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Free State of Jones

Action. War. Drama Set during the Civil War, THE FREE STATE OF JONES tells the story of defiant Southern farmer, Newton Knight, and his extraordinary armed rebellion against the Confederacy. Opposed to both slavery and secession, Knight launched an uprising of poor white farmers that led Jones County, Mississippi to itself secede from the Confederacy, creating a "Free State of Jones." His relationship and post-war marriage to a former slave, Rachel ... [+]
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