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Slavery | American Civil War
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Motion Picture | 2016 | Murray
Best Actor | 2016 | Matthew
Best Male Images in a Movie | 2016
Best Female Action Hero | 2016
Budget 50,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 25,035,950 USD
In 2016 a document was discovered in the National Archives which was a request by Newton Knight's company to join the Union Army in 1864. It lends validity to Knight's claims.
The Free State of Jones was not the only southern region that opposed and/or threatened to secede from the Confederacy. Rebellions happened in the Nickajack region of North Alabama and East Tennessee, the State of Scott in North Tennessee, Searcy County in Arkansas, and the Republic of Winston in North Alabama. Kanawha, which became West Virginia, was the only area to successfully break off from a Confederate state.
Among the many extras in the film is a man by the name of Christopher David McKnight, who is an actual descendant of the main character Newt Knight, played by Matthew McConaughey. Newt Knight is Christopher's great-great-great-grandfather and is from Lake Charles, LA. He heard the buzz about the film early on in its production and submitted his name to be considered as an extra in the movie.
When he first read the script, Matthew McConaughey thought it was the most exciting Civil War story he'd ever come across. He knew immediately that he wanted to play Newton Knight. With McConaughey on board, financing quickly fell into place.
The Confederacy's "tax in kind" system allowed officers to commandeer anything they deemed necessary for the war effort. They could legally take all food, horses, chickens, meat, cloth, and pigs from farmers. It made life on the farm incredibly difficult, especially during the winter.
"Will Sumrall: [referring to Daniel] He died with honor. Newton Knight: No, Will, he just died."
"Newton Knight: From this day forward we declare the land north of Pascagoula Swamp, south of enterprise and east to the Pearl River to the Alabama border, to be a Free State of Jones. And as such we do hereby proclaim and affirm the following principles. Number one, no man ought to stay poor so another man can get rich. Number two, no man ought to tell another man what you got to live for or what he's got to die for. Number three, what you put in the ground is yours to tend and harvest and there ain't no man ought to be able to take that away from you. Number four, every man is a man. If you walk on two legs, you're a man. It's as simple as that."
