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[horse neighs] Oh, no, no, no, no. Uh... uh... no, I know. I know, I know. Ellen's dress. Ellen. I, uh-- my daughter Ellen is turning 13, huh? We-we had a dress, I'm sure she'd want you to have it. Pa, that-that's two dollars, store-bought. -Would you stop it? -Mother's not gonna like that. I am sure that she would love for a pretty girl like you to have her dress on the day of your freedom. -T-Thank you, massa. -No... He's not a master to you, Onion. Y-You're just as free as the birds fly. You don't have to thank me, you just thank God himself. You go yonder. Try on that dress. It's yours
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[horse neighs]
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Oh, no, no, no, no.
Uh... uh... no, I know.
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I know, I know.
Ellen's dress. Ellen.
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I, uh-- my daughter Ellen
is turning 13, huh?
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We-we had a dress, I'm sure
she'd want you to have it.
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Pa, that-that's two dollars,
store-bought.
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-Would you stop it?
-Mother's not gonna like that.
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I am sure that she would love
for a pretty girl like you
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to have her dress on the day
of your freedom.
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-T-Thank you, massa.
-No...
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He's not a master to you, Onion.
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Y-You're just as free
as the birds fly.
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You don't have to thank me,
you just thank God himself.
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You go yonder.
Try on that dress. It's yours.
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Movie Summary
Ethan Hawke stars as abolitionist John Brown in this series based on the novel. "Onion" is a fictional enslaved boy who becomes a member of Brown's family of abolitionist soldiers and finds himself in the 1859 raid at Harpers Ferry.