ON THIS DAY OF DISCOVERY, A
SPECIAL HOLIDAY PRESENTATION...
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FEATURING
SOLOIST WINTLEY PHIPPS,
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AUTHOR AND
PROFESSOR, DR. ALLEN CALLAHAN,
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AND ACTRESS GWENDOLYN
BRILEY-STRAND AS HARRIET TUBMAN.
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WINTLEY PHIPPS: ON
THIS DAY OF DISCOVERY ,
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A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY UNLIKE
ONE YOU'VE PROBABLY EVER TAKEN
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BEFORE. THE YEAR IS 1854, A
TIME WHEN OUR COUNTRY STRUGGLED
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DEEPLY... WITH THE
ISSUES OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA.
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THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, NETWORKS
OF SLAVE ABOLITIONISTS...
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PROVIDE ROUTES TO FREEDOM
OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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THESE ROES ARE FOREST
STREAMS, EDGES OF FIELDS,
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HOMES AND CHURCHES IN A LINE
THAT MOVES SECRETLY THROUGH THE
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COUNTRYSIDE. IT IS A LINE
CALLED THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD,
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AND TRAVELLING IT TOOK A COURAGE
AND FAITH THAT WENT BEYOND ITS
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TRAVELLERS, BOTH SLAVE AND
FREE, BOTH BLACK AND WHITE.
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HI, I'M WINTLEY PHIPPS,
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AND THIS IS THE
UNDERGROUND RAILROAD:
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A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY TO FREEDOM.
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TUBMAN: SKY'S NICE AND
HAZY, MOON'S NOT TOO BRIGHT.
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IT'S BRIGHT ENOUGH TO SEE THE
NORTH STAR, BUT IT'S NOT SO
BRIGHT WE'LL BE SEEN.
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WE'LL LEAVE IN
JUST A LITTLE WHILE.
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SLAVES: WHICH WAY WE GOIN'?
WHAT WE GONNA DO, MISS HARRIET?
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TUBMAN: DON'T WORRY,ON'T WORRY.
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WE COME THIS FAR BY FAITH.
HOLD ON A LITTLE WHILE LONGER.
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ALL I WANT Y'ALL TO THINK ABOUT
IS WHAT IT'S GOIN' TO BE LIKE TO
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BE FREE. PHIPPS: AND THERE WERE
IN THE SAME COUNTRY SHEPHERDS
ABIDING IN THE FIELD,
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KEEPING WATCH OVER
THEIR FLOCK BY NIGHT.
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AND LO, THE ANGEL OF
THE LORD CAME UPON THEM,
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AND THE GLORY OF THE LORD SHOWN
ROUND ABOUT THEM, AND THEY WERE
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SORE AFRAID. AND THE
ANGEL SAID UNTO THEM, "FEAR NOT,
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"FOR BEHOLD I BRING YOU GOOD
TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY WHICH SHALL
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BE TO ALL PEOPLE, "FOR UNTO YOU
IS BORN THIS DAY, IN THE CITY OF
DAVID, A SAVIOR WHICH IS CHRIST
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THE LORD!" ¤ (CHRIST IS BORN) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS BORN) ¤
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¤ HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING ¤
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¤ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING, ¤
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¤ PEACE ON EARTH
AND MERCY MILD, ¤
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¤ GOD AND SINNERS RECONCILED. ¤
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¤ JOYFUL ALL YE NATIONS RISE, ¤
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¤ JOIN THE
TRIUMPH OF THE SKIES. ¤
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¤ WITH
TH'ANGELIC HOST PROCLAIM ¤
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¤ CHRIST IS BORN IN BETHLEHEM. ¤
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¤ HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING ¤
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¤ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING! ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS BORN, OH.) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST BY
HIGHEST HEAV'N ADORED,) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST THE
EVERLASTING LORD) ¤
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¤ LATE IN TIME
BEHOLD HIM COME, ¤
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¤ OFFSPRING OF
THE VIRGIN'S WOMB. ¤
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¤ VEILED IN FLESH
THE GODHEAD SEE. ¤
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¤ HAIL TH'INCARNATE DEITY. ¤
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¤ PLEASED AS MAN
WITH MEN TO DWELL, ¤
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¤ JESUS OUR EMMANUEL. ¤
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¤ HARK THE HERALD ANGELS SING ¤
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¤ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING. ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS
BORN, HALLELUJAH,) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS
BORN, HALLELUJAH!) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS BORN) ¤
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¤ (CHRIST IS BORN) ¤
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¤ HAIL THE
HEAV'N-BORN PRINCE OF PEACE, ¤
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¤ HAIL THE SON
OF RIGHTEOUSNESS. ¤
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¤ LIGHT AND LIFE
TO ALL HE BRINGS, ¤
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¤ RIS'N WITH
HEALING IN HIS WINGS. ¤
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¤ MILD HE LAYS HIS GLORY BY, ¤
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¤ BORN THAT MEN
NO MORE MAY DIE, ¤
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¤ BORN TO RAISE
THE SONS OF EARTH, ¤
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¤ BORN TO GIVE
THEM SECOND BIRTH. ¤
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¤ HARK, THE HERALD ANGELS SING ¤
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¤ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING. ¤
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¤ GLORY TO THE NEWBORN KING! ¤
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ALLEN CALLAHAN: THE PERSPECTIVE
OF THE SLAVE ON A PLANTATION,
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IT'S ALMOST A
SELF-CONTAINED UNIVERSE.
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FOR THE SLAVE IT'S WORK MOST OF
THE TIME, WITHOUT A PAYCHECK, OF
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COURSE. IT'S
OCCASIONALLY VERY VIOLENT,
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BECAUSE YOU REALLY CAN'T GET
PEOPLE TO WORK ON A REGULAR
BASIS FOR NOTHING...
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UNLESS YOU TERRORIZE THEM
REGULARLY, SO THERE'S THAT.
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IT'S A... OF COURSE, IT'S A
PLACE WHERE PEOPLE ARE BOUGHT
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AND SOLD, SO ALL OF YOUR
RELATIONSHIPS ARE QUALIFIED BY
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THAT. THERE ARE
PEOPLE YOU COULD...
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WHO COULD BE WORKING SIDE BY
SIDE WITH YOU ONE DAY, THE NEXT
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DAY THEY'RE GONE. IF YOU'RE A
MAN, A WOMAN WITH WHOM YOU'VE
HAD A CHILD COULD BE GONE.
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THE CHILD COULD BE
GONE. YOU COULD BE GONE.
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FOR SLAVES UNDER SLAVERY,
FORMALLY SPEAKING, THERE IS NO
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FAMILY, BECAUSE UNDER SLAVERY,
SLAVES ARE NOT PEOPLE. PEOPLE
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HAVE FAMILIES. A COMMODITY
DOESN'T HAVE A FAMILY AND SLAVES
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WERE COMMODITIES.
THEY WERE BOUGHT AND SOLD,
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SO A MAN AND A WOMAN
MIGHT HAVE A CHILD TOGETHER.
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THAT MAN COULD THEN BE
SOLD AND LIVE SOMEPLACE ELSE.
