1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,162 WWW.MY-SUBS.COM 1 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:11,560 This programme contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting. 2 00:00:16,364 --> 00:00:21,483 The life of a white missus on a Jamaican sugar plantation 3 00:00:21,484 --> 00:00:27,803 be surely full of tribulation, from the scarcity of beef 4 00:00:27,804 --> 00:00:35,003 to the want of a fashionable hat, to the almost impossible search 5 00:00:35,004 --> 00:00:40,804 on this so-small island for a suitable man to marry. 6 00:00:42,004 --> 00:00:43,444 Marguerite. 7 00:00:47,884 --> 00:00:48,924 Marguerite. 8 00:00:50,684 --> 00:00:51,724 Marguerite. 9 00:00:54,124 --> 00:00:55,364 Marguerite! 10 00:00:56,844 --> 00:00:59,643 But if that is the story you wish to hear... 11 00:00:59,644 --> 00:01:01,603 Marguerite! 12 00:01:01,604 --> 00:01:02,963 ...then be on your way. 13 00:01:02,964 --> 00:01:04,244 Go! 14 00:01:05,364 --> 00:01:06,924 Yes, go! 15 00:01:09,324 --> 00:01:15,124 For the tale I have to tell is quite a different one. 16 00:01:17,404 --> 00:01:19,963 Marguerite! 17 00:01:19,964 --> 00:01:21,083 Marguerite! 18 00:01:21,084 --> 00:01:23,563 July, Missus calling you. 19 00:01:23,564 --> 00:01:26,243 - Yeah, soon come. Me busy. - What you have there? 20 00:01:26,244 --> 00:01:29,563 - Missus' dress. She want it. - Then go give it. 21 00:01:29,564 --> 00:01:31,283 July, me can have some of them button? 22 00:01:31,284 --> 00:01:33,723 Yeah, when the Missus give you dress for mendin', 23 00:01:33,724 --> 00:01:35,483 - then you may have button. - Molly, come. 24 00:01:35,484 --> 00:01:36,883 The Missus calling you. 25 00:01:36,884 --> 00:01:39,473 July, go see to her now, she paining me head. 26 00:01:40,964 --> 00:01:43,683 What are... 27 00:01:43,684 --> 00:01:45,843 Yes. 28 00:01:45,844 --> 00:01:47,283 She faced enough. 29 00:01:47,284 --> 00:01:48,563 She two-faced. 30 00:01:48,564 --> 00:01:51,683 She don't want to listen to nothing, she don't want to hear nothing. 31 00:01:51,684 --> 00:01:53,603 She feels it's too nice. 32 00:01:53,604 --> 00:01:55,203 Hmm, not our manners. 33 00:01:55,204 --> 00:01:56,763 Do we have any milk? 34 00:01:56,764 --> 00:01:59,470 - You want have milk? - You have any cold milk? 35 00:02:10,284 --> 00:02:11,524 Marguerite! 36 00:02:15,124 --> 00:02:16,524 Marguerite! 37 00:02:23,804 --> 00:02:26,844 Marguerite! 38 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:32,563 Yes, Missus, me here. 39 00:02:32,564 --> 00:02:34,003 Me come quick as me could. 40 00:02:34,004 --> 00:02:36,844 Me did finish the dress. 41 00:02:39,364 --> 00:02:44,644 I have decided to arrange a grand Christmas dinner here at Amity. 42 00:02:45,644 --> 00:02:48,843 In England, we used to have such parties and balls at this time 43 00:02:48,844 --> 00:02:50,243 of year. 44 00:02:50,244 --> 00:02:58,203 Carol singers, roaring fires, fresh holly berries. 45 00:02:58,204 --> 00:03:00,683 ♪ If you have no penny, a ha'penny will do 46 00:03:00,684 --> 00:03:02,963 ♪ If you haven't got a ha'penny, God... ♪ 47 00:03:02,964 --> 00:03:04,444 SHE EXCLAIMS 48 00:03:10,484 --> 00:03:11,844 Breathe in, Missus. 49 00:03:14,084 --> 00:03:16,483 Christmases here are so dreary. 50 00:03:16,484 --> 00:03:18,443 This year, I am resolved... 51 00:03:18,444 --> 00:03:19,603 SHE EXCLAIMS AGAIN 52 00:03:19,604 --> 00:03:21,283 Just a little more... 53 00:03:21,284 --> 00:03:22,923 ...to give a party the likes 54 00:03:22,924 --> 00:03:25,683 of which this island has never before seen. 55 00:03:25,684 --> 00:03:28,964 Ow! That hurts! That's enough. 56 00:03:35,404 --> 00:03:38,463 Didn't this dress used to have buttons on the sleeve? 57 00:03:40,644 --> 00:03:43,643 No, Missus. 58 00:03:43,644 --> 00:03:46,964 No, no, that be the yellow dress you think of. 59 00:03:49,124 --> 00:03:52,083 No, no, look. Look, here are the threads where they were. 60 00:03:52,084 --> 00:03:54,924 Oh, Missus. 61 00:03:57,004 --> 00:03:59,323 Must be them washer women in the river. 62 00:03:59,324 --> 00:04:01,723 Them slap the dress against the rock and bash... 63 00:04:01,724 --> 00:04:04,043 No, no, no, no, no... How many times have I told you not 64 00:04:04,044 --> 00:04:05,883 to let those women anywhere near my dresses? 65 00:04:05,884 --> 00:04:07,243 I did scream and I shout, Missus. 66 00:04:07,244 --> 00:04:09,683 "Mind the Missus' dress," I did tell them. 67 00:04:09,684 --> 00:04:12,883 But look, the buttons come loose now. 68 00:04:12,884 --> 00:04:15,763 No, but they were pearl buttons. They were pearl buttons. 69 00:04:15,764 --> 00:04:17,883 They was pearl buttons. 70 00:04:17,884 --> 00:04:20,643 Well... 71 00:04:20,644 --> 00:04:25,364 ...I fear them pearls be back down at bottom of the sea once more. 72 00:04:31,604 --> 00:04:34,044 I could have you whipped for this. 73 00:04:36,884 --> 00:04:39,964 I could have you sent back into the fields. 74 00:04:42,684 --> 00:04:44,803 - Missus, no, please! - Come here. 75 00:04:44,804 --> 00:04:46,403 Come here! 76 00:04:46,404 --> 00:04:47,963 NARRATOR: But wait. 77 00:04:47,964 --> 00:04:50,723 I cannot start my tale here. 78 00:04:50,724 --> 00:04:55,643 For it not be plain how this crafty girl come to be a lady's maid, 79 00:04:55,644 --> 00:04:58,323 nor why her mistress call her Marguerite, 80 00:04:58,324 --> 00:05:00,803 when her name be July. 81 00:05:00,804 --> 00:05:04,363 No, me must start at the beginning. 82 00:05:04,364 --> 00:05:07,524 SLAVES SING 83 00:05:09,044 --> 00:05:12,803 The successful cultivation of the sugar cane crop requires 84 00:05:12,804 --> 00:05:15,644 a tropical climate and a fertile soil. 85 00:05:17,564 --> 00:05:24,003 Plenty water, plenty sunshine, plenty shit. 86 00:05:24,004 --> 00:05:30,044 And at the time of which I am speaking, plenty slaves. 87 00:05:34,724 --> 00:05:38,004 July's mama was a field slave named Kitty. 88 00:05:48,964 --> 00:05:54,083 Kitty had not felt the lash of the driver's whip for many 89 00:05:54,084 --> 00:05:56,603 a month now. 90 00:05:56,604 --> 00:05:59,163 And there was a reason for this. 91 00:05:59,164 --> 00:06:02,483 GRUNTING 92 00:06:02,484 --> 00:06:07,684 Thankfully, his part was small, and he was always done quick. 