North & South - Orry Returns Home

[megamanmaniac]

It's Priam.

[plantationmuscleboy]

It's kind of nervy of the two little rich southern belles to argue about the punishment of a slave as their black house maids prepare dinner for them in the background. I wonder what the house maids thought about the conversation? This is a great illustration of the Cottonacracy and the attitudes they held.

[dragonoforigin]

Soooo gay. <3

[dryden0100]

this is a little naive, they usually whipped slaves on plantations for misbehaving. still a great miniseries though.

[edwardplusbella620]

Go Orry!

[sondano]

that poor boy would have died of some infection in that era after such a bloody beating

[papermache2131]

Try and be in Salem Jones shoes.The man has a tremendous amount of stress at his job he has to keep mount royal,s operations running at a high level.

[xXPersephoneXx]

You honestly can't be serious. Salem Jones was a sadistic bastard that needed a comeuppance badly.

[papermache2131]

Rrime was,nt being a team player at Mount Royal.

[GraverJ]

What a sissy. My grandma disciplined me worse than that. Sheesh

[steverouse56]

Lonesome Dove was a much better miniseries.

[nightswimmer99]

I wonder how many overseers like Salem Jones met an unpleasant end because they beat a slave who knew how to hold a grudge... and when to strike.

[mindspring57]

The young idealist does not seem to mind owning slaves, or having an overseer to supervise them, but he hamstrings the overseer's ability to do his job. He needs to make up his mind on the issue.

[papermache2131]

At 2.30 that was great era.

[blondemax]

mate id love to feel you whip me like that :p

[Bravesfan4500]

I bet Obama is really making you shake in your boots. You piece of trash.

[creeball]

@papermache2131: it was, wasnt it? especially to the cornish criminals transported to australia and the americas.

[acandterra]

he just don't like whipping them 4 no reason

[mindspring57]

So you think there might be a reason?

[acandterra]

no. but in the context of his mind there would be as he is a slave owner in a racist era.

[mindspring57]

Ok, thanks.

[bluedragoni]

his mind is made up but its also a dramatic presentation and they are trying to get the audience to side with Orry by making him more human despite the circumstances

[jensmom604]

Orry hated the abusive overseer and fired him after his father died.

[supaflyrobby]

I bought the DVD box set of this off of Amazon and got absolutely hooked.

[acandterra]

how much was it?

[gilmoregirl224]

it was about 4100