who led a rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War that resulted in Jones County attempting to secede from Mississippi. It is written and directed by “The Hunger Games” director ...

Matthew McConaughey seethes with righteous fury in “Free State of Jones,” a tale based on an intriguing, little-known chapter of Civil War history ... A native of Jones County, Miss., ...

In so many Civil War-era photographs ... In 1864, he managed to prevail over the Confederates in Jones County, Mississippi, and declare the county the Free State of Jones. That is highly promising ...

In fact, Victoria Bynum’s excellent book, The Free State of Jones: Mississippi’s Longest Civil War, on which the movie ... vision for the future of Jones County unites poor whites and blacks ...

The “Free State of Jones ... cause the Civil War and that all white people just supported avidly joining the Confederacy,” Victoria Bynum tells us in “The History of Jones County ...

Keri Russell, Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Mahershala Ali also star in the Civil War drama that hits ... and defiantly declares a safe haven in Jones County, Mississippi. IM Global will release ...

Set during the Civil War, "Free State of Jones" tells ... Knight launched an uprising that led Jones County, Mississippi to secede from the Confederacy, creating a Free State of Jones.

The new trailer for the Matthew McConaughey-starred Civil War movie turns ... to establish the Free State of Jones, in Jones County, Mississippi. After the war, Knight married a former slave ...