1 00:01:19,037 --> 00:01:20,829 Yah! 2 00:01:23,750 --> 00:01:25,584 Ho! 3 00:01:25,752 --> 00:01:27,377 All right, boy, let's have it. 4 00:01:27,545 --> 00:01:29,546 Oh, stop. Don't do anything. He didn't mean it. 5 00:01:29,714 --> 00:01:31,548 What's this boy's name? 6 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:33,050 Solomon. 7 00:01:33,218 --> 00:01:34,176 Solomon what? 8 00:01:34,344 --> 00:01:36,053 Solomon Henry. He's my son. 9 00:01:36,221 --> 00:01:37,513 Well, he's a thief. 10 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:39,098 He stole this off the school steps. 11 00:01:39,265 --> 00:01:40,557 I got a mind to whip him good. 12 00:01:40,725 --> 00:01:43,852 No, please don't. He didn't know no better. 13 00:01:45,480 --> 00:01:46,563 All right. I'll let him go this time, 14 00:01:46,731 --> 00:01:48,565 but I'm gonna remember his name. 15 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:50,943 He steals anything else, and you've seen the last of emmetsburg 16 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:52,694 or any other town around here. 17 00:02:04,749 --> 00:02:06,083 Look what you've done. 18 00:02:06,251 --> 00:02:08,585 Stealing that man's book. How could you? 19 00:02:08,753 --> 00:02:10,420 I didn't steal it, mama. 20 00:02:10,588 --> 00:02:11,463 I just borrowed it. 21 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:12,631 I didn't know that we... 22 00:02:12,799 --> 00:02:15,968 Did you ask him? Did you ask anybody? 23 00:02:16,136 --> 00:02:17,302 Then you stole it. 24 00:02:17,470 --> 00:02:18,554 And you've shamed all of us 25 00:02:18,721 --> 00:02:21,431 who've come here for a fresh start. 26 00:02:21,599 --> 00:02:24,101 Oh, Solomon. 27 00:02:24,269 --> 00:02:25,227 Why? 28 00:02:25,395 --> 00:02:27,938 What got into you? 29 00:02:28,106 --> 00:02:30,023 I just wanted to look at it. 30 00:02:30,191 --> 00:02:32,234 You just wanted to look at it. 31 00:02:32,402 --> 00:02:35,320 They'd have beat you half to death back home for that. 32 00:02:35,488 --> 00:02:38,907 I want learnin', mama. 33 00:02:39,075 --> 00:02:41,285 I wanna read. 34 00:02:41,452 --> 00:02:44,746 I wanna go to school like all them other children. 35 00:02:44,914 --> 00:02:47,082 That's the white man's school, honey. 36 00:02:47,250 --> 00:02:49,001 You can't go there. 37 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:52,004 Why? 38 00:02:52,172 --> 00:02:54,006 If we're free, why can't I? 39 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,633 You're free to be what the white folks want you to be. 40 00:02:56,801 --> 00:02:58,760 Now, they give us this little piece of land to work, 41 00:02:58,928 --> 00:03:00,262 and that's the whole of it. 42 00:03:00,430 --> 00:03:02,472 Mama's right. 43 00:03:02,640 --> 00:03:03,849 You're gonna get us nothing but trouble 44 00:03:04,017 --> 00:03:05,601 you don't stay in your place. 45 00:03:05,768 --> 00:03:07,394 I ain't a slave. 46 00:03:07,562 --> 00:03:09,021 Nobody said you was. 47 00:03:09,189 --> 00:03:11,815 If I can only be what the white folks want me to be, 48 00:03:11,983 --> 00:03:14,526 then I's a slave as much as papa was. 49 00:03:14,694 --> 00:03:15,986 Now you listen to me. 50 00:03:16,154 --> 00:03:19,156 We got a chance here and you ain't gonna spoil it. 51 00:03:19,324 --> 00:03:21,742 You do like I say and mind your place, 52 00:03:21,910 --> 00:03:23,160 or you can go. 53 00:03:23,328 --> 00:03:26,413 Now, you make up your mind right now. 54 00:03:29,250 --> 00:03:30,167 Solomon. 55 00:03:30,335 --> 00:03:31,501 You don't come back here now, 56 00:03:31,669 --> 00:03:34,129 you don't never come back! 57 00:03:34,297 --> 00:03:36,006 I mean that! 58 00:03:36,174 --> 00:03:37,716 I mean it! 59 00:03:38,885 --> 00:03:40,219 I'll get him, mama. 60 00:03:41,763 --> 00:03:42,846 No. 61 00:03:44,933 --> 00:03:47,559 He done made up his mind. 62 00:03:47,727 --> 00:03:49,937 Lord help him. 63 00:04:38,903 --> 00:04:40,821 Here you go, Mr. Kramer. 64 00:04:40,989 --> 00:04:42,114 That's 24 crates. 65 00:04:42,282 --> 00:04:43,699 I can count. 66 00:04:43,866 --> 00:04:46,660 Charles, sorry to be so late. 67 00:04:46,828 --> 00:04:48,912 Well, don't be. We haven't settled up yet. 68 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:50,038 Here's the bill. 69 00:04:50,206 --> 00:04:52,165 I'll carry these crates down there. 70 00:04:52,333 --> 00:04:54,710 Mr. Kramer: All right, 24. Step inside. 71 00:05:03,636 --> 00:05:05,804 I appreciate the help, Dr. Tane. 72 00:05:05,972 --> 00:05:09,516 These crates of medicine get a little heavier every year. 73 00:05:09,684 --> 00:05:12,728 That's the least I can do after your generous offer. 74 00:05:12,895 --> 00:05:13,937 Not so generous. 75 00:05:14,105 --> 00:05:16,815 My office is overflowing with samples. 76 00:05:16,983 --> 00:05:19,818 Seems like there's a new medicine comes out every 5 minutes. 77 00:05:19,986 --> 00:05:23,280 Any medicine I can get is greatly appreciated. 78 00:05:23,448 --> 00:05:25,365 I just don't understand why the government 79 00:05:25,533 --> 00:05:28,535 doesn't send proper medical supplies to the reservation. 80 00:05:31,748 --> 00:05:32,914 Why should they? 81 00:05:33,082 --> 00:05:35,208 It's just for Indians. 82 00:05:38,338 --> 00:05:39,671 All ready when you are, doc. 83 00:05:39,839 --> 00:05:41,548 Charles, I'd like you to meet Dr. Tane. 84 00:05:41,716 --> 00:05:42,549 Charles Ingalls. Doctor. 85 00:05:42,717 --> 00:05:44,426 How do you do? Pleasure. 86 00:05:44,594 --> 00:05:46,470 That'll do it. 87 00:05:46,637 --> 00:05:49,348 I'll be by as soon as I can for those samples, doctor. 88 00:05:49,515 --> 00:05:50,349 And thank you. 89 00:05:50,516 --> 00:05:52,142 You're welcome, doctor. 90 00:05:52,310 --> 00:05:53,143 Mr. Ingalls. 91 00:05:53,311 --> 00:05:54,311 You take care. 92 00:05:54,479 --> 00:05:56,021 Hey. Hey you! 93 00:05:57,357 --> 00:05:58,148 Gotcha! 94 00:05:58,316 --> 00:05:59,316 Let me go! 95 00:05:59,484 --> 00:06:00,525 Gotcha. Put that apple down. Hey, hey. 96 00:06:00,693 --> 00:06:01,902 Kramer, come on, take it easy. 97 00:06:02,070 --> 00:06:03,362 He's just a little fella. 98 00:06:03,529 --> 00:06:04,488 A thief's a thief. 99 00:06:04,655 --> 00:06:05,989 I don't weigh 'em in first. 100 00:06:06,157 --> 00:06:07,157 Please don't whip me. 101 00:06:07,325 --> 00:06:08,492 Hey, nobody's gonna whip you, 102 00:06:08,659 --> 00:06:09,993 are they, Mr. Kramer? 103 00:06:10,161 --> 00:06:14,081 Well... see you don't touch them apples again. 104 00:06:17,502 --> 00:06:18,752 Come with me. 105 00:06:22,048 --> 00:06:23,173 The next time you want one of these, 106 00:06:23,341 --> 00:06:24,508 you ask for it, all right? 