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THE WOMAN COULD BE
SOLD, THE CHILD COULD BE SOLD,
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AND THEY COULD BE
SOLD THREE DIFFERENT WAYS,
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THREE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS, AND
THIS HAPPENED. THIS HAPPENED.
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OH, I BLESS YOU, LORD.
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THANK YOU. OH, THANK
YOU, THANK YOU, JESUS.
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I THANK YOU, LORD.
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I THANK YOU FOR BRINGIN' YOUR
CHILD THROUGH ANOTHER JOURNEY.
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IT WAS YOU WHO DELIVERED MY
PASSENGERS INTO CANADA SAFELY,
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NO HARM, AND I
BLESS YOUR NAME FOR IT.
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I KNOW THAT YOU SAID NOT
TO BE WEARY IN WELL-DOIN',
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BUT I AM A LITTLE
TIRED NOW, FATHER.
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AND I'M GONNA NEED YOU TO GIVE
ME SOME STRENGTH TO GET THROUGH
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THIS NEXT ONE. BUT I TRUST YOU.
YOU SAID YOU'D NEVER LEAVE ME OR
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FORSAKE ME. AND I KNOW'S
YOU'VE BEEN WITH ME EVERY TIME.
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AND YOU'LL BE WITH ME THIS TIME.
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I THANK YOU AND I
BLESS YOU, IN JESUS' NAME.
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CALLAHAN: HARRIET TUBMAN
WAS A REMARKABLE AND COURAGEOUS
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CHRISTIAN WOMAN, WHO HAD BEEN A
SLAVE, HAD BEEN BEATEN AND
DECIDED THAT SHE WOULD RUN AWAY.
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HARRIET TUBMAN ACKNOWLEDGED
A CALLING ON HER LIFE TO HELP
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OTHERS TO ESCAPE, AND THIS WAS
AN EXTRAORDINARILY DANGEROUS
THING TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS
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WHAT HAPPENED: THIS IS A WOMAN
WHO SUCCESSFULLY ESCAPED FROM
THE SLAVE SOUTH TO THE "FREE"
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NORTH, AND SHE COULD HAVE JUST
GONE ON WITH HER LIFE AND SHE
CHOSE NOT TO DO THAT.
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SHE WENT BACK INTO
THE SOUTH MANY TIMES,
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AND EXPOSED HERSELF TO DANGER
OVER AND OVER AGAIN TO HELP
OTHER PEOPLE TO ESCAPE.
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THERE'S A STORY THAT
SHE WAS ACTUALLY ON A TRAIN,
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AND BY THIS TIME PEOPLE
WERE TRYING TO APPREHEND HER.
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SHE, YOU KNOW, SHE HAD HER
PICTURE UP IN THE POST OFFICE,
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SO TO SPEAK, AND AS
INVESTIGATORS WERE WALKING
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THROUGH THE TRAIN, SHE TOOK
A NEWSPAPER AND HELD IT UP IN
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FRONT OF HER FACE, AND PRETENDED
TO READ IT, PRAYING THAT SHE WAS
HOLDING THE NEWSPAPER THE RIGHT
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WA BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T READ.
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SHE HAD A NUMBER OF CLOSE
CALLS AND NEVER ONCE WAVERED,
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AND WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE...
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PERSONALLY RESPONSIBLE FOR
THE LIBERATION OF HUNDREDS OF
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PEOPLE. CHRISTMAS HAS... IS
A FASCINATING HOLIDAY IN THIS
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COUNTRY, HAS A FASCINATING
HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY.
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UNDER THE SLAVE REGIME, SOME
SLAVES WERE JUST ENCOURAGED TO
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PARTY. YOU KNOW, SOME PEOPLE...
YOU READ IN ACCOUNTS OF WHAT
HAPPENS DURING THE HOLIDAYS,
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THAT IT'S JUST A
LOT OF DEBAUCHERY,
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BUT THEN
THERE'S THAT OTHER SIDE.
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WHAT'S THE STORY ABOUT? WELL,
THE STORY IS ABOUT THESE POOR
PEOPLE WHO HAVE A BABY,
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AND THIS BABY IS SUPPOSED
TO BE THE RULER OF THE WORLD.
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WELL, WHERE IS THIS RULER
BORN? WELL, THE RULER IS...
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IS IT, YOU KNOW, SOME KIND OF
TOP FLIGHT, TONY MATERNITY WARD?
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NO, YOU KNOW,
SUPPOSEDLY IN A STABLE.
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THEY PUT THE KID
IN A FEEDING TROUGH.
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THEY WRAP THE KID WITH CLOTH AND
THIS IS HOW THE KID COMES TO THE
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WORLD. THIS IS... BUT THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE SAVIOR OF THE
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WORLD, AND EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE ON
THE GROUND, WITH A FEW
EXCEPTIONS, DON'T KNOW THIS,
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YOU KNOW, THE ANGELS IN HEAVEN
AND, YOU KNOW, THEY ALL KNOW IT,
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SO THE HINGE OF HISTORY
TURNS ON THIS VERY HUMBLE CHILD.
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NOW, IF YOU HEAR THAT STORY AND
YOU YOURSELF ARE A VERY HUMBLE
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PERSON, WITHOUT ANY PRETENSIONS
TO BIRTH OR WEALTH OR PRIVILEGE
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OR PRESTIGE, THAT STORY HAS SOME
APPEAL. IT HAS A GREAT DEAL OF
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APPEAL. PHIPPS: IN
1907, BOOKER T. WASHINGTON,
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THE FOUNDER OF
TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY,
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WHO AS A BOY LIVED AS A SLAVE,
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WROTE OF HIS
MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS:
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"CHRISTMAS WAS THE GREAT EVENT
OF THE WHOLE YEAR TO THE SLAVES
THROUGHOUT THE SOUTH.
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"DURING THE DAYS OF SLAVERY,
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"THE COLORED FOLK USED TO BEGIN
GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
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WEEKS BEFOREHAND. "IT WAS
THE SEASON WHEN, IN MANY CASES,
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"THE SLAVES WHO HAD BEEN HIRED
OUT TO THE OTHER MASTERS...
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"CAME HOME TO
VISIT THEIR FAMILIES.
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"PERHAPS THE HUSBAND HAD BEEN
AWAY FROM HIS WIFE FOR TWELVE
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MONTHS. "HE WAS PERMITTED
ON CHRISTMAS TO COME HOME.
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"PERHAPS CHILDREN HAD BEEN
HIRED OUT IN ANOTHER PART OF THE
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STATE, "OR ANOTHER
PART OF THE COUNTRY,
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AWAY FROM THEIR MOTHERS
FOR SIX TO TWELVE MONTHS.
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"THEY TOO WERE PERMITTED
TO COME HOME AT CHRISTMAS.
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"IT WAS MADE KNOWN DURING THESE
HOLIDAYS WHICH SLAVES WERE TO
REMAIN ON THE HOME PLANTATION,
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"AND WHICH ONES WERE TO BE HIRED
OUT TO THE NEIGHBORING FARMERS,
AND WHICH ONES WERE TO BE SOLD.
