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Ellen:
When our sucker growed up, can he go free? Can you give him his freedom? Hammond Maxwell:
You craves to be free? Does You craves to be free? Ellen:
No. Hammond Maxwell:
Well, then what for you want the sucker to go free? Ellen:
Cause, for a Buck, for a boy child, a lot of misery don't happen to him. He don't get whupped when the Master wants to whup him. He don't get pinned on a patch a land like a pig. He can't never go no where or do nothin'. He can't learn to read or write, unlessin' he get beat or killed
When our sucker growed up, can he go free? Can you give him his freedom? Hammond Maxwell:
You craves to be free? Does You craves to be free? Ellen:
No. Hammond Maxwell:
Well, then what for you want the sucker to go free? Ellen:
Cause, for a Buck, for a boy child, a lot of misery don't happen to him. He don't get whupped when the Master wants to whup him. He don't get pinned on a patch a land like a pig. He can't never go no where or do nothin'. He can't learn to read or write, unlessin' he get beat or killed
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When our sucker growed up can he go free
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Can you give him his freedom
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You crazy to be free
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Is you crazy to be free
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No
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Well then what for you want the sucker to go free
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'cause for a buck For a boy child
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A lot of misery don't happen to him
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He don't get whupped when the master wants to whup him
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He don't get penned on a patch of land like a pig
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Can't never go nowhere or do nothin'
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Can't learn to read or write lessen he get beat or killed
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Movie Summary
An 1840s slaveowner trains one of his slaves to be a bare-knuckle fighter.

