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00:01Esther Gramps, get up out of bed!
00:04They own you till you're 21.
00:07You don't own me.
00:08Have you ever asked yourself how a man with your skills
00:11ended up in a debtor's prison?
00:13When did you get it?
00:15I'm looking for the best mechanic in Lancashire.
00:18Build a prototype.
00:19I believe in the future anything is possible.
00:23Why aren't you working?
00:24Tommy's here!
00:27Mrs. Howland, he's got a car and a machine!
00:29Knock him up at the Prince's house.
00:31The bell's been sabotaged.
00:33Any complaints?
00:34The overlooker was in the privy with his hands up Miriam's skirt.
00:38No one will ever listen to you.
00:41I'll go to jail for this, Esther.
01:01No.
01:03Come on.
01:05No, no.
01:10No, no no!
01:26Come on!
01:29Come on!
01:29Get out of my way.
01:34Bring me that pack, would you?
01:37Get your boob on.
01:55I need two.
01:56Take four. Two off the books, five bob each, ten bob in your tail.
02:00Nah, I wish I could take them all.
02:02But I can only use two.
02:04I'll have that one.
02:07Sir, please.
02:09I don't want to be separated from my sister.
02:12I don't think she lasts too long.
02:23Her day's graft will kill the little one.
02:25What she needs most is feeding up and looking after.
02:28And that's what we do at Quarry Bank.
02:46Mr. Clout.
02:50Did she have reason to attack you?
02:52Only that I was onto her.
02:54You know the reason.
02:54Be quiet.
02:56If this was mindless delinquency, you'd be going to jail.
02:59If it was politically motivated sabotage, you could be deported to Australia.
03:15stories get told about cotton mills more lies are spun in parliament than yarn in lancashire
03:20but ours is the best there is and this is the day the light enters your benighted lives
03:25light and good clean air breathe it in girls that's it come on big deep breaths of god
03:50some of the old ones tell stories of how it used to be up with the sun and your own
03:57master
04:00now with the machines and and that bell he's some kind of luddite no
04:06no say it's just a lot of people really hate that bell in the morning but only you silenced it
04:13because of charlie he wasn't right what he was doing say you sat on the privy with the clapper
04:22when mr crouch entered i was gonna give it back once i'd finished but then he came in started
04:28making his threats and then he took off his belt and unbuttoned his trousers so i gave him one and
04:37you found him on the floor mr greg yes and some discomfort you told the court that when you
04:42found mr crowty had his trousers by his ankles is that correct were they by his ankles mr greg yes
04:51believe so it was a privy sir i was about to uh ease nature well it was still occupied
05:00you look i i took my belt off because i was going to give her a whipping
05:05mr greg doesn't approve of corporal punishment that's the only reason why i said are those the
05:11trousers you were wearing they are remove your belt please if you would be so kind
05:30not round your ankles now they sit very well
05:35it seems you must have unbuttoned yourself too
05:42come on get down
05:45follow me
05:48we're one big family here father mother over 60 brothers and sisters so
05:56work hard be good and you'll be orphans no more
06:05come on in here
06:13here she is the sainted mrs t
06:17is that the best you could do well since the cholera squeeze a tear from a glass eye it would
06:23follow me girls
06:31i have no doubt that miss price is a truculent disobedient headstrong 15 year old delinquent
06:38however i find mr crowt a most unconvincing witness and i accept her plea of self-defense
06:45it seems clear to me that morality and discipline at quarry bank is not what it once was i respectfully
06:52suggest you do something about that mr greg
06:55esther price
06:56i find you innocent of assault but guilty of criminal damage
07:01however in the circumstances i am prepared to be merciful i sentence you to a fine of four
07:07pounds to recompense greg and sons for repairs and lost time do you have anything to say
07:25before we welcome you into the fold there'll be a medical examination
07:30i'm sure you'll both pass with flying colors
07:34true
07:37one for me and one for esther
07:38for your old job
07:40well thanks something else for you
