The Free State of Jones
Mississippi's Longest Civil War
Military deserters
Racially mixed people
United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865
United States Civil War, 1861-1865
Social aspects
Social conditions
Biography
History
Newt Knight was a man who defied social rules by deserting from the Confederacy, hiding in the swamp with runaway slaves and other deserters to fight the Rebels and declare Jones County, Mississippi as the Free State of Jones. Some of his men were captured and executed and, as in the movie, the wome…
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