FREE STATE Of Jones Had Me Pissed Off! MOVIE REACTION- FIRST TIME WATCHING..

What Up!! I’m back with another movie reaction and this time we’re checking out Free State Of Jones with Matthew McConaughey.
From what I know, Free State Of Jones is about A Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Forced to flee, he finds refuge with a group of runaway slaves hiding out in the swamps. Forging an alliance with the slaves and other farmers, Knight leads a rebellion that would forever change history
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[@marcusv.jardim7336]

My favorite movie! Hard to watch, but an important history lesson on the Civil War, Reconstruction Era, and Jim Crow Laws. Glad you watched this one and shared it with us!

[@nathanlindahl8336]

This is your favorite movie? Seriously? You gotta watch more movies, my guy.

[@PreacherLevi]

And carpetbaggars

[@outdoorlife5396]

I wouldn't go with my favorite, but it is another look at the southern experience besides the LOST CAUSE. I get so tired of it.

[@apedosmil06]

Not only a great movie, but an important piece of history that shows how the Civil War, like most wars, was way more complicated and nuanced than most people are taught. Awesome reaction as always.

[@kevincola3184]

The mechanisms that led to the Civil War were complex and the division between Northern Free States and Soutern Slave States that had been happening since the 1780's. The biggest issues that revolved around the North and South were the Southern States attempting to create a clear and permanent Law to not only maintain current Slaves States Rights but to also continue the expansion of Slavery by creating Slave States westward below the Mason-Dixon Line and Southward into Mexican territory and possibly as far as South America. The Civil War was based on the notion of States Rights, but it was always about the States Right to ensure Slavery and expand it. Anybody that mentions that The Civil War wasn't really about Slavery are ignorant to the point of delusion. The South began taking over various Federal armories, Forts and Bases, trainlines and such before Lincoln was even President and before Lincoln ever expressed a desire to Emancipate any slaves or to even invade the South. The South started the war with Fort Sumpter despite Lost Causers claims of "The War of Northern Aggression" being completely wrong and hypocritical. The South even raised an Army of their own before the North did, lol.

[@Leviticus_Prime]

The Free State of Jones was oe of te largest Anti-Slavery Unionist enclaves during the war. There were also several in Kentucky and Tennessee.

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

There was one near by where I live in TN.

[@iamjacksennui]

Where in TN? I'm from there and didn't know about it.

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

@@iamjacksennui Dickson County

[@robertshows5100]

Jasper Collins was my great grandfather. My father said that his grandmother told them stories about how soldiers woulcome at night to find the men..I was 22 before i realized it was Confederate soldiers looking for them. "Rich mans war and poor mans fight."

[@MarbleFoxGamer]

Yo!!! I been waiting on this!!! Free State of Jones is a hardcore movie

[@skylermaves7272]

I'm so glad someone is reacting to this

[@vadersfist20videos38]

I live in Jones County MS and I remember the hype when this movie was coming out, sadly they did not film here and the movie was received with mixed opinions around here. I personally love the movie and have it on DVD but I have to keep quiet about it because even though Newton Knights story is a big part of this area everyone is divided on their opinions of him. Half of us love his story the other half see him as a criminal. It’s true that there were some things he and his men did that were questionable but it has not stopped his story from being told to each of us that grows up around here and obsessing over the history involved. We even have a house in Ellisville called the Deason House that is supposed to be haunted because of Knight killing an officer that was staying there. Supposedly you can here boots going up and down the stairs even if you are alone in the house and the blood stain appears every time it rains.

[@matthewhearn9497]

Thats incredible, I love that even today the local community is still split on this historical figure. Just goes to show that for how much all the politicians talk about progress and change, very little has actually changed, at least in the minds of some people. Thanks for commenting on this, cause thats super interesting and some great insight into how much the past still shapes our ideas of the present.

