clara. 1127 01:06:58,473 --> 01:07:00,225 Clara... 1128 01:07:00,308 --> 01:07:02,018 That's from the Latin... 1129 01:07:02,102 --> 01:07:03,478 for "clear and bright". 1130 01:07:03,562 --> 01:07:06,356 Well, clearly, 1131 01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:08,650 I have lots to learn from you. 1132 01:07:26,251 --> 01:07:28,712 With the ideas you have in your head, Mary Jane, 1133 01:07:28,795 --> 01:07:31,715 you leave Liberia and go back to America, 1134 01:07:31,798 --> 01:07:33,425 you're a dead woman. 1135 01:07:41,475 --> 01:07:43,268 Go on, take off them rags, child. 1136 01:07:43,351 --> 01:07:44,519 Don't be frightened. 1137 01:07:44,603 --> 01:07:45,771 You're among friends. 1138 01:07:45,854 --> 01:07:47,355 Yes, sir. Yes, ma'am. 1139 01:07:47,439 --> 01:07:49,441 -I don't need to be no bother. -No bother. 1140 01:07:49,524 --> 01:07:51,544 We can't let them wounds fester. What are you doing? 1141 01:07:51,568 --> 01:07:52,712 You're supposed to be resting. 1142 01:07:52,736 --> 01:07:54,404 I couldn't sleep. 1143 01:07:54,488 --> 01:07:55,655 What's your name? 1144 01:07:55,739 --> 01:07:58,158 Robert Ford, ma'am. From Georgia. 1145 01:07:58,241 --> 01:07:59,868 Busted outta Lumpkin's Slave Jail. 1146 01:07:59,951 --> 01:08:01,203 How did you know to come here? 1147 01:08:01,286 --> 01:08:03,789 My-my friend Homer, he, uh... 1148 01:08:03,872 --> 01:08:05,749 He dead now. 1149 01:08:05,832 --> 01:08:08,293 Slave hunter's dogs got him. 1150 01:08:08,376 --> 01:08:10,670 He say y'all help runaways if'n the light weren't red. 1151 01:08:10,754 --> 01:08:12,798 But I just wanted rest, so I... 1152 01:08:12,881 --> 01:08:14,549 You can rest here, you're safe. 1153 01:08:14,633 --> 01:08:15,926 We gotta get him to the farm. 1154 01:08:16,009 --> 01:08:17,219 That's far too dangerous. 1155 01:08:17,301 --> 01:08:18,696 What if the slave hunters come back? 1156 01:08:18,720 --> 01:08:20,555 We can't put him in the secret room? 1157 01:08:23,308 --> 01:08:24,475 We can. 1158 01:08:24,559 --> 01:08:25,977 I can't thank y'all enough. 1159 01:08:26,060 --> 01:08:27,780 -Much obliged to ya. -No thanks necessary. 1160 01:08:27,813 --> 01:08:30,774 Open wide. Goodness is its own reward. 1161 01:08:30,857 --> 01:08:32,149 -Bite down. -I got you. 1162 01:08:32,234 --> 01:08:33,527 Squeeze my hand. 1163 01:08:33,609 --> 01:08:34,694 Look in my eyes. Look. 1164 01:08:34,778 --> 01:08:36,779 -One, two... -I got you, son. 1165 01:08:36,863 --> 01:08:38,113 -Three. -Got you! Got you! 1166 01:08:38,198 --> 01:08:42,035 Got you, boy! I got you. 1167 01:08:42,118 --> 01:08:44,278 MARY JANE Up these stairs. Up the stairs. 1168 01:08:44,328 --> 01:08:45,598 -Hurry. -Come on. Come on. 1169 01:08:45,622 --> 01:08:47,666 -Shh. Get up. -Come on, son. 1170 01:08:51,419 --> 01:08:53,171 Okay, you'll be safe in here. 1171 01:08:53,255 --> 01:08:55,423 No one will think to look for you in the house. 1172 01:08:55,506 --> 01:08:57,216 I hope you're not afraid of the dark. 1173 01:08:57,300 --> 01:09:00,011 No, ma'am. The dark's all I know. 1174 01:09:00,095 --> 01:09:02,639 Go, go, go, go, go. 1175 01:09:02,721 --> 01:09:04,961 I'll fetch you water and I'll bring you something to eat. 1176 01:09:05,015 --> 01:09:06,475 You just stay quiet. 