93 00:06:10,004 --> 00:06:13,404 And if she kept quiet, he seldom hit her. 94 00:06:18,044 --> 00:06:20,884 Tam Dewar was his name. 95 00:06:22,084 --> 00:06:23,284 From Scotch Land. 96 00:06:26,244 --> 00:06:29,004 And she would never forget him. 97 00:06:31,764 --> 00:06:33,484 CRYING: Miss Rose! 98 00:06:36,884 --> 00:06:41,204 WAILING AND CRYING 99 00:06:42,124 --> 00:06:43,764 SCREAMING 100 00:06:51,484 --> 00:06:54,883 Oh, it's so, so pretty. 101 00:06:54,884 --> 00:06:56,924 You not see him in her face. 102 00:06:59,804 --> 00:07:02,163 She be YOUR pickney. 103 00:07:02,164 --> 00:07:04,084 What you going to call her? 104 00:07:07,404 --> 00:07:09,603 July. 105 00:07:09,604 --> 00:07:12,564 But it be December. 106 00:07:13,764 --> 00:07:18,444 Well, she be July. 107 00:07:56,164 --> 00:07:58,844 You! 108 00:08:00,724 --> 00:08:02,404 Back to work. 109 00:08:18,004 --> 00:08:19,644 July. 110 00:08:33,684 --> 00:08:34,924 July! 111 00:08:36,684 --> 00:08:38,244 Come from out there. 112 00:08:39,324 --> 00:08:40,804 We must not stop here. 113 00:08:46,604 --> 00:08:48,084 Here. 114 00:08:52,724 --> 00:08:54,844 Now, come on, you naughty girl. 115 00:09:00,604 --> 00:09:01,923 Hey! 116 00:09:01,924 --> 00:09:04,004 Come on, follow me. Come. 117 00:09:05,484 --> 00:09:09,123 - You, where are you going? - Me have pass, Massa. 118 00:09:09,124 --> 00:09:10,683 Me and the pickney. 119 00:09:10,684 --> 00:09:12,124 We are go Unity Pen. 120 00:09:14,964 --> 00:09:16,604 Oh! 121 00:09:17,764 --> 00:09:19,843 Look at the little one. 122 00:09:19,844 --> 00:09:21,124 Isn't she pretty? 123 00:09:23,444 --> 00:09:25,044 John, what's her name? 124 00:09:26,204 --> 00:09:29,483 Tell your mistress the name of your child. 125 00:09:29,484 --> 00:09:31,124 July, Massa. 126 00:09:38,204 --> 00:09:41,644 Come, sister, this will be an education for you. 127 00:09:44,844 --> 00:09:45,884 SHE COUGHS 128 00:09:49,724 --> 00:09:52,523 Look at, look at the legs, Caroline. 129 00:09:52,524 --> 00:09:54,084 Like tree trunks. 130 00:09:55,364 --> 00:09:57,163 Feel the muscles. 131 00:09:57,164 --> 00:09:58,884 Come on, she won't bite! 132 00:10:06,684 --> 00:10:08,723 Imagine putting silk stockings over these, 133 00:10:08,724 --> 00:10:10,164 eh, Caroline? 134 00:10:11,204 --> 00:10:14,203 There are some in England that say it should be done. 135 00:10:14,204 --> 00:10:16,603 Come, let's get out of the heat. 136 00:10:16,604 --> 00:10:20,004 Oh, but look how adorable the little one is. 137 00:10:21,204 --> 00:10:22,523 Well... 138 00:10:22,524 --> 00:10:25,363 Well, bring her, then, if you like. 139 00:10:25,364 --> 00:10:26,924 What?! 140 00:10:27,924 --> 00:10:29,443 Can I? 141 00:10:29,444 --> 00:10:31,643 Of course, if she amuses you. She's my property. 142 00:10:31,644 --> 00:10:34,083 She'll be taken from the mother soon enough anyway. 143 00:10:34,084 --> 00:10:35,803 It will encourage her to have another. 144 00:10:35,804 --> 00:10:38,243 They're dreadful mothers, these negroes. 145 00:10:38,244 --> 00:10:40,523 Massa, me have pass. 146 00:10:40,524 --> 00:10:41,923 We are go market. 147 00:10:41,924 --> 00:10:43,963 Well, I suppose if I am to stay on this island, 148 00:10:43,964 --> 00:10:46,924 I could train her to be my lady's maid. 149 00:10:49,524 --> 00:10:51,283 They aren't very bright, you realise. 150 00:10:51,284 --> 00:10:52,603 Please, Massa, no. 151 00:10:52,604 --> 00:10:53,764 No! 152 00:10:56,524 --> 00:10:58,770 - Yes, yes, I'll take her. - Right. 153 00:10:58,772 --> 00:11:01,443 - Oh, no, Massa. She too, she too small. - Quiet. 154 00:11:01,444 --> 00:11:03,799 Have mercy, Massa. Mercy, Massa. 155 00:11:03,801 --> 00:11:05,123 - Mama. - Massa, no. 156 00:11:05,124 --> 00:11:06,906 Massa, no. Please. Please, Massa, no. 157 00:11:06,907 --> 00:11:08,403 - Be off with you. - She too small. 158 00:11:08,404 --> 00:11:09,883 Piss off! 159 00:11:09,884 --> 00:11:11,764 SHE WHIMPERS 160 00:11:22,924 --> 00:11:27,444 Yes, I... I think I'll call you Marguerite... 161 00:11:28,964 --> 00:11:30,884 ...like the flower. 162 00:11:32,564 --> 00:11:35,084 Ma...! 163 00:11:51,084 --> 00:11:52,604 And that was that. 164 00:11:56,164 --> 00:11:59,243 Happen all the time in them days. 165 00:11:59,244 --> 00:12:01,804 Your pickney not your own. 166 00:12:09,884 --> 00:12:11,283 JULY CRIES 167 00:12:11,284 --> 00:12:13,283 Your mother is sold away. 168 00:12:13,284 --> 00:12:15,043 You are mine now. 169 00:12:15,044 --> 00:12:17,323 You must do as I say, otherwise I will send you back 170 00:12:17,324 --> 00:12:20,363 into the field like any other filthy little piccaninny! 171 00:12:20,364 --> 00:12:24,443 Miss Kitty, Miss Kitty. 172 00:12:24,444 --> 00:12:26,683 You cannot keep coming here. 173 00:12:26,684 --> 00:12:28,363 Come, come. 174 00:12:28,364 --> 00:12:31,003 Stop crying, you stupid girl. 175 00:12:31,004 --> 00:12:38,123 If them catch you, it will be the cat o' nine tails or worse. 176 00:12:38,124 --> 00:12:39,523 Come. 177 00:12:39,524 --> 00:12:40,883 - No. - Marguerite! 178 00:12:40,884 --> 00:12:42,763 Marguerite, come back here. 179 00:12:42,764 --> 00:12:44,563 Enough. 180 00:12:44,564 --> 00:12:46,404 Let us rejoin our tale. 181 00:12:48,724 --> 00:12:52,083 Suffice to say that, despite all her beatings 182 00:12:52,084 --> 00:12:58,083 and whippings, July realise that her missus never 183 00:12:58,084 --> 00:13:00,323 would return her to the fields. 184 00:13:00,324 --> 00:13:01,924 Marguerite, come here. 185 00:13:03,724 --> 00:13:08,004 For, come, what would that fool-fool woman do without her? 186 00:13:11,204 --> 00:13:17,163 She was stuck on that godforsaken island with no husband, 187 00:13:17,164 --> 00:13:19,044 friend or companion. 188 00:13:21,444 --> 00:13:23,643 All she had was that one 189 00:13:23,644 --> 00:13:28,324 little slave girl that she did call Marguerite... 190 00:13:30,684 --> 00:13:34,844 ...but who would forever cling to the name her mama give her... 191 00:13:38,164 --> 00:13:39,524 Enough, Marguerite. 192 00:13:40,564 --> 00:13:41,963 ...July. 193 00:13:41,964 --> 00:13:43,723 We must have the best turtle soup. 194 00:13:43,724 --> 00:13:47,003 We must have mutton pies and pigeon pies and boiled ham, 195 00:13:47,004 --> 00:13:49,003 two brace of quail, roasted. 