No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, you can own a mule or cow or an ox, but...
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Newton Knight:
[eulogizing]
These boys... These young men... They was your friends, your cousins, your brothers and your kin. But to those soldiers who didn't know 'em, They was just niggers. They was just somebody else's nigger. So somehow, some way or sometime, everybody is just somebody else's nigger. Mr. Moses, are you a nigger? Moses:
No, I'm not. Newton Knight:
What are you? Moses:
A free man, captain. Newton Knight:
Well, why's that? Moses:
'Cause you cannot own a child of God. Newton Knight:
No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, You can own a mule or cow or an ox, but you... You cannot own a child of God
[eulogizing]
These boys... These young men... They was your friends, your cousins, your brothers and your kin. But to those soldiers who didn't know 'em, They was just niggers. They was just somebody else's nigger. So somehow, some way or sometime, everybody is just somebody else's nigger. Mr. Moses, are you a nigger? Moses:
No, I'm not. Newton Knight:
What are you? Moses:
A free man, captain. Newton Knight:
Well, why's that? Moses:
'Cause you cannot own a child of God. Newton Knight:
No, you cannot, can you? You can own a horse, You can own a mule or cow or an ox, but you... You cannot own a child of God
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And where were you
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Battle of Corinth
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Me too
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My brother said you made him a private
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Did I
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Can I be a private too
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I don't know
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Is he older or younger than you
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He's younger He's only 13
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I'll tell you what you can be a corporal
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Movie Summary
A disillusioned Confederate army deserter returns to Mississippi and leads a militia of fellow deserters and women in an uprising against the corrupt local Confederate government.
Actors
Newton Knight
Moses