[@vadersfist20videos38]

Yeah many see him as a criminal due to the people he helped others see him as one because of how rough he and his men could sometimes get but overall it’s known that they did do a lot of good for the people here but yeah due to him a newspaper at that time, I’m not sure if it was a Confederate or US newspaper but it named this area The Kingdom Of Jones lol. For the longest time many of the signs coming into the county would actually read The Free State of Jones County. But whether folks here see him as a hero or villain seems to come down to what their parents taught them combined with whatever other views they have on other topics. His descendants are all around though and in the county library there are several books about the events surrounding The Knight Company. It’s always fun to tell people I meet from elsewhere that my county seceded from the other secessionist 😂. Nowadays all that really goes on here is the HGTV show Hometown is based here. But folks are not as happy about that one.

[@migueldelacruz4799]

​@@matthewhearn9497 I'm a local too, I can say in my opinion that he was not a good man, but he was the right man in the right place, at the right time.

[@vadersfist20videos38]

@@migueldelacruz4799 I definitely don’t agree with stuff he did but it’s more his overall story that interest me in regards to history so I guess I kinda sit somewhere in the middle where he is concerned

[@Pthumerian01]

The fact that some of the people there in Jones County think he was a criminal is just a perfect example of how ignorant they are. Too bad sucking off the confederacy in 2023 isn't considered treason.

[@a.j.m8264]

“You cannot own a child of god” My favorite line of the whole movie. Hey Devin, have you seen The Green Book yet? That’s another great one that I think you’d enjoy. Check out the trailer for yourself, at least. I feel it’d be worth your while.

[@MateoDiaz-yu7pp]

I couldn't be no slave either brother! I wouldn't make it either LOL

[@haraldisdead]

"I'd probably be a godamned deserter, bro." Funny you should say that...

[@MensaGiraffe]

Why?

[@haraldisdead]

@@MensaGiraffe cuz the guy goes on to desert

[@MensaGiraffe]

@@haraldisdead I see

[@csp5813]

the march at the begining is soo accurate

[@patrickhidalgo4659]

I've watched your channel grow so much Devin!!! Here for the long run to see you hit 100k. Also I know you're a huge fan of action movies so do yourself a favor and watch Kiss of the Dragon with Jet Li! One of his best in my opinion

[@BM-hb2mr]

We here for it bro. Your getting with it now, you getting ready to start doing real welll on the channel. Let's get it

[@beckymellon8135]

Unbelievable movie I’m so glad you reacted to it!!!❤❤

[@gavinculpepper9685]

It's a good movie, but not accurate

[@nickanderson55]

Republican He married Mary Todd, and they had four boys, only one of whom lived to maturity. In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

The most inspiring part of this film was the Child of God scene. Regardless of religion, no man owns another man or woman. And that scene detailed it beautifully.

[@x_mau9355]

Amen

[@iamjacksennui]

Not religious but I strongly sympathise with many anarchist principles(but I'm not "actively" one since I don't think humanity is evolved enough for that level of cooperation), so I felt a swell of pride as well. Everyone is born free even if they don't know it.

[@x_mau9355]

@@iamjacksennui HOWEVER there is no anarchy in this movie. They are no "anarchists", just common people chasing a fair government ! We instead, we gave up too soon. We believe to be perfect and that everything works fine.

[@iamjacksennui]

@@x_mau9355 I'm aware, just saying they shared some similar ideals.

[@jansenart0]

7:23 In that era, (and to this day without serious medical intervention) a gut shot was not only fatal, but it'd take days for the infection and resulting sepsis to take the victim. If you won't be able to get medical care inside of 3 days, you're lucky to die within minutes of an abdominal wound.

[@jameschance6829]

Newton is my profile pic for my laptop. Such an awesome dude.

[@hairymiddleeasternman]

Great vid man, keep up the hard work!

[@danieldoesdumbstuff]

This movie hurt so much to watch knowing I'm from Mississippi and the Civil War, even though it's well taught, it's still a very dark spot in our soul.

[@katherinedinwiddie4526]

Been waiting on this!!! This movie is a must see but very hard to watch. Love your reviews!

[@OG_Wakanobi]

I watch this movie at least once a year. A sober reminder of how evil people can use the law for their own purposes.

[@jared2947]

Glad you watched this and liked it! Great film. Wish more people would do reactions to this one. If you haven't seen it, Amistad is a good film about slavery with Matthew Mcconaughey. It was about slaves that mutiny on the ship bringing them here.

