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BORN FREE AND EQUAL
Sarah, staying with Abigail Adams in Boston, is thrilled to see Mum Bett freed and resolves to fight for civil rights. In France, Ben Franklin hopes that news of Yorktown will convince King George to surrender to his former colonies. James finds himself in a tight spot as he digs deeper for the whole story.
HISTORICAL CONTENT
Massachusetts slave "Mum Bett" sues for her freedom (5/28/1781). When she wins, she renames herself Elizabeth Freeman (8/81). With this decision and that in the case of another slave, Quok Walker, Massachusetts has abolished slavery (1783). In Great Britain, a bitter, recalcitrant King George III is finally convinced to recognize American independence and to go to the peace table.
FICTIONAL STORY
Sarah, staying with Abigail Adams in Boston, is thrilled to see Mum Bett freed and resolves to fight for civil rights. In France, Ben Franklin hopes that news of Yorktown will convince King George to surrender to his former colonies. James finds himself in a tight spot as he digs deeper for the whole story.
EMOTIONAL TAKEAWAY
Though a society may have great problems, if they have rules and laws they live by, that are just, in the end they will have a chance of having a just society.
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Liberty's Kids® ©2004 DIC Entertainment. All rights reserved.
Funded in part by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
through funds from the U.S. Department of Education.
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