In 1863, Mississippi farmer Newt Knight serves as a medic for the Confederate Army. Opposed to slavery, Knight would rather help the wounded than fight the Union. After his nephew dies in battle, Newt returns home to Jones County to safeguard his family but is soon branded an outlaw deserter. 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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Matthew McConaughey as Newton Knight
Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Rachel
Mahershala Ali as Moses Washington
Keri Russell as Serena Knight
Jacob Lofland as Daniel
Sean Bridgers as Sumrall
Brad Carter as Lieutenant Barbour
Jane McNeill as Miss Ellie
Gary Grubbs as Prosecuting Attorney
Christopher Berry as Jasper
Joe Chrest as Amos Deason
David Jensen as Quitman
Kurt Krause as Injured Soldier
Carlton Caudle as Confederate Color Guard
Martin Bats Bradford as Freedman 1
Matt Lintz as Matthew Yates
Kerry Cahill as Mary
Jessica Collins as Annie
Juan Gaspard as Confederate Soldier
Liza J. Bennett as Junie Lee
David Maldonado as Polling Station Clerk
Serenity Neil as Schoolgirl
Lawrence Turner as Chester
Lara Grice as Mrs. Deason
Wayne Pére as Col. Robert Lowry
Jim Klock as Farmer 1
Emily Bossak as Town Folk
P.J. Marshall as Sergeant
Ritchie Montgomery as Third Man
Mattie Liptak as Stillman Coleman
Jill Jane Clements as Aunt Sally
Thomas Francis Murphy as Col. McLemore
Johnny McPhail as Old Man
Bill Tangradi as Lt. Barbour
William Mark McCullough as First Man
Sam Malone as Edward James - Cotton Field Worker
Kylen Davis as Boy at Alice Hotel
Will Beinbrink as Farmer 2
Troy Hogan as George
Cy Parks as Confederate Soldier
Dane Rhodes as Ward
Lucy Faust as Second Woman / Yeoman Farmer
Stella Allen as Yeoman Girl
Cade Mansfield Cooksey as Older Coleman Brother
Tahj Vaughans as Maroon (uncredited)
Brian Lee Franklin as Davis Knight
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