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Liberty's Kids is an animated educational historical fiction television series produced by DIC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to April...
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Season 1

  • The Boston Tea Party
    8.7/1040 votes

    The Boston Tea Party

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/2/2002

    At the direction of Benjamin Franklin, Moses, James and Henri travel to Boston in search of Sarah, who has arrived from England on a tea-laden ship. When they get to the Harbor, they happen upon the disguised colonists and discover they are raiding the very ship Sarah is on.

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    Writer: Doug McIntyre

  • The Intolerable Acts
    8.0/1025 votes

    The Intolerable Acts

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/3/2002

    Moses, James, Sarah and Henri hide at poet Phillis Wheatley's house in Boston, where some of His Majesty's soldiers are being quartered. Hearing Phillis Wheatley's story, Sarah is confronted with the horror of slavery for the first time. Later, though Sarah does not agree with her new friends' thoughts about Mother England, she helps them in a time of trouble.

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    Writer: Doug McIntyre

  • United We Stand
    7.6/1029 votes

    United We Stand

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/4/2002

    Moses lets James report on Congress and after a British sailor is ""tarred and feathered,"" James learns about the ugliness of mob rule, when emotions get in the way of compassion. Sarah and Henri meet Abigail Adams and travel with her to bring supplies and pamphlets to the occupied city of Boston. Sarah immediately finds in Abigail a strong female role model to look up to.

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  • Liberty or Death!
    7.4/1027 votes

    Liberty or Death!

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 9/5/2002

    James, Sarah, Henri and Moses travel to Virginia, where they witness Patrick Henry's speech. Moses is shocked to find his brother Cato on the slave auction block and risks his own freedom to rescue him. Cato sees hope for himself in Dunmore's Proclamation and in the end leaves his brother to seek his own path to freedom.

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  • The Midnight Ride
    7.3/1043 votes

    The Midnight Ride

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 9/6/2002

    Sarah and James travel to Boston to deliver a message to Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren and end up riding with the famous messengers so that they can write about it for the paper.

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  • The Shot Heard Round the World
    8.4/1025 votes

    The Shot Heard Round the World

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 9/9/2002

    James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the ""shot heard ‘round the world"" at Lexington. They each leave the scene fearful of what the future will bring though James is caught up with the romanticism of fighting for liberty.

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  • The Green Mountain Boys
    8.1/1027 votes

    The Green Mountain Boys

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 9/10/2002

    James heads to the Grants to cover the story of the settlers' struggle; Sarah goes hoping to find a place in the Green Mountains for her family to settle, and Henri wants to find maple syrup. Sarah and James witness the capture of the fort and Sarah befriends Benedict Arnold, whom she instantly respects.

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  • The Second Continental Congress
    7.7/1024 votes

    The Second Continental Congress

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 9/11/2002

    Desperate for information on what Congress is doing behind the closed doors of the statehouse, James unknowingly befriends a British spy. Sarah and Moses meet George Washington and together use ""Yankee ingenuity"" to fix Washington's carriage after it breaks.

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  • Bunker Hill
    8.6/1027 votes

    Bunker Hill

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 9/12/2002

    James witnesses the Battle of Bunker Hill from the American side, while Sarah interviews one of the British officers, and Henri acts as a messenger.

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  • Postmaster General Franklin
    7.7/1020 votes

    Postmaster General Franklin

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/13/2002

    When the Philadelphia patriots find out that some of their mail isn't being delivered to the right people by the British-controlled postal service, James and Sarah volunteer to carry important letters to New York. Ben Franklin becomes the colonies' Postmaster General on July 26, 1775.

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  • Washington Takes Command
    8.7/1020 votes

    Washington Takes Command

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/16/2002

    Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.

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  • Common Sense
    9.0/1026 votes

    Common Sense

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 9/17/2002

    Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.

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  • The 1st Fourth of July
    8.1/1032 votes

    The 1st Fourth of July

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 9/18/2002

    Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

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  • New York, New York
    8.6/1022 votes

    New York, New York

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 9/19/2002

    Sarah does a report on the loyalists opinion on the revolution in New York. Meanwhile James escapes to Manhattan with the Continental Army.

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  • The Turtle
    7.9/1022 votes

    The Turtle

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 9/20/2002

    Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.

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  • One Life to Lose
    7.7/1021 votes

    One Life to Lose

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 9/23/2002

    Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.

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  • Captain Molly
    7.6/1020 votes

    Captain Molly

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 9/24/2002

    With General Washington losing battle after battle, James' confidence wavers. He and Sarah go to Washington's camp to report from the front lines. However, because she is a girl, Sarah is sent to Fort Tryon with the other women and children. There, she befriends Molly, a spunky patriot whose husband was killed fighting the British. But then James finds out that the British are going to attack Fort Tryon! Meanwhile, back in Philadelphia, Moses starts teaching Henri how to read.

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  • American Crisis
    8.2/1017 votes

    American Crisis

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 9/25/2002

    The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.

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  • Across the Delaware
    8.7/1018 votes

    Across the Delaware

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 9/26/2002

    James learns more about the captured British spy.

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  • An American in Paris
    7.8/1016 votes

    An American in Paris

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 9/27/2002

    While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.

