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10 de may. de 2016 · The Free State of Jones true story reveals that Newton Knight enlisted in the army in the early fall of 1861. The Free State of Jones book author Victoria E. Bynum believes that Knight did not necessarily enlist out of fear of conscription but rather because he just wanted to be a soldier. -Mississippi History Now.
Uno de ellos es The Free State of Jones: Mississippi's Longest Civil War (2002), cuya autora es Victoria Bynum. El otro es Legend of the Free State of Jones (2012), del historiador Rudy H. Leverett.
The Free State of Jones is perhaps Mississippi’s most enduring Civil War legend. Long a staple of folklore, fiction, and history, this anti-Confederate uprising has inspired five full-length books and countless articles and essays. Fascination with the legend endures not only because white men and women of a Deep South state fought against the Confederacy […]
Newton Knight (November 10, 1829 – February 16, 1922) was an American farmer, soldier and Southern Unionist in Mississippi, best known as the leader of the Knight Company, a band of Confederate Army deserters who resisted the Confederacy during the Civil War.Local legends tell of Knight and his men forming the "Free State of Jones" in the area in and around Jones County, Mississippi, at the ...
17 de mar. de 2022 · The true story of the Free State of Jones started in 1860. Then, as Southern states began seceding from the Union following the election of Abraham Lincoln, people in Jones County, Mississippi, voted to stay. “Fact is, Jones County never seceded from the Union into the Confederacy,” explained the real-life Newton Knight in 1921.
A Mississippi farmer-turned-outlaw leads a ragtag band of fellow Civil War deserters and enslaved people in a rebellion against the Confederacy. Watch trailers & learn more.
Ficha técnica: Los hombres libres de Jones / El valiente, Lucha por la libertad (The free state of Jones), EUA, 2016. Dirección: Gary Ross Guion: Gary Ross (Historia: Leonard Hartman) Fotografía: Benoît Delhomme Música: Nicholas Britell Reparto: Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Keri Russell, Mahershala Ali, Brad Carter, Sean Bridgers, Jacob Lofland, Christopher Berry, Joe Chrest ...
