Rosewood

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31ST
For sale sign, 5 acres, Bradley

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MORNING	Big Baby takes food from Mrs. Wright to Johnny Wright's store, Mr. Wright & Jewel "involved" -"Ms White"

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Duke & son Emmitt hunting in woods
Ellis & 3 others come by - Jesse Hunter escaped
Ellis: "Don't shoot him, just bring him in"

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James & Wife "involved"

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DAYLIGHT  Mr. Mann rides into Sumner, past sheriff's office, turns and goes to Rosewood - Ellis to deputy (only 2 there) "that boy ain't no more off a chain gang than I'm governor of Florida"

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Arnette & Mr Mann 

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Mr. Wright's store: Wright, Mann, Jewel there.  
Guy leaving,  "Clean out of shells, you be around tomorrow?" "You own that plot of land?"

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Mr. Mann & Scrappy: "teacher ma'am"

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EVENING:	Mr. Mann & Sylvester on front porch: "What you selling?  Colored fella no where particular to be, just be selling or running"

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New Year's Eve Meal, 10-12 people, kids, cousins, lots of food:  Sylvester talks about going to Mr. Andrews, "times are changing"  talk about other lynchings.

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Mama, Miss Scrappy, Mr. Mann	"Best place these old eyes have ever seen."   Doing better than most folks over in Sumner.

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Wright & family, read story. 1st wife gone - "Did you ever consider how I feel living here?"

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DANCE: outside, wooden stage, many people, adult men grouped together, teens around, young kids
Mr. Mann asks her to dance by dancing in front of her. 

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FRIDAY, Mr. Mann dreams , Scrappy wakes him up 
Arnette - "Why she skipping?"  "Good coffee"  

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Wright's store: (Jewel, Mann, JW) Spanish American War vs. WW I  "Only 8 Americans got wounded, I had audacity to be one of them" "I volunteered"

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Aunt Sarah & Philomena outside Fanny's house, lunchtime. Fanny & not James (white guy) "involved"  "You been double timing me?"  "Swamp Trash"  Fanny beat up.  Philomena runs in, "Get out" Aunt Sarah walks by.

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Mr. Mann & Miss Scrappy on picnic, just off main road.  "Maybe I was looking for Rosewood."

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The fornicator goes to Sam Carter's blacksmith shop. "Hey anybody, hey boy"	Aaron"got to help, he's a Mason"   "I ain't a boy I a man, a Mason."

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Auction: crowded room, white men sitting around.  
Bidding: Wright, someone else, Wright, no one...
 
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Philomena & Aunt Sarah scrubbing floors on knees Fanny cries "help me" Aunt Sarah looks up
Fanny goes to man, crodw comes running  "there was a N, he beat me" boy takes off

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Cut to sheriff's office boy: "Fanny got herself beat by a N"  Ellis: "keep it quiet before I get the whole store". sends boy to mills for James

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boy goes to boss at mill, boss to James

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Auction  Ellis(?) breaks up auction -- "You Jesse Hunter", shows discharge papers. 

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In street, front of Fanny's house: whole crowd around "Who raped you?" Sheriff shoos crowd away "Think about this, this Ellis, known you a while.  Is it true a colored done this? She yells N...N...N...

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Ellis & Sarah, group of men around, "I didn't see nothing"

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Ellis gives direction.  "You act like you're the leader of this mob"  Dogs lead to Sam Carter's house.  Ellis "put that gun away, did you rape Fanny Taylor? 

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Group w/ Aaron in back run into Johnny W. on road. "Let me talk" Ellis there, Duke "he don't need to talk" Ellis & JW privately:  JW:"good people"  

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Duke talking other stores of lynching, Aaron says "Sam Carter gave him a ride" Group heads to Sam's

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Sam Carter's place - Mr. Mann comes upon them
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Aaron in jail "thank you Mr. Wright"

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Attacking Sam at NIGHT, Ellis in middle
"Don't pick up his trail, you dead" Duke shoots "Damn you Duke, why'd you do that, you could have shot me"  "I'm the law here" "nothing but a chicken farmer with a badge"

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NIGHT   Fanny - soft touch, my angel, James tells her of Sam's lynching "I ought to..." well dressed women come to door

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NIGHT   Sylvester & Mr. Mann cut down Sam

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 (roughly 1 hour into movie)
Church meeting, send women & child. to Gainsville, Sylvester stands up, Sarah "as white as butter"
Mr. Wright there for part, asked to leave

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Wright & Mann - coward? massah of this town?

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"Amazing Grace" heard from church

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Mann & Scrappy 3-4 weeks be back, "your own preacher ready to give me up", Sylvester & Arnette see Mann leave, Arnette wipes tear

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SATURDAY
Judge comes to town.  Judge, Ellis, deputy, Need a sheriff in bigger county, control colored problem?

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Mill - black & white workers standing, "day off to search"

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Sarah to Philomena (?) they'd string me up, tells story of dad getting beat, N. is just another word for guilty.

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Sarah & White train conductor, Ellis comes up to Sylvester (Sarah, Wright  present) "be good boy visit relatives"

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Search party, men hanging around porches, dalygiht, discuss Sylvester's piano, drinking, Judges walks thru

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NIGHT Arnette's birthday party, Arnette gets suit

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Elllis & crowd at fence , "Sylvester come out for questions".  Duke shoots dog,Sarah addresses crowd, shot, 2 white men (Henry & Pauly) approach door, shot

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 (1 hour 20 min)
Mob to Wright's store "Whose gonna pay?"

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Sylvester sends kids to woods, Big Baby stays

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1st call "3 Dead white men" "got revolt on hands"

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All shootting.  Ellis 1st in house, burning starts
Ellis makes some guy a deputy so he will take A. Sarah to N. graveyard. John & Ellis talk 

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Fanny & James - A. Sarah's dead, alone quiet

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Phone lines, message going down them

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Mr. Mann shot at by strangers

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DAY - "Here comes the parade" lots of hanging around.  Governor calls Ellis.  

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J Wright & son Timothy: Bradley wants to hide, son hides him

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 (1 hour 35 min)
Mob meets other white folk in road Sheriff in front, broad daylight

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Pictures taken by strung up people, kids playing game

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NIGHT - Gorup goes back to round up rest, Duke & son there, Wright watches. Mann kills guy who is aiming at preacher's kids

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Man, Scrappy, Arnette in swamp - you a lieutenant

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Wright's house, wife upset "it's my home" 

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Mann with James, wife, Jewel to Mr. Wright's porch
Jewel won't go in

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Mob to Mr. Wright's, Just question him?  I'll watch, make him dig his own grave,Wright & Duke fight you kill my customers" "nothing but a dirt floor cracker"

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Characters:
Aunt Sarah/Momma
Her son, Sylvester Carrion and his wife ,(1/2 Seminole) - music teacher
Her brother James Carrion (one good arm) and his wife, Emma
Jewel, daughter of James & Emma
Arnette, Sylvester's son(?)
Scrappy, Buellah, teacher, cousin of Sylvester, 17 yrs old
Big Baby, also related
Philomena another cousin

Sam Carter, blacksmith
son Aaron Carter 

Mr. Mann & his horse, Booker T.

Mr. Bradley, owner of 5 acres next to Johnny Wright's store

James & Fanny Taylor
Sherriff Ellis
Duke & son, Emmitt
Mary & Johnny Wright shopkeeper (she's his 2nd wife), & 2 kids