1 00:00:26,493 --> 00:00:32,169 CHARLES: They won't rise against us. They lack any ability 2 00:00:32,170 --> 00:00:35,587 -to organize themselves. -OLD JULY: You have a fine son. 3 00:00:35,621 --> 00:00:37,727 JULY: A new slave. Soon taken. 4 00:00:37,761 --> 00:00:40,661 In just a few days, slavery will be finally abolished. 5 00:00:40,662 --> 00:00:43,180 Right, there's another one here. There, there. Quick. 6 00:00:43,181 --> 00:00:45,459 -Where you be going in it? -Fishing. 7 00:00:45,528 --> 00:00:46,770 I've made a plan. 8 00:00:46,805 --> 00:00:49,155 [laughs]: I'm to be married to Robert Goodwin. 9 00:00:51,396 --> 00:00:53,398 ROSE: This be good medicine. 10 00:00:53,432 --> 00:00:55,917 Soothe the memory of your first child. 11 00:00:55,952 --> 00:00:58,022 ROBERT: You are my true wife, July. 12 00:00:58,023 --> 00:01:00,059 No! No! No! No! 13 00:01:00,060 --> 00:01:01,922 ROBERT: This field should be finished by now. 14 00:01:01,923 --> 00:01:03,821 Well, send someone to find them and get them to work. 15 00:01:03,822 --> 00:01:05,685 I will need you all to work seven 16 00:01:05,686 --> 00:01:07,411 -full days a week from now on. -Seven days? 17 00:01:07,412 --> 00:01:10,690 And don't be fool just 'cause you have him pickney. 18 00:01:10,691 --> 00:01:12,624 Him be good and him be fair. 19 00:01:12,693 --> 00:01:14,935 -Move it! -Hey! 20 00:01:14,936 --> 00:01:17,042 We be slaves no more! 21 00:01:17,077 --> 00:01:20,804 -Maybe it help if you just talk to the workers. -I've talked to them. 22 00:01:20,839 --> 00:01:23,048 ? Not a hat on me head, me wan' me lama 23 00:01:23,083 --> 00:01:25,740 ? Christmas a come, me wan' me lama 24 00:01:25,809 --> 00:01:27,880 ? Christmas a come, me wan' me lama 25 00:01:27,915 --> 00:01:30,848 ? Christmas a come, me wan' me lama. 26 00:01:30,849 --> 00:01:33,679 ROBERT: I'll make them beg to work for me. 27 00:01:37,545 --> 00:01:39,651 [insects trilling] 28 00:01:43,896 --> 00:01:46,105 OLD JULY: That Christmas, 29 00:01:46,106 --> 00:01:49,971 the sugarcane grew sweeter and taller 30 00:01:50,006 --> 00:01:52,940 than ever before seen in Jamaica. 31 00:01:52,974 --> 00:01:54,976 ? 32 00:02:09,888 --> 00:02:13,926 Now it must be cut, boiled, barreled 33 00:02:13,961 --> 00:02:16,929 and sold. 34 00:02:16,964 --> 00:02:20,761 Or Amity Plantation would be finished. 35 00:02:25,145 --> 00:02:27,525 But how all this get done 36 00:02:27,526 --> 00:02:29,908 now slaves be free? 37 00:02:29,977 --> 00:02:32,980 [rooster crows] 38 00:02:34,568 --> 00:02:36,880 Robert Goodwin could think of nothing else 39 00:02:36,915 --> 00:02:40,470 but bringing his harvest home. 40 00:02:41,195 --> 00:02:43,059 [Emily fussing] 41 00:02:44,923 --> 00:02:46,096 Where you going? 42 00:02:48,133 --> 00:02:50,135 I have to work. 43 00:02:50,170 --> 00:02:52,482 Just go back to sleep. 44 00:02:56,348 --> 00:02:59,765 OLD JULY: And July did fear 45 00:02:59,800 --> 00:03:01,801 her sweet, sweet husband 46 00:03:01,802 --> 00:03:04,770 -prepare for battle. -[door closes] 47 00:03:06,910 --> 00:03:09,154 [grunts] 48 00:03:13,158 --> 00:03:15,988 -Dublin? Come. -Dublin. 49 00:03:16,057 --> 00:03:19,785 -Come now. -PEGGY: Come. Come. 50 00:03:19,820 --> 00:03:22,926 -What it say? -Come, read it. 51 00:03:27,276 --> 00:03:30,693 DUBLIN: Massa gon' double our rent. 52 00:03:30,762 --> 00:03:33,005 -No true. -True. And hear this. 53 00:03:33,040 --> 00:03:35,905 -Start from today. -[others exclaiming] 54 00:03:35,939 --> 00:03:38,596 Him try force us work seven days. 55 00:03:38,597 --> 00:03:40,703 [indistinct chatter] 56 00:03:48,297 --> 00:03:49,677 Slavery. 57 00:03:49,712 --> 00:03:52,128 Slavery has returned to Amity. 58 00:03:52,162 --> 00:03:56,132 OLD JULY: And so did battle commence. 59 00:03:56,166 --> 00:03:58,685 ? 60 00:03:58,686 --> 00:04:00,826 [excited chatter] 61 00:04:10,388 --> 00:04:12,769 Them coming from the village! 62 00:04:17,187 --> 00:04:20,639 It's quite all right. I'm expecting them. 63 00:04:30,373 --> 00:04:31,891 Massa, we not... 64 00:04:31,892 --> 00:04:33,825 I know why you've come. 65 00:04:33,859 --> 00:04:36,103 And I wish to explain 66 00:04:36,172 --> 00:04:38,942 that I have taken this measure of increasing your rent 67 00:04:38,968 --> 00:04:41,626 -for your own good. -[murmuring] 68 00:04:41,660 --> 00:04:44,006 You've all lived too long as slaves 69 00:04:44,007 --> 00:04:46,112 to really understand what's now in your own best interests. 70 00:04:46,113 --> 00:04:50,704 -But, massa, that not be right. -No, no, listen. 71 00:04:50,705 --> 00:04:52,670 You must understand that your houses, 72 00:04:52,671 --> 00:04:54,224 they belong to me. 73 00:04:54,294 --> 00:04:57,987 Therefore, I can rent them out to whomever I choose 74 00:04:58,056 --> 00:04:59,782 for whatever price I choose. 75 00:04:59,816 --> 00:05:03,648 That's my right, you see, as a landowner. 76 00:05:03,649 --> 00:05:05,131 So, it will now be better for you to work 77 00:05:05,132 --> 00:05:06,788 seven days a week because then you will 78 00:05:06,789 --> 00:05:08,238 be able to pay the new rent. 79 00:05:08,273 --> 00:05:10,655 And anyone who does not pay the rent in full 80 00:05:10,724 --> 00:05:13,243 will be evicted. 81 00:05:15,176 --> 00:05:18,972 I am doing this for your own benefit. 82 00:05:18,973 --> 00:05:20,458 I am. 83 00:05:20,492 --> 00:05:24,012 Because whatever benefits the plantation, it benefits you, 84 00:05:24,013 --> 00:05:25,359 -the workers. -But, massa... 85 00:05:25,428 --> 00:05:28,707 Let me finish! Let me finish. 86 00:05:30,191 --> 00:05:33,747 Let's put the past behind us, right? 87 00:05:33,781 --> 00:05:35,299 For once. 88 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:38,407 And let's come together seven days a week, 89 00:05:38,441 --> 00:05:42,376 and let's make Amity Plantation once more the pride of Jamaica, 90 00:05:42,411 --> 00:05:46,000 of England and of her great empire. 91 00:05:46,035 --> 00:05:47,692 Yes? 92 00:05:49,487 --> 00:05:51,627 Yes? 93 00:05:53,111 --> 00:05:55,631 Yes? 94 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:59,945 No. 95 00:06:04,260 --> 00:06:05,310 [Robert grunts] 96 00:06:11,129 --> 00:06:13,131 [chuckles softly] 97 00:06:15,133 --> 00:06:17,480 OLD JULY: One small word. 98 00:06:17,549 --> 00:06:20,345 300 years coming. 99 00:06:23,003 --> 00:06:25,315 ? 100 00:06:45,893 --> 00:06:49,822 -[Robert exhales] -[Caroline chuckles] 101 00:06:49,823 --> 00:06:52,204 Mm. Well-spoken, husband. 