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been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to lead them to the home of samuel cox, a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort.
been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort. you know.
already, members of the 13th new york cavalry have been ordered to southern maryland in search of lincoln s killer. what will soon become the largest manhunt in american history at that time begins with troops searching scarcely four miles from dr. mudd s farmhouse. lost in the dark and on the edge of the zekiah swamp, booth and herold have promised to pay tobacco farmer oswell swann $12 to lead them to the home of samuel cox, a leader in the confederate underground. john wilkes booth: how is it that you know captain cox? oswell swann: oh, we all know captain cox, sir. he a true man of the south. he a hard man. beat a nigger to death hisself. mmm-hm. david herold: you, you a free nigger? oswell swann: oh, we all s free now, sir, thanks to marse lincoln. lawd rest his soul. but i ain t no nigger. i s a we-sort. david herold: what? oswell swann: a we-sort.