196 00:13:49,004 --> 00:13:50,403 And of course, a turkey. 197 00:13:50,404 --> 00:13:52,283 No, let us have two turkeys. 198 00:13:52,284 --> 00:13:53,483 And duck. 199 00:13:53,484 --> 00:13:56,883 Three, if you can get them, Godfrey, in aspic. 200 00:13:56,884 --> 00:14:00,323 - All this for seven people, Missus? - Yes, yes. 201 00:14:00,324 --> 00:14:03,443 And Godfrey, enquire in town about cheese, and buy 202 00:14:03,444 --> 00:14:05,203 whatever you can. 203 00:14:05,204 --> 00:14:06,803 I will enquire, Missus. 204 00:14:06,804 --> 00:14:10,443 I want candles all over the walls - 100 of them. 205 00:14:10,444 --> 00:14:11,523 Yes. 206 00:14:11,524 --> 00:14:14,243 Yes, I've seen it done in London. 207 00:14:14,244 --> 00:14:15,924 It looks quite magical. 208 00:14:18,564 --> 00:14:21,403 All this be plenty, plenty money, Missus. 209 00:14:21,404 --> 00:14:23,323 Well, how much do you need? 210 00:14:23,324 --> 00:14:27,123 Well, to start, the beeswax candles which the Missus do prefer, 211 00:14:27,124 --> 00:14:30,083 be six shillings and eight pennies for the box. 212 00:14:30,084 --> 00:14:31,443 What? No, that's too expensive. 213 00:14:31,444 --> 00:14:35,123 Now, the tallow candles be one shilling and one penny for the box. 214 00:14:35,124 --> 00:14:38,843 Tallow? Do you expect this room to smell like an abattoir? 215 00:14:38,844 --> 00:14:42,564 Then it's six shillings and eight pennies for a box. 216 00:14:48,124 --> 00:14:50,204 My brother says you cheat me. 217 00:14:51,564 --> 00:14:54,323 How can they be that expensive? 218 00:14:54,324 --> 00:14:56,483 It is not that the candles be expensive, Missus, 219 00:14:56,484 --> 00:14:59,524 it is just that... you cannot afford them. 220 00:15:04,484 --> 00:15:06,683 How dare you talk back to me?! 221 00:15:06,684 --> 00:15:11,724 Just get me a good price for them, boy, or I will have you whipped. 222 00:15:13,644 --> 00:15:15,084 Yes, Missus. 223 00:15:19,604 --> 00:15:21,963 Make sure you put the Irish linen upon the table. 224 00:15:21,964 --> 00:15:25,483 That will impress Elizabeth Wyndham. 225 00:15:25,484 --> 00:15:27,564 Marguerite! 226 00:15:44,284 --> 00:15:47,884 Hurry up, now. We have plenty work here, you know. 227 00:15:51,764 --> 00:15:53,564 You no hear me? Hurry up! 228 00:15:58,564 --> 00:16:00,164 Morning, Mr Godfrey. 229 00:16:11,924 --> 00:16:14,963 I'm fed up with these people. Making me do this, do that, like I 230 00:16:14,964 --> 00:16:16,612 have nothing to do but chop! 231 00:16:18,564 --> 00:16:20,963 Seven people never going to eat all of these dead creature 232 00:16:20,964 --> 00:16:22,843 in one dinner, eh? 233 00:16:22,844 --> 00:16:25,003 Not even them white greedy-guts. 234 00:16:25,004 --> 00:16:27,643 Come, dinner not just be for eating Dinner be for show. 235 00:16:27,644 --> 00:16:30,803 The mango woman say, one day soon we all be free. 236 00:16:30,804 --> 00:16:32,043 Free? 237 00:16:32,044 --> 00:16:33,163 What you chatting, girl? 238 00:16:33,164 --> 00:16:35,163 The mango woman hear it from the fisherman. 239 00:16:35,164 --> 00:16:37,883 The King in England say no more slaves. 240 00:16:37,884 --> 00:16:40,643 Yeah, me hear that the fisherman good friends with the King 241 00:16:40,644 --> 00:16:43,523 in England. Come, we hear all this freedom chat before. 242 00:16:43,524 --> 00:16:45,083 Morning, Miss July. 243 00:16:45,084 --> 00:16:47,803 My, how you all grow up! 244 00:16:47,804 --> 00:16:48,843 Morning, Mr Nimrod. 245 00:16:48,844 --> 00:16:51,923 The fisherman hear it from the white preacherman at the Sunday chapel, 246 00:16:51,924 --> 00:16:55,083 - and he don't, him not lie! - What? Go get more garlic. 247 00:16:55,084 --> 00:16:58,883 Girl, you have no time this day to chat no freedom gossip. 248 00:16:58,884 --> 00:17:01,564 Of course, me, I've me freedom already. 249 00:17:03,444 --> 00:17:04,804 Me bought it. 250 00:17:06,804 --> 00:17:10,523 Walked right up to the massa with £100 in me hand. 251 00:17:10,524 --> 00:17:13,203 Yeah, and where you get that money? 252 00:17:13,204 --> 00:17:15,444 Me free to do anything me like. 253 00:17:16,844 --> 00:17:19,603 Set up shop. 254 00:17:19,604 --> 00:17:20,923 Take wife, if me want. 255 00:17:20,924 --> 00:17:23,483 Mr Nimrod, you want mango juice? 256 00:17:23,484 --> 00:17:25,043 Me make it fresh and sweet. 257 00:17:25,044 --> 00:17:27,483 Get me a house in town. 258 00:17:27,484 --> 00:17:30,843 Miss July, come lay the table. 259 00:17:30,844 --> 00:17:34,374 - We got work to do here, Mr Nimrod. - Of course, Mr Godfrey. 260 00:17:34,884 --> 00:17:38,123 Massa say jump and you jump. 261 00:17:38,124 --> 00:17:41,003 But I is free. 262 00:17:41,004 --> 00:17:42,324 Not in my kitchen! 263 00:17:43,564 --> 00:17:45,003 Good day, Mr Nimrod. 264 00:17:45,004 --> 00:17:46,604 Come on. 265 00:17:52,404 --> 00:17:58,283 Mr Godfrey, this be a dirty bedsheet, not linen for the table. 266 00:17:58,284 --> 00:18:00,163 I beg your pardon? 267 00:18:00,164 --> 00:18:01,404 It be a bedsheet. 268 00:18:10,604 --> 00:18:15,244 - It be a fine linen tablecloth. - Then lay it upon the table. 269 00:18:19,684 --> 00:18:21,964 Why didn't you ask me first, Caroline?! 270 00:18:23,004 --> 00:18:27,763 This monumental expense for a dinner when we're hanging by a thread. 271 00:18:27,764 --> 00:18:30,363 And at our busiest time of the year. To what end? 272 00:18:30,364 --> 00:18:33,803 It will do you good. It will cheer you up. 273 00:18:33,804 --> 00:18:35,883 John, please. 274 00:18:35,884 --> 00:18:37,843 We need to meet more people. 275 00:18:37,844 --> 00:18:39,323 I need company. 276 00:18:39,324 --> 00:18:41,483 There is no reason that I should not marry again. 277 00:18:41,484 --> 00:18:44,483 Nor even you. We're still young. 278 00:18:44,484 --> 00:18:47,643 I'm not young by a long chalk, sister. 279 00:18:47,644 --> 00:18:49,123 And I shall never remarry. 280 00:18:49,124 --> 00:18:53,083 You will not ruin this Christmas dinner for me, John! 281 00:18:53,084 --> 00:18:55,963 It's high time we had some fun! 282 00:18:55,964 --> 00:18:59,683 Where is he, Marguerite? 