102 00:06:52,239 --> 00:06:54,241 [Robert panting] 103 00:07:08,082 --> 00:07:10,084 [loud chatter] 104 00:07:14,848 --> 00:07:16,436 [indistinct shouting] 105 00:07:16,505 --> 00:07:18,058 ROSE: No, me see it. 106 00:07:18,127 --> 00:07:20,474 Him ride up, and he nail it to the tree. 107 00:07:20,475 --> 00:07:23,269 -[overlapping chatter] -JAMES: Hush up, hush up, hush up. 108 00:07:23,270 --> 00:07:25,479 Hush up! Hush up now! 109 00:07:25,548 --> 00:07:27,239 Shh! 110 00:07:27,274 --> 00:07:28,827 Massa no hear we. 111 00:07:28,828 --> 00:07:30,276 -OTHERS: No. -ROSE: No, he not listen. 112 00:07:30,277 --> 00:07:32,521 Him say we must work as him direct 113 00:07:32,590 --> 00:07:35,247 or him will throw us out of we homes! 114 00:07:35,282 --> 00:07:38,458 -Not fair. Can't throw we out. -JAMES: 'Tis what him say. 115 00:07:38,492 --> 00:07:39,562 We not pay more rent. 116 00:07:39,631 --> 00:07:41,218 PEGGY: No more rent! 117 00:07:41,219 --> 00:07:43,116 -Where we gon' get the money? -MAN: No more rent. 118 00:07:43,117 --> 00:07:45,775 -Hush up, hush up. Hear me now. -MAN: No more rent. 119 00:07:45,810 --> 00:07:47,984 There be lands to the west of here, 120 00:07:48,019 --> 00:07:49,952 past the cotton tree, 121 00:07:49,986 --> 00:07:51,540 where no white man go. 122 00:07:51,574 --> 00:07:53,231 No rent be paid. 123 00:07:53,300 --> 00:07:55,060 No bakra come. 124 00:07:55,095 --> 00:07:57,856 And there we could live, free. 125 00:07:57,891 --> 00:07:58,995 ROSE: Yes! 126 00:07:59,030 --> 00:08:00,100 -Yes. -Mm-hmm. 127 00:08:00,169 --> 00:08:01,791 EZRA: But the land be bad there. 128 00:08:01,792 --> 00:08:03,378 -Mm-hmm. -Too many stone and rock. 129 00:08:03,379 --> 00:08:06,002 No water. We can't make it work there. 130 00:08:06,037 --> 00:08:07,556 PEGGY: We have we home here. 131 00:08:07,625 --> 00:08:09,937 Our garden feed we. 132 00:08:09,972 --> 00:08:12,146 It's here we must stay. 133 00:08:12,147 --> 00:08:14,147 -[overlapping chatter] -JAMES: There be 134 00:08:14,148 --> 00:08:16,910 only one way to make the massa listen. 135 00:08:16,944 --> 00:08:18,808 -PEGGY: How? -We stop work, 136 00:08:18,877 --> 00:08:21,915 -and we pay no rent! -No more rent! 137 00:08:21,949 --> 00:08:23,226 Then him gon' hear we. 138 00:08:23,261 --> 00:08:26,057 PEGGY: We gon' make massa listen to we 139 00:08:26,126 --> 00:08:29,198 whether he want to listen or not. 140 00:08:30,164 --> 00:08:31,614 OLD JULY: Next daybreak, 141 00:08:31,649 --> 00:08:35,376 the conch was not blown. 142 00:08:35,411 --> 00:08:37,309 ? 143 00:08:42,383 --> 00:08:46,940 For three long days, the fields lay empty. 144 00:08:46,974 --> 00:08:48,942 The ripe cane 145 00:08:48,976 --> 00:08:51,082 -rotting in the sun. -[flies buzzing] 146 00:08:58,192 --> 00:09:03,404 And for three long nights, Robert Goodwin 147 00:09:03,439 --> 00:09:05,993 did not sleep. 148 00:09:06,684 --> 00:09:08,962 No. 149 00:09:09,928 --> 00:09:12,034 [Emily crying] 150 00:09:14,346 --> 00:09:16,417 [crying continues] 151 00:09:22,665 --> 00:09:24,909 [crying continues in distance] 152 00:09:38,267 --> 00:09:39,855 [crying loudly] 153 00:09:39,924 --> 00:09:43,030 ? 154 00:09:44,376 --> 00:09:46,482 Shh. 155 00:09:51,625 --> 00:09:53,144 [scribbling] 156 00:09:53,213 --> 00:09:54,904 [crying continues] 157 00:10:05,087 --> 00:10:07,227 [muffled crying] 158 00:10:11,990 --> 00:10:13,923 JULY: Molly! 159 00:10:13,958 --> 00:10:16,477 Molly! 160 00:10:17,513 --> 00:10:19,515 [panting] 161 00:10:23,243 --> 00:10:25,452 Molly! 162 00:10:25,486 --> 00:10:27,937 [water splashing] 163 00:10:39,777 --> 00:10:42,020 [door opens, closes] 164 00:10:52,321 --> 00:10:56,620 [screams] For goodness' sake! Get it away! 165 00:10:56,621 --> 00:10:58,484 -Get it away! Get it away! -[Emily crying] 166 00:10:58,485 --> 00:11:00,418 No. It's all right. It's all right. 167 00:11:00,452 --> 00:11:02,558 -It's all right. -God Almighty. 168 00:11:02,592 --> 00:11:05,319 It be gone, it be gone. No, no, it be gone. 169 00:11:05,320 --> 00:11:07,251 How many times have I told you to rid this place of them? 170 00:11:07,252 --> 00:11:09,289 Come, come. Come. Sit. 171 00:11:10,117 --> 00:11:12,361 Sit down, eat. 172 00:11:12,395 --> 00:11:14,674 Me have bread and boil egg and tea. 173 00:11:14,743 --> 00:11:16,572 -No. No. -You want mango? 174 00:11:16,606 --> 00:11:19,402 The men will be here soon, 175 00:11:19,437 --> 00:11:21,232 and I want to be there to meet them. 176 00:11:21,233 --> 00:11:22,784 -All right. -So just join me there 177 00:11:22,785 --> 00:11:24,614 once you've seen to the child. 178 00:11:24,649 --> 00:11:27,238 And bring the map. 179 00:11:28,826 --> 00:11:31,311 [door opens] 180 00:11:32,484 --> 00:11:34,348 [door closes] 181 00:11:40,665 --> 00:11:42,218 [rooster crows] 182 00:11:42,287 --> 00:11:44,255 JULY: Molly. 183 00:11:44,324 --> 00:11:47,120 You can keep her close to you. 184 00:11:47,154 --> 00:11:49,778 -Mm. -Make her stay inside? 185 00:11:49,812 --> 00:11:53,022 All right. You have cow milk? 186 00:11:53,057 --> 00:11:54,575 -Mm. -Fresh? 187 00:11:54,610 --> 00:11:57,647 -Fresh this morning. -All right. 188 00:11:57,682 --> 00:12:00,340 Give it to her if she wake, all right? 189 00:12:00,409 --> 00:12:03,515 -[Emily crying] -Oh, Mama soon come. 190 00:12:15,044 --> 00:12:17,184 [horse neighs] 191 00:12:17,219 --> 00:12:19,255 Elias, come. 192 00:12:19,324 --> 00:12:22,465 ROBERT: Firstly, I want to make this plain. 193 00:12:22,534 --> 00:12:25,192 This day is to serve as a warning 194 00:12:25,227 --> 00:12:27,157 to all the workers on this plantation. 195 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:28,506 Understood? 196 00:12:28,575 --> 00:12:30,197 About time, too. 197 00:12:30,232 --> 00:12:32,164 Right, show the map. 198 00:12:32,165 --> 00:12:33,338 [horse neighing] 199 00:12:33,407 --> 00:12:35,168 Come on, boy, show the map! 200 00:12:35,237 --> 00:12:38,412 JACKSON: Whoa, easy! Whoa, easy. 201 00:12:40,242 --> 00:12:41,519 Whoa. Come back here. Hey. 202 00:12:41,553 --> 00:12:43,590 ROBERT: Come on, come on. Quickly! 203 00:12:44,764 --> 00:12:47,489 The workers' village is there. Do you see it? 204 00:12:47,490 --> 00:12:49,216 Our first task will be to ride in 205 00:12:49,251 --> 00:12:50,907 and set fire to their gardens, 206 00:12:50,908 --> 00:12:52,736 burn their crops to the ground. 207 00:12:52,737 --> 00:12:54,634 -We should burn them out? -ROBERT: No, no, no. 208 00:12:54,635 --> 00:12:57,776 Do not burn their houses down. They'll be needed again 209 00:12:57,777 --> 00:12:59,605 once the Negroes have agreed to return to work. 210 00:12:59,606 --> 00:13:02,736 Now, these fires should bring the workers out into the fields 211 00:13:02,782 --> 00:13:04,266 to try and save their crops. 