107 00:06:24,675 --> 00:06:25,425 Yes, sir. 108 00:06:25,593 --> 00:06:27,469 All right then. Here. 109 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,308 All right. Go on with you. 110 00:07:24,193 --> 00:07:25,360 Hi, girls! 111 00:07:25,528 --> 00:07:26,903 Hi, pa! Hi, pa! 112 00:07:27,071 --> 00:07:29,197 Glad you're home. Glad to be home. 113 00:07:31,242 --> 00:07:32,367 See you at supper! 114 00:07:32,535 --> 00:07:33,410 Bye, pa! 115 00:07:33,578 --> 00:07:34,661 Bye! 116 00:07:41,169 --> 00:07:43,378 "Yet beautiful and bright he stood 117 00:07:43,546 --> 00:07:45,380 "as born to rule the storm, 118 00:07:45,548 --> 00:07:47,632 "a creature of heroic blood, 119 00:07:47,800 --> 00:07:50,302 "a proud, though childlike form. 120 00:07:50,470 --> 00:07:52,929 "The flames rolled on, he would not go, 121 00:07:53,097 --> 00:07:55,056 "without his father's word, 122 00:07:55,224 --> 00:07:57,559 "that father faint in death below, 123 00:07:57,727 --> 00:07:59,603 "his voice no longer heard. 124 00:07:59,770 --> 00:08:02,105 "He called aloud, say, father, say, 125 00:08:02,273 --> 00:08:04,441 "if yet my task is done, 126 00:08:04,609 --> 00:08:05,734 he knew not that..." 127 00:08:05,902 --> 00:08:06,943 Laura. 128 00:08:07,111 --> 00:08:08,778 "Unconscious of his son. 129 00:08:08,946 --> 00:08:11,406 "Speak, father, once again, he cried, 130 00:08:11,574 --> 00:08:13,325 "if I may yet be gone, 131 00:08:13,493 --> 00:08:15,660 "and but the booming shots replied, 132 00:08:15,828 --> 00:08:18,121 "and fast the flames rolled on. 133 00:08:18,289 --> 00:08:19,122 "Upon his brow 134 00:08:19,290 --> 00:08:20,332 "he felt their breath 135 00:08:20,500 --> 00:08:22,292 "and yanked his waving hair, 136 00:08:22,460 --> 00:08:24,669 "and looked from that lone post of death 137 00:08:24,837 --> 00:08:25,921 "in still yet 138 00:08:26,088 --> 00:08:27,506 "great despair. 139 00:08:27,673 --> 00:08:29,382 And shouted but once more..." 140 00:08:29,550 --> 00:08:31,218 Laura Ingalls! 141 00:08:33,804 --> 00:08:36,389 Will you please see me after school? 142 00:08:36,557 --> 00:08:38,141 Yes, ma'am. 143 00:08:38,309 --> 00:08:40,268 All right, class. Let's continue. 144 00:08:40,436 --> 00:08:43,313 "And shouted but once more aloud, 145 00:08:43,481 --> 00:08:45,774 my father, must I stay?" 146 00:08:48,069 --> 00:08:49,528 Well, what'd she say? 147 00:08:49,695 --> 00:08:53,323 I have to memorize a mile-long poem for parents' night. 148 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:55,075 Well, that's not so bad. 149 00:08:55,243 --> 00:08:57,702 She also gave me a note to bring home. 150 00:08:57,870 --> 00:08:58,995 That's bad. 151 00:08:59,163 --> 00:09:00,497 I know. 152 00:09:00,665 --> 00:09:02,832 Who are you gonna give it to, ma or pa? 153 00:09:03,000 --> 00:09:04,668 I don't know. 154 00:09:04,835 --> 00:09:06,169 Well, serves you right, 155 00:09:06,337 --> 00:09:07,921 making up that story. 156 00:09:08,089 --> 00:09:09,881 I saw a black boy today. 157 00:09:10,049 --> 00:09:11,633 Truly, I did! 158 00:09:11,801 --> 00:09:12,842 A negro. 159 00:09:13,010 --> 00:09:14,803 And there aren't any negroes around here. 160 00:09:14,971 --> 00:09:16,263 There are, 'cause I saw one. 161 00:09:16,430 --> 00:09:17,847 You dropped your note. 162 00:09:18,015 --> 00:09:19,266 Why'd you have to tell me? 163 00:09:19,433 --> 00:09:20,392 Now I won't be able to say 164 00:09:20,560 --> 00:09:23,103 I lost it when miss beadle asks. 165 00:09:23,271 --> 00:09:24,854 You have to bring it home. 166 00:09:25,022 --> 00:09:26,064 I suppose. 167 00:09:26,232 --> 00:09:28,900 I know. I could give it to pa! 168 00:09:29,068 --> 00:09:30,193 I'll wait till he's in a good mood 169 00:09:30,361 --> 00:09:32,153 and he's got his pipe after work! 170 00:09:32,321 --> 00:09:33,822 Then maybe I'll talk to him about the black boy. 171 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,699 I did see a black boy today, Mary. 172 00:09:35,866 --> 00:09:37,492 Then I'll give him the note. 173 00:09:37,660 --> 00:09:40,161 I just hope for your sake he's in a good mood. 174 00:09:51,340 --> 00:09:52,757 I brought you your pipe, pa. 175 00:09:52,925 --> 00:09:54,092 Oh, thank you, half-pint. 176 00:09:54,260 --> 00:09:55,218 I filled it, too. 177 00:09:55,386 --> 00:09:56,344 Oh, that's very, very nice of you. 178 00:09:56,512 --> 00:09:58,054 Thank you. Want some coffee? 179 00:09:58,222 --> 00:10:00,640 Nope. Have plenty. Thank you. 180 00:10:00,808 --> 00:10:02,100 You have a nice day? 181 00:10:02,268 --> 00:10:03,768 Awful. 182 00:10:03,936 --> 00:10:05,395 Oh. 183 00:10:05,563 --> 00:10:06,521 I was unloading some lumber 184 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:08,231 and mashed my thumb real bad. See? 185 00:10:08,399 --> 00:10:09,566 Think I'm gonna lose a nail. 186 00:10:09,734 --> 00:10:11,484 That must have made your day pretty bad, huh? 187 00:10:11,652 --> 00:10:13,320 It couldn't be much worse. 188 00:10:14,405 --> 00:10:15,488 If anything else bad happened, 189 00:10:15,656 --> 00:10:17,157 you'd get pretty upset, wouldn't you? 190 00:10:17,325 --> 00:10:18,617 Would I ever. 191 00:10:18,784 --> 00:10:21,661 There's not much chance of that happening, is there? 192 00:10:21,829 --> 00:10:23,455 No, sir. 193 00:10:23,623 --> 00:10:24,873 Better go collect the eggs. 194 00:10:25,041 --> 00:10:26,833 Half-pint. 195 00:10:27,001 --> 00:10:28,460 Yes, sir. 196 00:10:28,628 --> 00:10:30,170 Don't you have something to show me? 197 00:10:32,006 --> 00:10:33,798 What? 198 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:35,884 Well, something like a letter. 199 00:10:36,052 --> 00:10:37,427 How'd you know? 200 00:10:37,595 --> 00:10:40,597 Well, pas are supposed to know everything, aren't they? 201 00:10:40,765 --> 00:10:42,265 In this case, your sister told me. 202 00:10:42,433 --> 00:10:43,350 She shouldn't have done that. 203 00:10:43,517 --> 00:10:44,351 Just a minute, half-pint. 204 00:10:44,518 --> 00:10:45,602 She did that as a favor to you. 205 00:10:45,770 --> 00:10:46,770 You'd have been in a lot more trouble 206 00:10:46,937 --> 00:10:48,355 if you didn't show me the note. 207 00:10:48,522 --> 00:10:49,731 Now, come on, let's see it. 208 00:10:59,075 --> 00:11:01,284 Oh, yeah. 209 00:11:01,452 --> 00:11:03,870 "Daydreaming in class, 210 00:11:04,038 --> 00:11:05,455 gazing out the window..." 211 00:11:07,166 --> 00:11:10,585 A whole bunch of stuff here. 212 00:11:10,753 --> 00:11:12,253 What do you have to say? 213 00:11:14,298 --> 00:11:16,549 Just don't like school that much, I guess. 