Free 2021 State Of Jones: Summary

Using guerrilla warfare tactics, Newton and his band of men (both white and black) raid Confederate supply lines to feed the local population. As their numbers swell into the hundreds, they successfully drive the Confederate forces out of Jones County and surrounding areas.

In 1862, Newton Knight (Matthew McConaughey), a poor farmer from Jones County, Mississippi, serves as a battlefield medic for the Confederate Army. Disgusted by the horrors of the war and the "Twenty Negro Law"—which exempted wealthy slave owners from service—Knight deserts after his young nephew is killed in battle. He returns home to find Confederate tax collectors seizing the food and livestock of his neighbors, further fueling his resentment toward the Southern cause. 2. The Swamp Rebellion free state of jones summary