212 00:13:04,267 --> 00:13:06,543 That will be our cue to move inside their houses, 213 00:13:06,544 --> 00:13:08,441 where only the women and children will remain. 214 00:13:08,442 --> 00:13:11,238 But you can throw their belongings out into the lanes, 215 00:13:11,273 --> 00:13:13,723 kill their animals, trample their crops, 216 00:13:13,758 --> 00:13:16,277 make as much noise as possible. 217 00:13:16,278 --> 00:13:17,555 And we can use our guns? 218 00:13:17,589 --> 00:13:20,351 Yes, yes, but with care. I do not want anyone killed. 219 00:13:20,385 --> 00:13:22,663 But be in no doubt, gentlemen. 220 00:13:22,732 --> 00:13:25,528 I mean to frighten every last one of those Negroes 221 00:13:25,563 --> 00:13:28,428 and make it plain that I will evict 222 00:13:28,462 --> 00:13:32,742 anyone who does not work exactly as I direct. Yes? 223 00:13:32,777 --> 00:13:33,985 -Yes. -Yes. 224 00:13:34,020 --> 00:13:37,264 May God protect and help us this day as we do thy work. 225 00:13:37,299 --> 00:13:40,302 Hyah! Come on! 226 00:13:40,336 --> 00:13:43,236 [indistinct shouting] 227 00:13:47,896 --> 00:13:49,863 That be all? 228 00:13:49,898 --> 00:13:52,141 ? 229 00:14:11,851 --> 00:14:13,473 CAROLINE: Marguerite! 230 00:14:17,304 --> 00:14:19,168 [insects trilling] 231 00:14:19,237 --> 00:14:20,929 Marguerite, where are you? 232 00:14:20,963 --> 00:14:24,380 [chickens clucking, dogs barking in distance] 233 00:14:31,732 --> 00:14:33,734 Marguerite! 234 00:14:35,288 --> 00:14:38,739 [footsteps at doorstep] 235 00:14:38,774 --> 00:14:41,534 [creaking] 236 00:14:41,535 --> 00:14:44,020 Marguerite, he hasn't come back. Is he in here with you? 237 00:14:44,021 --> 00:14:45,643 No, him not here. 238 00:14:47,679 --> 00:14:49,509 Oh. 239 00:14:49,543 --> 00:14:51,614 It's actually quite pleasant in here. 240 00:14:51,649 --> 00:14:53,408 [tuts] 241 00:14:53,409 --> 00:14:55,203 [breathing heavily] 242 00:14:55,204 --> 00:14:57,862 I'm so worried about him. 243 00:14:57,897 --> 00:14:59,312 What if he's been set upon? 244 00:14:59,346 --> 00:15:02,729 What if he's lying somewhere, injured? 245 00:15:02,763 --> 00:15:04,489 What if... 246 00:15:06,767 --> 00:15:09,425 I don't know what to do. 247 00:15:09,460 --> 00:15:12,842 Would you come up and sit with me? 248 00:15:14,016 --> 00:15:17,330 Me must look after me pickney. 249 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:19,815 Emily, me little girl. 250 00:15:19,849 --> 00:15:21,333 She must be fed. 251 00:15:21,334 --> 00:15:23,543 [Emily cooing] 252 00:15:26,718 --> 00:15:29,687 You may- you may bring the child. 253 00:15:29,721 --> 00:15:33,277 Me no have to serve you no more. 254 00:15:44,598 --> 00:15:46,600 Please? 255 00:15:52,567 --> 00:15:55,574 The Negroes drove him to this action. 256 00:15:55,575 --> 00:15:57,991 What other course could he have taken? 257 00:15:58,060 --> 00:16:01,407 He's tried so hard. He's done everything he could. 258 00:16:01,408 --> 00:16:03,755 Negroes cannot be reasoned with. 259 00:16:03,756 --> 00:16:05,653 If these- the abolitionists in England 260 00:16:05,654 --> 00:16:07,311 had actually lived with slaves, 261 00:16:07,345 --> 00:16:09,485 they would know that... 262 00:16:09,520 --> 00:16:11,384 freeing them is folly. 263 00:16:11,418 --> 00:16:12,523 It's folly. 264 00:16:12,557 --> 00:16:14,110 I've been here before. 265 00:16:14,111 --> 00:16:15,076 I know how this happens. 266 00:16:15,077 --> 00:16:17,354 [shouting] 267 00:16:17,355 --> 00:16:19,771 [Caroline speaking indistinctly] 268 00:16:19,806 --> 00:16:21,497 ? 269 00:16:21,532 --> 00:16:23,568 -[shouting] -[horse neighs] 270 00:16:23,603 --> 00:16:25,985 It's not his fault. 271 00:16:26,019 --> 00:16:27,365 It's not his fault. 272 00:16:27,400 --> 00:16:29,540 ? 273 00:16:42,449 --> 00:16:44,934 [shuddering softly] 274 00:16:44,969 --> 00:16:47,282 [shouting] 275 00:16:53,150 --> 00:16:55,393 Hurry up! Go, go, go! 276 00:16:55,428 --> 00:16:56,566 Bring me that vase! 277 00:16:56,567 --> 00:16:58,809 Hurry up! Hurry up! 278 00:16:58,810 --> 00:17:01,641 Come on, come on, come on, come on, come on! 279 00:17:01,675 --> 00:17:04,644 ? 280 00:17:25,734 --> 00:17:27,736 [rooster crows] 281 00:17:31,809 --> 00:17:35,399 -[Emily babbling] -[Caroline chuckles] 282 00:17:35,433 --> 00:17:36,641 Oh. 283 00:17:36,676 --> 00:17:39,541 This dear little one. 284 00:17:40,818 --> 00:17:43,924 So light-skinned. 285 00:17:43,959 --> 00:17:46,582 You look just like him. 286 00:17:48,446 --> 00:17:50,897 Not like a nigger child at all. 287 00:17:50,931 --> 00:17:52,933 [fussing] 288 00:17:52,934 --> 00:17:56,729 She's adorable. What did you say she was called? 289 00:17:56,730 --> 00:17:58,422 -[door opens] -Robert! 290 00:17:58,423 --> 00:17:59,767 Oh, God. What's happened? 291 00:17:59,768 --> 00:18:01,493 ROBERT: It's been a great success. 292 00:18:01,494 --> 00:18:02,840 We've triumphed. 293 00:18:02,841 --> 00:18:05,152 They finally understand where their duty lies. 294 00:18:05,153 --> 00:18:07,982 -To their master and to God. -Robert, you're safe. [chuckles] 295 00:18:07,983 --> 00:18:09,880 ROBERT: They're to commence taking off four of the cane pieces 296 00:18:09,881 --> 00:18:12,539 -tomorrow morning at conch blow. -[laughs] 297 00:18:12,574 --> 00:18:14,541 -They've assured me of it. -Well done! 298 00:18:14,542 --> 00:18:16,163 -Yes. [breathing heavily] -[chuckling] 299 00:18:16,164 --> 00:18:17,612 Yes, if my father were here today, 300 00:18:17,613 --> 00:18:18,751 I believe he would shake my hand. 301 00:18:18,752 --> 00:18:20,022 -Yes, he would. -He would. 302 00:18:20,023 --> 00:18:20,960 -Sit down. -Right. 303 00:18:20,961 --> 00:18:22,824 -CAROLINE: Oh. [chuckles] -[exhales] 304 00:18:22,825 --> 00:18:24,723 -Yes. -Yes. [gasps] Oh, God. You've been hurt. 305 00:18:24,724 --> 00:18:26,897 -Oh, will you bring some water quickly, Marguerite? -No, no, it's fine. 306 00:18:26,898 --> 00:18:27,657 No, it's fine. 307 00:18:27,658 --> 00:18:30,592 -CAROLINE: Oh. [panting] -Yes. 308 00:18:30,593 --> 00:18:32,248 You heard your mistress, Marguerite. 309 00:18:32,249 --> 00:18:33,249 Bring some water. 310 00:18:33,250 --> 00:18:35,976 [Caroline panting] 311 00:18:36,011 --> 00:18:37,598 You've done it. 312 00:18:37,599 --> 00:18:39,600 Will they cut the cane now? 313 00:18:39,601 --> 00:18:40,808 -It'll get in on time? -[sniffles] 314 00:18:40,809 --> 00:18:43,708 James has told me they will. [exhales] 315 00:18:46,263 --> 00:18:49,473 [panting] 316 00:18:51,958 --> 00:18:55,236 [insects trilling] 317 00:18:55,237 --> 00:18:57,721 [clock ticking] 318 00:18:57,722 --> 00:19:02,589 OLD JULY: That night was the first night since him baby born 319 00:19:02,624 --> 00:19:08,250 that Robert Goodwin did not come to his maidservant's bed. 320 00:19:08,285 --> 00:19:13,806 And though she lay awake all night in hope, 321 00:19:13,807 --> 00:19:18,467 the new day dawned silent once again. 322 00:19:18,502 --> 00:19:21,712 [chickens clucking in distance] 323 00:19:53,053 --> 00:19:55,711 Still here, husband? 324 00:19:55,746 --> 00:19:57,299 [sniffs] 325 00:19:57,334 --> 00:19:58,783 What? 326 00:20:01,200 --> 00:20:03,547 [breathing heavily] 327 00:20:07,723 --> 00:20:10,070 Did the conch blow? [panting] 328 00:20:10,139 --> 00:20:12,797 Did you hear the conch? 329 00:20:15,041 --> 00:20:16,629 No. 330 00:20:16,663 --> 00:20:19,563 [panting] 331 00:20:30,263 --> 00:20:33,059 Jackson! Jackson! 332 00:20:33,093 --> 00:20:34,923 Bring my horse! 333 00:20:34,957 --> 00:20:36,959 ? 334 00:20:54,287 --> 00:20:57,221 Where's Papa, hmm? 335 00:20:57,256 --> 00:20:58,843 [clucking] 336 00:20:58,878 --> 00:21:02,053 When's Papa coming home? 337 00:21:02,882 --> 00:21:04,676 -Huh... -[horse neighs] 338 00:21:04,677 --> 00:21:06,056 ELIAS: Where be Miss July?! 339 00:21:06,057 --> 00:21:07,576 Miss July! 340 00:21:08,336 --> 00:21:09,715 Miss July! 341 00:21:09,716 --> 00:21:10,716 Whoa, whoa, whoa! 342 00:21:10,717 --> 00:21:12,098 Where be the massa? 343 00:21:12,132 --> 00:21:13,375 Massa in the east field. 344 00:21:13,410 --> 00:21:15,308 -Him not right, Miss July. -Him hurt? 345 00:21:15,309 --> 00:21:17,205 -Him not hurt but him not good. -CAROLINE: What is it?! 346 00:21:17,206 --> 00:21:18,414 What's wrong with him, boy?! 347 00:21:18,415 --> 00:21:19,760 He not speak, missus! 348 00:21:19,761 --> 00:21:21,383 JULY: Molly! [panting] 349 00:21:21,418 --> 00:21:22,626 Molly. 350 00:21:22,627 --> 00:21:25,248 Take Emily. Keep her safe with you till me get back, yeah? 351 00:21:25,249 --> 00:21:26,837 And what are you doing? 352 00:21:26,838 --> 00:21:28,424 -Bring him home. Him not right. -What? 353 00:21:28,425 --> 00:21:31,013 Wait! Wait! 354 00:21:31,842 --> 00:21:33,843 Help me, boy! Help me. 355 00:21:33,844 --> 00:21:37,088 -[grunts] -[panting, grunting] 356 00:21:38,745 --> 00:21:40,402 -[grunts] -Oh. 357 00:21:40,471 --> 00:21:43,094 [smooching] Ha. 358 00:21:43,923 --> 00:21:45,925 JULY: Husband?! 359 00:21:45,959 --> 00:21:47,961 Ah-ah! 360 00:21:48,190 --> 00:21:51,861 -CAROLINE: Robert! -JULY: Where he be? 361 00:21:51,862 --> 00:21:53,277 ELIAS: He be here before. 362 00:21:53,346 --> 00:21:55,417 Right here. 363 00:21:55,452 --> 00:21:56,867 Ah! 364 00:21:56,901 --> 00:21:59,318 Ah-ah! 365 00:21:59,387 --> 00:22:02,113 CAROLINE: Robert! 366 00:22:06,083 --> 00:22:07,429 Ha-ha! 367 00:22:07,464 --> 00:22:09,051 Ha! 368 00:22:12,421 --> 00:22:14,470 CAROLINE: Oh. 369 00:22:14,471 --> 00:22:16,714 Where... where... 370 00:22:16,749 --> 00:22:18,095 where are all the Negroes? 371 00:22:19,303 --> 00:22:21,305 [slashing sounds] 372 00:22:23,790 --> 00:22:25,999 Whoa! Whoa, whoa, whoa! 373 00:22:28,105 --> 00:22:30,175 [panting] 374 00:22:30,176 --> 00:22:31,453 Husband?! 375 00:22:31,488 --> 00:22:33,766 [Robert grunting] 376 00:22:40,462 --> 00:22:42,463 Come. 377 00:22:42,464 --> 00:22:44,293 Come, husband. What you be doing? 378 00:22:44,328 --> 00:22:46,641 [panting] 379 00:22:48,953 --> 00:22:50,091 M... 380 00:22:50,092 --> 00:22:52,681 Please, you must stop this. 381 00:22:52,716 --> 00:22:54,787 [grunting] 382 00:22:54,821 --> 00:22:57,479 Mm-mm, mm-mm, mm-mm. You cannot cut cane. 383 00:22:57,548 --> 00:23:00,137 [grunting] 384 00:23:00,171 --> 00:23:01,897 Husband, please! 385 00:23:01,932 --> 00:23:04,313 The Negroes have all gone. 386 00:23:04,383 --> 00:23:06,176 Every one of them. 387 00:23:06,177 --> 00:23:07,972 They've deserted me. 388 00:23:08,007 --> 00:23:09,733 [chuckles] 389 00:23:09,734 --> 00:23:11,906 There's not one left on the whole plantation. 390 00:23:11,907 --> 00:23:14,012 -There's not one left! -You come. 391 00:23:14,013 --> 00:23:15,463 Come. 392 00:23:15,497 --> 00:23:16,877 Hmm? Come. 393 00:23:16,878 --> 00:23:18,879 Just come back to the house and rest. 394 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:20,087 -You is... -No, no, no. 395 00:23:20,088 --> 00:23:21,848 -You is not right, Robert. -No. 396 00:23:21,917 --> 00:23:23,747 I've no need for Negroes now. Look! 397 00:23:23,781 --> 00:23:25,506 Look, I can do it myself! Look! 398 00:23:25,507 --> 00:23:27,336 Stop. Please stop. 399 00:23:27,337 --> 00:23:29,130 -Come home. Stop this. -Do not touch me. 400 00:23:29,131 --> 00:23:31,168 Come home, Robert. [gasps] 401 00:23:31,169 --> 00:23:33,341 -[choking] -How dare you touch me, nigger! 402 00:23:33,342 --> 00:23:35,240 -I told you not to touch me! -[shouting] 403 00:23:35,241 --> 00:23:37,411 -I told you not to touch me! -Mercy, massa! 404 00:23:37,412 --> 00:23:38,381 -Don't touch me! -Mercy, massa! 405 00:23:38,382 --> 00:23:40,246 Robert! What are you doing?! 406 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,697 -[shouting, panting] -[Robert panting] 407 00:23:45,354 --> 00:23:47,080 [panting] 408 00:23:49,842 --> 00:23:52,464 [cries, panting] 409 00:23:52,465 --> 00:23:53,465 ROBERT: I'm not... 410 00:23:53,466 --> 00:23:55,744 I'm just trying to... 411 00:23:58,816 --> 00:24:00,956 [panting] 412 00:24:02,958 --> 00:24:04,960 [crying] 413 00:24:17,214 --> 00:24:19,078 [sniffling] 414 00:24:19,112 --> 00:24:21,114 [crying] 415 00:24:28,984 --> 00:24:30,434 OLD JULY: What had become 416 00:24:30,503 --> 00:24:36,336 of July's so sweet, true-true husband? 417 00:24:37,945 --> 00:24:39,960 Gone. 418 00:24:39,961 --> 00:24:41,410 [closes book] 419 00:24:41,445 --> 00:24:43,758 [moth wings fluttering] 420 00:24:54,631 --> 00:24:56,460 [gasps, exhales] 421 00:24:56,495 --> 00:24:58,945 [exhales] 422 00:25:01,569 --> 00:25:03,881 [grunting] 423 00:25:12,165 --> 00:25:14,996 OLD JULY: But what of the workers 424 00:25:15,030 --> 00:25:18,862 who once toil so hard at Amity? 425 00:25:18,896 --> 00:25:22,003 Where did they go? 426 00:25:23,211 --> 00:25:26,454 Them flee that burning village 427 00:25:26,455 --> 00:25:32,185 to find the lands that Dublin Hilton did speak of. 428 00:25:32,220 --> 00:25:34,533 James Richards did make the plan 429 00:25:34,567 --> 00:25:36,499 for the felling of trees 430 00:25:36,500 --> 00:25:38,985 and the building of huts. 431 00:25:41,022 --> 00:25:42,471 Clearing the land 432 00:25:42,541 --> 00:25:44,888 for the planting of crops 433 00:25:44,957 --> 00:25:47,925 was driven by Peggy Jump. 434 00:25:50,169 --> 00:25:53,344 Here, at last, 435 00:25:53,413 --> 00:25:58,902 they would be undisturbed by white men. 436 00:26:01,525 --> 00:26:03,665 Come now. 437 00:26:03,700 --> 00:26:06,461 All for this. 438 00:26:07,669 --> 00:26:09,533 This, 439 00:26:09,568 --> 00:26:12,501 this be free. 440 00:26:12,536 --> 00:26:14,538 ? 441 00:26:26,481 --> 00:26:28,483 [indistinct chatter] 442 00:26:33,557 --> 00:26:35,559 ? 443 00:26:37,285 --> 00:26:39,390 OLD JULY: And without them, 444 00:26:39,425 --> 00:26:44,430 all Robert Goodwin's fine dreams lay in tatters. 445 00:26:44,499 --> 00:26:46,501 [chickens clucking] 446 00:26:51,161 --> 00:26:53,451 [Molly speaking indistinctly in distance] 447 00:27:06,763 --> 00:27:08,523 [Caroline exhales] 448 00:27:08,557 --> 00:27:11,388 [sniffling] 449 00:27:11,457 --> 00:27:13,528 [sighs] 450 00:27:20,708 --> 00:27:22,088 Robert. 451 00:27:22,157 --> 00:27:24,677 Robert, I beg you, I beg you, 452 00:27:24,712 --> 00:27:30,096 whisper what is wrong so that it might be made right. 453 00:27:31,719 --> 00:27:34,445 Talk to me. 454 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:36,619 -[grunts] -[exhales weakly] 455 00:27:36,620 --> 00:27:40,313 Robert, you must take water. 456 00:27:40,348 --> 00:27:41,763 [exhales] 457 00:27:41,798 --> 00:27:43,489 -You must. -Mm. 458 00:27:43,523 --> 00:27:46,526 [breathing heavily] 459 00:27:46,561 --> 00:27:48,632 [sniffles] 460 00:27:52,049 --> 00:27:53,430 Robert, you must take water. 461 00:27:53,499 --> 00:27:55,743 Otherwise, you will die. 462 00:27:55,777 --> 00:27:58,573 -Come on. Please. -[grunting] 463 00:27:58,607 --> 00:28:01,024 [sniffling] 464 00:28:01,058 --> 00:28:03,404 -Me must try. -No! No! 465 00:28:03,405 --> 00:28:06,167 -He will take water from me. -No! No! No, out. Out. Get out. 466 00:28:06,201 --> 00:28:07,306 He cannot see 467 00:28:07,307 --> 00:28:09,652 any Negroes now. The doctor has made it quite plain. 468 00:28:09,653 --> 00:28:11,343 It is Negroes that have caused him this illness! 469 00:28:11,344 --> 00:28:13,829 But me make him well again. Him no need no bakra doctor! 470 00:28:13,830 --> 00:28:15,485 It's absolutely out of the question! 471 00:28:15,486 --> 00:28:17,591 -I forbid you from going into that room! -[Emily crying] 472 00:28:17,592 --> 00:28:20,975 Get away! And keep that child quiet! 473 00:28:24,357 --> 00:28:26,325 Oh. 474 00:28:33,194 --> 00:28:36,093 -[moans] Emily? -Robert. 475 00:28:36,128 --> 00:28:39,234 -[crying continues] -[Caroline exhales] 476 00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:47,001 [Robert grunts softly] 477 00:28:49,279 --> 00:28:51,074 Emily. 478 00:28:51,108 --> 00:28:53,110 -Shh. Hush, hush. Hmm? -[fussing] 479 00:28:53,145 --> 00:28:55,043 We were shouting. 480 00:28:57,356 --> 00:28:59,323 Mm-hmm. 481 00:28:59,358 --> 00:29:01,084 Mm. 482 00:29:12,578 --> 00:29:14,511 Marguerite. 483 00:29:15,719 --> 00:29:18,549 I would like to take the child to see Robert. 484 00:29:18,618 --> 00:29:21,035 Think it might help him. 485 00:29:23,244 --> 00:29:25,280 -[crying] -No. 486 00:29:25,315 --> 00:29:27,351 No, me can take her to him. 487 00:29:27,386 --> 00:29:29,664 That's simply not possible. 488 00:29:29,733 --> 00:29:33,185 You know I cannot risk him being any further upset. 489 00:29:33,219 --> 00:29:35,877 Marguerite, 490 00:29:35,946 --> 00:29:39,156 it's his life. 491 00:29:39,191 --> 00:29:41,572 His life. 492 00:29:45,576 --> 00:29:48,303 When he wakes and he asks for you, 493 00:29:48,372 --> 00:29:50,443 then you may go in. 494 00:29:50,478 --> 00:29:54,068 Until then, I cannot take the risk. 495 00:29:57,278 --> 00:29:59,279 Then me can see him? 496 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:02,697 When he asks for you, yes. 497 00:30:04,837 --> 00:30:06,321 May I? 498 00:30:16,400 --> 00:30:18,402 ? 499 00:30:31,933 --> 00:30:33,486 Here. 500 00:30:33,521 --> 00:30:35,592 Here she is. 501 00:30:35,626 --> 00:30:37,766 [Emily coos] 502 00:30:41,632 --> 00:30:43,842 Robert, I've brought you Emily. 503 00:30:44,843 --> 00:30:46,845 ? 504 00:30:50,918 --> 00:30:52,919 [Emily cooing] 505 00:30:52,920 --> 00:30:54,956 ? 506 00:31:22,397 --> 00:31:24,089 OLD JULY: After that, 507 00:31:24,123 --> 00:31:26,332 Emily was brought to Robert Goodwin 508 00:31:26,401 --> 00:31:29,749 for a short while every day. 509 00:31:30,958 --> 00:31:34,167 Soon he would take water, tea 510 00:31:34,168 --> 00:31:36,860 and milk. 511 00:31:36,895 --> 00:31:38,999 ? 512 00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,968 [chopping] 513 00:31:49,148 --> 00:31:51,840 MOLLY: Why? Hmm? 514 00:31:51,875 --> 00:31:54,360 Miss July, why you stay here? 515 00:31:54,395 --> 00:31:56,224 Huh? 516 00:31:56,259 --> 00:31:59,572 Well, him not even look upon you no more. 517 00:31:59,607 --> 00:32:01,643 Only have eyes 518 00:32:01,644 --> 00:32:02,954 -for him Miss Emily. -That not be true. 519 00:32:02,955 --> 00:32:05,163 That be true. All do know it. 520 00:32:05,164 --> 00:32:07,063 No. No, no, no, no. 521 00:32:07,097 --> 00:32:08,754 Yes, yes. 522 00:32:08,788 --> 00:32:11,170 Him try kill you. 523 00:32:13,932 --> 00:32:15,934 Him be sick. 524 00:32:15,968 --> 00:32:18,626 And me make him well again. 525 00:32:18,695 --> 00:32:20,835 ? 526 00:32:39,750 --> 00:32:41,442 No, it's no good, Marguerite. 527 00:32:41,443 --> 00:32:43,891 Byron is under strict instruction not to let you in. 528 00:32:43,892 --> 00:32:45,929 -But me must see him. -CAROLINE: No. 529 00:32:45,964 --> 00:32:48,689 No, no, I've told you a hundred times. 530 00:32:48,690 --> 00:32:51,451 -He hasn't asked for you, so... -[chuckles] 531 00:32:51,452 --> 00:32:53,833 You cannot keep me from him. 532 00:32:53,902 --> 00:32:56,388 Me is a free woman now, just like you. 533 00:32:56,422 --> 00:32:57,872 CAROLINE: No. 534 00:32:57,941 --> 00:33:00,944 He does not want to see you. 535 00:33:01,807 --> 00:33:04,913 He's said so himself. 536 00:33:06,812 --> 00:33:09,746 Then him no see Emily no more. 537 00:33:09,815 --> 00:33:14,130 Well, matters not. 538 00:33:14,164 --> 00:33:16,097 He's getting stronger by the day, 539 00:33:16,098 --> 00:33:17,511 and as soon as he is well enough, 540 00:33:17,512 --> 00:33:19,652 we will leave for England. 541 00:33:21,965 --> 00:33:24,209 That day can't come soon enough. 542 00:33:24,243 --> 00:33:27,798 Molly. Molly! 543 00:33:27,833 --> 00:33:29,973 ? 544 00:33:44,712 --> 00:33:46,955 [Emily fusses] 545 00:33:47,025 --> 00:33:48,957 [whispers]: Come on. 546 00:33:48,992 --> 00:33:50,476 ? Mama gon' rock ? 547 00:33:50,477 --> 00:33:53,202 -[rhythmic thudding] -[Robert speaking indistinctly] 548 00:33:53,203 --> 00:33:55,964 Mm, Papa. 549 00:33:59,140 --> 00:34:01,970 ? Mama gon' rock. ? 550 00:34:02,005 --> 00:34:04,663 [Caroline and Robert laugh] 551 00:34:04,732 --> 00:34:06,872 [Caroline moans] 552 00:34:16,226 --> 00:34:18,125 [Caroline panting] 553 00:34:18,159 --> 00:34:19,264 Robert, my love. 554 00:34:19,298 --> 00:34:21,128 ROBERT: Yes, yes. 555 00:34:22,198 --> 00:34:24,165 [Caroline moaning] 556 00:34:26,892 --> 00:34:29,205 [Robert chuckles, moans] 557 00:34:30,240 --> 00:34:32,208 ? 558 00:34:48,603 --> 00:34:50,364 JULY [whispers]: Hey. 559 00:34:50,433 --> 00:34:54,368 You is to place this dish before the massa, you hear? 560 00:34:54,437 --> 00:34:56,853 -Yes, Miss July. -Hold on. 561 00:34:56,887 --> 00:34:59,338 [indistinct chatter] 562 00:34:59,373 --> 00:35:00,891 The massa, not the missus. 563 00:35:00,926 --> 00:35:02,755 -Mm-hmm. -And don't drop it. 564 00:35:02,790 --> 00:35:05,206 -Yes, Miss July. -All right. 565 00:35:07,755 --> 00:35:11,280 ROBERT: Well, that is the idea, yes? 566 00:35:11,281 --> 00:35:13,110 CAROLINE: What did Father say in his letter, my dear? 567 00:35:13,111 --> 00:35:14,490 ROBERT: Well, Father says we shouldn't take 568 00:35:14,491 --> 00:35:16,630 the stagecoach from London when we arrive 569 00:35:16,631 --> 00:35:18,909 but hire a carriage and pair 570 00:35:18,910 --> 00:35:20,393 to bring us to Chesterfield instead. 571 00:35:20,394 --> 00:35:21,912 CAROLINE: Mm. 572 00:35:21,981 --> 00:35:23,914 ROBERT: More comfortable, he says. 573 00:35:23,949 --> 00:35:26,124 -And safer. -[sighs] I can only hope 574 00:35:26,125 --> 00:35:28,366 our voyage home is calmer than the one that brought me here. 575 00:35:28,367 --> 00:35:30,057 That was the worst possible journey. 576 00:35:30,058 --> 00:35:31,024 The storms were appalling. 577 00:35:31,025 --> 00:35:33,786 Well, they can be dreadful. Yes, of course. 578 00:35:34,546 --> 00:35:36,375 What's this? 579 00:35:39,033 --> 00:35:41,242 -Christ Almighty! Jesus Christ! -What? 580 00:35:41,243 --> 00:35:42,277 Oh, my God! 581 00:35:42,278 --> 00:35:44,865 Get them off! Get them... Get them off me! 582 00:35:44,866 --> 00:35:46,546 [Caroline and Robert screaming] 583 00:35:48,905 --> 00:35:51,528 -CAROLINE: No! [screaming] -[chuckles] 584 00:35:51,597 --> 00:35:52,909 ROBERT: Are they on me? 585 00:35:52,910 --> 00:35:54,496 [Caroline and Robert gasping] 586 00:35:54,497 --> 00:35:56,809 ? 587 00:36:07,889 --> 00:36:10,029 Byron. Byron. 588 00:36:10,042 --> 00:36:13,515 Remember Miss July is not to be allowed 589 00:36:13,516 --> 00:36:17,036 anywhere near the house or the garden, hmm? 590 00:36:17,037 --> 00:36:18,658 Do not let her return to her room 591 00:36:18,659 --> 00:36:20,454 until we've quite departed. 592 00:36:22,145 --> 00:36:24,146 And do not under any circumstances 593 00:36:24,147 --> 00:36:26,631 permit her to approach either the mistress or myself. 594 00:36:26,632 --> 00:36:28,669 -Understood? -BYRON: Yes, massa. 595 00:36:28,703 --> 00:36:32,535 [loudly]: Neither of us wishes to bid her any sort of goodbye. 596 00:36:32,604 --> 00:36:34,950 Savvy? 597 00:36:34,951 --> 00:36:36,607 -Savvy? Savvy, boy? -Yes, massa. 598 00:36:36,608 --> 00:36:38,851 Good. Right, go. 599 00:36:38,886 --> 00:36:41,337 ? 600 00:36:47,377 --> 00:36:49,345 [indistinct chatter] 601 00:36:56,904 --> 00:36:59,044 ? 602 00:37:06,914 --> 00:37:08,502 WORKER: Mistress. 603 00:37:08,536 --> 00:37:10,331 [others murmuring] 604 00:37:10,366 --> 00:37:12,333 ? 605 00:37:14,922 --> 00:37:17,027 CAROLINE: Robert. 606 00:37:25,933 --> 00:37:28,349 DRIVER: [clicks tongue] Go on. 607 00:37:38,532 --> 00:37:40,913 ? 608 00:37:51,338 --> 00:37:53,409 [driver grunts] 609 00:37:54,444 --> 00:37:56,412 ? 610 00:38:00,450 --> 00:38:03,281 Me have milk. Fresh. 611 00:38:03,315 --> 00:38:07,112 You want me take Miss Emily and feed her? 612 00:38:08,458 --> 00:38:10,426 [Emily cooing] 613 00:38:10,460 --> 00:38:12,428 ? 614 00:38:19,055 --> 00:38:21,195 [Molly whispering indistinctly] 615 00:38:38,799 --> 00:38:41,111 [grunts] 616 00:38:49,741 --> 00:38:51,984 [insects trilling] 617 00:39:18,528 --> 00:39:20,496 [wood creaking] 618 00:39:42,207 --> 00:39:44,382 [wind gusting] 619 00:39:58,326 --> 00:40:00,881 -[fussing] -ROBERT: I love you. 620 00:40:00,915 --> 00:40:03,331 Never, never doubt that. 621 00:40:03,366 --> 00:40:05,782 -[Emily crying] -I'm yours. 622 00:40:05,817 --> 00:40:07,163 [horses neighing] 623 00:40:07,197 --> 00:40:09,337 [gasps softly] 624 00:40:13,721 --> 00:40:15,723 Molly? 625 00:40:26,734 --> 00:40:29,081 ? 626 00:40:32,844 --> 00:40:35,502 Molly? 627 00:40:40,576 --> 00:40:42,543 Molly! 628 00:40:45,132 --> 00:40:47,272 [woman laughing] 629 00:40:49,136 --> 00:40:51,344 -Elias. -ELIAS: Hmm? 630 00:40:51,345 --> 00:40:53,727 -JULY: Where Molly be? -Miss Molly not here. 631 00:40:53,796 --> 00:40:55,313 She gone. 632 00:40:55,314 --> 00:40:56,557 JULY: What? 633 00:40:56,626 --> 00:40:58,939 Wh-Where she go? 634 00:40:58,973 --> 00:41:00,941 She be gone to England with the missus. 635 00:41:00,975 --> 00:41:03,184 Me took them in the cart. 636 00:41:03,253 --> 00:41:05,393 ? 637 00:41:06,878 --> 00:41:09,225 Did she... 638 00:41:09,294 --> 00:41:11,158 She have pickney? 639 00:41:11,192 --> 00:41:12,780 ELIAS: Mm-hmm. 640 00:41:12,815 --> 00:41:15,507 She carried the massa's pickney with her. 641 00:41:17,682 --> 00:41:19,649 What? 642 00:41:23,929 --> 00:41:26,829 No. No, no. No, no. No, no. 643 00:41:26,863 --> 00:41:28,519 Them gone! 644 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:29,555 Ship sail! 645 00:41:29,556 --> 00:41:31,729 -[July sobbing] -Miss July, ship already sail. 646 00:41:31,730 --> 00:41:33,698 ? 647 00:41:38,772 --> 00:41:40,739 [July screams] 648 00:41:40,774 --> 00:41:42,741 [sobbing] 649 00:41:57,791 --> 00:41:59,793 ? 650 00:42:29,305 --> 00:42:31,479 [insects trilling] 651 00:42:34,552 --> 00:42:38,245 OLD JULY: And what did become of our July? 652 00:42:38,279 --> 00:42:40,419 ? 653 00:42:43,008 --> 00:42:47,323 She did pack up her belongings into a cloth bag 654 00:42:47,357 --> 00:42:50,429 and walk in upon the town. 655 00:42:50,498 --> 00:42:53,571 And there did she rent for herself 656 00:42:53,605 --> 00:42:58,298 a fine shop and lodging house. 657 00:42:58,299 --> 00:43:01,061 And such was the demand from travelers 658 00:43:01,095 --> 00:43:03,719 of the very highest rank 659 00:43:03,788 --> 00:43:08,827 that our July grew richer and richer. 