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13165_4551_civil_war_emancipation4
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1972
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Begins with MS in a gazebo of 3 girls sitting on a bench. Cuts to MCU of a man in a suit laughing and clapping. Cuts to MCU of a slave with a contraption around his face running through the woods. Cuts to MLS of the man in the suit performing a direct address on his porch while a slave in a tuxedo serves him a drink. Cuts to MS of the slave running through woods. Various shots of the slave running through high grass, he eventually falls. Cuts to MS of the man in the suit picking up a little girl, then holding her hand and walking down a yard. Cuts to MCU of a slave owner on a horse. Cuts to CU of a slave baby in his mother’s arms. Cuts to MS of a group of slaves chained together walking under a tree, the woman places the baby on the tree. Cuts to MCU of the woman and her baby and the slave owner riding up behind them. Cuts to CU of a man with glasses smoking a cigar. Cuts to MCU of the man who is sitting at a table, another man’s hands holding a cigar are visible.