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Liberty's Kids is a 40-part animated television series produced by DiC Entertainment, originally broadcast on PBS Kids from September 2, 2002 to August 13, 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements.

Its premise is to teach its audience of 7 - 12-year-olds about the origins of the United States of America. Much like the CBS cartoon mini-series This is America, Charlie Brown years before, Liberty's Kids tells of young people in dramas surrounding the major events in the Revolutionary War days. Celebritie voices such as Walter Cronkite (as Benjamin Franklin), Sylvester Stallone (as Paul Revere), Ben Stiller (as Thomas Jefferson), Billy Crystal (as John Adams) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (as Baron von Steuben) lend credence to characters critical to the forming of a free country, from the Boston Tea Party to the Constitutional Convention.

Main Characters (Fictional Associates of Benjamin Franklin)

A bright-eyed fifteen year old young woman from England, Sarah comes to the Thirteen Colonies in search of her father, an English major, who was last heard exploring the region of Ohio, and lives as a guest of Benjamin Franklin. However, with the possibility of a war between the American colonists and English mother country, she decides that she will become a reporter for Franklin's newspaper in order to offer a more balanced perspective to the press. Sarah believes firmly in power of words, equal rights for all, and is never afraid to speak her mind. Later in the series, Sarah has a change of heart and realizes how much she has come to understand the people of the colonies and ends up supporting the Revolution.
A young man orphaned in childhood because of a lightning storm, fourteen year old James greatly admires Benjamin Franklin, whose invention of the lightning rod saved many from the same tragedy. Zealous, street-smart and impulsive, James pursues the revolution from a slightly one-sided perspective - something that prompts Sarah to counter his views. An apprentice in Franklin's Print Shop, James believes firmly in the American cause and will do almost anything to ensure that the people receive an honest view of what is happening. In the process, he also faces the less positive aspects of the political conflict that eventually forces his patriotic fervor into a new maturity.
A small, but comedic and energetic boy from France, Henri's parents died on the voyage to America and the ship's captain exploited Henri afterwards. James and Moses smuggled Henri off the ship and the boy finds a home in Benjamin Franklin's workshop. While he speaks French fluently, Dr. Franklin has insisted that Henri learn to speak, read, and write in both English and French, the latter of which Henri has resisted doing. Henri's small size has proved more than useful to Sarah and James, though he has a perchant for landing himself in all sorts of trouble while not fully understanding the dangers of the war. Curious and fearless, the only thing Henri values more than his freedom is finding a family of his own.
Born in Africa, Moses was brought in chains to America as a slave. Because of his ingenuity, Moses learned to read, forge metal, and buy his freedom from his master, thus freeing himself from the slavery of the American south. He eventually moved to Philedelphia and found work at Dr. Franklin's Print Shop. His brother, Cato, had not been so fortunate and escaped, later joining the British troops as a soldier. He looks out for Dr. Franklin's young wards, especially Henri. Like Henri, he values his freedom more than anything. Iron willed Moses will never allow anyone to strip him of his dignity, despite his or her feelings on race. By working at the Print Shop, Moses hopes to educate children of all colors in the ideals of America so that everyone may one day be free.

Historical Characters Depicted

Continental Army

British Army

French Army

Spanish Army

Polish Volunteers

Native Americans

Turncoats

American Family members

American politicians

British politicians

Other Historical Figures

Theme

The opening theme to Liberty's Kids, 'Through My Own Eyes' is performed by Aaron Carter, who also voices Joseph Plum Martin, and Kayla Hinkle, a country singer who voices also Sybil Ludington.

Episodes

  1. The Boston Tea Party
  2. The Intolerable Acts
  3. United We Stand
  4. Liberty or Death
  5. Midnight Ride
  6. The Shot Heard Round the World
  7. Green Mountain Boys
  8. The Second Continental Congress
  9. Bunker Hill
  10. Postmaster General Franklin
  11. Washington Takes Command
  12. Common Sense
  13. The First Fourth of July
  14. "New York, New York"
  15. The Turtle
  16. One Life to Lose
  17. Captain Molly
  18. American Crisis
  19. Across the Delaware
  20. American in Paris
  21. Sybil Ludington
  22. Lafayette Arrives
  23. The Hessians Are Coming
  24. Valley Forge
  25. Allies at Last
  26. Honor and Compromise
  27. The New Frontier
  28. Not Yet Begun to Fight
  29. The Great Galvez
  30. In Praise of Ben
  31. Bostonians
  32. Benedict Arnold
  33. Conflict in the South
  34. Deborah Samson
  35. James Armistead
  36. Yorktown
  37. Born Free and Equal
  38. The Man Who Wouldn’t Be King
  39. Going Home
  40. We the People

Funding

All 40 episodes of Liberty's Kids that were aired on PBS between 2002 and 2004 were funded by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and by contributions to your PBS stations from Viewers Like You


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