660 00:43:08,862 --> 00:43:10,829 [exhales] 661 00:43:14,108 --> 00:43:15,662 So there is no need 662 00:43:15,696 --> 00:43:19,388 to feel pity for the plight of our July. 663 00:43:19,389 --> 00:43:21,529 Oh, no. 664 00:43:23,014 --> 00:43:25,361 [scoffs] 665 00:43:26,845 --> 00:43:30,261 If only that were true. 666 00:43:30,262 --> 00:43:32,713 [bird screeches] 667 00:43:34,542 --> 00:43:36,855 [whimpering softly] 668 00:43:36,890 --> 00:43:39,306 After Emily was taken, 669 00:43:39,340 --> 00:43:44,276 there was only one place our July knew to go. 670 00:43:55,805 --> 00:43:58,912 By the time she reached there... 671 00:44:02,847 --> 00:44:07,368 ...she barely had breath left in her. 672 00:44:07,403 --> 00:44:09,750 [muffled footsteps] 673 00:44:12,373 --> 00:44:14,203 Lord. 674 00:44:14,237 --> 00:44:15,410 Hey! 675 00:44:15,411 --> 00:44:17,516 Come here! 676 00:44:17,517 --> 00:44:19,069 [rapid footsteps approaching] 677 00:44:19,070 --> 00:44:21,037 Me think it be the girl from the house! 678 00:44:21,072 --> 00:44:22,901 -Who that? -It's who? -Who that? 679 00:44:22,902 --> 00:44:24,488 -Who that? -[grunts] What? -Who it be? 680 00:44:24,489 --> 00:44:26,352 -Move. She can't breathe. -Is she all right? 681 00:44:26,353 --> 00:44:28,458 Move. Give me space. 682 00:44:28,493 --> 00:44:31,116 [overlapping chatter] 683 00:44:31,151 --> 00:44:33,291 July. 684 00:44:33,325 --> 00:44:35,327 ? 685 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:48,201 [July whimpering] 686 00:44:48,202 --> 00:44:51,585 PEGGY: Shh. You're safe, July. 687 00:44:51,654 --> 00:44:55,900 OLD JULY: Here she was tenderly nursed back to health... 688 00:44:55,934 --> 00:44:58,626 [speaking indistinctly] 689 00:44:58,696 --> 00:45:04,253 And them free Negroes did give her food and shelter. 690 00:45:04,322 --> 00:45:07,946 And with them she did settle. 691 00:45:07,947 --> 00:45:09,188 [Peggy speaking indistinctly] 692 00:45:09,189 --> 00:45:10,189 You're safe. 693 00:45:10,190 --> 00:45:12,433 -We gonna take care of you. -[July whimpers] 694 00:45:12,468 --> 00:45:13,518 PEGGY: Hush, hush. 695 00:45:13,538 --> 00:45:15,471 We make you well again. 696 00:45:15,540 --> 00:45:18,060 [July muttering weakly] 697 00:45:18,094 --> 00:45:19,889 Shh. 698 00:45:19,924 --> 00:45:23,893 [Peggy and Rose speaking indistinctly] 699 00:45:23,928 --> 00:45:25,550 [July panting] 700 00:45:25,584 --> 00:45:29,485 But I have not the stomach to tell of the trouble 701 00:45:29,519 --> 00:45:33,523 them all did see on that stony scrap of land. 702 00:45:33,558 --> 00:45:37,320 [children chattering, laughing in distance] 703 00:45:37,355 --> 00:45:41,496 Must I write of the planters come to burn them out? 704 00:45:41,497 --> 00:45:43,810 [chattering, laughing] 705 00:45:47,365 --> 00:45:51,369 Of drought and flood and earthquake? 706 00:45:52,404 --> 00:45:53,647 Mm. 707 00:45:53,681 --> 00:45:57,443 Of hunger and of yellow fever? 708 00:45:57,444 --> 00:46:01,828 Or of digging the earth for so many graves? 709 00:46:03,243 --> 00:46:05,245 No. 710 00:46:07,143 --> 00:46:10,077 [indistinct chatter] 711 00:46:12,148 --> 00:46:16,463 All I will say is that July did grow old. 712 00:46:16,532 --> 00:46:19,362 [chicken clucking] 713 00:46:19,397 --> 00:46:22,296 Until one day... 714 00:46:22,297 --> 00:46:24,608 -Oi! Where'd you get that chicken? -[shouting] 715 00:46:24,609 --> 00:46:27,404 -No, I don't do nothin'! I don't do nothin'! -You stole it. Come on. 716 00:46:27,405 --> 00:46:29,371 -Take your hand off of me! What you doing? -[grunting] 717 00:46:29,372 --> 00:46:30,615 Let me go! 718 00:46:30,616 --> 00:46:31,649 [gavel banging] 719 00:46:31,650 --> 00:46:33,480 MAGISTRATE: Silence! 720 00:46:33,514 --> 00:46:35,482 -Quiet! -[July panting] 721 00:46:35,516 --> 00:46:37,725 CLERK: The next case 722 00:46:37,760 --> 00:46:42,523 concerns the larceny of a domestic hen, Your Worship. 723 00:46:42,558 --> 00:46:43,904 Very well. 724 00:46:43,939 --> 00:46:45,043 Get on with it. 725 00:46:45,044 --> 00:46:46,595 CLERK: Place your hand upon the Bible. 726 00:46:46,596 --> 00:46:49,047 Tell the court your full name. 727 00:46:49,116 --> 00:46:51,567 [breathing heavily] 728 00:46:53,569 --> 00:46:55,916 [muttering hoarsely] 729 00:47:00,403 --> 00:47:02,716 Speak up to the court! 730 00:47:02,717 --> 00:47:04,061 -[grunting softly] -[magistrate sighs] 731 00:47:04,062 --> 00:47:06,927 For pity's sake, 732 00:47:06,962 --> 00:47:09,723 someone fetch her some water. 733 00:47:09,757 --> 00:47:10,931 [exhales] 734 00:47:10,966 --> 00:47:13,140 And while we're waiting, 735 00:47:13,175 --> 00:47:15,522 let's hear the facts. 736 00:47:15,556 --> 00:47:17,488 Your Worship, the... [clears throat] 737 00:47:17,489 --> 00:47:19,215 accused was found 738 00:47:19,250 --> 00:47:22,356 by the town constable at 2:00 yesterday afternoon. 739 00:47:22,391 --> 00:47:26,257 She was in possession of a fowl, 740 00:47:26,291 --> 00:47:28,362 which he established had been stolen 741 00:47:28,397 --> 00:47:30,088 from one of the market vendors. 742 00:47:30,123 --> 00:47:31,778 MAGISTRATE: Hmm. I see. 743 00:47:31,779 --> 00:47:33,195 Where does she live? 744 00:47:33,229 --> 00:47:34,437 Where does she work? 745 00:47:34,472 --> 00:47:36,582 She is a squatter on the lands that border 746 00:47:36,646 --> 00:47:39,270 the old Amity Plantation, Your Worship. 747 00:47:39,271 --> 00:47:41,305 There used to be a number of Negroes living there, 748 00:47:41,306 --> 00:47:44,585 but the land is poor and many have succumbed to starvation. 749 00:47:44,654 --> 00:47:46,449 There's only a handful left. 750 00:47:46,484 --> 00:47:48,486 [sipping] 751 00:47:52,628 --> 00:47:57,046 [enunciating]: Can you now speak your name? 752 00:48:00,360 --> 00:48:02,188 July. 753 00:48:02,189 --> 00:48:04,363 MAGISTRATE: July? 754 00:48:04,364 --> 00:48:06,262 J-July what? 755 00:48:06,297 --> 00:48:07,712 Me no steal the hen. [sobs] 756 00:48:07,713 --> 00:48:10,127 Someone 'pon Allen Pen did give it to me to raise, 757 00:48:10,128 --> 00:48:11,233 and me did raise it. 758 00:48:11,234 --> 00:48:13,268 Is she saying she owned the hen herself? 759 00:48:13,269 --> 00:48:15,063 JULY: Me place me hand 'pon the book, 760 00:48:15,064 --> 00:48:16,376 and Lord strike me down 761 00:48:16,410 --> 00:48:18,654 -if me not speak true. -MAGISTRATE: What? 762 00:48:18,655 --> 00:48:20,068 CLERK: She is prepared to swear 763 00:48:20,069 --> 00:48:22,105 upon the Bible, Your Worship. 764 00:48:22,106 --> 00:48:24,246 Has she been in front of us before? 765 00:48:24,315 --> 00:48:26,489 CLERK: It seems not, Your Worship. 