Original subtitles

♪ I see a land ♪

♪ With liberty for all ♪

♪ Yet still I know ♪

♪ The truth will rise and fall ♪

♪ That's just the way it goes ♪

♪ A word now to the wise ♪

♪ The world was made to change ♪

♪ Each day is a surprise ♪

♪ I'm looking at life through my own eyes ♪

♪ I'm searching for a hero to id

♪ Feeling the pain as innocence

♪ I'm looking at life through my own eyes ♪

♪ I'll take my heart into battle

♪ Give that freedom bell a rattl

♪ Get my independence signed ♪

♪ Declare it on the dotted line

♪ Let Philadelphia freedom ring

♪ And patriotic voices sing ♪

♪ Red white and blue never give

♪ You represent America ♪

♪ I'm hoping and praying for a brighter day ♪

♪ I listen to my heart and I obe

♪ How can I see it any other way

♪ I'm looking at life ♪

♪ Through my own eyes ♪

(fireworks)

- [Narrator] Here are some excit

from today's episode of Liberty'

- [Marquis] You've still had no word from your brother?

- [Moses] The British promised him his freedom

when he escaped to join their ar

Now that they've lost the war,

the moment my brother's found he'll be returned to slavery

if he's still alive.

- [Farmer] Instead of helping me, you make me sell my farm

to pay my debts.

We were soldiers fighting for your freedom!

(dramatic music)

- Dearest mother, I can scarcely

the war's been over for nearly three years,

but peace has not come easily fo

I'm on my way to New York now

where I'll report on the conditions of the Loyalists,

those people who have remained faithful to England

during the revolution.

To do so, I will renew my acquaintance with your friend,

Mrs. Radcliffe.

She was such a kind hostess to James and me

nearly 10 years ago back in '76.

To think how very much has changed since then.

(suspenseful music)

(gasps)

Oh my.

What's happened to New York City

(dramatic music)

(classical music)

- It is indeed a most entrancing

You must give King Louis my deep

for the privilege of entering his private gallery.

(uplifting music)

Congress grants me permission

to return to the United States.

After all these years, I'm going

I can barely begin to imagine what awaits me there.

(dramatic music)

- [James] What's become of the average Continental soldier,

the merchant who left his shop,

the farmer who left his field,

the brave men who marched away

from everything they held dear

to fight with George Washington for their country

and have survived to taste the fruits of their courage?

What better place to learn what's happened to the soldiers

after the war than in Massachuse

the cradle of our revolution?

(fanfare)

Whoa!

- So James, you want to know what it's like

for us Continental soldiers now that we've come home?

- Yes, Captain Shays.

- Well, come on.

I'll show you.

- Where are we going?

- To court.

- Court?

(crowd cheers)

- Bonjour, Moses!

- Monsieur le Marquis!

- It is such a pleasure to embrace a good friend

in a free United States.

Forgive me.

I look forward to the day all in this country will be free.

You've still had no word from your brother?

- For two years I searched for h

The closest I got was finding this in Richmond, Virginia.

It's from his owner.

- "If you see him, please return

"who was seen skulking around this neighborhood.

"He is my lawful property."

Moses, it is an outrage!

- Yes.

The British promised him his fre

when he escaped to join their ar

Now that they've lost the war,

the moment my brother's found he'll be returned to slavery

if he's still alive.

Either way, my friend, I will never see Cato again.

(crowd cheers)

(breathing heavily)

- That was close.

They wouldn't let me go.

Everyone wanted to talk to me.

- And why was that, Henri?

- They all wanted to know what i

to be the son of the great Lafay

(crowd cheers)

Later, later!

The marquis wishes some privacy.

Shoo, shoo!

That's it!

Merci, au revoir!

Well, what's to eat?

- Henri.

- It's all right, mon ami.

Tell me, what will you do now?

Will you continue with Dr. Franklin's Gazette?

- No, Marquis.

I have other plans.

I've been blessed with learning.

Many others have not.

(grunting)

I would like to share my blessin

with as many of them as I can.

I plan to start a school for negro children,

boys and girls both, and you Mar

- I will visit General Washington at Mount Vernon,

then I shall return to France.

There I will build support for the United States

and work to abolish slavery in France's colonies.

I shall miss all of you very ver

(gasps)

Henri?

- Not as much I'm afraid as Henri will miss you.

(dramatic music)

- You're throwing me in jail 'cause I can't pay my debts?

I borrow that money I owe 'cause the government asked me to,

so I could buy more grain to grow more food

for our army and the French army

Take your hands off me, sir.

Now that there's no more soldier

I can't sell my produce, and instead of helping me

who helped you, you make me sell my farm to pay my debts!

(crowd gasps)

When the money from my sale doesn't cover my debts,

they throw me in a cage,

me and darn near every other farmer in Massachusetts!

We were soldiers.

We risked our lives fighting for your freedom!

- [Man] We fought for this count

- [Man] Give us back our farms!

- [Judge] Order, order!

- Let him go!

We won't stand for this!

- These, James, are what you des

as the fruits of the Continental soldiers' courage.

- Let me go!

It's not fair!

I fought for you!

- What's happened to New York is

Please be all right, Mrs. Radcli

Please be all right.

(curious music)

Mrs. Radcliffe!

I'm so glad you're safe.

- Yes, well I am alive.

I'm grateful for that I suppose.

Perhaps Nova Scotia won't be all

- You're going to Canada?

- Come, Sarah.

Let us go where we can have priv

for a few minutes anyway.

(emotional music)

- My old room!

- Take a look, my dear, while you still can.

They're taking my house, the Ame

And, I had to sell my jewelry to pay for the war, they said,

just as I'm selling everything e

before I journey to Canada.

All I wanted to do was live my life in peace

as a loyal, British subject.

- Oh, Mrs. Radcliffe.

- Oh, Sarah.

The horror of it all.

(suspenseful music)

(metal clanks)

(rustling)

- Who's there?

Is anyone there?

- Yes, Moses.

- Cato.

(dramatic music)

Sit down, Cato.

You'll be safe here.

I doubt anyone will be looking i

but I want to be sure.

- This is Ben Franklin's laborat

- It is.

Cato, I searched for you.

How did you get here?

Where have you been?

- Mr brother, I've been everywhe

- