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Transcription: [00:23:20]
This is my birthplace. But to me, it's not a home. Man, I've stayed here I think just a little too long. Because all of my life, I've been living in a storm. Now I think it's time for me to be moving on.

[00:23:51]
You know, I was your farmer. And I cleared your woods. Also a solider for you and even fought the best I could. But yet you just don't treat me the way you should. And I think it's time for me to be moving on. And you know what? I have been working for you all of my days and my parents before me, they was also your slaves. And freedom was all that they ever craved.

[00:24:41]
And if I want to find it, I've just got to be moving on. This is what you did to me. You called me brute because I'm strong. You used my legs and you also used my arms. And you had my woman cooking your meals and you worked my children day and night in your fields.

[00:25:10]
Yes. You said that you would pay us, but you seldom did. You promised eight but you gave us two instead.