766 00:48:26,524 --> 00:48:27,628 [magistrate groans] 767 00:48:27,697 --> 00:48:29,699 Let her go. 768 00:48:29,768 --> 00:48:34,532 It's too hot to be dealing with this kind of trivia. 769 00:48:34,566 --> 00:48:37,052 Case dismissed. 770 00:48:37,086 --> 00:48:38,569 [gavel bangs] 771 00:48:38,570 --> 00:48:41,470 A-And what of me hen? 772 00:48:41,504 --> 00:48:43,299 He make me lose it! 773 00:48:43,334 --> 00:48:46,095 It was me only hen and now me have none! 774 00:48:46,130 --> 00:48:47,510 [door slams] 775 00:48:49,478 --> 00:48:52,239 -[footsteps approaching] -[groans] 776 00:49:07,875 --> 00:49:09,463 Excuse me, madam. 777 00:49:12,052 --> 00:49:15,537 Madam, you are July... 778 00:49:15,538 --> 00:49:17,161 July of Amity Plantation? 779 00:49:17,230 --> 00:49:21,027 You were once a slave on that plantation, I believe. 780 00:49:21,061 --> 00:49:22,718 No, not me. 781 00:49:25,583 --> 00:49:27,412 But I believe you are, I... 782 00:49:27,481 --> 00:49:29,380 I was in the courtroom just now. 783 00:49:32,003 --> 00:49:33,729 Madam... 784 00:49:35,110 --> 00:49:37,008 My name is Thomas Kinsman. 785 00:49:37,043 --> 00:49:41,495 Please, would you permit me to escort you to my house, 786 00:49:41,564 --> 00:49:43,877 to give you some food and drink? 787 00:49:49,710 --> 00:49:54,025 OLD JULY: At first, I did not trust this shiny-shoe Black man. 788 00:49:54,060 --> 00:49:57,753 I believed his charity to be a trick. 789 00:49:58,650 --> 00:50:02,861 And yet, me belly was empty. 790 00:50:02,896 --> 00:50:07,832 Come, what did I have left to lose? 791 00:50:07,833 --> 00:50:08,935 Hmm. 792 00:50:08,936 --> 00:50:10,938 ? 793 00:50:15,253 --> 00:50:17,704 Are you quite comfortable, madam? 794 00:50:19,257 --> 00:50:21,534 Why you talk so? 795 00:50:21,535 --> 00:50:23,536 I was brought up in England. 796 00:50:23,537 --> 00:50:26,506 I went to school in the great city of London. 797 00:50:26,507 --> 00:50:28,300 I was just 12 years old when I was apprenticed 798 00:50:28,301 --> 00:50:30,820 to a printer in that city. 799 00:50:30,821 --> 00:50:32,994 Although I was the only Black boy in his employment, 800 00:50:32,995 --> 00:50:36,447 he treated me fairly and judged me on my merit alone. 801 00:50:36,516 --> 00:50:38,656 In time, he taught me everything he knew 802 00:50:38,725 --> 00:50:41,797 about his trade, that printer. 803 00:50:41,798 --> 00:50:45,144 -[fading]: And when he died... -OLD JULY: Did this man desire a servant 804 00:50:45,145 --> 00:50:47,216 to scurry and run? 805 00:50:47,251 --> 00:50:52,980 No, no, no- I would never serve again. 806 00:50:57,226 --> 00:50:59,573 Well, here we are. 807 00:50:59,642 --> 00:51:01,955 Come, meet my wife, Lilian. 808 00:51:05,648 --> 00:51:06,858 DRIVER: All right, boy. 809 00:51:14,140 --> 00:51:16,107 [footsteps approaching] 810 00:51:25,634 --> 00:51:27,256 Thank you, my dear. 811 00:51:27,291 --> 00:51:30,087 -Come and sit. -Come. 812 00:51:33,090 --> 00:51:36,023 You see, madam, 813 00:51:36,058 --> 00:51:38,785 I-I sold up that printing business 814 00:51:38,786 --> 00:51:41,131 in London and-and decided to start afresh here 815 00:51:41,132 --> 00:51:43,029 in Jamaica, because... 816 00:51:43,030 --> 00:51:47,552 all my life I've had a question- a-a burning question. 817 00:51:47,587 --> 00:51:49,589 I... I had these papers, you see... 818 00:51:49,623 --> 00:51:55,353 OLD JULY: Why this man was recounting this long, long tale 819 00:51:55,388 --> 00:51:57,942 I did not know. 820 00:51:58,011 --> 00:52:01,256 I resolved to eat his food and leave. 821 00:52:01,290 --> 00:52:06,053 Madam, I have been searching ever since I arrived here. 822 00:52:06,088 --> 00:52:09,850 The public records, the court lists, libraries... 823 00:52:09,885 --> 00:52:14,131 [laughs softly] I'd nearly given up hope of finding you alive. 824 00:52:15,166 --> 00:52:19,170 Madam, these papers 825 00:52:19,205 --> 00:52:21,586 tell of a baby left on the steps 826 00:52:21,621 --> 00:52:24,865 of a Baptist church 34 years ago. 827 00:52:24,866 --> 00:52:27,073 The minister's wife, she found out the name 828 00:52:27,074 --> 00:52:30,630 of the young slave girl who left the child... 829 00:52:32,114 --> 00:52:36,187 July of Amity Plantation. 830 00:52:38,293 --> 00:52:43,539 Madam... I was that baby. 831 00:52:53,031 --> 00:52:55,033 ? 832 00:52:57,760 --> 00:53:01,212 [children laughing, chattering] 833 00:53:01,247 --> 00:53:04,215 OLD JULY: And I have lived within my son's house 834 00:53:04,250 --> 00:53:07,045 from that day to this. 835 00:53:08,806 --> 00:53:11,912 -[giggling] -LILIAN: Corine? Louise? 836 00:53:11,947 --> 00:53:14,743 -OLD JULY: My son... -[fly buzzing] 837 00:53:14,777 --> 00:53:17,124 him bid me write my story down 838 00:53:17,159 --> 00:53:20,300 and he will make it into a printed book, 839 00:53:20,335 --> 00:53:24,304 bound in leather and stamped in gold. 840 00:53:24,339 --> 00:53:27,997 It is important, him say. 841 00:53:29,999 --> 00:53:32,209 I still think of my baby girl, 842 00:53:32,243 --> 00:53:34,141 grown up now in England. 843 00:53:37,455 --> 00:53:39,699 Does she know her true mama 844 00:53:39,768 --> 00:53:41,804 was born a slave? 845 00:53:45,739 --> 00:53:49,709 Maybe my book reach her... 846 00:53:49,743 --> 00:53:51,987 one day. 847 00:54:03,343 --> 00:54:06,760 [laughter and chatter nearby] 848 00:54:14,423 --> 00:54:17,150 [chatter continues] 849 00:54:17,184 --> 00:54:20,464 -CORINE: Yes, Mama. -THOMAS: Mama, come. 850 00:54:20,498 --> 00:54:22,949 We have a feast. 851 00:54:23,950 --> 00:54:26,159 ? Hill and gully ? 852 00:54:27,367 --> 00:54:29,335 ? Hill and gully... ? 853 00:54:29,369 --> 00:54:32,959 OLD JULY: My story is finally at an end. 854 00:54:32,993 --> 00:54:37,757 The long song has come full up to date. 855 00:54:37,791 --> 00:54:39,448 ? Hill and gully... ? 856 00:54:39,483 --> 00:54:43,866 But my voice is only one among so, so many 857 00:54:43,901 --> 00:54:47,249 that are now lost, 858 00:54:47,284 --> 00:54:52,012 but whose lives should never be forgotten. 859 00:54:52,047 --> 00:54:54,049 ? Hill and gully ? 860 00:54:54,050 --> 00:54:55,912 ? And you tumble down, you break ya neck 861 00:54:55,913 --> 00:54:57,362 ? Hill and gully ? 862 00:54:57,363 --> 00:54:58,985 ? Hill and gully rider ? 863 00:54:59,054 --> 00:55:00,883 ? Hill and gully ? 864 00:55:00,918 --> 00:55:04,162 -? Hill and gully rider ? 865 00:55:04,197 --> 00:55:06,233 ? And you better mind, you tumble down 866 00:55:06,303 --> 00:55:08,512 [fading]: ? 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