283 00:18:59,684 --> 00:19:00,723 WHIP SNAPPING 284 00:19:00,724 --> 00:19:06,683 - There, Missus. - John! John! 285 00:19:06,684 --> 00:19:09,323 John, please! Listen to me. 286 00:19:09,324 --> 00:19:10,884 WHIP SNAPS 287 00:19:12,804 --> 00:19:15,964 FIDDLES PLAY SILENT NIGHT 288 00:19:32,084 --> 00:19:34,204 How's business here at Amity, Dewar? 289 00:19:35,644 --> 00:19:38,443 I hear it's been a little slow. 290 00:19:38,444 --> 00:19:40,643 We're shifting 140 hogshead a month, 291 00:19:40,644 --> 00:19:44,523 Mr Sadler, so I think we can still give you at Prosperity 292 00:19:44,524 --> 00:19:46,803 a run for your money. 293 00:19:46,804 --> 00:19:50,083 You run things here with a firm hand, Dewar! 294 00:19:50,084 --> 00:19:51,963 Come along, Evelyn. 295 00:19:51,964 --> 00:19:53,684 Damn bloody racket. 296 00:19:58,484 --> 00:20:00,363 Evelyn. 297 00:20:00,364 --> 00:20:02,884 My, that's quite a dress, Caroline. 298 00:20:03,844 --> 00:20:05,763 Look at all these candles! 299 00:20:05,764 --> 00:20:08,404 I don't know how we shall stand the heat! 300 00:20:29,404 --> 00:20:31,604 Here, there. 301 00:20:33,924 --> 00:20:35,124 Squash up. 302 00:20:36,324 --> 00:20:38,043 - No, Caroline. - Yes. 303 00:20:38,044 --> 00:20:39,883 - Caroline, no. - Get up. 304 00:20:39,884 --> 00:20:41,883 I will not. 305 00:20:41,884 --> 00:20:44,324 No, I will not, sister! 306 00:20:53,564 --> 00:20:56,643 Friends, neighbours, er... 307 00:20:56,644 --> 00:20:59,164 Welcome, welcome to Amity. 308 00:21:01,404 --> 00:21:04,163 As you know, these are dark days. 309 00:21:04,164 --> 00:21:06,683 The abolitionists in England are gaining support. 310 00:21:06,684 --> 00:21:08,763 And yet they are still happy to eat our sugar 311 00:21:08,764 --> 00:21:10,163 and drink our rum. 312 00:21:10,164 --> 00:21:12,483 And thanks to them, mutinous talk has been circulating 313 00:21:12,484 --> 00:21:13,763 amongst the slaves. 314 00:21:13,764 --> 00:21:18,723 Now, I have always prided myself on being a fair master. 315 00:21:18,724 --> 00:21:22,523 But now more than ever, we must be vigilant 316 00:21:22,524 --> 00:21:24,083 and stand together. 317 00:21:24,084 --> 00:21:25,483 Hear, hear. 318 00:21:25,484 --> 00:21:27,163 SHE COUGHS 319 00:21:27,164 --> 00:21:29,524 Yes, er... 320 00:21:30,884 --> 00:21:34,403 - ...your good health. - Yes, your good health. 321 00:21:34,404 --> 00:21:35,924 LOUDLY: Merry Christmas! 322 00:21:46,564 --> 00:21:50,323 Those baptist preachers are to blame, Howarth. 323 00:21:50,324 --> 00:21:53,283 They've put it into the negroes' heads that they're as good 324 00:21:53,284 --> 00:21:55,803 - as a white man. - That's true. 325 00:21:55,804 --> 00:21:59,483 The Baptists are whipping up discontent, and it spells nothing 326 00:21:59,484 --> 00:22:01,163 but trouble for us. 327 00:22:01,164 --> 00:22:03,203 We won't have problems with our slaves. 328 00:22:03,204 --> 00:22:06,283 There are good ones and there are bad ones. 329 00:22:06,284 --> 00:22:09,723 You just need to weed out the bad ones early on. 330 00:22:09,724 --> 00:22:10,843 True enough. 331 00:22:10,844 --> 00:22:15,083 They won't rise against us, for one simple reason - they lack 332 00:22:15,084 --> 00:22:20,283 - any ability to organise themselves. - THEY LAUGH 333 00:22:20,284 --> 00:22:25,003 Oh, yes, all white folk did know for sure that slaves had not the wit 334 00:22:25,004 --> 00:22:26,923 to organise themselves. 335 00:22:26,924 --> 00:22:31,003 So, of course, it be impossible that they arrange a Christmas party 336 00:22:31,004 --> 00:22:32,603 of their own, to entertain 337 00:22:32,604 --> 00:22:35,004 the slaves of their masters' visitors. 338 00:22:36,644 --> 00:22:41,843 No, them slaves could no more organise a Christmas party 339 00:22:41,844 --> 00:22:43,844 than they could start a rebellion. 340 00:23:47,964 --> 00:23:51,643 Is it me dress you like or me pretty fair face that make 341 00:23:51,644 --> 00:23:52,964 you both stare so? 342 00:23:56,724 --> 00:24:00,763 Me just recalls there, me missus did give me cloth to make 343 00:24:00,764 --> 00:24:03,564 - a white dress like yours. - Cast-off? 344 00:24:05,204 --> 00:24:07,403 I cannot abide to be dressed in cast-off. 345 00:24:07,404 --> 00:24:09,604 No, no, no. It be new. 346 00:24:10,884 --> 00:24:16,084 It be the finest white muslin from ship just come from England. 347 00:24:20,444 --> 00:24:23,049 Your missus no give you fine muslin! 348 00:24:23,051 --> 00:24:24,570 Yes, she do! 349 00:24:25,124 --> 00:24:28,003 Then why she dress so bad herself? 350 00:24:28,004 --> 00:24:31,444 No worthy white missus be wearing cotton print! 351 00:24:32,684 --> 00:24:36,043 Well, your missus does have an ugly face! 352 00:24:36,044 --> 00:24:38,764 How dare you impudence me, missus! 353 00:24:39,724 --> 00:24:43,603 Me missus would never have a maid as dark as you. 354 00:24:43,604 --> 00:24:45,203 I is a quadroon! 355 00:24:45,204 --> 00:24:49,123 Me mama was a mulatto an' me papa was a naval man from Scotch Land. 356 00:24:49,124 --> 00:24:50,843 Me papa be from Scotch Land too! 357 00:24:50,844 --> 00:24:52,123 Tcha! 358 00:24:52,124 --> 00:24:53,523 You lie! 359 00:24:53,524 --> 00:24:56,644 I is a mulatto - me papa be the Scotch overseer. 360 00:24:56,650 --> 00:24:59,014 Mr Godfrey, Mr Godfrey! 361 00:24:59,016 --> 00:25:00,044 What? 362 00:25:00,050 --> 00:25:07,244 Tell Miss Clara - my papa be the Scotch overseer of Amity! 363 00:25:09,844 --> 00:25:12,163 Miss July! 364 00:25:12,164 --> 00:25:15,964 Take Byron and go and get us some more wine. 365 00:25:19,657 --> 00:25:20,737 Yes, Mr Godfrey. 366 00:25:20,739 --> 00:25:23,763 Just the open bottles, you know! And no come back 367 00:25:23,764 --> 00:25:25,404 with nothing. Y'hear me? 368 00:25:27,124 --> 00:25:28,444 Yes, Mr Godfrey. 369 00:25:31,164 --> 00:25:32,604 Byron! 370 00:25:34,604 --> 00:25:38,324 THEY SPEAK OVER EACH OTHER 371 00:25:42,364 --> 00:25:44,603 Oh, you must go to Kingston! 372 00:25:44,604 --> 00:25:45,963 For silks, it's where I go. 373 00:25:45,964 --> 00:25:49,164 It's expensive of course, but... 374 00:25:50,644 --> 00:25:54,964 It's worth it. Yes, one must make the effort. 