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John Wickliff Shawnessy:
[On the riverboat with Susanna, visiting the South for the first time]
You were right, Mrs. Shawnessy, I like your river. I really do. It even smells good. Susanna Drake:
I knew that you'd understand it. Which is more than most Yankees do. Now, that's something I don't understand. 'Cause all you have to do is go South once and you LOVE it! John Wickliff Shawnessy:
Well, to us Yankees, the South is not too easy to understand... You ever read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Susanna Drake:
[Shocked]
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Phoo... I haven't married an abolitionist, have I? John Wickliff Shawnessy:
That is the skeleton in my closet. Susanna Drake:
Now, you mustn't joke about it. Susanna Drake:
[Arranging a vast collection of dolls on her bed]
Anyway, there's worse things than being an abolitionist. John Wickliff Shawnessy:
Like what? Susanna Drake:
Like having Negro blood in you. Isn't it funny? Just one little teeny drop and A person's all Negro. A person can't always tell, either
[On the riverboat with Susanna, visiting the South for the first time]
You were right, Mrs. Shawnessy, I like your river. I really do. It even smells good. Susanna Drake:
I knew that you'd understand it. Which is more than most Yankees do. Now, that's something I don't understand. 'Cause all you have to do is go South once and you LOVE it! John Wickliff Shawnessy:
Well, to us Yankees, the South is not too easy to understand... You ever read "Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Susanna Drake:
[Shocked]
"Uncle Tom's Cabin"? Phoo... I haven't married an abolitionist, have I? John Wickliff Shawnessy:
That is the skeleton in my closet. Susanna Drake:
Now, you mustn't joke about it. Susanna Drake:
[Arranging a vast collection of dolls on her bed]
Anyway, there's worse things than being an abolitionist. John Wickliff Shawnessy:
Like what? Susanna Drake:
Like having Negro blood in you. Isn't it funny? Just one little teeny drop and A person's all Negro. A person can't always tell, either
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You ever read
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l've married an abolitionist have l
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That's skeleton in my classic
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Now you mustn't joke about it
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Are they friendly
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Anyway the worst thing is to be an abolitionist
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Like what
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That cabin Negro blooded
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Movie Summary
A student falls in love with a Southern belle, but their relationship is complicated by her troubled past and the on-set of the Civil War.