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"IT WAS AN IMPORTANT PERIOD
TO THE SLAVES IN MANY WAYS,
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"BUT THE FEELINGS OF JOY AT THE
REUNION OF THE FAMILY PREVAILED
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ABOVE ALL OTHERS." TUBMAN: MISS
KATE, I DO BLESS THE LORD FOR
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YOU. ALL OF OUR PASSENGERS
HAVE ARRIVED ON THE OTHER SIDE.
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KATE: MOSES, TOM IS HERE. HE'S
BEEN WAITING TO TALK TO YOU FOR
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TWO DAYS. TUBMAN: OH,
THAT DON'T FEEL RIGHT.
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TUBMAN: TOM, WHAT YOU DOIN'
HERE? YOU A LONG WAY FROM HOME.
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TOM: MOSES, I COME TO TELL
YA, A SLAVE YOU KNOW BEEN SOLD.
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TUBMAN: WHAT SLAVE?
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TOM: JOE BEEN
SOLD TO MASTER BASS.
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TUBMAN: THAT
AIN'T GOOD NEWS, AT ALL.
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MASTER BASS IS A MEAN SOMEBODY.
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HE DON'T CARE NOTHIN'
ABOUT KEEPING FAMILIES TOGETHER.
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THAT MEAN JOE GONNA RUN AND I'M
GONNA HAFTA BE THERE FOR HIM TO
MAKE SURE HE GET TO CANADA.
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YEAH, YEAH.
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ANNOUNCER: AND NOW, THE DVD,
A CHRISTMAS JOURNEY TO FREEDOM,
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CHRISTMAS FAVORITES...
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PERFORMED BY WINTLEY PHIPPS,
AND THE DRAMATIC STORY...
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OF THIS HISTORIC AND COURAGEOUS
JOURNEY OF FAITH AND FREEDOM.
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REQUEST YOUR COPY OF THE DVD
WHEN YOU GIVE A GIFT OF ANY
AMOUNT TO DAY OF DISCOVERY.
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INCLUDED ON THE DVD IS A BONUS
FEATURE ON THE LIFE AND FAITH OF
FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
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THAT'S THE DVD, A
CHRISTMAS JOURNEY TO FREEDOM.
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YOURS FOR A GIFT OF ANY AMOUNT.
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CALLAHAN: SLAVES LIVED IN A
WORLD IN WHICH POWER AND
PRESTIGE AND PRIVILEGE...
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WERE HIGHLY
IMPORTANT AND CLEARLY MARKED.
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AND ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS
A SLAVE LEARNED WAS THAT...
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THE SLAVE DIDN'T
HAVE ANY OF THOSE THINGS.
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AS A SLAVE... IF I'M
A SLAVE IN THAT SYSTEM,
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ONE OF THE FIRST THINGS I LEARN
IS THAT I DON'T HAVE ANY CLAIM
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TO POWER, TO PRIVILEGE, TO
PRESTIGE. I'M NONE OF THAT. I'M
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AT THE BOTTOM. I'M NOT REALLY A
PERSON, YOU KNOW, I'M SOMETHING
TO BE BOUGHT AND SOLD.
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I HAVE A PRICE TAG. I DON'T
HAVE AN ID, I HAVE A PRICE TAG.
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BUT IN THE STORY OF
JESUS, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
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THE SLAVES HEARD THAT HERE WAS A
PERSON WHO ALSO DIDN'T HAVE THE
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TRAPPINGS... OF POWER OR
PRIVILEGE OR PRESTIGE ON THE ONE
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HAND, BUT WAS
GREATLY POWERFUL IN ANOTHER,
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THIS WAS THE PERSON WHOM GOD
HAD CHOSEN TO SAVE THE WORLD,
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AND NOT ONLY WAS HE A HUMBLE
PERSON, HE SEEMED TO BE
PREOCCUPIED WITH HUMBLE PEOPLE.
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¤ O HOLY NIGHT, THE
STARS ARE BRIGHTLY SHINING. ¤
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¤ IT IS THE NIGHT OF
THE DEAR SAVIOR'S BIRTH. ¤
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¤ LONG LAY THE WORLD
IN SIN AND ERROR PINING, ¤
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¤ TILL HE APPEARED AND
THE SOUL FELT ITS WORTH. ¤
00:19:54.72\00:20:03.20
¤ A THRILL OF HOPE,
THE WEARY WORLD REJOICES, ¤
00:20:03.20\00:20:10.57
¤ FOR YONDER BREAKS A
NEW AND GLORIOUS MORN. ¤
00:20:10.57\00:20:18.38
¤ FALL ON YOUR KNEES, ¤
00:20:18.38\00:20:25.35
¤ O HEAR THE ANGEL VOICES. ¤
00:20:25.35\00:20:33.09
¤ O NIGHT DIVINE, ¤
00:20:33.09\00:20:39.93
¤ O NIGHT WHEN
CHRIST WAS BORN. ¤
00:20:39.93\00:20:47.44
¤ O NIGHT DIVINE, ¤
00:20:47.44\00:20:55.28
¤ O NIGHT, O NIGHT DIVINE! ¤
00:20:55.28\00:21:01.06
¤ THE KING OF KINGS
LAY THUS IN LOWLY MANGER, ¤
00:21:03.12\00:21:10.60
¤ IN ALL OUR TRIALS,
BORN TO BE OUR FRIEND. ¤
00:21:10.60\00:21:18.31
¤ HE KNOWS OUR NEED, ¤
00:21:18.31\00:21:25.11
¤ TO OUR
WEAKNESS IS NO STRANGER. ¤
00:21:25.11\00:21:32.99
¤ BEHOLD YOUR KING, ¤
00:21:32.99\00:21:39.76
¤ BEFORE HIM LOWLY BEND. ¤
00:21:39.76\00:21:47.30
¤ BEHOLD YOUR KING, ¤
00:21:47.30\00:21:54.78
¤ BEFORE HIM LOWLY BEND. ¤
00:21:54.78\00:22:01.42
¤ CHRIST IS THE LORD! ¤
00:22:10.83\00:22:17.93
¤ O PRAISE HIS NAME FOREVER! ¤
00:22:17.93\00:22:25.44
¤ HIS POW'R AND
GLORY EVERMORE PROCLAIM! ¤
00:22:25.44\00:22:39.89
¤ HIS POW'R AND
GLORY EVERMORE PROCLAIM! ¤
00:22:39.89\00:22:58.91
IT'S A CHALLENGE FOR US TO
APPRECIATE HOW ALL-ENVELOPING,
00:23:13.09\00:23:18.53
HOW TOTALISTIC
THE SLAVE REGIME WAS.
00:23:18.53\00:23:24.13
EVERY ASPECT OF THE
SLAVE'S LIFE WAS CONTROLLED.
00:23:24.13\00:23:28.00
A SLAVE WAS UNDER
CONSTANT SURVEILLANCE,
00:23:28.00\00:23:31.44
AND SO ESCAPE FROM THAT
REGIME WAS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE.
00:23:31.44\00:23:40.25
SO THOSE ARE THE... THOSE WERE
THE ATTENDING CIRCUMSTANCES OF
00:23:40.25\00:23:44.59
SLAVERY, SO WE KNOW THAT
NOT MANY PEOPLE SUCCEEDED.
