New movie Free State of Jones, looks good!

[guno]

Free State of Jones is an upcoming American war film inspired by the life of Newton Knight and his armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County, Mississippi during the American Civil War.


The True Story of the ‘Free State of Jones’ | History | Smithsonian


After surviving the 1862 Battle of Corinth during the Civil War, Newton Knight, a poor farmer from Mississippi, leads a group of small farmers and local slaves in an armed rebellion against the Confederacy in Jones County. Knight subsequently marries a former enslaved woman, Rachel. He establishes a mixed-race community, unique in the post-war South

 

[guno]

Newton Knight (November 1837 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and southern Unionist, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate army deserters that turned against the Confederacy during the Civil War. Local legends state that Knight and his men attempted to form the "Free State of Jones" in the area around Jones County, Mississippi, at the height of the war, though the exact nature of the Knight Company's opposition to the Confederate government is disputed. After the war, Knight aided Mississippi's Reconstruction government.

Newton Knight - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Dale Smith]

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! Sounds like a liberal's wet dream....the only thing that keeps it from being perfect are the icky guns that had to be used! Enjoy!!!!!

 

[Defiant1]

They should have called it "In Search of the First Libtard"

 

[guno]

Finding out a lot of white southern areas during the civil war fought against the cracka army of losers , they joined with Blacks and other progressive whites to fight a guerrilla war behind the lines , ambushing the cracka army

6 Southern Unionist Strongholds During the Civil War - History Lists