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This little-known, counterintuitive episode in American history has now been brought to the screen in Free State of Jones, directed by Gary Ross ( Seabiscuit, The Hunger Games) and starring...
Jan 8, 2022 · Newton Knight led a small army of fugitive slaves and Confederate deserters to create the Free State of Jones. In the backwoods of Mississippi, there lies a tiny plot of land called Jones County, better known as the Free State of Jones.
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 height of the war. The nature and extent of the Knight Company's opposition to the Confederate government is disputed among historians.
Jun 23, 2016 · T he American Civil War has been combed over in popular culture countless times, but the true story that inspired the new film Free State of Jones, out Friday, may still surprise some viewers.
May 10, 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.
Mar 17, 2022 · "Free State of Jones" is based on the true story of Newton Knight and Jones County, Mississippi, which seceded from the Confederacy during the Civil War. In 1864, a guerrilla company of free and formerly enslaved men and women overthrew the Confederate government in Jones County, Mississippi.
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 […]
In early November 1862, Newt went AWOL, or Absent Without Leave, near Abbeville, Mississippi, and began the dangerous 200-mile journey back to Jones County. Along the way he had to avoid capture by the Confederate patrollers who searched the roads for deserters.
Jun 5, 2016 · In the new film starring Matthew McConaughey, a Confederate soldier deserts and declares his Mississippi county a sovereign state beyond Northern or Southern rule
Jun 25, 2016 · During the Civil War, a Confederate deserter led a band of poor farmers and escaped slaves to defy the Confederacy in Mississippi. Writer and director Gary Ross talks about Free State of...