[@jddole7079]

I love historical movies and this one is in my top 5, I got a great one that’s overlooked it’s set in mid 1800s to late 1800s it’s about native Americans, I hope you check it out Bury my heart at Wounded Knee (2007)

[@darthraven178]

The good lord bird is a great mini series set a couple of years before the civil war. Love this movie, you continue to provide steller content🏆🏆🏆

[@dilboteebaggins6147]

Thank you for entertainment dude. Keep up the good work.

[@jramir2]

Hey Devin, glad you are seeing this one! Have you see the Black Messiah, about Fred Hampton? It would be worth checking out too.

[@marcusv.jardim7336]

That’s another great movie! Highly recommend it!

[@tommygunss4576]

I love when the Free men take down the Confederate flag and raise the Stars ad Bars.

[@mauresegoodwin8246]

Sey bro... watch rosewood.. It's a true story about a town in Florida. My family is from a town near there.Trenton Florida. Some of the chimneys in rosewood still stand.

[@jamesrh9193]

The officer who was sent to clear out Ellisville in 1863 was a Major. Supposedly he was killed by Newton Knight. The general who sent the major was General Braxton Bragg- who Fort Bragg was named after. In 2022 the Naming Commission decided they would finally rename the 10 military bases that were named for Confederates. Fort Bragg will be renamed Fort Liberty on June 2, 2023. If you want to find the people who are upset by the name change, they'd probably side with the Confederates in this movie. Whether it was Bacon's Rebellion, the Free State of Jones or anything Martin Luther King did in the 1960s... the last thing rich, white, conservatives wanted was black and white people putting aside their differences in skin color, organizing and realizing they had a lot more in common because of their class. But, this movie showed it isn't always easy and a lot of rich, powerful, connected conservatives will kill and destroy to keep oppression in place.

[@hyperboreanmakima]

There was not a whole lot of class acceptance in 1804 Saint-Domingue now was there?

[@iamjacksennui]

There's no "probably" about it. They're just too cowardly and ashamed to admit it openly. They know they're despicable.

[@andygossard4293]

Wow what a movie. I am so glad you reacted and I noted. I have just watched the whole thing. This movie is very important, and some criticize what they say are inaccuracies, but the basic facts are maintained. These were brave people- and they still did what they had to.

[@gavinculpepper9685]

Most of this movie is fiction lol but it's a good movie

[@tylerkinrade9776]

If I remember correctly, the Confederate States Army only had 20 or so surgeons at the outbreak of the war, so if you got hit the reality was you were likely to die

[@PreacherLevi]

Not much they could do back then, no cardiothoracic surgeons , no way to treat a collapsed lung or blood in the plural space. Just amputations and torniquttes. Medicine was still in its infancy ..

[@dennishendrikx3228]

Sadly the majority of people have no faith, in any resistance. Things seem to end up the same, anyway. Even if, the next struggle for power will follow. The only choise we have, is what we except.

[@x_mau9355]

It's amazing. It's not about racism. It's not about slavery... It's about freedom and being a man and take your stand.

[@SpicyTurk]

Amazing reaction. 12 years a slave next?

[@charlesmcgill2974]

Newton knight was a legend, not many know about his story.

[@bubbag9952]

Keep it rolling. I'd love to see your reaction to Gang's of New York .You will love and hate it so many emotions when I watched it.

[@mrs.sherry]

Good reaction video!

[@danielrjschwartz9301]

i think its safe to say slavery and the things that were done to slaves back then is enough to piss any sane person off

[@badlandsojibwe1427]

We don't know much or anything about the Civil War up North here near the Dakota Badlands (our history deals with Native America and the Old West) so I will have to watch this movie.

[@shadowrunner2510]

One of my favorite movies ever.

[@joellenglass2344]

There’s another movie with Nicole Kidman, Renee Zellweger & Jude Law called Cold Mountain. It’s really good too.

[@leogothisoscar271]

If you want a good movie about slaves using their numbers to fight back, check out The Birth of a Nation (2016, NOT the one from 1915, that's the complete opposite lol).