214 00:11:18,719 --> 00:11:19,803 Look, half-pint, there's a lot of things 215 00:11:19,970 --> 00:11:21,971 in this world that we don't like, 216 00:11:22,139 --> 00:11:23,139 but we have to do 'em. 217 00:11:23,307 --> 00:11:24,557 I mean, I don't like going to work 218 00:11:24,725 --> 00:11:25,684 and mashing my thumb when I'm unloading lumber, 219 00:11:25,851 --> 00:11:27,477 but I do it. It's my job. 220 00:11:27,645 --> 00:11:29,938 And your job is to go to school and get an education. 221 00:11:30,106 --> 00:11:33,942 Things just don't stick in my head, pa. 222 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:36,653 Then you have to try harder. 223 00:11:36,821 --> 00:11:38,530 Look, I know it's not easy, but you can do it. 224 00:11:38,698 --> 00:11:41,074 Just have to work at it, that's all. 225 00:11:41,242 --> 00:11:42,951 It says something in here about your learning a poem. 226 00:11:43,119 --> 00:11:45,328 Now, I want you to do a good job with it, 227 00:11:45,496 --> 00:11:46,705 and learn it. 228 00:11:46,872 --> 00:11:47,789 I will, pa. 229 00:11:47,957 --> 00:11:48,790 Promise? 230 00:11:48,958 --> 00:11:49,708 Promise. 231 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:52,335 All right. No more notes. 232 00:11:52,503 --> 00:11:53,837 For a little while, anyway. 233 00:11:54,004 --> 00:11:55,171 Go on. Get the eggs. 234 00:11:55,339 --> 00:11:57,757 Wish I had a different job. 235 00:12:00,761 --> 00:12:02,303 All those history dates, 236 00:12:02,471 --> 00:12:04,222 probably couldn't use 'em even if I remembered 'em all. 237 00:12:04,390 --> 00:12:08,268 Learning about dead people and wars and people that kill and... 238 00:12:12,898 --> 00:12:15,275 I told them I saw you. 239 00:12:16,402 --> 00:12:17,193 What you doing? 240 00:12:17,361 --> 00:12:20,405 Uh... I'm sucking a egg. 241 00:12:20,573 --> 00:12:22,031 Don't tell nobody. 242 00:12:22,199 --> 00:12:23,158 I was hungry. 243 00:12:23,325 --> 00:12:26,286 Are you a for-real negro person? 244 00:12:29,999 --> 00:12:31,124 What you doing? 245 00:12:32,334 --> 00:12:34,669 You are a real one! 246 00:12:34,837 --> 00:12:35,962 As a fact! 247 00:12:36,130 --> 00:12:38,381 I've never seen a real negro person before. 248 00:12:38,549 --> 00:12:40,592 Don't tell your pa about the egg. 249 00:12:40,760 --> 00:12:42,552 He'll whip me this time for sure. 250 00:12:42,720 --> 00:12:43,636 You know him? 251 00:12:43,804 --> 00:12:44,888 Kinda. 252 00:12:45,055 --> 00:12:46,306 That's why I followed you home from school. 253 00:12:46,474 --> 00:12:48,808 I thought I heard somebody talking in here. 254 00:12:48,976 --> 00:12:51,060 No, no, it's all right. It's all right. Nobody's gonna hurt you. 255 00:12:51,228 --> 00:12:53,563 He's afraid you're gonna whip him, pa. 256 00:12:53,731 --> 00:12:55,482 What in the world for? 257 00:12:57,651 --> 00:12:59,486 I sucked one of your eggs. 258 00:12:59,653 --> 00:13:02,572 Oh, I see. 259 00:13:02,740 --> 00:13:05,533 Well, in that case, you'll probably be wanting a glass of milk. 260 00:13:05,701 --> 00:13:07,118 Half-pint, why don't you bring him in the house? 261 00:13:07,286 --> 00:13:08,495 Sure, pa. 262 00:13:08,662 --> 00:13:09,621 Come on. 263 00:13:09,789 --> 00:13:11,956 Come on. It's all right. 264 00:13:12,124 --> 00:13:13,750 It's all right. Come on. 265 00:13:13,918 --> 00:13:16,002 Come on. Watch out for the chickens. 266 00:13:16,170 --> 00:13:17,420 Come on. 267 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:22,967 Look at that. 268 00:13:23,135 --> 00:13:25,053 Boy, is miss beadle gonna be sorry 269 00:13:25,221 --> 00:13:27,138 she didn't believe me. 270 00:13:27,306 --> 00:13:28,389 Come on. 271 00:13:33,938 --> 00:13:35,897 Solomon, would you like some more milk? 272 00:13:36,065 --> 00:13:39,943 No, ma'am. I'm ready to bust now. 273 00:13:40,110 --> 00:13:42,612 She's never seen a real negro person, neither. 274 00:13:42,780 --> 00:13:44,823 Oh. 275 00:13:44,990 --> 00:13:46,282 Solomon, now that you've had something to eat, 276 00:13:46,450 --> 00:13:49,077 maybe we oughta get down to cases, huh? 277 00:13:50,454 --> 00:13:52,580 How'd you get here? 278 00:13:52,748 --> 00:13:55,166 I jumped on the back of your wagon. 279 00:13:55,334 --> 00:13:56,918 What for? 280 00:13:59,630 --> 00:14:00,463 How old are you? 281 00:14:00,631 --> 00:14:03,675 I think 11, sir. 282 00:14:04,718 --> 00:14:07,303 And your family lives in mankato, right? 283 00:14:07,471 --> 00:14:08,972 They did, sir. 284 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:12,600 Well, you must have some family. 285 00:14:12,768 --> 00:14:15,186 Not that I know of. 286 00:14:18,148 --> 00:14:19,315 Where are you from? 287 00:14:21,277 --> 00:14:23,069 Mississippi. 288 00:14:23,237 --> 00:14:25,488 I think I was born there. 289 00:14:25,656 --> 00:14:28,074 Then I was in Virginia for some time. 290 00:14:28,242 --> 00:14:29,534 Then... 291 00:14:31,245 --> 00:14:33,288 My folks died. 292 00:14:33,455 --> 00:14:38,042 Since then, I've just been scuffling around by myself. 293 00:14:39,003 --> 00:14:40,086 Doing what? 294 00:14:41,005 --> 00:14:42,213 Working here and there. 295 00:14:42,381 --> 00:14:44,048 I'm a lot stronger than I look. 296 00:14:44,216 --> 00:14:46,342 I work a 2-mule team all day 297 00:14:46,510 --> 00:14:49,220 and a cross-cut saw that's twice my size. 298 00:14:50,431 --> 00:14:52,307 But I ain't done much housework. 299 00:14:52,474 --> 00:14:54,642 But I could pick up on it real fast. 300 00:14:54,810 --> 00:14:57,937 See? Lookee here, see here? 301 00:15:02,860 --> 00:15:05,028 "For sale... 302 00:15:05,195 --> 00:15:06,654 "Healthy boy, 11 years old, 303 00:15:06,822 --> 00:15:09,032 "87 pounds. 304 00:15:09,199 --> 00:15:12,368 Good for house or field. Very obedient." 305 00:15:12,536 --> 00:15:13,745 That's my daddy. 306 00:15:13,913 --> 00:15:15,455 That's all I know of him. 307 00:15:15,623 --> 00:15:18,207 I was thinking I could do like he did... 308 00:15:18,375 --> 00:15:20,460 Get bought by some folks. 309 00:15:20,628 --> 00:15:22,128 Maybe like you. 310 00:15:22,296 --> 00:15:24,589 I'd be a right good slave. 311 00:15:26,091 --> 00:15:28,635 Well, Solomon, this paper is dated 1854. 312 00:15:28,802 --> 00:15:30,303 That's a long time ago. 313 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:32,889 Folks can't sell themselves anymore. 314 00:15:33,057 --> 00:15:34,307 Who says? 315 00:15:35,142 --> 00:15:36,059 Well, I know walnut grove 316 00:15:36,226 --> 00:15:37,727 must seem like the end of the world, 317 00:15:37,895 --> 00:15:40,229 but even we've heard about the emancipation proclamation. 318 00:15:41,857 --> 00:15:44,108 I heard about it, too. 319 00:15:44,276 --> 00:15:45,443 Well, if you heard what I heard 320 00:15:45,611 --> 00:15:47,570 then you must know that when Lincoln signed it, 321 00:15:47,738 --> 00:15:49,072 that ended slavery forever. 