00:23:44.59\00:23:51.53
AND WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS
NOT THAT A FEW SUCCEEDED.
00:23:51.53\00:23:57.80
WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS
THAT ANY OF THEM SUCCEEDED.
00:23:57.80\00:24:01.20
WHAT'S REMARKABLE IS
THAT SOME PEOPLE DECIDED,
00:24:01.20\00:24:04.21
IN SPITE OF THE
OVERWHELMING ODDS AGAINST THEM,
00:24:04.21\00:24:07.71
THAT THEY WOULD ATTEMPT ESCAPE,
AND SOME ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED.
00:24:07.71\00:24:11.85
AS THOROUGH-GOINGLY OPPRESSIVE
AND ALL-ENVELOPING AS THE SLAVE
00:24:11.85\00:24:18.69
REGIME WAS, AS WITH ANY
TOTALITARIAN SYSTEM, THERE ARE
00:24:18.69\00:24:24.49
BREACHES. THERE ARE
FLEETING MOMENTS OF OPPORTUNITY.
00:24:24.49\00:24:29.16
THERE ARE RUMORS ABOUT A
ROUTE OF ESCAPE OR THAT...
00:24:31.77\00:24:39.64
ABOUT SO-AND-SO WHO WAS HERE FOR
YEARS AND NOW NO ONE KNOWS OF
00:24:39.64\00:24:50.15
HIS WHEREABOUTS. NO FACTS
OR VERY FEW FACTS TO GO ON.
00:24:50.15\00:24:53.39
FACT-FINDING APPARATUS IS
NOT VERY WELL DEVELOPED FOR THE
00:24:53.39\00:24:58.03
SLAVE, BUT UNDER SUCH
CONDITIONS, PEOPLE IN ALL AGES,
00:24:58.03\00:25:05.83
WHO ARE LABORING UNDER
OPPRESSIVE REGIMES DON'T REALLY
NEED FACTS, THEY NEED HOPE.
00:25:05.83\00:25:15.44
IF THEY HAVE A BASIS FOR HOPE,
THE MOST COURAGEOUS OF THEM WILL
00:25:15.44\00:25:22.85
ACT ON THAT HOPE, AND THAT'S
WHAT WE SEE IN THE ATTEMPTED
00:25:22.85\00:25:27.42
ESCAPES OF SLAVES. ¤ THERE'S
A STAR IN THE EAST ON CHRISTMAS
00:25:42.97\00:25:50.98
MORN. ¤ ¤ RISE UP
SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:25:50.98\00:25:57.15
¤ IT WILL LEAD TO THE
PLACE WHERE CHRIST IS BORN. ¤
00:25:57.15\00:26:04.96
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:26:04.96\00:26:11.47
¤ LEAVE YOUR SHEEP
AND LEAVE YOUR LAMBS. ¤
00:26:11.47\00:26:17.51
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:26:17.51\00:26:24.65
¤ LEAVE YOUR EWES
AND LEAVE YOUR RAMS. ¤
00:26:24.65\00:26:32.02
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:26:32.02\00:26:38.03
¤ FOLLOW, FOLLOW, ¤
00:26:38.03\00:26:44.73
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:26:44.73\00:26:50.97
¤ FOLLOW THE
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. ¤
00:26:50.97\00:26:56.88
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:26:58.88\00:27:04.09
¤ IF YOU TAKE GOOD
HEED TO THE ANGEL'S WORDS, ¤
00:27:18.47\00:27:26.04
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW, ¤
00:27:26.04\00:27:32.38
¤ YOU'LL FORGET YOUR FLOCKS,
YOU'LL FORGET YOUR HERD. ¤
00:27:32.38\00:27:40.29
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:27:40.29\00:27:47.03
¤ LEAVE YOUR SHEEP
AND LEAVE YOUR LAMBS. ¤
00:27:47.03\00:27:53.10
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:27:53.10\00:28:00.21
¤ LEAVE YOUR EWES
AND LEAVE YO RAMS. ¤
00:28:00.21\00:28:07.98
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:28:07.98\00:28:12.55
¤ FOLLOW, FOLLOW, ¤
00:28:14.86\00:28:20.96
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:28:20.96\00:28:27.77
¤ FOLLOW THE
STAR OF BETHLEHEM. ¤
00:28:27.77\00:28:37.78
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:28:37.78\00:28:45.39
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:28:45.39\00:28:54.20
¤ FOLLOW, FOLLOW, FOLLOW. ¤
00:29:01.10\00:29:10.25
¤ RISE UP SHEPHERD AND FOLLOW. ¤
00:29:23.56\00:29:32.33
CALLAHAN: THE UNDERGROUND
RAILROAD WAS AN ORGANIZED
SUBTERRANEAN NETWORK,
00:29:39.64\00:29:47.52
AND CONSPIRACY OF PEOPLE WHO
WERE INVOLVED IN HELPING SLAVES
TO ESCAPE TO FREE TERRITORIES,
00:29:47.52\00:29:59.66
AND A CHAIN THAT
RAN FROM SOUTH TO NORTH,
00:29:59.66\00:30:06.47
WITH STOPS IN VARIOUS NORTHERN
CITIES AND EVEN STOPS IN CANADA.
00:30:06.47\00:30:14.34
AND SLAVES WOULD ABSCOND FROM
PLANTATIONS OR WHEREVER THEY
00:30:24.02\00:30:31.36
WERE ENSLAVED, AND NORMAL,
EVERYDAY PEOPLE WOULD BECOME
00:30:31.36\00:30:37.07
INVOLVED... IN THIS CONSPIRACY
TO HELP THEM TO ESCAPE.
00:30:37.07\00:30:39.77
SO IF YOU WERE INVOLVED
IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD,
00:30:41.50\00:30:44.57
BY DAY YOU MIGHT SIMPLY BE A
TINSMITH OR OWN A DRY GOODS
STORE, OR WHATEVER,
00:30:44.57\00:30:53.48
BUT YOU HAD A BASEMENT,
00:30:53.48\00:30:56.18
AND AT NIGHT SOMEBODY WOULD COME
AND KNOCK ON YOUR DOOR OR THERE
WOULD BE A WHISTLE,
00:30:56.18\00:30:59.52
OR SOMEBODY WOULD SING A SONG
IN THE BUSHES, OR SOMETHING LIKE
00:30:59.52\00:31:02.29
THAT, AND SOMEONE... A PERSON
WHO HAD RUN AWAY FROM SLAVERY...
00:31:02.29\00:31:07.86
WOULD COME INTO YOUR HOUSE AND
YOU MIGHT KEEP THAT PERSON IN
00:31:07.86\00:31:11.70
THE BASEMENT. THAT PERSON
MIGHT STAY FOR A FEW DAYS.
00:31:11.70\00:31:14.14
NOW, THIS WAS ILLEGAL, AT LEAST
IN MANY PLACES IT WAS ILLEGAL,
00:31:14.14\00:31:20.24
SO THERE'S THIS
UNDERGROUND NETWORK.
00:31:20.24\00:31:22.31
AND I THINK, TO THIS DAY,
I DON'T THINK ANYBODY REALLY
00:31:22.31\00:31:25.65
KNOWS... WHERE ALL THE
LINKS IN THE CHAIN WERE.