1177 01:09:06,560 --> 01:09:08,520 Remember, there's other people in this house now. 1178 01:09:08,603 --> 01:09:10,354 Come on. Come on. 1179 01:09:37,090 --> 01:09:39,259 The lamp was red! 1180 01:09:39,341 --> 01:09:41,720 You risked our lives! 1181 01:09:42,970 --> 01:09:45,432 What is the purpose of all of our precautions 1182 01:09:45,515 --> 01:09:48,518 and complex procedures if-if they are not respected? 1183 01:10:02,949 --> 01:10:06,161 The escape was not planned or prepared for. 1184 01:10:06,244 --> 01:10:07,913 I had no idea. 1185 01:10:07,996 --> 01:10:09,497 They led slave hunters 1186 01:10:09,581 --> 01:10:13,001 and their vicious dogs directly to my home! 1187 01:10:13,084 --> 01:10:16,588 I'm afraid word has spread that Church Hill is a safe haven. 1188 01:10:16,671 --> 01:10:18,381 Yeah, well, it wasn't safe last night. 1189 01:10:20,342 --> 01:10:22,802 In all these past several years in the Underground, 1190 01:10:22,886 --> 01:10:26,473 never have I been so terrified. 1191 01:10:28,141 --> 01:10:31,519 You're hidden in the shadows, protected. 1192 01:10:31,603 --> 01:10:35,857 I walk in the light, with all the eyes of Richmond upon me, 1193 01:10:35,941 --> 01:10:37,067 judging me. 1194 01:10:37,150 --> 01:10:39,069 I can square that right now. 1195 01:10:39,152 --> 01:10:40,487 No. 1196 01:10:40,570 --> 01:10:42,989 It is better for me to never know your identity. 1197 01:10:49,579 --> 01:10:51,748 This is my final run. 1198 01:10:52,999 --> 01:10:55,877 I'm sorry, but I am depleted. 1199 01:10:57,212 --> 01:10:59,089 I must now think... 1200 01:10:59,172 --> 01:11:01,466 of the safety of my family... 1201 01:11:01,549 --> 01:11:04,386 my mother. 1202 01:11:04,469 --> 01:11:06,304 I beg you to reconsider. 1203 01:11:07,639 --> 01:11:12,519 We are on the brink of a firestorm, 1204 01:11:12,602 --> 01:11:15,855 unlike this country's ever seen - 1205 01:11:15,939 --> 01:11:19,776 state against state, brother against brother. 1206 01:11:21,194 --> 01:11:24,614 And loyal patriots like us will be called upon 1207 01:11:24,698 --> 01:11:27,242 to do even more to preserve our nation. 1208 01:11:28,326 --> 01:11:30,829 There is no recourse. 1209 01:11:31,871 --> 01:11:33,957 It will require blood, 1210 01:11:34,040 --> 01:11:37,752 to wash this sin from our lives. 1211 01:11:38,837 --> 01:11:40,255 Not from me. 1212 01:11:40,338 --> 01:11:44,050 I've done enough. Find yourself another patriot. 1213 01:11:53,184 --> 01:11:57,313 If slavery be a sin, it is not ours. 1214 01:11:57,397 --> 01:12:01,317 It does not rest on our consent for its existence. 1215 01:12:01,401 --> 01:12:03,611 Slavery... 1216 01:12:03,695 --> 01:12:07,407 was established by decree of Almighty God, 1217 01:12:07,490 --> 01:12:11,202 sanctioned in the Bible from Genesis to Revelation, 1218 01:12:11,286 --> 01:12:15,582 where we are told it shall exist until the end of time. 1219 01:12:15,665 --> 01:12:17,143 Amen. 1220 01:12:17,167 --> 01:12:18,084 Amen. 1221 01:12:35,268 --> 01:12:37,645 Excuse me, gentlemen. 1222 01:12:52,494 --> 01:12:55,121 Dear Lord, Jeff, who died? 1223 01:12:56,414 --> 01:12:59,793 We are woefully unprepared for war. 1224 01:13:04,756 --> 01:13:08,468 The South pokes a hornet's nest and hands you the stick. 