322 00:15:49,239 --> 00:15:52,075 I figure a person belongs to hisself, 323 00:15:52,242 --> 00:15:54,327 and he oughta be able to sell what's his 324 00:15:54,495 --> 00:15:56,704 whether Lincoln likes it or not. 325 00:15:56,872 --> 00:15:59,582 Caroline: Solomon, why would you want to do that? 326 00:15:59,750 --> 00:16:01,584 To get money for schooling. 327 00:16:02,628 --> 00:16:04,170 You've never been to school? 328 00:16:04,338 --> 00:16:06,464 Aren't no schools. 329 00:16:06,632 --> 00:16:08,091 Not for us. 330 00:16:10,219 --> 00:16:12,136 I wanna learn to write my name first 331 00:16:12,304 --> 00:16:14,222 and everything else after that... 332 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:17,433 Reading and figuring, 333 00:16:17,601 --> 00:16:18,935 and learning 334 00:16:19,103 --> 00:16:21,020 about the whole world and everything. 335 00:16:21,188 --> 00:16:24,023 And I got a good ear for it, too. 336 00:16:25,109 --> 00:16:28,194 If you was to buy me, I wouldn't be much. 337 00:16:28,362 --> 00:16:29,362 You can name the price, 338 00:16:29,530 --> 00:16:31,614 just so I have enough for a book or two. 339 00:16:31,782 --> 00:16:33,282 You wouldn't be sorry. 340 00:16:33,450 --> 00:16:36,035 I can work up till sunup to sundown. 341 00:16:39,248 --> 00:16:40,373 I'll tell you what, Solomon. 342 00:16:40,541 --> 00:16:42,417 Why don't you let me think about it, huh? 343 00:16:42,584 --> 00:16:44,377 Meantime, we'll fix you up with a place to sleep 344 00:16:44,545 --> 00:16:45,503 up in the soddy. 345 00:16:45,671 --> 00:16:48,464 You can do some chores to earn your keep. 346 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:50,133 Tomorrow, I'll take you into town, 347 00:16:50,300 --> 00:16:52,135 see about getting you started in school. How's that sound? 348 00:16:52,302 --> 00:16:54,804 That's fine with me, sir. 349 00:16:54,972 --> 00:16:56,848 Ok, come on. We'll get you bedded down. 350 00:16:58,142 --> 00:17:00,226 That was a good meal, ma'am. 351 00:17:00,394 --> 00:17:01,644 Thank you, Solomon. Good night. 352 00:17:01,812 --> 00:17:02,979 Good night. 'Night, Solomon. 353 00:17:03,147 --> 00:17:05,773 Good night, Solomon. Good night. 354 00:17:06,942 --> 00:17:09,318 Wait'll they see him at school. 355 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:12,321 A genuine negro person. 356 00:17:20,914 --> 00:17:22,331 Well, there you go, Solomon. 357 00:17:22,499 --> 00:17:23,750 You get yourself a good night's sleep 358 00:17:23,917 --> 00:17:25,126 and I'll see you in the morning, all right? 359 00:17:25,294 --> 00:17:27,503 Yes, sir. 360 00:17:27,671 --> 00:17:28,504 Sir? 361 00:17:28,672 --> 00:17:30,423 Yeah? 362 00:17:30,591 --> 00:17:33,384 If you're a little short of cash to buy me right off, 363 00:17:33,552 --> 00:17:35,678 you can always pay for me on time, 364 00:17:35,846 --> 00:17:36,929 just so I got enough for a little bit 365 00:17:37,097 --> 00:17:38,639 a month or something. 366 00:17:41,518 --> 00:17:42,643 Well, thank you very much, Solomon. 367 00:17:42,811 --> 00:17:43,936 I'll, uh... 368 00:17:44,104 --> 00:17:45,813 I'll think about that. 369 00:17:45,981 --> 00:17:47,231 Good night. 370 00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:10,963 Ooh. Hope he's warm enough out there. 371 00:18:11,131 --> 00:18:12,381 Well, I'm sure he's warmer up there 372 00:18:12,549 --> 00:18:13,966 than where he's been sleeping up till now. 373 00:18:16,970 --> 00:18:18,262 He is a funny little guy. 374 00:18:18,430 --> 00:18:19,931 Know what he said to me tonight? 375 00:18:20,099 --> 00:18:22,850 He said if we were in a pinch, we could buy him on time. 376 00:18:25,729 --> 00:18:27,772 He must have some family somewhere. 377 00:18:27,940 --> 00:18:29,315 Yeah, I think he does. 378 00:18:29,483 --> 00:18:31,692 I'm not so sure he was telling the truth about that. 379 00:18:31,860 --> 00:18:33,569 They're gonna be awful hard to find. 380 00:18:33,737 --> 00:18:37,281 Well, he can't just stay in that soddy forever. 381 00:18:37,449 --> 00:18:38,574 He's a lot better up there 382 00:18:38,742 --> 00:18:40,743 than he is wandering around the countryside. 383 00:18:40,911 --> 00:18:43,079 I'll get him settled in school tomorrow. 384 00:18:43,247 --> 00:18:46,457 I'll drive into mankato, ask around about him. 385 00:18:47,543 --> 00:18:49,335 You know, Charles, it's funny. 386 00:18:49,503 --> 00:18:50,837 What's that? 387 00:18:51,004 --> 00:18:53,381 We worry so much about our children, 388 00:18:53,549 --> 00:18:54,966 look over them, 389 00:18:55,134 --> 00:18:56,384 protect them. 390 00:18:56,552 --> 00:18:59,095 And here's this little boy no bigger than a minute, 391 00:18:59,263 --> 00:19:01,139 doing for himself. 392 00:19:02,266 --> 00:19:04,559 He's a special little guy. 393 00:19:06,019 --> 00:19:08,104 Well, I think I'd better get some sleep. 394 00:19:08,272 --> 00:19:09,689 I have a feeling I'm gonna need my rest 395 00:19:09,857 --> 00:19:12,066 to keep up with Solomon. 396 00:19:12,234 --> 00:19:13,693 Good night. Sleep well. 397 00:19:21,285 --> 00:19:23,119 Ha ha ha! 398 00:19:23,287 --> 00:19:24,912 What? 399 00:19:25,080 --> 00:19:27,623 He's gonna let me buy him on time. 400 00:19:27,791 --> 00:19:29,542 He's just so cute. 401 00:19:29,710 --> 00:19:31,210 Ha ha ha! Ha ha ha! 402 00:19:35,924 --> 00:19:37,550 Almost done, son. 403 00:19:37,718 --> 00:19:39,635 I hope so, sir. 404 00:19:40,846 --> 00:19:43,264 Caroline: Here are your britches, Solomon. 405 00:19:43,432 --> 00:19:47,643 Hi, sol... It's almost 8:00. 406 00:19:47,811 --> 00:19:52,356 Ha! We'll be right out. Ha ha ha! 407 00:19:53,483 --> 00:19:56,319 Ha ha ha! 408 00:19:56,486 --> 00:19:59,488 Hey! Ha ha ha! 409 00:19:59,656 --> 00:20:01,741 You can come up now. They're gone. 410 00:20:01,909 --> 00:20:04,744 Come on. Let's dry you off. 411 00:20:06,163 --> 00:20:08,372 There. 412 00:20:08,540 --> 00:20:10,041 What's the matter, you cold? 413 00:20:10,209 --> 00:20:13,169 No, sir. I'm mostly scared, I guess. 414 00:20:13,337 --> 00:20:15,338 Well, everybody has got a little first-day jitters 415 00:20:15,505 --> 00:20:17,048 when they're going to a new school. 416 00:20:17,216 --> 00:20:18,925 Back home, there was big trouble 417 00:20:19,092 --> 00:20:21,719 when teacher had let some colored children in the school. 418 00:20:21,887 --> 00:20:23,512 Well, don't you worry about that. 419 00:20:23,680 --> 00:20:25,806 Nothing is gonna happen like that in walnut grove. 420 00:20:25,974 --> 00:20:29,518 Now you finish drying off while I hitch up the team. 421 00:20:57,673 --> 00:20:59,298 Charles: Here we go, everybody. 422 00:21:11,353 --> 00:21:12,937 Good morning, Mrs. Oleson. 423 00:21:13,105 --> 00:21:14,480 Well, good morning, Mr. Ingalls. 424 00:21:14,648 --> 00:21:16,065 Who have we here? 425 00:21:16,233 --> 00:21:17,775 Oh, this is Solomon Henry. 