[Prompt Script from Scene 7 of 1776] Page: 21 of 74
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118 SCENE 7 / 1776
RUTLEDGE, shouting:
Then see to your own wounds, Mr. Jefferson, for
you are a-practitioner, are you not?
A pause. Rutledge has found the mark.
JEFFERSON:
I have already resolved to release my slaves. , V _ J
RUTLEDGE:
Then I'm sorry, for you have also resolved the
ruination of your personal economy.
JOHN:
Economy. Always economy. There's more to this
than a filthy purse-string, Rutledge. It's an offense
against man and God.
HOPKINS:
It's a stinking business, Mr. Rutledge-a stinking
business!
RUTLEDGE:
Is it really, Mr. Hopkins? Then what's that I smell
floatin' down from the North-could it be the
aroma of hy-pocrisy? For who holds the other end
of that filthy purse-string, Mr. Adams?A6 every-
one:] Our northern brethren are feelin' a bit tender
toward our slaves. They don't keep slaves, no-o,
but they're willin' to be considerable carriers of
slaves-to others! They are willin', for the shillin'
-[rubbing his thumb and forefinger together]-
or haven't y'heard, Mr. Adams? Clink! Clink!
He sings.
Molasses to
Rum to
Slaves!
Oh, what a beautiful waltz!(
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Fulks, Lewis. [Prompt Script from Scene 7 of 1776], script, 1975-08~; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth865106/m1/21/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.