1225 01:13:10,178 --> 01:13:12,055 You must sit face-to-face with Mr. Lincoln 1226 01:13:12,138 --> 01:13:13,640 and find a way to avoid war. 1227 01:13:13,723 --> 01:13:16,559 This Federation of Secessionists is like a pack of wolves. 1228 01:13:16,643 --> 01:13:18,853 I can only lead them where they want to go. 1229 01:13:31,449 --> 01:13:34,244 Gentlemen... 1230 01:13:34,327 --> 01:13:36,663 I have been chosen to be 1231 01:13:36,746 --> 01:13:40,333 the Provisional President of the Confederacy. 1232 01:13:44,921 --> 01:13:49,801 Thank you. 1233 01:13:52,512 --> 01:13:55,890 Mr. President! 1234 01:14:09,946 --> 01:14:13,575 ♪ Summer rain is falling down ♪ 1235 01:14:13,658 --> 01:14:16,953 ♪ Faith and hope have both left town ♪ 1236 01:14:17,036 --> 01:14:21,833 ♪ The wishing well is all wished out ♪ 1237 01:14:21,916 --> 01:14:25,128 ♪ Fathers have to pay the price ♪ 1238 01:14:25,211 --> 01:14:28,548 ♪ Mothers have to sacrifice ♪ 1239 01:14:28,631 --> 01:14:31,968 ♪ Unanswered prayers cannot suffice ♪ 1240 01:14:32,051 --> 01:14:35,638 ♪ To save their sons and daughters ♪ 1241 01:14:35,722 --> 01:14:39,100 ♪ The winds of war are howling loud ♪ 1242 01:14:39,184 --> 01:14:42,353 ♪ They knock down doors from house to house ♪ 1243 01:14:42,437 --> 01:14:45,773 ♪ They sign us up and ship us out ♪ 1244 01:14:45,857 --> 01:14:49,736 ♪ Like lambs to the slaughter ♪ 1245 01:14:49,819 --> 01:14:53,198 ♪ These cotton fields won't hear our cries ♪ 1246 01:14:53,281 --> 01:14:56,701 ♪ On battlefields of crimson tides ♪ 1247 01:14:56,784 --> 01:14:58,494 ♪ God closed his eyes ♪ 1248 01:14:58,578 --> 01:15:01,164 ♪ When we're baptized in ♪ 1249 01:15:01,247 --> 01:15:05,960 ♪ Unholy water ♪ 1250 01:15:08,296 --> 01:15:12,926 ♪ Unholy water ♪ 1251 01:15:17,138 --> 01:15:19,933 ♪ Walking through this great divide ♪ 1252 01:15:20,016 --> 01:15:23,978 ♪ Words are weapons, choose a side ♪ 1253 01:15:24,062 --> 01:15:27,023 ♪ Hate loves hate and lies love lies ♪ 1254 01:15:27,106 --> 01:15:30,735 ♪ Until you've lost the battles ♪ 1255 01:15:30,818 --> 01:15:34,280 ♪ Let's pray today ain't judgement day ♪ 1256 01:15:34,364 --> 01:15:37,867 ♪ Heaven knows there's hell to pay ♪ 1257 01:15:37,951 --> 01:15:41,996 ♪ There's some things you can't wash away with... ♪ 1258 01:15:42,080 --> 01:15:46,960 ♪ Unholy water ♪ 1259 01:15:49,379 --> 01:15:54,300 ♪ Unholy water ♪ 1260 01:15:57,679 --> 01:16:01,057 ♪ Say a prayer, hope for the best ♪ 1261 01:16:01,140 --> 01:16:03,393 ♪ Before we lose whatever ♪ 1262 01:16:03,476 --> 01:16:07,480 ♪ We collect ♪ 1263 01:16:07,563 --> 01:16:09,816 ♪ Oh! ♪ 1264 01:16:09,899 --> 01:16:14,779 ♪ Unholy water... ♪ 1265 01:16:39,345 --> 01:16:42,473 ♪ Summer leaves falling down ♪ 1266 01:16:42,557 --> 01:16:46,227 ♪ Faith and hope have both left town ♪ 1267 01:16:46,311 --> 01:16:50,148 ♪ The wishing well is all wished out ♪ 1268 01:16:50,231 --> 01:16:53,401 ♪ In this dirt I dig my grave ♪ 1269 01:16:53,484 --> 01:16:56,904 ♪ With fire running through my veins ♪ 1270 01:16:56,988 --> 01:17:00,199 ♪ The devil's gonna curse my name ♪ 1271 01:17:00,283 --> 01:17:05,163 ♪ Unholy water... ♪ 1272 01:17:07,623 --> 01:17:12,503 ♪ Unholy water... ♪ 1273 01:17:15,923 --> 01:17:19,427 ♪ Say a prayer, hope for the best ♪ 1274 01:17:19,510 --> 01:17:23,931 ♪ Before we lose whatever we collect ♪ 1275 01:17:26,142 --> 01:17:28,853 ♪ Whoa! ♪ 1276 01:17:28,936 --> 01:17:33,816 ♪ Unholy water... ♪