426 00:21:17,943 --> 00:21:20,069 He's gonna be starting school here. 427 00:21:20,237 --> 00:21:21,404 Oh, really? 428 00:21:21,571 --> 00:21:24,240 Has your family moved here, Solomon? 429 00:21:24,408 --> 00:21:25,283 No, ma'am. 430 00:21:25,450 --> 00:21:26,659 No, Solomon's staying with us. 431 00:21:26,827 --> 00:21:28,035 Oh, I see. 432 00:21:28,203 --> 00:21:29,412 Yeah, we'd better get inside. 433 00:21:29,579 --> 00:21:31,247 Don't want to be late our first day at school. 434 00:21:31,415 --> 00:21:32,915 Mr. Ingalls! 435 00:21:33,083 --> 00:21:34,125 Yeah? 436 00:21:34,293 --> 00:21:37,086 Uh, could I see you for a moment, please? 437 00:21:37,254 --> 00:21:38,212 Certainly. Why don't you go on inside? 438 00:21:38,380 --> 00:21:39,588 I'll be right in. 439 00:21:42,467 --> 00:21:44,719 Mr. Ingalls... 440 00:21:44,886 --> 00:21:47,763 Well, I don't want you to get the wrong idea. 441 00:21:47,931 --> 00:21:50,016 Oh, I'm sure I won't, Mrs. Oleson. What is it? 442 00:21:50,183 --> 00:21:52,435 Well... 443 00:21:52,602 --> 00:21:53,769 Uh... 444 00:21:53,937 --> 00:21:55,146 Well, I want you to know that it has nothing to do 445 00:21:55,314 --> 00:21:57,315 with the fact that... 446 00:21:57,482 --> 00:21:58,607 Oh, that Solomon's a negro. 447 00:21:58,775 --> 00:22:00,526 Yes! Uh... 448 00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:01,777 Yes. 449 00:22:01,945 --> 00:22:04,155 I am a member of the school board, Mr. Ingalls, 450 00:22:04,323 --> 00:22:05,531 and I would like to remind you 451 00:22:05,699 --> 00:22:08,451 that no child is allowed to attend this school 452 00:22:08,618 --> 00:22:11,412 unless his family lives in this township. 453 00:22:11,580 --> 00:22:13,581 Oh, I understand that, Mrs. Oleson. 454 00:22:14,624 --> 00:22:15,624 Oh. 455 00:22:15,792 --> 00:22:17,626 Well, but the boy said that his family 456 00:22:17,794 --> 00:22:19,003 doesn't live here. 457 00:22:19,171 --> 00:22:20,504 Oh, I know what he said, but he was just saying that 458 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:22,298 to make things easier on me. 459 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:23,674 Oh? 460 00:22:23,842 --> 00:22:26,052 Yeah, you see, Solomon is my son by a former marriage. 461 00:22:26,219 --> 00:22:27,386 I know you understand, 462 00:22:27,554 --> 00:22:29,138 but a lot of the people in this town wouldn't. 463 00:22:29,306 --> 00:22:30,556 Good day. 464 00:22:32,601 --> 00:22:34,769 Good grief. 465 00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,147 Good grief. 466 00:22:39,483 --> 00:22:42,526 Good grief! Nels! 467 00:22:43,862 --> 00:22:45,821 I know I should've given you a little notice, 468 00:22:45,989 --> 00:22:47,990 but Solomon came to us rather unexpectedly. 469 00:22:48,158 --> 00:22:49,325 I understand. 470 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:50,993 He's never been to school before, 471 00:22:51,161 --> 00:22:52,495 and it's not gonna be easy. 472 00:22:52,662 --> 00:22:54,580 Well, don't worry. We'll take it slowly at first. 473 00:22:54,748 --> 00:22:56,082 I want you to know I think it's wonderful 474 00:22:56,249 --> 00:22:57,500 what you're doing. 475 00:22:57,667 --> 00:22:59,293 There's not many would take in a boy like that. 476 00:22:59,461 --> 00:23:01,504 I'm not so sure Solomon gave me much choice. 477 00:23:01,671 --> 00:23:02,797 I'd better get to work. Thank you. 478 00:23:02,964 --> 00:23:05,466 All right. Bye. 479 00:23:10,430 --> 00:23:12,056 Solomon. 480 00:23:12,224 --> 00:23:14,683 Class, I'd like you to meet our new student. 481 00:23:14,851 --> 00:23:16,477 This is Solomon Henry. 482 00:23:16,645 --> 00:23:17,978 Hello, Solomon. 483 00:23:18,146 --> 00:23:20,272 Hi, Solomon. 484 00:23:21,525 --> 00:23:23,567 Don't you have something to say? 485 00:23:23,735 --> 00:23:26,112 Hello, Solomon. 486 00:23:28,198 --> 00:23:29,657 Solomon, where do you come from? 487 00:23:29,825 --> 00:23:31,242 Virginia and Mississippi. 488 00:23:31,410 --> 00:23:32,701 Well, I hope while you're here, 489 00:23:32,869 --> 00:23:34,328 you can tell us all about your part of the country. 490 00:23:34,496 --> 00:23:35,454 Yes, ma'am. 491 00:23:35,622 --> 00:23:37,123 All right. You may sit down. 492 00:23:38,750 --> 00:23:39,875 All right, class. 493 00:23:40,043 --> 00:23:41,877 It's time to go to work. 494 00:23:42,045 --> 00:23:44,046 Now, last week, I had you write an essay 495 00:23:44,214 --> 00:23:46,048 about the things that you like the most. 496 00:23:46,216 --> 00:23:47,633 This week, I thought it might be fun 497 00:23:47,801 --> 00:23:48,884 if we wrote an essay 498 00:23:49,052 --> 00:23:51,679 about the things that we dislike the most. 499 00:23:51,847 --> 00:23:54,181 Well, let's see what we can think of right now. 500 00:23:54,349 --> 00:23:56,308 Yes, Carl? 501 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:57,726 I hate cleaning the chicken Coop. 502 00:23:59,062 --> 00:24:00,813 Willie? My sister. 503 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:03,941 You know where to stand. 504 00:24:06,903 --> 00:24:08,821 Laura? Homework. 505 00:24:08,989 --> 00:24:10,573 Now, Laura, you know you can't learn 506 00:24:10,740 --> 00:24:12,324 if you don't do your homework. 507 00:24:16,121 --> 00:24:17,371 Solomon? 508 00:24:18,790 --> 00:24:20,082 Yes, ma'am? 509 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:23,002 Can you think of something that you dislike? 510 00:24:26,423 --> 00:24:28,632 Being a nigger. 511 00:24:56,411 --> 00:24:57,995 Morning, Mr. Kramer. I wonder if you could help me. 512 00:24:58,163 --> 00:24:59,914 Quiet, Ingalls, I'm counting. 513 00:25:01,374 --> 00:25:02,208 50 even. 514 00:25:02,375 --> 00:25:03,959 Now, what was it you were wanting? 515 00:25:04,127 --> 00:25:05,544 Well, it's about that little black boy that was here yesterday. 516 00:25:05,712 --> 00:25:06,587 What about him? 517 00:25:06,755 --> 00:25:07,880 Well, had you ever seen him before? 518 00:25:08,048 --> 00:25:09,465 You know if he lives around here? 519 00:25:09,633 --> 00:25:11,425 Not that I know of. 520 00:25:11,593 --> 00:25:13,677 His name's Solomon Henry. Does that ring a bell? 521 00:25:13,845 --> 00:25:15,804 Nope. What you wanna know for? 522 00:25:15,972 --> 00:25:17,681 I've got him working out at my place, 523 00:25:17,849 --> 00:25:19,600 and I was trying to find out if he had any family. 524 00:25:19,768 --> 00:25:22,311 Well, watch he don't steal you blind. 525 00:25:24,231 --> 00:25:25,898 Yes, sir. 526 00:25:48,171 --> 00:25:50,297 It's past time for your bed, children. 527 00:25:50,465 --> 00:25:51,590 Oh. Have a nice nap? 528 00:25:51,758 --> 00:25:54,176 Oh. Guess I did fall asleep. What time is it? 529 00:25:54,344 --> 00:25:55,344 It's about 9:00. 