07:42i promise i could do a lot more than that sickly little runt
07:50this will be yours
07:54stay here till dr holland's ready for you
08:04you need to be strong and look your best
08:31right who have we got here
08:33is robert joining us
08:34it's busy i'm standing in you need to rest i've told you before
08:38this is hardly arduous she'll have to go back
08:40you sure
08:41it's as plain as the nose on your face
08:45what are you thinking of man
08:46well frankly sir master robert's words to the parish visitors
08:49we don't like to split up families
08:51they're sisters
08:57whoa
08:58whoa
09:00here you go
09:01all right
09:03you'll wish you'd gone to jail when i finish with you
09:06master robert
09:10my age is wrong on my own venture papers
09:12i think there was a mistake when i was taken off
09:14yes i couldn't agree more
09:16i'm 17
09:17an official document says you're 15 you're 15
09:19but it's wrong
09:20i'm bound to take her to work come and see me in the office
09:25i'm really ungrateful bitch
09:27don't you lay a hand on her
09:48he's not smiling now is he
10:00once you put your mark to this paper you become the property of grogan sauce
10:04you work for us until your 21st birthday
10:07in return we'll give you food and drink lodgings and wearing apparel
10:11do you understand
10:25why didn't you wait for me
10:27i've been inducting apprentices since before you were born
10:31is this one fit
10:32she will be after a few weeks in our care
10:34you want a counter sign
10:42i'm sorry i don't need you now
10:45i don't have a bed for you
10:46this is a manufactory not a hospital
10:49they're sisters
10:50it's not like it was in your day
10:52i have to compete
10:54there's 600 mills in lancashire alone
10:58take her back to the workhouse
10:59say please
11:01if we only need one i'll have to return half the fee master
11:04let me go with her
11:05please say don't do this
11:08don't blame me
11:10blame the law
11:11and that's the price
11:13come on
11:37walk on
12:09susanna
12:13right
12:14yeah i'm daniel
12:18this is it
12:20a new prototype i've been working on
12:23sit there
12:25aren't you considering this job
12:26for now
12:29i need someone to help me with the weaving
12:32why did you choose me
12:33i didn't
12:34it was mr greg's choice
12:40i see
12:42what do you see
12:43he wants me
12:44to design and build a loom
12:45that turns a skilled man's job
12:47into something even a pregnant woman can do
12:52he wants me to be able to support myself and my child
12:54you think
12:56the gregs believe in looking after their employees
12:58or maybe it's just cheaper paying women half a man's wage
13:07it's fine yes thank you
13:08who wants to see me master
13:12in here
13:16shut the door
13:21you're dismissed crowd
13:23collect your outstanding wages for mr henshaw and i want you out to the village by the end of the
13:27week
13:29i've been here since a boy so i don't know anything else
13:31we pride ourselves here on our moral values
13:34and you brought disgrace to my family
13:36i don't want you polluting our community
13:38i've never done anything that wasn't done to me
13:41you're dismissed
13:41get out
13:47family of all it is
13:49when it's your own brother who got that slut sister pregnant
13:52what did you say
13:55i saw it
13:57some math lesson that was
14:00you're hypocrites
14:02the lawyer
14:03that's
14:05that's
14:05that's
14:16that's
14:18that's
14:27that's
14:28I don't know.
14:59How's the boy?
15:00The injured one?
15:02Yes, he'll be back at work soon.
15:04Back in the workhouse?
15:06No, they'll find something for him here.
15:09One mitt in a cotton mill?
15:10You'll see.
15:12He's as good as gone.
15:15What makes you so bitter?
15:17Experience.
15:22Stop it as soon as it breaks,
15:24or a small mistake gets bigger with every pick of the show.
15:28We need a device that tells the operator when a shuttle's empty
15:31and something to automatically stop the loon when it runs out.
15:34That way, one weaver can work six at a time,
15:38and it won't matter so much if her attention wanders.
15:42Sorry.
15:46Who is he?
15:50William Gregg.
15:53He's the youngest son. He runs Ballington Mill now.
15:56What's he doing here?
15:58I don't know.
16:03So when it breaks,
16:05you get to take a new thread.
16:13I'm sorry.