[@blakefletcher8052]

Matthew is a great actor

[@migueldelacruz4799]

I'm a local for where it all took place, he is not universally revered. The story of the free state of Jones is one that will always start debates even among those against the confederacy. There is a lot missing from this story that makes him look like some mighty brave hero and not an opportunistic, disgruntled veteran con-man. He was a character of many many colors. He wasn't a good man, but he was the right man in the right place, at the right time.

[@willsutton2235]

the civil war was about keeping slavery legal

[@heathercontois4501]

You mentioned the amputations with no anesthesia- the Civil War hit a point where they ran out of Ether and went in wide awake.

[@gabrielcarkhuff2670]

That scene in the beginning is early war. Before the war became guerilla fighting the first few battles were like the revolutionary War, but that ended quick. Cause lots o people die

[@gavinculpepper9685]

This movie is about my distant cousin

[@stoneyloco8880]

should check out a film called No escape

[@shortybarnesyanik]

You should watch Harriet too! It’s a good one!

[@OYME13]

The purpose of owning people is to get the work done you don't want to do yourself, without the inconvenience of paying salaries. Pyramids ain't gonna build themselves you know.

[@zachfulk9852]

yesssssss

[@haraldisdead]

YESSSS

[@DerrickSizemore]

This is based on a true story too.

[@nickanderson55]

Was Abraham Lincoln one of the founders of the Republican Party? In 1858 Lincoln ran against Stephen A. Douglas for Senator. He lost the election, but in debating with Douglas he gained a national reputation that won him the Republican nomination for President in 1860. As President, he built the Republican Party into a strong national organization.

[@nikkisatchel4699]

This was during the Civil war

[@shaquilleburton1611]

This was a good film Can you react to "Dead Presidents" and "Da 5 bloods"

[@mraxlrose2959]

Possibly his best movie.

[@earthe1]

Greetings! The movie you have got to see that is a true story about slavery, happened in Australia not that long ago is RABBIT PROOF FENCE!!!!

[@czigleranton6339]

Ask the leaders,politicians,presidents what it's the point of wars,only they know...

[@iamjacksennui]

💲💲💲

[@joellenglass2344]

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!

[@alpo4877]

'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black'

[@PreacherLevi]

No it was not illegal for them to learn to read or right. Atleast in Savannah, according to my great grandmother her nanny was a gullah geechee house slave. She taught her mother and her siblings to walk , read, write , math ect everything. I dont even think her parents were even around that much. Because everything she knows is from her. There was alot of propaganda about the South, especially during the reconstructive era. Becareful what you take, I only take accounts from my family and the enslaved descendants. Btw If you google William Jessie Sparkman , he was a descendant of mine. He was fined alot of money, because one of his slaves didnt have his firearm permitted for hunting. Yes one of his slaves had a firearm , so yes some had the right to have firearms. The University of NC, has my familys plantation journals from Ga and SC interesting to get a truthful birds eye view of the Antebellum South.

[@bigchief70]

Please watch Thunderheart!

[@ccink3931]

3:20 Your a grown man how u not know what the war is about?😂

[@rickgrimes7432]

Boy it was a psychological question! You outta be real stupid to not realize that.

[@nicholaspietrzak9992]

This movie really did not get the praise it deserved. It did not exaggerate or down play how slavery was, and portrayed pretty well how frustrated confederate soldiers got and just how many deserted as a result of the growing centralized power of the Confederate government which was originally supposed to be very decentralized but eventually became very oppressive to anyone who was not wealthy.

[@delvinthomas3587]

License to drive is a great film grab some snacks sit back and enjoy the ride 🎉**

[@haraldisdead]

"They had to fight for an education. Now people are handing them out and they don't even want it."

[@unionnet27]

I bet you more people would want it if we funded all school districts federally and equally not linked to property taxes. What if we made all community colleges free. I bet you it would be a better incentive.

[@haraldisdead]

@@unionnet27 it's a crime that all students don't get equal funding. Might as well privatize it.