530 00:25:55,512 --> 00:25:57,012 Just a couple of minutes longer, please. 531 00:25:57,180 --> 00:25:59,848 No, come on. It's 9:00. Time for bed. 532 00:26:00,016 --> 00:26:01,267 Solomon, I'll walk you up to the soddy. 533 00:26:01,434 --> 00:26:03,519 I want to stretch my legs a little bit. 534 00:26:03,687 --> 00:26:05,187 Oh, all right. 535 00:26:05,355 --> 00:26:06,397 Good night. 536 00:26:06,565 --> 00:26:07,439 Good night, Solomon. 537 00:26:07,607 --> 00:26:08,566 Night, Solomon. 538 00:26:08,733 --> 00:26:09,858 Kiss you when I come back down. 539 00:26:10,026 --> 00:26:12,361 Ok. 540 00:26:12,529 --> 00:26:13,737 I was almost finished. 541 00:26:13,905 --> 00:26:15,531 I can't believe this is the little girl 542 00:26:15,699 --> 00:26:17,992 who hates homework. 543 00:26:18,159 --> 00:26:19,410 It's Solomon, I guess. 544 00:26:19,578 --> 00:26:20,661 Solomon? 545 00:26:22,706 --> 00:26:23,831 Yeah. 546 00:26:23,999 --> 00:26:25,916 He wants to learn so bad. 547 00:26:26,084 --> 00:26:28,877 He never had the chance before. 548 00:26:29,045 --> 00:26:31,839 Makes me feel kinda guilty, I guess. 549 00:26:33,550 --> 00:26:37,219 Here I've got a school and a family. 550 00:26:38,513 --> 00:26:39,722 I don't know. 551 00:26:39,889 --> 00:26:41,765 You mean you just suddenly realized 552 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:43,892 there's a lot you take for granted? 553 00:26:45,645 --> 00:26:47,313 Yeah, I guess so. 554 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:50,065 Well, everybody takes things for granted from time to time. 555 00:26:50,233 --> 00:26:52,234 You're no different than anybody else. 556 00:26:52,402 --> 00:26:54,737 The important thing is 557 00:26:54,904 --> 00:26:56,697 you realized it. 558 00:26:56,865 --> 00:26:58,907 You're doing something about it. 559 00:26:59,075 --> 00:27:00,618 Now, good night. 560 00:27:08,918 --> 00:27:10,961 Ma? Mm-hmm? 561 00:27:11,129 --> 00:27:13,631 I'm glad Solomon came to us. 562 00:27:15,175 --> 00:27:16,508 So am I. 563 00:27:24,351 --> 00:27:26,310 Now, there you go, Solomon. 564 00:27:27,937 --> 00:27:29,438 Soon as you get your things off, I want that light out. 565 00:27:29,606 --> 00:27:30,773 No more studying. 566 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:32,232 You can't learn everything in one day, all right? 567 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:34,777 Yes, sir. I'll go right to bed. I promise. 568 00:27:34,944 --> 00:27:36,362 All right. 569 00:27:41,534 --> 00:27:42,910 Solomon, I was talking to half-pint. 570 00:27:43,078 --> 00:27:45,120 She, uh... 571 00:27:45,288 --> 00:27:47,873 She told me you said something in school today. You know what I mean? 572 00:27:50,085 --> 00:27:51,669 I think so, sir. 573 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,837 I didn't mean nothin' bad. 574 00:27:54,005 --> 00:27:55,005 The teacher asked a question, 575 00:27:55,173 --> 00:27:57,383 and I just answered it. 576 00:27:57,550 --> 00:27:59,176 I knew I shouldn't have, 577 00:27:59,344 --> 00:28:01,387 'cause everybody got real quiet-like. 578 00:28:01,554 --> 00:28:03,472 Well, why'd you say it? 579 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:04,890 'Cause it's the truth. 580 00:28:05,058 --> 00:28:08,143 If'n I was white, my pa would still be alive. 581 00:28:08,311 --> 00:28:10,354 Being a nigger killed my pa. 582 00:28:11,648 --> 00:28:14,817 Slaving until he was an old man at 30. 583 00:28:14,984 --> 00:28:17,236 You hate something that killed your papa. 584 00:28:19,322 --> 00:28:22,157 I know you do, Solomon, but... 585 00:28:22,325 --> 00:28:24,159 Those days are over. 586 00:28:24,327 --> 00:28:25,577 You're gonna start a new life now. 587 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:27,913 Ain't nothin' over. 588 00:28:28,081 --> 00:28:30,708 Laws don't change nothin'. 589 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:32,501 You answer me somethin', sir. 590 00:28:32,669 --> 00:28:34,044 Yeah, if I can. 591 00:28:34,212 --> 00:28:36,547 Would you like to live to be 100? 592 00:28:36,715 --> 00:28:39,133 Sure, I would. 593 00:28:39,300 --> 00:28:40,801 It's not very likely. I mean, I guess all of us 594 00:28:40,969 --> 00:28:42,469 like to live to a ripe old age. 595 00:28:42,637 --> 00:28:45,514 Would you rather be black and live to be 100... 596 00:28:47,142 --> 00:28:49,643 Or white and live to be 50? 597 00:29:07,829 --> 00:29:09,288 Good night, Solomon. 598 00:29:21,718 --> 00:29:24,386 That's very good, Nellie. 599 00:29:24,554 --> 00:29:26,096 Uh... willie. 600 00:29:28,057 --> 00:29:32,311 Bird. 601 00:29:32,479 --> 00:29:34,396 B... 602 00:29:34,564 --> 00:29:37,065 U... 603 00:29:37,233 --> 00:29:38,358 R-d? 604 00:29:39,402 --> 00:29:40,569 Not quite. 605 00:29:43,656 --> 00:29:45,657 Um... solomon. 606 00:29:48,828 --> 00:29:50,662 Bird. 607 00:29:51,998 --> 00:29:53,665 B... 608 00:29:55,251 --> 00:29:57,669 I... 609 00:29:59,839 --> 00:30:01,340 R... 610 00:30:02,258 --> 00:30:03,091 D. 611 00:30:03,259 --> 00:30:04,259 Very good. 612 00:30:04,427 --> 00:30:07,346 Cowboy. Now, that's one word, Solomon. 613 00:30:07,514 --> 00:30:09,848 Cowboy. 614 00:30:12,769 --> 00:30:14,186 K... 615 00:30:15,772 --> 00:30:17,648 O... no, no. 616 00:30:18,942 --> 00:30:20,526 C... 617 00:30:22,445 --> 00:30:24,029 O... 618 00:30:25,824 --> 00:30:27,699 W... 619 00:30:27,867 --> 00:30:29,034 B... 620 00:30:29,202 --> 00:30:31,537 O... 621 00:30:33,122 --> 00:30:34,081 Y. 622 00:30:34,249 --> 00:30:36,291 Hooray! 623 00:30:36,459 --> 00:30:39,962 Excellent, Solomon. 624 00:30:40,129 --> 00:30:42,130 All right. I think that's enough for today. 625 00:30:42,298 --> 00:30:43,590 Class is dismissed. 626 00:30:46,636 --> 00:30:48,011 That was just fine, Solomon. 627 00:30:48,179 --> 00:30:49,221 Wasn't it, miss beadle? 628 00:30:49,389 --> 00:30:50,597 It certainly was. 629 00:30:50,765 --> 00:30:53,934 I hope you do as well with your poetry recitation. 630 00:31:05,697 --> 00:31:08,198 "Under the bludgeonings of chance, 631 00:31:08,366 --> 00:31:11,493 "my head is bloody but unbowed. 632 00:31:11,661 --> 00:31:14,830 "Beyond this place of wrath and tears, 633 00:31:14,998 --> 00:31:18,000 looms but the horror of the shade..." 634 00:31:18,167 --> 00:31:20,294 "Horror of the shade." 635 00:31:20,461 --> 00:31:22,713 That means death, miss beadle says. 636 00:31:24,549 --> 00:31:27,551 We got a lot of grieving songs like this poem. 637 00:31:27,719 --> 00:31:30,804 I remember when I could hear the women crying and singing 638 00:31:30,972 --> 00:31:32,514 till it got light. 639 00:31:32,682 --> 00:31:35,559 And everything feel awful low and quiet. 640 00:31:35,727 --> 00:31:37,352 What were they singing about? 