00:31:25.65\00:31:28.28
THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD IS,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, AN
EXTRAORDINARY PARTNERSHIP...
00:31:41.63\00:31:50.24
ACROSS ALL OF THE LINES THAT
DIVIDED PEOPLE IN THIS COUNTRY
IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY.
00:31:50.24\00:31:57.38
IT IS A PARTNERSHIP THAT
TRANSCENDS RACE, TRANSCENDS
00:31:57.38\00:32:05.89
REGION, TRANSCENDS GENDER,
TRANSCENDS ECONOMIC STATUS.
00:32:05.89\00:32:13.53
IT IS A REMARKABLE INSTANCE OF
COOPERATION OF PEOPLE WHO COME
00:32:13.53\00:32:22.54
TOGETHER, WHO ARE
UNITED IN A TRANSCENDENT CAUSE.
00:32:22.54\00:32:27.24
AS WITH ANY MOVEMENT OR PROJECT
THAT TRULY REFLECTS A DIVINE
00:32:27.24\00:32:40.86
VOCATION, IT
BREAKS ALL THOSE BARRIERS.
00:32:40.86\00:32:42.86
THERE WERE WHITE
PEOPLE AND BLACK PEOPLE,
00:32:42.86\00:32:45.29
RICH PEOPLE, POOR
PEOPLE, MEN, WOMEN,
00:32:45.29\00:32:50.20
PEOPLE IN THE
NORTH, PEOPLE IN THE SOUTH.
00:32:50.20\00:32:54.10
THERE WERE ELDERLY PEOPLE
INVOLVED. SOMETIMES THERE WERE
00:32:54.10\00:32:59.64
CHILDREN INVOLVED, BECAUSE THIS
WAS A PROJECT THAT WAS REALLY
TOO IMPORTANT NOT TO INVOLVE
00:32:59.64\00:33:06.98
CERTAIN PEOPLE. AND THEY WERE
INVOLVED BASED ON A COMMON
CONVICTION THAT PEOPLE,
00:33:06.98\00:33:13.82
EVERYBODY OUGHT TO BE FREE AND
THEY DECIDED TO DO SOMETHING
ABOUT THAT AT GREAT RISK,
00:33:13.82\00:33:20.53
AND EVERYONE WAS AT GREAT RISK.
00:33:20.53\00:33:23.33
SO ITS... STRANGELY
ENOUGH, IN A VERY DISTURBING,
00:33:23.33\00:33:31.54
AND PERHAPS THE MOST
DISTURBING ERA OF OUR HISTORY,
00:33:31.54\00:33:37.41
AROUND ONE OF THE MOST
DISTURBING AND DIVISIVE AND
VIOLENT INSTITUTIONS,
00:33:37.41\00:33:44.29
THE LEGACY OF WHICH WE'RE
STILL... IS STILL A SOURCE OF
GREAT STRUGGLE FOR US,
00:33:44.29\00:33:50.89
THAT VERY BRIGHT LIGHT
HAS EMERGED. IT'S A SHINING...
00:33:50.89\00:33:57.20
IT'S A SHINING INSTANCE OF
WHAT WE CAN BE IN THE DARKEST OF
00:33:57.20\00:34:02.50
TIMES. ¤ SOME
CHILDREN SEE HIM LILY WHITE, ¤
00:34:28.43\00:34:35.07
¤ THE BABY JESUS
BORN THIS NIGHT. ¤
00:34:35.07\00:34:41.54
¤ SOME CHILDREN
SEE HIM LILY WHITE ¤
00:34:41.54\00:34:47.58
¤ WITH TRESSES SOFT AND FAIR. ¤
00:34:47.58\00:34:52.05
¤ SOME CHILDREN SEE
HIM BRONZED AND BROWN, ¤
00:35:01.70\00:35:09.30
¤ THE LORD OF HEAV'N
TO EARTH COME DOWN. ¤
00:35:09.30\00:35:16.11
¤ SOME CHILDREN SEE
HIM BRONZED AND BROWN ¤
00:35:16.11\00:35:22.98
¤ WITH DARK AND HEAVY HAIR. ¤
00:35:22.98\00:35:28.29
¤ SOME CHILDREN
SEE HIM ALMOND-EYED, ¤
00:35:31.79\00:35:39.17
¤ THE SAVIOR WHOM
WE KNEEL BESIDE. ¤
00:35:39.17\00:35:45.84
¤ SOME CHILDREN
SEE HIM ALMOND-EYED ¤
00:35:45.84\00:35:53.05
¤ WITH SKIN OF YELLOW HUE. ¤
00:35:53.05\00:35:58.25
¤ SOME CHILDREN
SEE HIM DARK AS THEY, ¤
00:36:01.92\00:36:08.96
¤ SWEET MARY'S
SON TO WHOM WE PRAY. ¤
00:36:08.96\00:36:17.54
¤ SOME CHILDREN
SEE HIM DARK AS THEY ¤
00:36:17.54\00:36:25.38
¤ AND HOW THEY LOVE HIM, TOO. ¤
00:36:25.38\00:36:28.38
¤ THE CHILDREN IN
EACH DIFFERENT PLACE ¤
00:36:38.93\00:36:46.23
¤ WILL SEE THE
BABY JESUS' FACE ¤
00:36:46.23\00:36:53.61
¤ LIKE THEIRS, BUT
BRIGHT WITH HEAV'NLY GRACE ¤
00:36:53.61\00:37:01.12
¤ AND FILLED WITH HOLY LIGHT. ¤
00:37:01.12\00:37:06.96
¤ O LAY ASIDE
EACH EARTHLY THING ¤
00:37:10.03\00:37:17.27
¤ AND WITH THY
HEART AS OFFERING ¤
00:37:17.27\00:37:28.11
¤ COME WORSHIP
NOW THE INFANT KING.
00:37:28.11\00:37:36.92
¤ 'TIS LOVE
THAT'S BORN TONIGHT. ¤
00:37:36.92\00:37:46.96
ANNOUNCER: AND NOW, THE DVD,
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00:38:04.18\00:38:07.62
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00:38:07.62\00:38:10.15
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00:38:13.29\00:38:18.33
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00:38:18.33\00:38:21.80
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00:38:21.80\00:38:26.20
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WHEN YOU GIVE A GIFT OF ANY
AMOUNT TO DAY OF DISCOVERY.
00:38:26.20\00:38:31.51
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FREDERICK DOUGLASS.
00:38:41.12\00:38:47.09
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00:38:47.09\00:38:50.46
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00:38:50.46\00:38:52.93
HAIL, OH HAIL YOU HAPPY SPIRITS,
00:39:12.38\00:39:16.52
DEATH NO MORE
SHALL MAKE YOU FEAR,
00:39:16.52\00:39:20.42
NO GRIEF NOR
SORROW, PAIN OR ANGUISH...
00:39:20.42\00:39:25.46
SHALL NO MORE
DISTRESS YOU THERE.
