• Free State of Jones is a 2016 American historical war film inspired by the life of Southern Unionist Newton Knight, who led a successful armed revolt against...
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    Jones County is in the southeastern portion of the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2020 census, the population was 67,246. Its county seats are Laurel...
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  • the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. She was depicted by Gugu Mbatha-Raw in Gary Ross' 2016 feature film Free State of Jones. Rachel Knight...
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  • England (1649–1660) Free State of Costa Rica (1838–1847) Orange Free State (1854–1900) Free State of Jones (1863–1865) Congo Free State (1884–1908) Klein...
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    Newton Knight (category People from Jones County, Mississippi)
    forming the "Free State of Jones" in the area in and around Jones County, Mississippi, at the height of the war. The nature and extent of the Knight Company's...
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    Jones County, Mississippi revolted against Confederate rule and became practically independent under the name Free State of Jones. The Free State fought...
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    Sant-directed film The Sea of Trees.A year later, he starred in the Gary Ross-directed historical war film, Free State of Jones, in which he appeared as...
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  • The Shallows (film) (category Films about survivors of seafaring accidents or incidents)
    Retrieved October 25, 2015. "'Independence Day', 'Shallows' & 'Free State of Jones' Must Contend with 'Finding Dory' - Box Office Mojo". www.boxofficemojo...
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    The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen, pronounced [ˌfʁaɪ̯ʃtaːt ˈpʁɔɪ̯sn̩] ) was one of the constituent states of Germany from 1918 to 1947...
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  • Shawnee Free Jones (born 1975) is an American actress and model. Jones had a successful career as an underwater fashion model, becoming the muse of photographer...
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  • Victoria E. Bynum (category Texas State University faculty)
    University. Her book "Free State of Jones" on the civil war history of Jones County, Mississippi was an inspiration for the 2016 film of the same name. Bynum...
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    Gugu Mbatha-Raw (category Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art)
    biopic on Newton Knight, a yeoman farmer, and resister of the Confederacy, in Free State of Jones (2016), directed by Gary Ross. She played Knight's common-law...
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    Republic of Winston, or Free State of Winston, an area encompassing the present-day Winston, Cullman and Blount counties of Alabama, was one of several...
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    of Virginia Press, 2000, ISBN 978-0813919829. Rothman, Lily. (June 23, 2016). Free State of Jones: Why You Probably Hadn't Heard the Real Free State of...
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    The Free State Project (FSP) is an American political migration movement founded in 2001 to recruit at least 20,000 libertarians to move to a single low-population...
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  • White savior narrative in film (category History of racism in the cinema of the United States)
    Faux-Enlightened Free State of Jones". The Atlantic. Retrieved October 2, 2018. Brody, Richard (June 23, 2016). "The Historical Imagination and Free State of Jones"....
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  • Gary Ross (category University of Pennsylvania alumni)
    His next two films as a director and writer were the period drama Free State of Jones (2016) and the heist film Ocean's 8 (2018). "Cheat Sheet: Gary Ross"...
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    Britell scored director Gary Ross's Civil-War era historical drama Free State of Jones, starring Matthew McConaughey, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Mahershala Ali, and...
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    Jones Beach State Park (colloquially "Jones Beach") is a state park in the U.S. state of New York. It is located in southern Nassau County on Jones Beach...
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    Chandler James Jones (born February 27, 1990) is an American professional football defensive end who is a free agent. He played college football for the...
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    of Seventeen; The Foreigner starring Jackie Chan; and Secret in Their Eyes starring Nicole Kidman and Julia Roberts; The Boy; and Free State of Jones...
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    committed in the Congo Free State (today the Democratic Republic of the Congo) under the absolute rule of King Leopold II of Belgium. These atrocities...
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    college football for the Florida Gators, the Arizona State Sun Devils and the Cincinnati Bearcats. Jones grew up in LaGrange, Georgia, and attended Heard...
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    compelled many of his followers to live there with him. Jones claimed that he was constructing a socialist paradise free from the oppression of the United...
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  • conspiracy theory and fake news website owned by Alex Jones. It was founded in 1999, and operates under Free Speech Systems LLC. Talk shows and other content...
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    Kirk Bovill (category Louisiana State University alumni)
    and producer. His film credits include Vice, 20th Century Women, Free State of Jones, Get On Up, Contraband, Texas Killing Fields, White Lightnin', The...
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  • Wayne Péré (category Louisiana State University alumni)
    appearances in film such as The Big Short, Trumbo and Free State of Jones. He joined the cast of Marvel's Cloak & Dagger as Peter Scarborough. He also...
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    defamation suit against Jones, Infowars and Free Speech Systems in Travis County, Texas. Jones was found to be in contempt of court even before the trial...
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    Jones (/ˈkɑːrdeɪl/; born September 29, 1992) is an American football quarterback who is a free agent. He played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes...
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    All-State as a junior after catching 51 passes for 1,118 yards and nine touchdowns. Jones repeated as a first team All-State selection as a senior. Jones...
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