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I been pounding iron a long time now.
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I even had me my own shop on
the plantation where I was born.
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Now, I done fixed wheels, shod horses.
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I even turned me some real nice
french quarter banisters, too.
1:01:15
Mm-hmm.
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I been freed by my master,
and I got papers to prove it.
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If it's food you need...
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with all due respect, sir,
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I'll be working harder
and faster than 2 men,
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and I don't expect much,
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just some place to lay my
head when the day's done.
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He could have the room at
the back of the shop, pa.
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I'll work for nothing till you see
I ain't lying about what I can do.
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What's your name?
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Henry.
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Henry foster, sir.
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My sons, aaron and jeremiah.
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Shake hands, boys.
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The lord did not intend for these western
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lands to be cursed with
the scourge of slavery.
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Virginia may be lost, but we must
endeavor to make sure kansas stays free.
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Samson wheeler.
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You'll work for wages.
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I won't have it any other way.
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Yes, sir.
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Thank you, sir.
1:02:07
Thank you.
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All right then, henry, let's get to work.
1:02:12
Yes, sir.
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Mr. Lincoln has made a proposal to span
the country with a telegraph and a railroad.
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A most righteous enterprise.
1:02:23
Do you think there will be war?
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Men driven to extremes
are capable of anything,
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but war and hatred only
breed more war and hatred.
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Things will go hard on our
people back in wheelerton.
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Well, let those that would
make war look to their
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consciences for forgiveness
and love as we have to ours.
1:02:40
Why isn't clara helping you?
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Oh, I do hate to pull her from her sewing.
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The girl will never learn to make a home if
you allow her to avoid her responsibilities.
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I believe she is called to
a higher purpose, samson.
1:02:53
Someday, women in new orleans or atlanta or
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perhaps even new york
will be wearing her gowns.
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Frivolities.