I miss Christmas on the Shaw Island, and the smell of the sea.

7 seconds sound clip from the Glory (1989) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:42:40 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- Dear Mother: News today of the defeat at Fredericksburg.

- If things continue to go badly, I wonder if I might not end my days as an outlaw leader of a band of fugitive slaves.

- Try as I may, I don't know these men. Their music, their camaraderie which is different from ours.

- I am placed in a position where, if I were a man of real strength I might do a great deal. But I am afraid I shall show that I am not of much account.

- I don't want to stand in their way because of my own weakness.

- I miss Christmas on the Shaw Island, and the smell of the sea.

- Robert. It's Thomas.

- I just wanted to say... I wanted to say... Merry Christmas, Robert.

- Merry Christmas, Thomas.

- You're Shaw, aren't you? Merry Christmas.

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