00:39:25.46\00:39:29.13
AROUND HIM ARE TEN THOUSAND
ANGELS ALWAYS READY TO OBEY
00:39:29.13\00:39:37.64
COMMAND. THEY'RE ALWAYS HOV'RING
ROUND YOU, TILL YOU REACH THE
00:39:37.64\00:39:45.05
HEAVENLY LAND. JESUS, JESUS WILL
GO WITH YOU. HE WILL LEAD YOU TO
00:39:45.05\00:39:53.02
HIS THRONE. HE WHO DIED HAS GONE
BEFORE YOU, TROD THE WINEPRESS
00:39:53.02\00:40:01.13
ALL ALONE. HE WHOSE
THUNDER SHAKES CREATION,
00:40:01.13\00:40:04.63
HE WHO BIDS THE PLAINS ROLL,
00:40:04.63\00:40:08.34
HE WHO RIDES ABOVE THE TEMPEST
AND HIS SCEPTER SWAYS THE WHOLE.
00:40:08.34\00:40:15.78
DARK AND THORNY IS THE DESERT,
THOUGH THE PILGRIM MAKES HIS
00:40:15.78\00:40:23.52
WAYS. YET BEYOND THE VALE OF
SORROW LIE THE FIELDS OF ENDLESS
00:40:23.52\00:40:32.56
DAYS. CALLAHAN: WHEN A
SLAVE HEARS THE PREACHING OF THE
00:40:38.00\00:40:41.90
GOSPEL, THE GOSPEL
SAYS, AMONG OTHER THINGS,
00:40:41.90\00:40:44.37
THIS PERSON IN HISTORY,
HE'S CALLING TO YOU, NOW.
00:40:44.37\00:40:48.41
AND EVEN THOUGH EVERYBODY ELSE
SAYS THAT WHAT YOU SAY DOESN'T
00:40:48.41\00:40:52.78
MATTER, WHAT YOU DO DOESN'T
MATTER, YOU DON'T MATTER, YOU'RE
00:40:52.78\00:40:57.52
JUST A COMMODITY, YOU'RE JUST
SOMETHING TO BE BOUGHT AND SOLD,
00:40:57.52\00:41:00.12
HE SAYS THAT YOU
MUST RESPOND THIM.
00:41:00.12\00:41:07.10
WHEN YOU CAN'T MAKE A
CHOICE ABOUT ANYTHING ELSE,
00:41:07.10\00:41:09.23
AND NOBODY CARES ABOUT WHAT
YOU THINK AND WHAT YOU... THIS
00:41:09.23\00:41:12.47
ONE... THIS ONE WHO HAS
BEEN CHOSEN BY GOD TO SAVE THE
00:41:12.47\00:41:17.74
WORLD... IS NOW SPEAKING TO YOU
AND IS ASKING YOU, NOT TELLING
00:41:17.74\00:41:23.55
YOU, ASKING YOU... WHAT YOU'RE
GOING TO DO ABOUT HIM, WHAT KIND
OF RELATIONSHIP YOU'RE GOING TO
00:41:23.55\00:41:27.85
HAVE WITH HIM. AND NOBODY
ELSE CAN INTERFERE IN THAT.
00:41:27.85\00:41:31.19
MASTER HAS
NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
00:41:31.19\00:41:33.19
OVERSEER HAS
NOTHING TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
00:41:33.19\00:41:35.69
YOU KNOW, THE SLAVE... THE
PATROLLERS, SLAVE CATCHERS,
00:41:35.69\00:41:38.36
NOBODY... THAT'S
BETWEEN YOU AND JESUS.
00:41:38.36\00:41:42.13
TUBMAN: HMM, NOW THIS IS GONNA
BE A HARD TRIP THAT WE GOIN' ON.
00:41:44.73\00:41:48.74
YOU GOT TO KEEP YOUR EYES AND
YOUR EARS WATCHIN' AT ALL TIMES.
00:41:48.74\00:41:54.74
BUT YOU USE YOUR FAITH, YOU HOLD
ON TO THE LORD. HE'LL SEE US
00:41:54.74\00:41:59.75
THROUGH. JOE: MOSES,
I'M AFRAID FOR MY FAMILY.
00:42:03.02\00:42:07.52
TUBMAN: DON'T YOU WORRY ABOUT
YOUR FAMILY. THEY'RE ON THE
00:42:07.52\00:42:11.43
LATTA PLANTATION. THEY'LL BE
SAFE FOR A LITTLE WHILE, BUT YOU
WE HAD TO TAKE CARE OF.
00:42:11.43\00:42:16.43
YOU WE HAD TO WORRY ABOUT.
00:42:16.43\00:42:18.63
YOU GET UP NORTH AND YOU GET
A JOB, PLACE FOR YOU AND YOUR
00:42:18.63\00:42:24.21
FAMILY TO LIVE. THE LORD'S GONNA
TAKE CARE OF IT. HE'S GONNA TAKE
00:42:24.21\00:42:27.88
CARE OF IT. SO WE'LL KEEP
OUR EYES RIGHT ON THE GOOD LORD.
00:42:32.45\00:42:36.25
WE'LL USE THE NORTH STAR
TO GUIDE US IN THE EVENING AND
00:42:36.25\00:42:40.86
WE'LL MAKE IT. I HAVEN'T LOST A
PASSENGER YET, HAVEN'T RUN MY
TRAIN OFF THE TRACK.
00:42:40.86\00:42:45.13
WE GONNA HOLD ON TO THE FAITH.
00:42:45.13\00:42:47.40
TUBMAN: C'MON JOE,
C'MON! YOU CAN BE AT PEACE.
00:43:03.88\00:43:07.22
THIS IS A REAL
SAFE PLACE FOR YOU.
00:43:07.22\00:43:09.55
MISS KATE'S A WONDERFUL,
WONDERFUL STATION MASTER.
00:43:09.55\00:43:13.15
DON'T YOU BE AFRAID NOW. NOW,
WE GONNA HAFTA HIDE OUT HERE NOW
00:43:13.15\00:43:18.39
DURING THE DAY. I KNOW YOU'VE
BEEN TRAVELLING DURING THE DAY
BUT WE GONNA TRAVEL AT NIGHT
00:43:18.39\00:43:22.66
FROM NOW ON, SO WE GONNA HIDE
OUT HERE AND YOU, YOU JUST BE AT
00:43:22.66\00:43:26.47
PEACE. GOD'S GONNA BE
WITH US EVERY STEP OF THE WAY.
00:43:26.47\00:43:29.04
JOE: IT'S BEEN HARD, MA'AM.
00:43:29.04\00:43:30.34
TUBMAN: I KNOW, I KNOW, BUT
YOU HOLD ON JUST A LITTLE WHILE
00:43:30.34\00:43:34.61
LONGER. WE ALMOST
THERE, JOE, WE ALMOST THERE!
00:43:34.61\00:43:37.15
NOW, NO MATTER WHAT YOU SEE DOWN
THERE OR WHAT YOU HEAR UP HERE,
00:43:49.92\00:43:56.00
YOU GOT TO BE QUIET.
00:43:56.00\00:43:57.90
JOE: YES, MA'AM.
00:43:57.90\00:43:59.37
TUBMAN: NOW, YOU GONNA
HAFTA STAY DOWN THERE ALL DAY.