16:14You were judged unfit for work,
16:17which means you were meant to go back to the workhouse
16:20and be a burden on the Liverpool ratepayer.
16:24They'll be vexed.
16:26Think you undeserving.
16:30But I know it's not your fault,
16:32so I'm going to let you escape.
16:35Liverpool's that way.
16:37You go that way.
16:38Across that field.
16:40There's a town over yonder,
16:42full of good, decent, God-fearing Christian people.
16:45You'll be well looked after there.
16:47Just never mention what happened today.
16:51Lucy won't know where I am.
16:53I'll tell her.
16:54And it's nearer than Liverpool,
16:56so she can visit.
16:57How far is it?
16:58Oh, it's not far.
17:01I can't?
17:03You can.
17:05Come on.
17:06I'll give you a hand.
17:11How about a little kiss goodbye?
17:15If I allow you more than that,
17:17will you take me to the town?
17:29Goodbye, Catherine.
17:32Goodbye.
18:00You know my brother.
18:04Master William.
18:08You'd be pleased to hear
18:09that Charlie Crout would have left the village
18:10by the end of the week.
18:13But after his dismissal,
18:14he made certain vindictive accusations.
18:17My guess is that while he's still here,
18:19he'll be telling anyone who'll listen
18:20what he thinks that he knows.
18:21He can't prove anything.
18:22This is not a good time
18:23for slanderous rumours.
18:27If you do anything to confirm this...
18:30No!
18:32Master, I wouldn't.
18:34I would never.
18:36You don't have to keep it.
18:39Something can be arranged.
18:46I want to keep it.
18:48I told you we have an understanding.
18:49Yes, you did.
18:51Yes, you did.
18:52But these are my terms.
18:54There'll be a job for you,
18:55an accommodation in the village
18:57once a child is born.
18:59You can go to our schools,
19:01pray in our church,
19:03and work at my mill as a free labourer.
19:06And I will fulfil my duty to you
19:08as a paternal employer.
19:10That's all I ask, Master.
19:11But if you ever do or say anything
19:13to embarrass my family...
19:16I wouldn't...
19:19I wouldn't...
19:20I would never...
19:23It's not in my interest.
19:25And I expect you to do more
19:26than deny Kraut's accusations.
19:28I expect you to contradict them.
19:30And given recent events
19:33and his licentious nature...
19:36Are you asking me?
19:40You want me to give the child his name?
19:42It doesn't have to be official, Susanna.
19:44Just convincing enough
19:45to end any unfortunate speculation.
19:48No.
20:06They've been gone.
20:11No.
20:13No.
20:13No.
20:16No.
20:27Who are you?
20:29I'm Daniel.
20:33Do you mind if I have a look at you?
20:35What for?
20:37I want to take some measurements.
20:39Are you an undertaker?
20:41Because I'm feeling better now, you know.
20:43Strong as a knock.
20:47I'm a mechanic.
20:49And maybe I can make you something to use as a hand.
20:52You mean a hook?
20:54Like a pirate?
20:58Does this mean I'm staying?
21:00Well, do you want to stay?
21:01After this?
21:03Always better.
21:05Well, that's a decision for our paternal employers.
21:09But perhaps we can increase your chances.
21:13Yeah?
21:14Let's go.
21:54The biggest steak you can cook and have a drink yourself.
22:14In you come.
22:20Who's in my bed?
22:22Maybe it's Charlie Crown.
22:23Oh, it's the new girl.
22:25It's about time you were sharing your bed again.
22:27Looks like she's a slack bladder.
22:29And a snorer.
22:30You're in my bed.
22:33Rest her place.
22:34What's your name?
22:38Is she a replacement for Tommy?
22:40She'd be a replacement for you if there was any justice.
22:42Do I look 15, Mrs T?
22:45I mean, do I look 15 to anyone?
22:47Esther Price, shut up and pray.
22:49I'd be thankful you're not in jail tonight, which is where you should be.
22:55Heavenly Father, watch over us and beseech thee.
22:59We give thanks for thy bountiful gifts and the kindness of our benefactors, the Greeks.
23:05We commit ourselves entirely to thy disposal.