641 00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:40,105 Oh, about dying and being released. 642 00:31:40,273 --> 00:31:41,523 From what? 643 00:31:41,691 --> 00:31:43,817 Hard times. 644 00:31:48,156 --> 00:31:51,325 "Death is the robber, 645 00:31:51,492 --> 00:31:53,952 "but it can't steal me, 646 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,705 "'cause I've been called by the man 647 00:31:56,873 --> 00:31:59,541 "from galilee. 648 00:31:59,709 --> 00:32:02,628 "Lord, I never been up, 649 00:32:02,795 --> 00:32:05,088 "and I'll never go down, 650 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:08,050 'cause my soul is heaven-bound." 651 00:32:08,217 --> 00:32:09,593 That's the way the words went. 652 00:32:09,761 --> 00:32:11,803 You could hear 'em all night long, 653 00:32:11,971 --> 00:32:13,555 all across the fields, 654 00:32:13,723 --> 00:32:16,058 just crying and singing. 655 00:32:29,572 --> 00:32:32,074 That boy may stay with us forever. 656 00:33:15,076 --> 00:33:16,451 Be quiet, brother. 657 00:33:28,506 --> 00:33:29,798 I come to get you out of here. 658 00:33:29,966 --> 00:33:31,258 What are you talking about? 659 00:33:31,426 --> 00:33:33,343 I don't care if you made your mark on a paper. 660 00:33:33,511 --> 00:33:34,386 I'm getting you out. 661 00:33:34,554 --> 00:33:36,638 I didn't make no mark. 662 00:33:37,640 --> 00:33:39,307 You didn't indenture yourself? 663 00:33:39,475 --> 00:33:40,642 No. 664 00:33:40,810 --> 00:33:43,020 Then what you doing working for that white man? 665 00:33:43,187 --> 00:33:45,981 He feeds me good, gives me a place to sleep, 666 00:33:46,149 --> 00:33:48,150 and I get to go to school, Jackson. 667 00:33:48,317 --> 00:33:49,609 School? See, lookit. 668 00:33:49,777 --> 00:33:52,654 Learned how to write my name, Jackson, by myself, 669 00:33:52,822 --> 00:33:54,197 and since Mr. Ingalls got me in school, 670 00:33:54,365 --> 00:33:56,158 I can read a little bit, too, 671 00:33:56,325 --> 00:33:58,785 and figure up to near 100. 672 00:33:58,953 --> 00:34:01,830 Well, we got 15 acres outside of emmettsburg. 673 00:34:01,998 --> 00:34:05,375 Only me, mama. Supposed to be you to work it. 674 00:34:06,627 --> 00:34:08,628 Shouldn't have run away, Solomon. 675 00:34:11,174 --> 00:34:14,217 Family and them 15 acres is all we got in the world. 676 00:34:15,636 --> 00:34:19,723 Mama lays in her bed every night crying 'cause you gone. 677 00:34:19,891 --> 00:34:21,600 I just want schoolin'. 678 00:34:21,768 --> 00:34:24,770 It's crazy for a black boy to think about schoolin' 679 00:34:24,937 --> 00:34:26,730 and books and figurin'. 680 00:34:28,691 --> 00:34:31,193 I want to learn to read. 681 00:34:31,360 --> 00:34:33,528 I wanna know things, 682 00:34:33,696 --> 00:34:35,113 more than just corn coming up 683 00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:37,532 or how to mend a harness. 684 00:34:37,700 --> 00:34:39,618 What good's it gonna do you, huh? 685 00:34:41,454 --> 00:34:42,704 Busting a field, 686 00:34:42,872 --> 00:34:44,372 sewing, harvesting. 687 00:34:44,540 --> 00:34:46,708 Ain't none of that any easier with book learnin'. 688 00:34:46,876 --> 00:34:49,753 Is that all we're good for, Jackson, 689 00:34:49,921 --> 00:34:51,797 working in the field day after day? 690 00:34:55,218 --> 00:34:56,551 Ain't nothing' wrong with it. 691 00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:57,719 I know. 692 00:34:57,887 --> 00:34:58,845 And there ain't nothin' wrong 693 00:34:59,013 --> 00:35:00,514 wanting something else, neither. 694 00:35:02,266 --> 00:35:05,102 You think things gonna get any better 'cause you can read? 695 00:35:05,269 --> 00:35:07,229 You think anything's gonna change? 696 00:35:07,396 --> 00:35:08,605 It ain't. 697 00:35:08,773 --> 00:35:10,899 White folks ain't gonna let it change. 698 00:35:11,067 --> 00:35:12,818 They will. 699 00:35:14,403 --> 00:35:16,071 What you think you're gonna be, boy? 700 00:35:17,406 --> 00:35:20,075 Some kind of doctor or lawyer or something? 701 00:35:20,243 --> 00:35:22,744 I can be anything I wanna be. 702 00:35:22,912 --> 00:35:25,288 You wanna be white, boy? 703 00:35:26,791 --> 00:35:28,333 Can't be that. 704 00:35:33,089 --> 00:35:34,881 I can make you come with me. 705 00:35:36,092 --> 00:35:38,844 I just could run away again. 706 00:35:43,266 --> 00:35:48,186 All right. 707 00:36:05,872 --> 00:36:08,206 Mama made this for you. 708 00:36:08,374 --> 00:36:10,458 She said make sure you wear it. 709 00:36:14,672 --> 00:36:16,464 I'll tell her you're safe, 710 00:36:16,632 --> 00:36:18,341 you got a place to stay. 711 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,131 Charles: Hey, Solomon, 712 00:37:40,299 --> 00:37:41,549 what you doing out here? 713 00:37:41,717 --> 00:37:42,801 I saw the girls on the way in to school. 714 00:37:42,969 --> 00:37:43,885 They said you were gonna catch up. 715 00:37:44,053 --> 00:37:45,095 Yes, sir. 716 00:37:45,263 --> 00:37:46,179 Well, it's a lot later than you think. 717 00:37:46,347 --> 00:37:47,180 You best jump on the wagon. 718 00:37:47,348 --> 00:37:48,181 I'll take you into town. 719 00:37:48,349 --> 00:37:49,266 I got to go get my books. 720 00:37:49,433 --> 00:37:52,519 All right. 721 00:38:01,904 --> 00:38:02,737 Dr. Baker, 722 00:38:02,905 --> 00:38:04,114 Dr. Tane. How you doing? 723 00:38:04,282 --> 00:38:06,032 Morning, Mr. Ingalls. 724 00:38:13,582 --> 00:38:15,000 Whoa. 725 00:38:15,167 --> 00:38:16,459 A doctor? 726 00:38:16,627 --> 00:38:18,128 That black man's a doctor? 727 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:20,505 That's right. Name's Dr. Tane. 728 00:38:20,673 --> 00:38:21,589 Well, I got to get on to work. 729 00:38:21,757 --> 00:38:23,258 You have a good day at school. 730 00:38:23,426 --> 00:38:24,634 Yes, sir. 731 00:38:34,228 --> 00:38:36,187 I'll be a doctor. 732 00:38:44,363 --> 00:38:46,364 What you doing around here, boy? 733 00:38:46,532 --> 00:38:48,033 I work for Mr. Ingalls, 734 00:38:48,200 --> 00:38:50,243 and I go to school, too. 735 00:38:50,411 --> 00:38:52,704 Oh. That a fact? 736 00:38:57,001 --> 00:38:58,710 You're a doctor, ain't ya? 737 00:38:59,628 --> 00:39:01,421 Oh, after a fashion. 738 00:39:01,589 --> 00:39:03,590 Learned what I could from books. 739 00:39:03,758 --> 00:39:05,383 You doctorin' around here? 740 00:39:06,927 --> 00:39:09,220 Who'd I be doctorin' around here, boy? 741 00:39:09,388 --> 00:39:11,639 Folks get sick, don't they? 742 00:39:11,807 --> 00:39:13,725 White folks here? 743 00:39:13,893 --> 00:39:17,354 You don't think white folks be letting me doctor 'em, do you? 744 00:39:25,446 --> 00:39:28,490 I'm a reservation doctor, boy. 745 00:39:28,657 --> 00:39:30,033 I do what I can for Indians 746 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:33,411 'cause ain't no white doctor's gonna do it. 747 00:39:35,373 --> 00:39:37,290 You got a family around here, boy? 748 00:39:38,793 --> 00:39:39,918 No, sir. 749 00:39:40,086 --> 00:39:41,252 I got to get to school. 