00:43:59.37\00:44:02.77
BUT DON'T FEAR NOW. I'LL
BE THE ONE TO COME GET YOU,
00:44:02.77\00:44:06.98
'CAUSE I'M GONNA BE OUTSIDE
KEEPING WATCH. YOU CAN DO IT.
00:44:06.98\00:44:12.71
NOW JOE, I NEED YOU TO KEEP
YOUR MIND ON JESUS DOWN THERE.
00:44:19.89\00:44:25.09
HE'LL GIVE YOU SOME PEACE.
00:44:25.09\00:44:27.83
SEE, OUR LORD SAID HE'D
NEVER LEAVE US OR FORSAKE US,
00:44:27.83\00:44:32.07
EVEN IN THE
DARKEST PLACE WE GOT TO GO.
00:44:32.07\00:44:35.30
HE SAID IF WE MAKE OUR
BED IN HELL HE'D BE THERE,
00:44:35.30\00:44:38.87
SO YOU'D KNOW, GOD BE FOR
US, WHO CAN BE AGAINST US?
00:44:38.87\00:44:44.68
BLESS Y'ALL.
00:44:44.68\00:44:46.75
THERE WERE PEOPLE WHO MADE
THEIR LIVING RECAPTURING ESCAPED
00:45:07.10\00:45:13.68
SLAVES, OR CAPTURING
PEOPLE WHO WEREN'T SLAVES,
00:45:13.68\00:45:17.28
BUT WHO HAPPENED TO BE
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN DESCENT...
00:45:17.28\00:45:22.45
WHO WERE LIVING IN THE NORTH AND
COULDN'T PRODUCE DOCUMENTATION
THAT THEY WERE, IN FACT, FREE.
00:45:22.45\00:45:30.86
SO THE BOUNTY HUNTER BECOMES
A SCOURGE OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN
00:45:30.86\00:45:37.43
LIFE. KATE: YOU
GET OUT OF MY BARN.
00:45:38.90\00:45:40.84
¤ SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY, ¤
00:46:00.62\00:46:07.40
¤ WE MADE YOU BE
BORN IN A MANGER. ¤
00:46:07.40\00:46:14.94
¤ SWEET LITTLE HOLY CHILD, ¤
00:46:14.94\00:46:21.94
¤ WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WAS. ¤
00:46:21.94\00:46:26.38
¤ DIDN'T KNOW YOU'D
COME TO SAVE US, LORD, ¤
00:46:29.22\00:46:34.29
¤ TO TAKE OUR SINS AWAY. ¤
00:46:34.29\00:46:40.10
¤ OUR EYES WAS BLIND, ¤
00:46:40.10\00:46:46.33
¤ WE COULD NOT SEE. ¤
00:46:46.33\00:46:53.01
¤ WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WAS. ¤
00:46:53.01\00:47:00.05
¤ LONG TIME AGO YOU WAS BORN,
00:47:00.05\00:47:14.30
¤ BORN IN A MANGER, LORD, ¤
00:47:14.30\00:47:21.97
¤ SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY. ¤
00:47:21.97\00:47:25.94
¤ THE WORLD
TREATS YOU MEAN, LORD. ¤
00:47:28.78\00:47:34.32
¤ THEY TREATS ME MEAN, TOO. ¤
00:47:34.32\00:47:39.12
¤ BUT THAT'S HOW
THINGS IS DOWN HERE. ¤
00:47:39.12\00:47:45.29
¤ WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WAS. ¤
00:47:49.73\00:47:55.37
¤ YOU DONE TOLD US HOW ¤
00:47:55.37\00:48:01.54
¤ AND WE ARE TRYIN'. ¤
00:48:01.54\00:48:07.08
¤ MASTER, YOU
DONE SHOWED US HOW, ¤
00:48:07.08\00:48:13.02
¤ EVEN WHEN YOU WERE DYING. ¤
00:48:13.02\00:48:18.53
¤ JUST SEEMS LIKE
WE CAN'T DO RIGHT. ¤
00:48:18.53\00:48:23.37
¤ LOOK HOW WE TREATED YOU. ¤
00:48:23.37\00:48:28.30
¤ BUT PLEASE, SIR
JESUS, FORGIVE US, LORD. ¤
00:48:28.30\00:48:35.11
¤ WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WAS. ¤
00:48:38.21\00:48:46.76
¤ SWEET LITTLE JESUS BOY, ¤
00:48:46.76\00:48:53.23
¤ BORN LONG TIME AGO, ¤
00:48:53.23\00:48:59.40
¤ SWEET LITTLE HOLY CHILD, ¤
00:48:59.40\00:49:06.47
¤ WE DIDN'T KNOW WHO YOU WAS. ¤
00:49:06.47\00:49:14.88
ONE OF THE MANY IRONIES OF WHICH
HISTORY ABOUNDS, ESPECIALLY IN
00:49:38.94\00:49:43.58
THIS COUNTRY, IS THAT
ABOLITIONISTS AND SLAVE OWNERS
READ FROM THE SAME BIBLE,
00:49:43.58\00:49:53.15
IN MANY INSTANCES
PRACTICED THE SAME RELIGION,
00:49:53.15\00:49:57.99
MAY HAVE EVEN BELONGED
TO THE SAME DENOMINATION,
00:49:57.99\00:50:01.33
MAY HAVE EVEN
BELONGED TO THE SAME CHURCH.
00:50:01.33\00:50:03.57
AND THE BIBLE WEIGHS IN
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ISSUE,
00:50:07.94\00:50:14.38
SIMPLY TO READ IT
AS IT IS ON THE PAGE.
00:50:14.38\00:50:21.28
THERE ARE EXHORTATIONS TO SLAVES
TO OBEY THEIR MASTERS, TO...
00:50:21.28\00:50:30.69
TO KNOW THEIR
PLACE AND STAY IN IT.
00:50:30.69\00:50:33.40
AND THEN THERE'S THIS
EXTRAORDINARY NARRATIVE...
00:50:33.40\00:50:37.10
THAT JUST REVERBERATES THROUGH
THE WHOLE OF THE BIBLICAL
00:50:37.10\00:50:42.64
WITNESS, OF THE STORY OF A GROUP
OF SLAVES WHO ESCAPED SLAVERY
00:50:42.64\00:50:49.98
WITH GOD'S HELP. AND THAT STORY,
THAT'S A FOUNDATIONAL STORY, THE
00:50:52.11\00:50:54.75
EXODUS, AND THAT JUST GETS
EVERYTHING SORT OF KICK-STARTED,
IN TERMS OF ISRAEL.
00:50:54.75\00:50:59.89
SO THEY'RE... THEY'RE... BOTH OF
THOSE THINGS ARE THERE IN THAT
00:50:59.89\00:51:06.03
BOOK. AND BETWEEN THOSE, OR I
WOULD PLACE BETWEEN THOSE AN
EXTRAORDINARY ETHICAL PRINCIPLE,
00:51:06.03\00:51:15.97
THE LIKES OF WHICH WE DON'T
EXACTLY SEE ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE
00:51:15.97\00:51:23.75
TEACHING OF JESUS, WHAT WE
CALL CONVENTIONALLY "THE GOLDEN
00:51:23.75\00:51:25.98
RULE," TRADITIONALLY, THE GOLDEN
RULE. I GUESS WE CALL IT THAT
00:51:25.98\00:51:29.95
SINCE AUGUSTINE. THE GOLDEN RULE
SAYS THAT I HAVE TO TREAT YOU
THE WAY I WANT TO BE TREATED
00:51:29.95\00:51:37.73
MYSELF. WOULD YOU
WANT TO BE A SLAVE?
