Free State of Jones

Free State of Jones 6.9

The film is adapted from real historical events and tells the story of one of the most famous rebellions in American history: Newton Knight. Nate, a native of Mississippi, defected from the Confederacy during the Civil War, organized a group of soldiers and established a country called the Free Nation of Jones in his hometown. Nate not only married a black female slave and refused to return to serve in the Confederate Army, but also liberated slaves in Mississippi, a territory of the Confederate government, which was rare in the United States at that time and made him a local legend in Mississippi.