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  • Sybil Ludington
    6.3/1017 votes

    Sybil Ludington

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 9/30/2002

    James learns from the courageuos Sybil Ludington that the thought of independence not only lies in the hearts of soldiers and determined young men, but also in the hearts of determined young women. Sarah travels to Philadelphia with General Benedict Arnold and witness his passion of being ranked to a higher office in the army.

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  • Lafayette Arrives
    8.2/1012 votes

    Lafayette Arrives

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 10/1/2002

    Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.

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  • The Hessians Are Coming
    7.8/1015 votes

    The Hessians Are Coming

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 10/2/2002

    James is found by the British and is tied to a Hessian.

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  • Valley Forge
    6.9/1024 votes

    Valley Forge

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 10/3/2002

    James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.

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  • Allies at Last
    7.9/1014 votes

    Allies at Last

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 10/4/2002

    James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes; Sarah and Henri are in occupied Philadelphia.

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  • Honor and Compromise
    7.8/1011 votes

    Honor and Compromise

    Season 1 Episode 26 - Aired 11/4/2002

    Henri befriends Abraham Nimham; Sarah and Moses watch Congress debate over the Articles of Confederation.

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  • The New Frontier
    8.4/1014 votes

    The New Frontier

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 11/5/2002

    Sarah decides to go off into the wild Ohio Fronteir to find her father, while there she's found by some friendly Indians who wish to help her. An English friend of the Indians comes to help and Sarah gets a very wonderful surprise and makes a sad decision. Meanwhile James and every other poor person is having trouble with the rich overcharging them. A man trys to tar and feather a rich Tori, but James disagrees.

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  • Not Yet Begun to Fight
    7.3/1023 votes

    Not Yet Begun to Fight

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 11/6/2002

    Sara's trip back home to England is delayed because of a ship wreck.

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  • The Great Galvez
    7.5/1014 votes

    The Great Galvez

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 11/7/2002

    Sarah is in London with her mother and is having doubts about belonging there. In the end, she finally decides she is an American. Meanwhile James and Henri are traveling a long ways to give a letter to Galvez, but on the way are Brittish soldiers, will they stop them and find the letter?

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  • In Praise of Ben
    7.2/1014 votes

    In Praise of Ben

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 11/8/2002

    The title kinda gives it away, the episode begins with Sarah coming 'home' to Philidelphia, she's greeted by Moses, and eventually, a slightly bitter James. The rest is 'in praise of Ben' Benjamin Franklin. It's about is education, his inventions, and many other things.

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  • Bostonians
    7.4/1016 votes

    Bostonians

    Season 1 Episode 31 - Aired 11/11/2002

    James views the acts of the Iroquois and colonists; Sarah reunites with Abigail Adams.

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  • Benedict Arnold
    8.0/1019 votes

    Benedict Arnold

    Season 1 Episode 32 - Aired 1/20/2003

    According to James' theory, there are British spies that are close to General Washington, how else could you explain all the conterattacks by the british? James is on a mission to find out! In the mean time, in his west point house, Benedict Arnold is bitter about the Congress. Becasue of his bitterenss, he meets up with one of the british officers and tells them of Washington's plans, plans that if the british could get a hold of, would mean the end of liberty. What will Sarah think when she finds out her hero is a traitor?

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  • Conflict in the South
    7.0/1024 votes

    Conflict in the South

    Season 1 Episode 33 - Aired 1/21/2003

    James and Henri follow General Nathanael Green; Sarah is upset to discover Thomas Jefferson has slaves.

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  • Deborah Samson
    6.8/1013 votes

    Deborah Samson

    Season 1 Episode 34 - Aired 1/22/2003

    Sarah meets Deborah Samson; James and Henri witness arguments between Generals Washington and Rochambeau.

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  • James Armistead
    7.3/1023 votes

    James Armistead

    Season 1 Episode 35 - Aired 1/23/2003

    The Americans send out James Armistead, a slave, to spy on the British by pretending to be Benedict Arnold's slave. He finds out that Cato, Moses' brother is a British slave. The British ask James to spy on the Americans the same way he is spying on them.

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  • Yorktown
    7.8/1021 votes

    Yorktown

    Season 1 Episode 36 - Aired 3/31/2003

    Moses' brother fights for the British; Moses joins the American mining corps to search for his brother; battle of Yorktown.

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  • Born Free and Equal
    7.4/1015 votes

    Born Free and Equal

    Season 1 Episode 37 - Aired 4/1/2003

    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: The Massachusetts slave 'Mum Bett' sues for her freedom (May 28, 1781). When she wins, she renames herself Elizabeth Freeman (August 1781). With this decision and the case of another slave, Quok Walker, Massachusetts abolishes 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.

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  • The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
    8.2/1013 votes

    The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

    Season 1 Episode 38 - Aired 4/2/2003

    The Americans want George Washington to be king of the United States, but he refuses.

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  • Going Home
    8.3/1014 votes

    Going Home

    Season 1 Episode 39 - Aired 4/3/2003

    James interviews former U.S. soldiers to find out what it's like for them, and learns that farmers are having trouble paying off taxes since all their food went towards feeding soldiers. Meanwhile, Lafayette says he is going home to France and eventually invites Henri to go with him, and Henri accepts the invitation.

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  • We the People
    8.8/1018 votes

    We the People

    Season 1 Episode 40 - Aired 4/4/2003

    Moses resolves to open a school for free black children; Sarah reunites with her parents. The Constitution is written.

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