375 00:26:01,164 --> 00:26:03,043 Yes, you're lost out here. 376 00:26:03,044 --> 00:26:04,564 Lost! 377 00:26:06,324 --> 00:26:09,404 You! What are you doing there? 378 00:26:11,404 --> 00:26:14,523 I said, what are you doing? 379 00:26:14,524 --> 00:26:17,123 Oh, Marguerite, there you are! We've been waiting an age! 380 00:26:17,124 --> 00:26:18,883 Yes, where is the dessert? 381 00:26:18,884 --> 00:26:22,563 Can't you see she's stealing from you? 382 00:26:22,564 --> 00:26:25,003 Come here, girl! 383 00:26:25,004 --> 00:26:26,523 How embarrassing. 384 00:26:26,524 --> 00:26:28,044 Come here! 385 00:26:39,644 --> 00:26:43,644 You're a thieving little nigger, aren't you? 386 00:26:46,484 --> 00:26:49,083 No, Massa. No, Massa. Me no steal, Massa, me no steal! 387 00:26:49,084 --> 00:26:50,923 - Yes. - No, Massa. 388 00:26:50,924 --> 00:26:52,563 You're stealing wine! 389 00:26:52,564 --> 00:26:55,643 Sadler, let her go, so she may bring the dessert. 390 00:26:55,644 --> 00:26:56,423 Please. 391 00:26:56,425 --> 00:26:59,873 Not till she admits she's a dirty little thief 392 00:27:00,244 --> 00:27:03,483 - who deserves a good lashing. - KNOCK ON DOOR 393 00:27:03,484 --> 00:27:05,283 No, Massa, please. 394 00:27:05,284 --> 00:27:09,843 DISTANT SHOUTING 395 00:27:09,844 --> 00:27:12,843 - Sorry to disturb you. - What's going on? 396 00:27:12,844 --> 00:27:15,323 - George, what's happening? - There's trouble in the west. 397 00:27:15,324 --> 00:27:17,763 The slaves are burning down the plantations. 398 00:27:17,764 --> 00:27:19,643 - What?! - This is exactly what I feared. 399 00:27:19,644 --> 00:27:21,763 We need every man to report for militia duty at once! 400 00:27:21,764 --> 00:27:23,283 THEY TALK OVER EACH OTHER 401 00:27:23,284 --> 00:27:24,923 John, you can't leave me here. 402 00:27:24,924 --> 00:27:28,363 Marguerite, get up from there at once and look to your mistress. 403 00:27:28,364 --> 00:27:29,603 She needs you now. 404 00:27:29,604 --> 00:27:32,243 You can't leave me here! You must not leave this house at any cost, 405 00:27:32,244 --> 00:27:34,044 - just stay inside. - Oh, God. 406 00:27:36,724 --> 00:27:39,324 DISTANT SHOUTING AND HORSES GALLOPING 407 00:27:40,364 --> 00:27:41,843 Misery. 408 00:27:41,844 --> 00:27:43,604 SHE SOBS 409 00:27:56,484 --> 00:27:58,284 Marguerite? 410 00:27:59,364 --> 00:28:00,964 Yes, Missus? 411 00:28:03,604 --> 00:28:05,193 This isn't the Irish linen. 412 00:28:07,244 --> 00:28:08,443 Oh, my God! 413 00:28:08,444 --> 00:28:10,883 Evelyn Sadler will testify to everyone 414 00:28:10,884 --> 00:28:13,283 that a soiled bedsheet was used on my table 415 00:28:13,284 --> 00:28:15,524 upon this beastly dinner. 416 00:28:24,964 --> 00:28:27,804 CAROLINE CRIES 417 00:28:44,084 --> 00:28:49,043 Some say that the Christmas rebellion of 1831 418 00:28:49,044 --> 00:28:52,204 was start by Sam Sharpe up in Montego Bay. 419 00:28:53,684 --> 00:28:56,683 Some say it start in Salt Springs, 420 00:28:56,684 --> 00:28:59,123 when the negro driver refuse 421 00:28:59,124 --> 00:29:02,523 to flog his own wife. 422 00:29:02,524 --> 00:29:04,924 I cannot say. 423 00:29:07,444 --> 00:29:10,923 For when all that rage and fury 424 00:29:10,924 --> 00:29:13,563 was finally unleashed, 425 00:29:13,564 --> 00:29:16,403 all your storyteller could hear... 426 00:29:16,404 --> 00:29:18,363 CRUNCHING 427 00:29:18,364 --> 00:29:22,324 ...was the sound of old Miss Hannah sucking on a hambone. 428 00:29:31,564 --> 00:29:34,043 What? 429 00:29:34,044 --> 00:29:35,563 Can you see anyone? 430 00:29:35,564 --> 00:29:37,163 Anyone? 431 00:29:37,164 --> 00:29:39,403 - Nobody, Missus. - Well, where's my brother? 432 00:29:39,404 --> 00:29:41,803 Why has he...? Why has he not sent word? 433 00:29:41,804 --> 00:29:44,043 What if something has happened to him and I'm all alone? 434 00:29:44,044 --> 00:29:46,803 No be fretting, Missus. 435 00:29:46,804 --> 00:29:50,963 True, you is all alone, 436 00:29:50,964 --> 00:29:53,643 with no white people near. 437 00:29:53,644 --> 00:29:57,483 No massa, no friend, no bakra. 438 00:29:57,484 --> 00:29:59,363 Oh, my God, what am... 439 00:29:59,364 --> 00:30:01,203 Oh, my God! What am I to do? 440 00:30:01,204 --> 00:30:02,963 But no be feared! 441 00:30:02,964 --> 00:30:04,763 Me two fists is raised. 442 00:30:04,764 --> 00:30:06,323 Them no take you from me, Missus! 443 00:30:06,324 --> 00:30:07,803 HORSE WHINNIES 444 00:30:07,804 --> 00:30:10,981 Was that a horse? Is that my brother? Tell me it's him. 445 00:30:13,844 --> 00:30:16,484 It be no white massa. 446 00:30:21,244 --> 00:30:23,444 It be a black man, Missus. 447 00:30:25,684 --> 00:30:27,563 Me go see what him want. 448 00:30:27,564 --> 00:30:31,323 - No! No, no, no! No, don't go! No! - Missus, let me go. Let me go! 449 00:30:31,324 --> 00:30:33,644 Let me go so me can see what happen. 450 00:30:38,244 --> 00:30:42,403 Now, me turn the key in the door, just till the negro be gone, 451 00:30:42,404 --> 00:30:46,083 then me soon come back and set you free. 452 00:30:46,084 --> 00:30:47,924 All right? 453 00:31:04,124 --> 00:31:06,123 Them slaves jump on them white men. 454 00:31:06,124 --> 00:31:09,163 Them seize them cutlass, bound them hands, blindfold them 455 00:31:09,164 --> 00:31:12,043 and march them to the works. 456 00:31:12,044 --> 00:31:14,483 Ah, Miss July. 457 00:31:14,484 --> 00:31:16,003 Greetings. 458 00:31:16,004 --> 00:31:17,604 Good evening, Mr Freeman. 459 00:31:19,324 --> 00:31:22,203 - BANG ON TABLE - Continue, Mr Nimrod, continue! 460 00:31:22,204 --> 00:31:25,243 And then them throw them white men in the boiling sugar! 461 00:31:25,244 --> 00:31:26,763 No! Oh, my Lord! 462 00:31:26,764 --> 00:31:28,763 You say all this going on as we sit? 463 00:31:28,764 --> 00:31:32,163 You hear me now, this island ablaze. 464 00:31:32,164 --> 00:31:33,563 They be fighting in the streets 465 00:31:33,564 --> 00:31:35,883 and white men be running for their lives. 466 00:31:35,884 --> 00:31:37,723 DISTANT: Marguerite! 467 00:31:37,724 --> 00:31:42,083 - Wait. Miss July, is that your missus? - Mm-hm. 468 00:31:42,084 --> 00:31:43,403 She not safe here. 469 00:31:43,404 --> 00:31:44,763 She must go to town, Miss July. 470 00:31:44,764 --> 00:31:47,003 Oh, come, there been plenty trouble here before. 