750 00:39:45,174 --> 00:39:46,800 Hmm. 751 00:40:04,068 --> 00:40:05,568 Darlin', I'm sorry I'm late. 752 00:40:05,736 --> 00:40:07,362 I'll hitch the team and be right in. Where's Solomon? 753 00:40:07,530 --> 00:40:09,364 Oh, he said he didn't feel like eating. 754 00:40:09,532 --> 00:40:10,448 Is he feeling sick? 755 00:40:10,616 --> 00:40:11,616 No. 756 00:40:11,784 --> 00:40:14,202 The girls said nothing happened at school. 757 00:40:14,370 --> 00:40:15,286 I'll check on him. 758 00:40:15,454 --> 00:40:16,830 All right. 759 00:40:19,417 --> 00:40:20,500 Solomon? 760 00:40:25,673 --> 00:40:27,132 Hey, you all right? 761 00:40:27,299 --> 00:40:28,425 Yes, sir. 762 00:40:30,886 --> 00:40:31,970 How come no supper then? 763 00:40:32,138 --> 00:40:33,638 Just ain't hungry. 764 00:40:36,225 --> 00:40:37,725 You know, Solomon, when people are friends, 765 00:40:37,893 --> 00:40:39,602 they have to share with each other. 766 00:40:39,770 --> 00:40:42,021 They have to... they have to be honest with each other. 767 00:40:42,189 --> 00:40:44,441 That's the only way you can work out a problem. 768 00:40:44,608 --> 00:40:47,527 Ain't no way to work out this problem. 769 00:40:47,695 --> 00:40:49,404 Well, we can sure try, can't we? 770 00:40:50,948 --> 00:40:52,740 Talked to that Dr. Tane today. 771 00:40:52,908 --> 00:40:55,243 He said he couldn't do his doctoring here. 772 00:40:55,411 --> 00:40:57,495 He said the white folks wouldn't let him. 773 00:40:57,663 --> 00:40:58,997 Is that the truth? 774 00:41:00,708 --> 00:41:03,334 You just said we got to be honest with each other. 775 00:41:06,922 --> 00:41:08,798 Yeah, that's the truth. 776 00:41:10,885 --> 00:41:11,926 See, you got to understand... 777 00:41:12,094 --> 00:41:15,013 That we different? That I'm black? 778 00:41:16,932 --> 00:41:20,768 Solomon, there's a lot of good folks in walnut grove. 779 00:41:20,936 --> 00:41:22,812 But you know, when people spend their whole lives 780 00:41:22,980 --> 00:41:25,607 thinking a certain way, it... 781 00:41:25,774 --> 00:41:27,317 It just takes time for them to change. 782 00:41:27,485 --> 00:41:28,860 And if they don't? 783 00:41:29,028 --> 00:41:31,446 We go to the same school, learn the same, 784 00:41:31,614 --> 00:41:33,114 but it don't make no difference. 785 00:41:33,282 --> 00:41:36,743 When we done, nothing's changed. 786 00:41:36,911 --> 00:41:37,952 All I'm still good for 787 00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,371 is walking behind a plow. 788 00:41:41,499 --> 00:41:42,790 I walk behind a plow. 789 00:41:42,958 --> 00:41:45,376 That's your choice. I ain't got a choice. 790 00:41:45,544 --> 00:41:47,337 Don't make no difference to learn something 791 00:41:47,505 --> 00:41:49,297 if you can't use 'em. 792 00:41:49,465 --> 00:41:51,883 My mama and brother tried to tell me that. 793 00:41:57,806 --> 00:41:59,891 There's some more of the truth. 794 00:42:01,769 --> 00:42:03,394 I got a family. 795 00:42:03,562 --> 00:42:05,855 My brother came here to fetch me back. 796 00:42:06,023 --> 00:42:08,149 But I told him no. 797 00:42:08,317 --> 00:42:10,652 I was wrong. 798 00:42:10,819 --> 00:42:13,154 I got to go back to my mama. 799 00:42:14,490 --> 00:42:15,949 Why didn't you tell us you had a family? 800 00:42:16,116 --> 00:42:17,992 'Cause I wanted to be with you, 801 00:42:18,160 --> 00:42:20,328 pretend you were my family. 802 00:42:20,496 --> 00:42:22,747 But it ain't no good pretending. 803 00:42:25,709 --> 00:42:27,835 I best to be going tomorrow. 804 00:42:47,189 --> 00:42:49,440 I'm gonna miss you, Solomon Henry. 805 00:43:11,046 --> 00:43:13,548 I've been looking all over for you. 806 00:43:13,716 --> 00:43:15,425 It's almost time to go to town. 807 00:43:15,593 --> 00:43:17,218 I'm all ready. 808 00:43:17,386 --> 00:43:19,012 The stage doesn't leave until 8:30. 809 00:43:19,179 --> 00:43:21,180 You could go say good-bye to miss beadle if you want. 810 00:43:21,348 --> 00:43:23,391 Yeah, I'd like to. 811 00:43:23,559 --> 00:43:25,977 I got to give back her slate and primer. 812 00:43:29,231 --> 00:43:31,441 I wish you didn't have to go. 813 00:43:31,609 --> 00:43:34,110 Got to. 814 00:43:34,278 --> 00:43:35,945 Wish I could be here for your poem, 815 00:43:36,113 --> 00:43:37,905 but I know you'll do good. 816 00:43:38,073 --> 00:43:40,700 Thanks to you. 817 00:43:40,868 --> 00:43:43,453 What's wrong with people, Solomon? 818 00:43:43,621 --> 00:43:45,622 Why can't they change? 819 00:43:46,582 --> 00:43:48,416 Maybe they will someday. 820 00:43:48,584 --> 00:43:49,917 Maybe in a hundred years or so, 821 00:43:50,085 --> 00:43:52,003 things will be different. 822 00:43:52,171 --> 00:43:54,005 Maybe. 823 00:43:55,215 --> 00:43:56,591 Charles: Half-pint! 824 00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:58,426 Solomon! Time to go! 825 00:43:58,594 --> 00:44:00,136 Time to go. 826 00:44:01,430 --> 00:44:02,764 Coming. 827 00:44:23,243 --> 00:44:25,662 Class, one of our students is leaving us today, 828 00:44:25,829 --> 00:44:27,622 and he'd like to say good-bye. 829 00:44:39,426 --> 00:44:40,718 Uh... 830 00:44:42,304 --> 00:44:45,306 I got to go back home now. 831 00:44:45,474 --> 00:44:47,642 I got a family, 832 00:44:47,810 --> 00:44:50,311 and I got to be with 'em. 833 00:44:50,479 --> 00:44:53,147 This is a good school. 834 00:44:53,315 --> 00:44:54,732 You're all... you're all mighty lucky 835 00:44:54,900 --> 00:44:56,651 to be able to come here. 836 00:44:56,819 --> 00:44:58,653 I expect you to know that. 837 00:45:00,114 --> 00:45:03,282 And I'm thankful for being allowed to come here... 838 00:45:05,244 --> 00:45:09,247 Thankful especially to Laura... 839 00:45:10,833 --> 00:45:13,000 Mary... 840 00:45:13,168 --> 00:45:14,419 And miss beadle. 841 00:45:18,882 --> 00:45:21,008 This is for you, miss beadle. 842 00:45:31,437 --> 00:45:33,479 Bless you too, Solomon. 843 00:45:38,694 --> 00:45:40,987 You make that poem sing now. 844 00:45:43,866 --> 00:45:45,283 Bye, Solomon. 845 00:46:08,682 --> 00:46:10,308 Thank you, grace. 846 00:46:18,192 --> 00:46:20,193 Solomon, you're all set. Here's your ticket. 847 00:46:22,321 --> 00:46:25,323 Sure appreciate this ticket for the stage. 848 00:46:26,575 --> 00:46:27,450 Well, it's the least I can do. 849 00:46:27,618 --> 00:46:29,660 You did a lot of work for me. 850 00:46:37,503 --> 00:46:39,045 Now, you best get aboard, huh? 851 00:47:03,237 --> 00:47:04,320 Get going now. 852 00:47:07,658 --> 00:47:10,868 Go on.