23:08And whether we enjoy or suffer or live or die, may we be mercifully accepted as thy children.
23:14And disciple's advice on Jesus Christ.
23:18Amen.
23:19Amen.
23:28You should have come down for tea.
23:31Don't keep me awake all night with your belly tunner and...
23:49I'm here.
23:51Flammable cotton all over the building.
23:55One spark and it could all go up.
23:58That's why you have to take your clogs off.
24:00You'll be in here.
24:01You'll be in room two.
24:03Carry the can in here.
24:06See this?
24:09This is waste.
24:10You put it in the can.
24:12You got that?
24:15I want you to start down here.
24:21The whole room.
24:23That's all the waste.
24:49What's he doing out of bed?
24:51Oh, he's off to the workhouse, ma'am.
24:53On whose authority?
24:55Master Roberts.
24:57Miss, you promised I could stay.
24:59Miss, can you talk to him, please?
25:01Doctor says he's fit to travel.
25:03Mr Timbley's in the office now doing all the paperwork.
25:05I'm getting a new hand.
25:07A man's making me want it.
25:08It'll be good, isn't it?
25:09I have a pressing appointment in Manchester.
25:10My carriage is waiting and I'm already late.
25:15Well, what are we to do?
25:28It's blood.
25:30That's the reason you're here.
25:31It's to grow your nails.
25:33If you get a nail caught, you'll lose the nail.
25:35Finger caught and that'll be you.
25:38Oh, you must be proud.
25:39You're about the way you keep showing us to me.
25:41You're the reason my sister isn't here.
25:44According to who?
25:45Master Robert.
25:53According to him, I'm only 15.
25:56Doesn't make him right.
25:57Shut up about your age.
25:59Nobody cares.
26:02You sound about five.
26:05Are you from Liverpool?
26:09Esther!
26:15Thank you so much for coming.
26:17Not at all.
26:18Is Tommy sitting in?
26:20Well, I am responsible for his education
26:22and it's bound to be educational.
26:24Will you take care of him for me?
26:26Mrs. Winters.
26:27I'm coming in.
26:45I'm coming in.
27:04Mrs. Prince, I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting.
27:07That's quite all right.
27:31What's this, sir? You don't want scalping.
27:38My father was given the name Prince. I don't know his father's name. My first master called
27:46me Mary Prince. My indecent master called me Mary Princess of Wales.
27:54To my husband, Mrs. Mary James. But to my mother and sisters, to my friends, I am Molly.
28:06And what my eyes have seen, I think it is my duty to relate.
28:14I'm 17. How can I prove they've made a mistake?
28:18Do you think it's a mistake?
28:19I know how old I am.
28:21They get an extra two years off you before they have to pay you a wage.
28:27They did it deliberately.
28:29Happens all the time.
28:31But what can I do about it?
28:32Nothing.
28:36Esther.
28:41Where were you baptised?
28:43Why?
28:43Some churches write certificates when a baby's christened. Most enter it in a register.
28:50Do you know where you were baptised?
28:53Where you were born?
28:56Liverpool.
28:58Forget it.
28:59It's easier.
29:01You can't change it, accept it.
29:03No.
29:04I'll find it.
29:10Eat.
29:12Honestly, you need your strength. You've at least six hours left yet.
29:21They will have us work, work, work, night and day, sick or well.
29:27And we mustn't speak up or look amiss, however much we are abused.
29:33I had to stand at a bench and wash during the greater part of the night or pick wool and
29:40cotton.
29:41And often I have dropped down, overcome with sleep and fatigue, till rolls from a state of stupor by the
29:48whip.
29:50In England, I am free.
29:56And to be free is very sweet.
30:39I get paid piecework and I can only go as fast as my slowest cog.
30:43You understand?
30:45Now, look lively or you'll be quartered.
30:48No!
31:01Find a quarter of the day. You make it up in overtime.
31:04See?
31:05It's not wise to turn you back on something.
31:09Did he break this?
31:13No.
31:18What's Liverpool like now?
31:21Big.
31:22How many chairs does it have?
31:23Hey!