471 00:31:47,004 --> 00:31:48,763 Nothing like this ever before! 472 00:31:48,764 --> 00:31:51,163 I tell you now, there not be a white person left in town. 473 00:31:51,164 --> 00:31:52,843 Them all dead or gone. 474 00:31:52,844 --> 00:31:54,483 Where them all go to? 475 00:31:54,484 --> 00:31:57,203 Them sail away when this trouble start. 476 00:31:57,204 --> 00:31:59,643 Your missus must go to town, Miss July. 477 00:31:59,644 --> 00:32:01,483 There be a ship in the bay. 478 00:32:01,484 --> 00:32:03,323 She must board that ship. 479 00:32:03,324 --> 00:32:05,083 She not safe here. 480 00:32:05,084 --> 00:32:07,123 This island ablaze. 481 00:32:07,124 --> 00:32:11,363 I am forgot! Abandoned by my own brother. 482 00:32:11,364 --> 00:32:13,483 Do I take the blue one or do I take the yellow one? 483 00:32:13,484 --> 00:32:15,763 - Or do I take both? - Hurry, Missus, hurry! 484 00:32:15,764 --> 00:32:17,235 You must board that ship. 485 00:32:20,484 --> 00:32:22,084 Byron! 486 00:32:30,844 --> 00:32:32,963 Have you packed my cloak? I may be cold upon the ship. 487 00:32:32,964 --> 00:32:38,043 Where's Godrey? Where's Godfrey? Come on, Godfrey, let us be gone. 488 00:32:38,044 --> 00:32:40,563 Quickly now, quickly! 489 00:32:40,564 --> 00:32:42,843 What, you want me lift all this into the cart 490 00:32:42,844 --> 00:32:45,123 and then drive you into town? 491 00:32:45,124 --> 00:32:46,843 Do not play the fool with me, Godfrey. 492 00:32:46,844 --> 00:32:49,843 You know I need to go into town for my own safety. 493 00:32:49,844 --> 00:32:52,084 Then you must pay me. 494 00:32:54,884 --> 00:32:57,363 Don't be ridiculous! Pick up the trunk! 495 00:32:57,364 --> 00:33:02,083 But, Missus, you see, if them fight-for-freedom slaves 496 00:33:02,084 --> 00:33:04,643 find me upon the road with you, 497 00:33:04,644 --> 00:33:08,123 then my throat be cut, sure as yours. 498 00:33:08,124 --> 00:33:10,964 So, me want payment for taking you. 499 00:33:12,964 --> 00:33:15,284 Marguerite. Tell him. 500 00:33:16,404 --> 00:33:18,124 - Tell him. - Let her go. 501 00:33:20,044 --> 00:33:22,084 Get up and do as I bid. 502 00:33:26,204 --> 00:33:28,523 SHE GASPS 503 00:33:28,524 --> 00:33:31,443 No! Marguerite, he's touching me! 504 00:33:31,444 --> 00:33:33,523 CAROLINE SOBS 505 00:33:33,524 --> 00:33:36,763 Now, her name not be Marguerite, 506 00:33:36,764 --> 00:33:38,523 It be July. 507 00:33:38,524 --> 00:33:40,483 Speak it. 508 00:33:40,484 --> 00:33:42,364 Speak her name! 509 00:33:44,844 --> 00:33:47,363 July. July. 510 00:33:47,364 --> 00:33:49,723 Now, say it to her. 511 00:33:49,724 --> 00:33:52,204 Say, "Miss July." 512 00:33:54,404 --> 00:33:56,244 Miss July. 513 00:33:58,484 --> 00:34:00,443 Good. 514 00:34:00,444 --> 00:34:03,404 Now, you want me take you into town? 515 00:34:09,484 --> 00:34:11,524 How much? 516 00:34:15,724 --> 00:34:18,163 If my brother hears about this, he'll... 517 00:34:18,164 --> 00:34:20,643 He'll send you all back into the field. 518 00:34:20,644 --> 00:34:22,003 It's so dark! 519 00:34:22,004 --> 00:34:23,243 Gid-up. 520 00:34:23,244 --> 00:34:24,563 He'll have you whipped. 521 00:34:24,564 --> 00:34:26,324 Lady, shut up! 522 00:34:28,004 --> 00:34:30,483 - Hush your mouth! - Mr Godfrey, the cover! 523 00:34:30,484 --> 00:34:32,403 Leave it! 524 00:34:32,404 --> 00:34:34,463 - The cover, sir. - I said leave it. 525 00:34:40,844 --> 00:34:43,724 JULY LAUGHS 526 00:34:44,764 --> 00:34:47,724 JAMAICAN FOLK MUSIC PLAYS 527 00:35:21,284 --> 00:35:23,524 SHE LAUGHS 528 00:35:29,364 --> 00:35:31,884 Marguerite! Come do my hair! 529 00:35:41,764 --> 00:35:44,723 Margueri-i-i-i-te! 530 00:35:44,724 --> 00:35:47,283 SHE LAUGHS 531 00:35:47,284 --> 00:35:50,044 Wooo! 532 00:35:55,204 --> 00:35:57,684 Mm. Marguerite. 533 00:35:59,204 --> 00:36:01,723 Marguerite? 534 00:36:01,724 --> 00:36:04,564 I am waiting for my plum pudding. 535 00:36:06,684 --> 00:36:09,003 Marguerite? 536 00:36:09,004 --> 00:36:11,163 Quickly! 537 00:36:11,164 --> 00:36:13,044 Ah, Miss July. 538 00:36:16,244 --> 00:36:18,324 Greetings. 539 00:36:26,924 --> 00:36:30,483 I am waiting for my plum pudding. 540 00:36:30,484 --> 00:36:32,804 Well... 541 00:36:33,884 --> 00:36:36,643 Here, Missus. 542 00:36:36,644 --> 00:36:38,683 Ah, be careful, nigger. 543 00:36:38,684 --> 00:36:40,884 This is our finest wine. 544 00:36:54,964 --> 00:36:56,323 Am I to peel it myself? 545 00:36:56,324 --> 00:36:58,003 - Oh, er... - Mm-hm. 546 00:36:58,004 --> 00:36:59,524 Sorry, Missus. 547 00:37:03,284 --> 00:37:04,603 Not so close! 548 00:37:04,604 --> 00:37:06,123 Don't beat me. 549 00:37:06,124 --> 00:37:07,483 You stink. 550 00:37:07,484 --> 00:37:08,996 - No beat me, Missus. - You stink! 551 00:37:08,997 --> 00:37:10,468 - No beat me! - You stink! 552 00:37:13,724 --> 00:37:15,684 You stink! 553 00:37:23,204 --> 00:37:24,643 Mr Nimrod. 554 00:37:24,644 --> 00:37:26,164 Yes, Miss July? 555 00:37:28,324 --> 00:37:30,563 Is me pretty? 556 00:37:30,564 --> 00:37:32,884 Oh, yes, Miss July. 557 00:37:34,364 --> 00:37:36,043 Prettier than Molly? 558 00:37:36,044 --> 00:37:38,123 Oh, yes. 559 00:37:38,124 --> 00:37:41,444 You is definitely prettier than Miss Molly. 560 00:37:59,764 --> 00:38:04,803 Miss Hannah say you have plenty women in town. 561 00:38:04,804 --> 00:38:06,563 That be true, Mr Nimrod? 562 00:38:06,564 --> 00:38:08,444 No, Miss July, no. 563 00:38:09,644 --> 00:38:13,003 But me are getting a house... 564 00:38:13,004 --> 00:38:14,763 ...in town. 565 00:38:14,764 --> 00:38:17,683 You could come and live there with me 566 00:38:17,684 --> 00:38:19,003 as a free woman. 567 00:38:19,004 --> 00:38:20,724 A free woman? 568 00:38:23,364 --> 00:38:25,803 But this be the Massa's room. 569 00:38:25,804 --> 00:38:27,723 Massa gone. 570 00:38:27,724 --> 00:38:30,043 There be no white bakra here no more. 571 00:38:30,044 --> 00:38:32,924 We done chase them from this island. 572 00:38:37,164 --> 00:38:38,763 All gone? 573 00:38:38,764 --> 00:38:40,323 Gone. 574 00:38:40,324 --> 00:38:42,724 Black man gaun rule now. 575 00:39:00,324 --> 00:39:04,484 Mr Nimrod, is me free now? 576 00:39:05,924 --> 00:39:11,643 And so, while the island burn and blaze, our July was abed, 577 00:39:11,644 --> 00:39:15,163 drifting upon a cloud of foolish dreams. 