00:51:37.73\00:51:40.36
WOULD YOU WANT TO
HAVE YOUR CHILDREN SOLD?
00:51:40.36\00:51:42.90
WOULD YOU WANT TO BE BEATEN
FOR THE SLIGHTEST INFRACTION?
00:51:42.90\00:51:46.50
WOULD YOU WANT TO WORK FROM
CAN'T SEE IN THE MORNING UNTIL
CAN'T SEE AT NIGHT,
00:51:46.50\00:51:50.44
WITHOUT ANY KIND OF
REMUNERATION WHATSOEVER?
00:51:50.44\00:51:53.71
WOULD YOU WANT TO LIVE LIKE
THAT? MOST PEOPLE WOULD SAY NO.
00:51:53.71\00:51:58.45
BUT NOW, IN THE NINETEENTH
CENTURY, THE COUNTRY'S LIVING IN
00:51:58.45\00:52:03.42
AN ECONOMY... THAT'S BASED
ON THE VIOLATION OF THAT RULE,
00:52:03.42\00:52:06.79
THE DAILY SYSTEMIC
VIOLATION OF THAT RULE.
00:52:06.79\00:52:10.56
OUR NATIONAL HISTORY HAS
BEQUEATHED TO US A LEGACY...
00:52:12.76\00:52:16.97
OF READING THE
BIBLE IN SUCH A WAY...
00:52:16.97\00:52:19.80
THAT IT HELPS US TO UNDERSTAND
THE INESTIMABLE VALUE OF EVERY
00:52:19.80\00:52:26.94
HUMAN BEING, THAT GOD CREATED US
ALL TO BE FREE AND TO ENJOY THE
REST OF THE CREATION...
00:52:26.94\00:52:33.35
THAT GOD HAS PROVIDED
FOR ALL OF US EQUALLY.
00:52:33.35\00:52:36.28
THAT'S OUR CULTURAL LEGACY.
THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE CAN
00:52:36.28\00:52:42.09
TAKE, STRANGELY ENOUGH, THAT
WE CAN TAKE FROM OUR PERIOD OF
00:52:42.09\00:52:46.19
SLAVERY, A LESSON THAT WE'VE
BEEN TAUGHT THROUGH HISTORY
ABOUT HOW TO READ OUR BIBLE,
00:52:46.19\00:52:55.20
AND THE QUESTION REMAINS
WHETHER WE'VE LEARNED A LESSON.
00:52:55.20\00:53:01.28
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00:53:34.48\00:53:39.51
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00:53:39.51\00:53:43.08
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00:53:43.08\00:53:47.59
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00:54:02.40\00:54:08.11
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00:54:08.11\00:54:11.75
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00:54:11.75\00:54:14.08
TUBMAN: LOOK JOE,
CANADA, BLESS THE LORD.
00:54:27.36\00:54:34.40
I LOVE THE SOUND OF
THE FALLS, LIKE THUNDER!
00:54:34.40\00:54:39.41
REMINDS ME OF THE VOICE OF GOD.
00:54:39.41\00:54:41.81
NOW, I KNOW YOU WANTS TO RUN BUT
WE'RE GONNA TAKE OUR TIME GOIN'
00:54:43.98\00:54:50.55
OVER THERE. MY GOODNESS, IT WAS
CHRISTMAS WHEN YOU LEFT HOME.
00:54:50.55\00:54:53.59
JOE: YES IT WAS, MOSES.
00:54:53.59\00:54:55.62
TUBMAN: WELL, EVEN THOUGH ITS
SPRING NOW, ITS NOT TOO LATE TO
00:54:55.62\00:55:00.56
SAY, THANK U, LORD,
AND MERRY CHRISTMAS.
00:55:00.56\00:55:04.17
JOE: MERRY CHRISTMAS,
MOSES, MERRY CHRISTMAS.
00:55:04.17\00:55:08.50
MERRY CHRISTMAS,
MOSES, MERRY CHRISTMAS!
00:55:08.50\00:55:12.04
¤ JOY TO THE
WORLD, THE LORD IS COME! ¤
00:55:28.02\00:55:32.49
¤ LET EARTH RECEIVE HER KING. ¤
00:55:32.49\00:55:37.80
¤ LET EVERY HEART
PREPARE HIM ROOM ¤
00:55:37.80\00:55:42.97
¤ AND HEAV'N AND NATURE SING, ¤
00:55:42.97\00:55:45.57
¤ AND HEAV'N AND NATURE SING, ¤
00:55:45.57\00:55:48.38
¤ AND HEAV'N, AND
HEAV'N AND NATURE SING! ¤
00:55:48.38\00:55:53.52
¤ JOY TO THE WORLD,
THE SAVIOR REIGNS! ¤
00:55:57.89\00:56:02.49
¤ LET MEN THEIR SONGS EMPLOY. ¤
00:56:02.49\00:56:07.73
¤ WHILE FIELDS AND FLOODS,
ROCKS, HILLS AND PLAINS ¤
00:56:07.73\00:56:12.87
¤ REPEAT THE SOUNDING JOY, ¤
00:56:12.87\00:56:15.60
¤ REPEAT THE SOUNDING JOY, ¤
00:56:15.60\00:56:18.27
¤ REPEAT, REPEAT
THE SOUNDING JOY! ¤
00:56:18.27\00:56:23.85
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:56:26.98\00:56:31.09
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:56:32.42\00:56:35.89
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:56:37.76\00:56:42.20
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:56:42.20\00:56:47.00
JOE: WHAT'S CANADA LIKE?
00:56:51.87\00:56:53.64
TUBMAN: AAH, YOU KNOW HOW YOU
WORKED ON THE LATTA PLANTATION,
00:56:53.64\00:56:59.85
AND YOU DID THE VERY BEST
YOU COULD FOR YOUR MASTER?
00:56:59.85\00:57:03.12
WELL, GOD'S GONNA ALLOW YOU
TO DO THAT FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR
00:57:03.12\00:57:08.66
FAMILY. JUST IMAGINE THAT:
WORKIN' AND KEEPIN' IT FOR
YOURSELF AND YOUR FAMILY,
00:57:08.66\00:57:14.46
A WHOLE COMMUNITY OF COLORED
FOLKS UP THERE WORKING AND
00:57:14.46\00:57:20.10
LIVIN', AND CELEBRATIN'
FREEDOM AND THE LOVE OF GOD.
00:57:20.10\00:57:24.01
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:57:27.94\00:57:31.58
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:57:33.25\00:57:36.99
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:57:38.62\00:57:42.02
¤ WE SING JOY TO THE WORLD! ¤
00:57:43.73\00:57:50.30
¤ OUR LORD HAS COME! ¤
00:57:54.14\00:58:02.21
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