[@unionnet27]

@@haraldisdead Nope! Not at all. This will be a disaster if we do this. Oversite and regulation is still or strongest defense against corruption.

[@haraldisdead]

@@unionnet27 no, I totally agree. Privatization is awful, but if funds are disbursed based on the wealth of the locality... it's not much better than private industry.

[@unionnet27]

@@haraldisdead True. Have the wealth redistributed among all school districts equally.

[@frederickmiles8815]

Great movie!

[@andygossard4293]

A movie I've always avoided. As a southerner by lineage. As reading on the internet, The people of Jones Co. Were more impoverished, and harbored more deserters who could not tolerate lack of provisioning by the Confederate govt. So they defended against tax collectors and home guardsmen. It was mostly an economic thing.

[@unionnet27]

It's always an economic thing. The rich against the poor. How much money was the US making from the slave trade and cotton and tobacco production? The US is where it is now because of the foundation it was built on (free labor). It persists today in prisons (for .28 cents an hour) This is a generated value of 11 Billion dollars of value from forced labor to the US government.

[@MeTaLISaWeSoMe95]

It wasn't just an economic thing. Newton Knight may not have started out as an abolishinist, but he became one. He fought not only for the poor, but the escape slaves and freedmen who took refuge with him. Stop trying to change the narrative to fit your bullshit.

[@iamjacksennui]

@@unionnet27 you're forgetting the prison-industrial complex as well.

[@toddnesbitt3113]

Just got to lean into it

[@bjt81366]

Dog, we gotta know our history better than this. All my brothas and sistas, the 1860s were the years of the civil war. The fight to end slavery across the country and unite the South with the rest of the country. Please don't forget this. It's exactly what many white people want us to do.

[@iamjacksennui]

Neo-confederates never stop their bull

[@haraldisdead]

He really doesn't know about the civil war?!

[@xXtimesplitterxX]

The point of war. The confederate states broke away from "The Union" while slavery was still allowed in the confederate states. Alot of politics. Simply put, the Confederate states wanted to make their own nation with slavery.

[@xXtimesplitterxX]

The Confederacy essentially wanted to make their own nation. But the federal government who recognized them as part of the nation

[@xXtimesplitterxX]

Destroyed them

[@xXtimesplitterxX]

Thank God we weren't there!!

[@1lthrnk]

Most of the southerners didn’t have slaves especially in Mississippi they were beyond poor. My great granddads family farmed and we’re sharecroppers. You 1/16th black then you were considered black. There are plenty of people who chose to use their 5 acres and a mule to make black towns. My home state Oklahoma had 13 black towns. Blacks voted republican for 100 years until the democrats voted for programs to hand out money they were never going to pay.

[@caucasian6283]

comment to promote the channel.

[@nickanderson55]

OK so they changed history in this movie 419 was Republican the two were democrats democrats where the southern Confederates

[@unionnet27]

Dang Dixiecrats. Thank heavens for the Southern strategy.

[@nickanderson55]

@@unionnet27 thank god we beat them yes would of been worse if we didn’t ashamed or descendants like to change history through the art they produce lie and hope no one notices until it becomes common knowledge

[@nickanderson55]

You might like Vox Machina

[@vaini_badboy8937]

ajaiisis😅

[@krispress7824]

When they toke the Son for a internship. 😡😡

[@tgx123mgjack8]

I wanted you to answer your question on how the hell do you walk across bodies these simple answer on why most didn't desert the army back then was everybody knew everybody it was similar to why you rarely retreated everybody knew everybody if your general didn't say retreat and you ran from the battlefield your friends your family who survived we're going to tell your family you would be disowned as a trader this was known as early as the 1700's it's why everyone was so brave you either died fighting or you were a traitor and a coward if you ran for the most part everybody knew everybody back then it was a tight-knit community

[@justinkaufman6896]

Union fight for preserve the Union and what Confederate fought for what is preserve slavery that most idiotic ideology ever

[@2strokinit527]

This was a horrible and awesome movie at the same time, but a story than needed to be heard by many.