578 00:39:15,164 --> 00:39:17,803 CHILDREN BANG AND SHOUT 579 00:39:17,804 --> 00:39:20,283 Shoo! 580 00:39:20,284 --> 00:39:22,204 Stop that. Get away! 581 00:39:46,364 --> 00:39:50,803 How could she know that the consequences of her actions 582 00:39:50,804 --> 00:39:55,044 that night would change her life forever? 583 00:39:56,244 --> 00:39:58,364 COCKEREL CROWS 584 00:40:27,764 --> 00:40:31,724 CARRIAGE APPROACHES 585 00:40:40,884 --> 00:40:43,123 WHISPERS: Wake up, Nimrod. Wake up, wake up. 586 00:40:43,124 --> 00:40:47,003 How you could just abandon me here like a stray dog? 587 00:40:47,004 --> 00:40:49,043 If Tom Dewar hadn't discovered me on the quayside, 588 00:40:49,045 --> 00:40:50,803 then I don't know what would have happened. 589 00:40:50,804 --> 00:40:52,963 Oh, leave it, will you, Caroline? You're back now. 590 00:40:52,964 --> 00:40:55,483 - What more is there to it? - Just disappeared into the night! 591 00:40:55,484 --> 00:40:57,763 I need you to find him and I want you to punish him, John. 592 00:40:57,764 --> 00:40:59,763 For heaven's sake, will you let me alone, woman? 593 00:40:59,764 --> 00:41:01,643 - Let me to bed. - Yes, but I want your word that... 594 00:41:01,644 --> 00:41:04,163 Oh, for God's sake, will you just get out? 595 00:41:04,164 --> 00:41:05,724 John... 596 00:41:26,484 --> 00:41:31,243 Lord, on this night, I have taken more lives than I can count. 597 00:41:31,244 --> 00:41:33,924 But still they keep coming. 598 00:41:37,444 --> 00:41:38,964 We are done for here. 599 00:41:42,804 --> 00:41:44,323 Forgive me. 600 00:41:44,324 --> 00:41:46,044 GUNSHOT 601 00:41:48,924 --> 00:41:51,004 John? 602 00:41:55,364 --> 00:41:57,164 John? John! 603 00:41:58,684 --> 00:42:02,404 Oh, God, oh, God! 604 00:42:07,804 --> 00:42:11,323 - He's dead. - No, no, no, no, no! 605 00:42:11,324 --> 00:42:13,523 Aye. He shot himself. 606 00:42:13,524 --> 00:42:16,883 No, no, no, it's... It's a crime. 607 00:42:16,884 --> 00:42:20,643 - He put a pistol in his mouth... - No, no. 608 00:42:20,644 --> 00:42:22,724 We'll lose everything. 609 00:42:26,004 --> 00:42:29,123 What the hell is...? 610 00:42:29,124 --> 00:42:31,643 What in hell's name are you doing there? 611 00:42:31,644 --> 00:42:33,363 Get up, get up. 612 00:42:33,364 --> 00:42:36,563 - Mercy, Massa. - Stand still! 613 00:42:36,564 --> 00:42:38,283 It was him. He shot my brother. 614 00:42:38,284 --> 00:42:40,083 Not me! Not me, Massa. Not me. 615 00:42:40,084 --> 00:42:42,483 I saw him with my own eyes, from behind. 616 00:42:42,484 --> 00:42:45,403 No, no, not me, Massa. Not me. Massa, please... 617 00:42:45,404 --> 00:42:48,283 - If you want to save your plantation... - Don't shoot me. 618 00:42:48,284 --> 00:42:49,483 ...well, all right. 619 00:42:49,484 --> 00:42:53,883 But you've got to tell the story as I say it. 620 00:42:53,884 --> 00:42:56,283 Your brother was shot from the front. 621 00:42:56,284 --> 00:42:59,512 So, you got to say you saw this nigger here shoot him from the front. 622 00:42:59,513 --> 00:43:00,843 - No, no. - Yes, from the front. 623 00:43:00,844 --> 00:43:04,043 That's what I meant, from the front. 624 00:43:04,044 --> 00:43:08,283 When he tried to escape, you shot him, like this. 625 00:43:08,284 --> 00:43:10,163 Mercy! Please. 626 00:43:10,164 --> 00:43:11,643 Me? No, no, no. I can't. 627 00:43:11,644 --> 00:43:13,283 Mercy. I am a free man. 628 00:43:13,284 --> 00:43:14,523 I'll do it. 629 00:43:14,524 --> 00:43:17,043 Remember, you shot him as he tried to escape. 630 00:43:17,044 --> 00:43:20,003 Mercy. Mercy, Massa. Mercy, Massa. 631 00:43:20,004 --> 00:43:23,043 - Keep still. - Mercy, Massa. 632 00:43:23,044 --> 00:43:25,044 Not me. Massa... 633 00:43:26,604 --> 00:43:28,203 JULY SCREAMS 634 00:43:28,204 --> 00:43:30,403 GUNSHOT 635 00:43:30,404 --> 00:43:32,323 What?! 636 00:43:32,324 --> 00:43:35,364 TAM SHOUTS 637 00:43:38,764 --> 00:43:41,043 SHOUTING CONTINUES 638 00:43:41,044 --> 00:43:43,403 But where could July run? 639 00:43:43,404 --> 00:43:45,603 Where could she hide? 640 00:43:45,604 --> 00:43:48,563 All she could think was to go to them field slaves 641 00:43:48,564 --> 00:43:50,604 and beg for shelter. 642 00:43:56,444 --> 00:43:58,043 Help! 643 00:43:58,044 --> 00:44:01,764 Please help us! Help us, please! 644 00:44:07,044 --> 00:44:09,803 Please help! 645 00:44:09,804 --> 00:44:11,244 Help! 646 00:44:13,684 --> 00:44:16,363 Massa John be dead! 647 00:44:16,364 --> 00:44:18,523 He shot hisself! 648 00:44:18,524 --> 00:44:21,363 Help us, please! 649 00:44:21,364 --> 00:44:24,763 Massa John shot hisself! Please! 650 00:44:24,764 --> 00:44:28,483 Mr Nimrod did it! Them say Mr Nimrod did it, but him never did! 651 00:44:28,484 --> 00:44:32,123 - Please! - Wait, wait! 652 00:44:32,124 --> 00:44:34,324 This be Miss Kitty's pickney. 653 00:44:36,844 --> 00:44:38,924 Miss July? 654 00:44:43,444 --> 00:44:45,963 Go find Miss Kitty. Bring her here, quick. 655 00:44:45,964 --> 00:44:48,483 No, no, no, no, no! Mama... Mama sold away. 656 00:44:48,484 --> 00:44:51,004 She gone! She not... 657 00:44:53,404 --> 00:44:55,804 She here, child. 658 00:45:03,364 --> 00:45:05,803 All these years. 659 00:45:05,804 --> 00:45:09,444 She feel the lash many time for try come find you. 660 00:45:10,684 --> 00:45:11,884 What? 661 00:45:15,244 --> 00:45:16,924 Come! 662 00:45:41,204 --> 00:45:43,924 SCATTERED SHOUTS 663 00:45:51,644 --> 00:45:53,523 Where are they?! 664 00:45:53,524 --> 00:45:57,564 I said where the hell are they? 665 00:46:09,084 --> 00:46:11,437 WHISPERS: It's all right. It's all right. 666 00:46:12,884 --> 00:46:14,404 Shhh. 667 00:46:19,004 --> 00:46:20,404 Go, go, go, go, go. 668 00:46:23,844 --> 00:46:25,884 SHE GASPS 669 00:46:30,124 --> 00:46:31,764 HORSE WHINNIES 670 00:46:34,684 --> 00:46:36,764 I am a free man. 671 00:46:42,804 --> 00:46:45,723 Him no kill Massa. Him no kill Massa! 672 00:46:45,724 --> 00:46:48,019 - Him no kill Massa... - VOICE FADES OUT 673 00:46:52,964 --> 00:46:55,244 Don't you dare look at me! 674 00:47:01,884 --> 00:47:04,283 GUN COCKS 675 00:47:04,284 --> 00:47:06,164 GUNSHOT 676 00:47:13,724 --> 00:47:17,404 SHE SOBS 677 00:47:31,044 --> 00:47:32,604 GUN COCKS 678 00:47:38,804 --> 00:47:40,404 Eurgh! 