31:34Mrs. Prince, you mentioned your husband had no children.
31:40And children can be such a consolation.
31:44Even in the darkest times.
31:48Were you never blessed in that way?
31:57I know of a woman.
32:02She and her husband tried to escape when she was eight months pregnant.
32:08They were caught.
32:10He was whipped and she was made to watch.
32:16Afterwards, they gave him a spade and told him to dig a hole.
32:21He thought it was a grave and hoped it would be his own.
32:26But before it was big enough, they told him to stop.
32:32And they made his wife lie face down with her belly in the hole.
32:38And they whipped her back.
32:41The hole was to protect the baby.
32:45Because the contents of her womb were the property of the master.
32:50I never had children.
32:53And I am glad.
32:57Mrs. Prince, how do you feel about sharing a stage with Mrs. Gregg here,
33:04whose family not only own five cotton mills in England,
33:08but also a slave plantation in the Caribbean?
33:25It is true that my husband inherited a plantation in Dominica,
33:31but he never sought such a business.
33:34And I can assure you that our Negroes are extremely well treated.
33:41Have you ever been?
33:47No.
33:50Then how do you know?
33:55And how can you support the Abolition of Slavery Bill
33:59when your family campaigns against the Ten Hour Bill
34:02and work English children until they drop?
34:41What are you working on?
34:46It's interesting. It's a challenge.
34:53Is this for Tommy?
34:59Your old rumour is he's gone.
35:01This morning.
35:04So you're wasting your time.
35:33What's the matter?
35:35Is she OK?
35:37You go home.
35:39It's fine.
35:41Go on.
35:45Let's stay.
35:50Cotton fibre.
35:51You'll get used to it.
35:53It's my feet.
35:55They're too small.
35:57Well, you'll grow.
35:58I can't do this.
36:06Take special care at the end of the day.
36:09When you're most tired is when there's most accidents.
36:12Is that better?
36:17See this?
36:20How weak it is when it first gets here.
36:22One strand on its own.
36:25But combined with others,
36:27and twisting into a thread,
36:29it gets stronger.
36:31See?
36:32Weave enough of these together.
36:34You get rope.
36:35Rope strong enough to pull a plough or hold a ship.
36:52You get to the prentice's house.
37:30Who's there?
37:33Who's there?
37:35Come on.
37:35It's our night for lessons.
37:39Hurry up, but we'll be late.
38:02It's Josiah Wedgwood.
38:05More swarthy than I remember him.
38:07Show Master Robert, please, Thomas.
38:12You took him to your meeting.
38:14We don't abandon children injured in our service, Robert.
38:19Do we?
38:20Robert's in charge now.
38:27We have to free our slaves, Sam.
38:30Immediately.
38:32There was an incident.
38:33John Docherty came along.
38:34And it was humiliating.
38:37He brought up the plantation,
38:38and he made the most ridiculous parallels.
38:41I told him his comparisons were offensive.
38:43But how can I have a role in the anti-slavery cause?
38:45When all along...
38:46We've got the best-looked-after niggers in the Caribbean.
38:49Well, let's grant them their freedom.
38:51And employ them like we employ our other workers.
38:55We've always believed in philanthropy, Sam.
38:57The days of slavery in the colonies are numbered.
38:59History is about to sweep it away.
39:01And we can lead.
39:03By example.
39:03Do you really think the Parliament will abolish it
39:06without compensating those out of pocket, Mother?
39:09If you own a plate you don't care for,
39:12but you know somebody will pay good money for it tomorrow,
39:15you don't throw it away today.
39:16Well, sell it then.
39:17We don't need it.
39:19Who do you think picks our cotton?
39:25Our lands are dirty because we earn a living.
39:29I'm sorry if that makes you uncomfortable
39:30amongst your fashionable friends,
39:32most of whom have never done an honest day's toil in their lives.
39:36But if you like living like you do,
39:37you'll swallow your morals
39:39and wait for Parliament to change the law.
39:43William!
39:44The Lord in them.
39:46It's all right, it's all right.
39:48Take this.
39:49Don't fuss.
39:54We respect your opinion, Mother,
39:57but the business must come first.