[@robertocortez8087]

You gotta work on your editing bro. I got whiplash after just 30sec of the movie. If you got something to say, just say it. Don't rip your audience out of the movie, and put it ALL on you. We're trying to watch the movie with you, not just watch you.

[@planojag595]

"If they have control over the daggone ballot, man, they can do whatever the F they want." How true that is Devin. That's exactly what the Dems have done and continue to do in blue strongholds which is why we have the current administration. Great movie. Sad to see history repeating itself. Loved your reaction!

[@Embur12]

Its sad to say that most African Americans are still living on a plantation in the crime riddled, no employment, beholden to the govt, democratically run inner cities.

[@notahandle965]

this may blow your mind but living in a city in fact is not the same as being enslaved on a plantation.

[@Embur12]

@@notahandle965 Democratic party still wears white hoods and doesn't want to see the black man succeed. Vote for us every four years and we'll forget about you until we need you again. LBJ's quotes referring to a 57 civil right act as the N-gr bill , and upon appointing Thurgood Marshall to the Supreme Court saying " when I appointed a N-gr to the Supreme Court I want everyone to know he's a N-gr. Even planned parenthoods Margaret Sanger called blacks human weeds, and convinced black pastors to throw abortion mills in predominantly black neighborhoods. The control is more subtle than whips and chains...but it's still there!!!

[@unionnet27]

Look, I know you're trying to make a point. Black folks were limited from accumulating generational wealth. Whenever they tried to 'get off the plantation'. Their money-making districts and cities were burnt to the ground by jealous white race mobs. Look up Greenwood in OK. When black folks tried to make it to the city they were deterred from living alongside white people. They were huddled together in what became the 'ghetto'. Look up 'red lining' and loan denial as late as the 1980s. I assume you're not going to look it up. Consider this, cities are where most people live it would stand to reason that there would be more crime there. If you're going to mention black-on-black crime then you have to also notice that black folks are also exonerated at a higher rate too. Is it possible that black neighborhoods are highly policed and black folks are arrested wrongfully? If that doesn't matter to you. Who introduced Crack to the 'inner cities'. In the words of a famous song, 'Ronald Reagan has the answer'. I know you couldn't help to mention Democrats and I agree with you they didn't help but neither did the Republicans. Democrats and Republicans are both Right Wing to me. Class solidarity is the only way forward. It's the rich and the poor. The rich just tricked poor whites that they were better than black folks for a few hundred years.

[@OneMicComedy]

​@@notahandle965 It systemic oppression though it still a way to set things up where folks can't prosper

[@iamjacksennui]

@@OneMicComedy Dude's missing the forest through the trees all because he want's to be angry at a certain party when it's all of them.

[@ByrdNelson]

Darn was he required to say something every 3 seconds. Damn wait til you have something relevant to say! I lost interest cause ol dude just saying whatever 9ver the movie. Ended up thinking "please just shut up" no matter what he was saying after 15 minutes. There's a difference between commenting and just rambling. Make it make sense!

[@deebo2430]

They didn't fight because they wanted to be slaves. Which is exactly what Kanye was trying to say when everyone called him an uncle Tom

[@unionnet27]

The greatest successful insurrection happened in Haiti. They won but were strangled by France, GB, and the US. They have been taken advantage of up till this day.

[@lungeranon7645]

@@unionnet27The Haitian Revolution was a genocide. They killed all non-blacks except for a bunch of Jacobin-type of Polish mercs - even wiped out the mulattoes. When the Revolution was finally done, Dessalines killed all non-blacks with blades and clubs from town to town at night so others couldnt be alerted by gunshots. Hard to imagine why USA, Britain, France, and the rest of the world had no interest in their island. Also, it was a sugar colony that stopped producing sugar - what profit could even be had by interacting with that violent impoverished island in the 19th century.

[@lungeranon7645]

@Antonio-Gransci Clearly an example of the definition of genocide. If you're too dumb to understand that it might be because you're from Haiti.

[@Akaeus]

React to Abraham Lincoln: Americas First Dictator by Razorfist

[@JD1976]

This whole movie never happened......... but yall buy anything

[@jasonmalone9833]

Big Dawg!!! 💯😎🍀