679 00:47:44,444 --> 00:47:46,404 SHE GASPS 680 00:47:52,764 --> 00:47:54,684 Mama? 681 00:48:13,044 --> 00:48:14,484 Run, July. 682 00:48:15,924 --> 00:48:17,364 Run! 683 00:48:18,804 --> 00:48:20,604 Oh, Mama... 684 00:48:22,204 --> 00:48:23,764 Run! 685 00:48:25,724 --> 00:48:27,723 Run, my girl! 686 00:48:27,724 --> 00:48:29,044 Run! 687 00:48:38,844 --> 00:48:43,603 CHORAL SINGING: ♪ Eyes don't see 688 00:48:43,604 --> 00:48:47,284 ♪ Heart don't feel 689 00:48:48,684 --> 00:48:53,483 ♪ Ears don't hear In my heart is no fear 690 00:48:53,484 --> 00:48:56,683 ♪ You can say what you will 691 00:48:56,684 --> 00:49:00,124 ♪ Do what you may... ♪ 692 00:49:06,204 --> 00:49:10,443 After that uprising, so many slaves hang, 693 00:49:10,444 --> 00:49:13,284 that the pile did interfere with the drop. 694 00:49:15,724 --> 00:49:19,963 For how else to make plain to them murdering negroes 695 00:49:19,964 --> 00:49:22,124 that they was not yet free? 696 00:50:20,884 --> 00:50:23,844 SCREAMING 697 00:50:34,804 --> 00:50:36,443 BABY CRIES 698 00:50:36,444 --> 00:50:37,564 Miss July? 699 00:50:39,004 --> 00:50:43,323 You have a fine son. Strong and healthy. 700 00:50:43,324 --> 00:50:44,484 - Take him. - No. 701 00:50:47,084 --> 00:50:50,403 You going to call him Nimrod after him papa? - No. 702 00:50:50,404 --> 00:50:53,803 Aww. Hush now. 703 00:50:53,804 --> 00:50:55,403 Me say hush. 704 00:50:55,404 --> 00:50:57,644 - BABY COOS - Mm. Yes. 705 00:50:58,684 --> 00:51:03,283 Oh, me know you grieve bad for your mama, 706 00:51:03,284 --> 00:51:08,283 but see, all this suffering, all this death - 707 00:51:08,284 --> 00:51:11,363 a new pickney is come. 708 00:51:11,364 --> 00:51:12,964 A new slave. 709 00:51:16,804 --> 00:51:18,204 Soon taken. 710 00:51:22,564 --> 00:51:24,803 BABY COUGHS AND CRIES 711 00:51:24,804 --> 00:51:29,883 Aww. Oh, sure, oh, sure. 712 00:51:29,884 --> 00:51:31,643 VOICEOVER: But how? 713 00:51:31,644 --> 00:51:33,804 How could she set this child free? 714 00:51:37,204 --> 00:51:40,283 She found no strength to smother him, 715 00:51:40,284 --> 00:51:43,883 and no will to hold him under the river's swell. 716 00:51:43,884 --> 00:51:46,323 In God she had no trust. 717 00:51:46,324 --> 00:51:48,923 BABY FUSSES 718 00:51:48,924 --> 00:51:52,523 So she decided she must leave this child to fate. 719 00:51:52,524 --> 00:51:54,484 APPROACHING FOOTSTEPS 720 00:51:58,484 --> 00:51:59,724 Oh... 721 00:52:00,804 --> 00:52:01,924 Oh. 722 00:52:03,684 --> 00:52:06,524 Shh, shh... 723 00:52:09,964 --> 00:52:12,804 Time did stand still for our July. 724 00:52:15,444 --> 00:52:17,964 She was not strung up like her mama. 725 00:52:19,164 --> 00:52:21,364 Her missus did spare her that. 726 00:52:22,764 --> 00:52:28,084 Instead, she was sent back to toil in them fields. 727 00:52:32,084 --> 00:52:35,444 SHE PANTS AND GRUNTS 728 00:52:38,724 --> 00:52:40,324 Hey. Hey, hey, hey. 729 00:52:42,484 --> 00:52:43,724 Look. 730 00:53:11,884 --> 00:53:16,564 And yet the time came when her missus did need her. 731 00:53:21,164 --> 00:53:24,604 For she was now left all alone at Amity. 732 00:53:26,684 --> 00:53:31,203 Who else could she trust to press her petticoats? 733 00:53:31,204 --> 00:53:36,564 Who else could make her morning tea just as sweet as she like it? 734 00:53:38,364 --> 00:53:42,803 And who else could keep her idle, disobedient house slaves 735 00:53:42,804 --> 00:53:44,724 toiling at their tasks? 736 00:53:56,604 --> 00:53:57,844 DRIVER: Move on! 737 00:54:49,564 --> 00:54:51,683 In the drawing room, yes? 738 00:54:51,684 --> 00:54:53,403 Yes, Miss July. 739 00:54:53,404 --> 00:54:57,643 VOICEOVER: And all the while, time was marching on. 740 00:54:57,644 --> 00:55:01,603 Them troublesome Jamaican slaves would not be quelled, 741 00:55:01,604 --> 00:55:05,923 but kept on rising up till that king in England 742 00:55:05,924 --> 00:55:12,844 finally decree that all must prepare for the coming of the end. 743 00:55:14,764 --> 00:55:18,643 KNOCK ON DOOR Missus, him come. 744 00:55:18,644 --> 00:55:20,044 New overseer. 745 00:55:27,164 --> 00:55:28,484 Oh, yes. 746 00:55:34,044 --> 00:55:35,724 He's quite young. 747 00:55:43,724 --> 00:55:45,204 Thank you. 748 00:55:46,724 --> 00:55:48,963 Mrs Mortimer? 749 00:55:48,964 --> 00:55:50,603 Robert Goodwin, at your service. 750 00:55:50,604 --> 00:55:52,603 Er, well... 751 00:55:52,604 --> 00:55:54,084 Well, how do you do? 752 00:55:55,684 --> 00:55:57,723 I give thanks, Mrs Mortimer. 753 00:55:57,724 --> 00:56:00,723 I give thanks for the coming of this historic moment 754 00:56:00,724 --> 00:56:04,523 because, in just a few days, slavery, that dreadful evil, 755 00:56:04,524 --> 00:56:06,643 will be finally abolished. 756 00:56:06,644 --> 00:56:08,044 VOICEOVER: Really? 757 00:56:10,564 --> 00:56:11,883 How do you do, madam? 758 00:56:11,884 --> 00:56:15,843 This blue-eye bakra be come to set all free? 759 00:56:15,844 --> 00:56:17,243 And how do you do? 760 00:56:17,244 --> 00:56:18,364 Tcha! 761 00:56:21,924 --> 00:56:27,723 If only my tale were so simple. 762 00:56:27,724 --> 00:56:31,363 SINGING 763 00:56:31,364 --> 00:56:32,724 Me is now free. 764 00:56:34,804 --> 00:56:36,043 The wellbeing of the workers 765 00:56:36,044 --> 00:56:38,043 is the key to the success of a plantation. 766 00:56:38,044 --> 00:56:41,323 We'll need you all to work seven full days a week from now on. 767 00:56:41,324 --> 00:56:43,523 Why does your mistress call you Marguerite? 768 00:56:43,524 --> 00:56:45,763 Her think it pretty name to call a slave. 769 00:56:45,764 --> 00:56:47,003 I must confess, 770 00:56:47,004 --> 00:56:50,004 I thought I should never again be blessed with love. 771 00:56:51,564 --> 00:56:54,283 We shall have the finest sugar crop in all of Jamaica. 772 00:56:54,284 --> 00:56:56,763 WHIP CRACKS - Move it! - Hey! 773 00:56:56,764 --> 00:56:58,643 We be slaves no more! 774 00:56:58,644 --> 00:57:00,821 - Where you be going in it? - Fishing. 775 00:57:02,204 --> 00:57:04,884 Me can leave, you know. Any time me want. 776 00:57:08,124 --> 00:57:09,644 SHE SCREAMS