40:00Well, the boy's staying.
40:01He can work for me.
40:03Fine.
40:05But he'll have to prove himself adept at something more than plate-carrying.
40:14Yes?
40:19Easter weekend, can I have permission to go to Liverpool?
40:23You'll still be working off your fines at Easter weekend.
40:26And next Easter.
40:27I need to file my baptism certificate.
40:32You're an orphan.
40:34Even if you were born with a name at all,
40:35you can't be sure it's Esther Price.
40:38Names, more often than not,
40:39are bestowed at the whim of the parish overseer
40:42upon entry into the workhouse.
40:44I'm not an orphan.
40:45I had a family.
40:46I could have.
40:48So high and mighty,
40:49she can trace her genealogy all the way back to her mother.
40:52Names often follow occupation,
40:54so your mother may have been a price.
40:57A cheap one, though.
41:24Hello, Dan.
41:25Hello, Dan.
41:28I'm not here to fight.
41:30In a way, attack me, and...
41:33I forgive you.
41:35You forgive me.
41:37My eight-year-old thought I was dead when he found me.
41:40He's wet the bed ever since.
41:42My father is dead.
41:43I know.
41:44And I'm sorry.
41:45You swore you'd see him right when I was inside.
41:48I know.
41:50Your family never starved when you were in jail.
41:53We raised 80 pound bail for you once.
41:55Visited every manufacturer in Manchester.
41:5880 pound!
42:02And he could have survived on three bob a week.
42:04You can't end poverty by giving alms.
42:08If I had known how bad his condition was...
42:10You all talk.
42:12And I'm here to talk about Robert Gregg.
42:15He's one of the leading voices against a ten-hour bill.
42:18If you can give me anything on him.
42:21I heard you mention my old man in one of his speeches.
42:28Well, there was no one there...
42:31...to shed a tear at his funeral.
42:33I'm a busy man.
42:35It's...
42:37It's no excuse.
42:40I am sorry.
42:42Now, can we forgive each other?
42:43There is work to do.
42:45You're not.
42:46You're not finished when it started in your friendship.
42:48I know you, Dan.
42:49You cannot ignore injustice when you see it.
42:51I'm not interested!
42:52I just want to run a living!
42:54I'll be writing about the Greggs in the next issue.
42:56And there's to be a demonstration.
42:58The biggest the country has ever seen.
43:19Years back, there was an apprentice.
43:22Caught her hair in a mule and got her head crushed.
43:26Her baldy ghost walks the house with a knife.
43:29Looking for girls with long hair.
43:31You touch it, Aidan.
43:32I'll scoop your eyes out with a spoon.
43:37I was only joking.
43:51If anyone asks who the father is, you tell them Charlie Crown.
43:57What? Why?
44:00It doesn't matter why you just say it.
44:04Why would you want people to think that?
44:10Remember, whatever happens in your head and in your bed, you're free.
44:19You always will be.
44:24Hey, I'm sorry about your sister.
44:31I can't stay here.
44:34I need to be with her.
44:36I'm going after her.
44:38What are you two whispering about over there?
44:41She's thinking of running away.
44:44They all say that on their first day.
44:47I mean it.
44:49I'm going back to Liverpool.
44:51Well, you won't get far.
44:53As soon as you miss, they'll check the roads.
44:55There's a five bob reward for returning a runaway.
44:57Locals are always on the lookout.
44:59I'll go cross-country and get lost.
45:02Die in a ditch.
45:05You'll never make it.
45:08You will if I come with you.
45:10Why would you do that now Charlie's going?
45:13Let's get me baptism certificate.
45:15Well, I'm 17 and I'll prove it.
45:18Mister, you'll not get away with a fine next time.
45:23I need to know.
45:25Know what?
45:26The truth.
45:27Why does it matter?
45:30Some words on a certificate.
45:33It does matter.
45:39It'll prove who I am.
45:44Do you mean it?
45:47I'll get us to Liverpool.
45:50You be the guide when we get there.
45:53Help me find my certificate and I'll help you find your sister.
45:59You be the guide.
46:13To there.
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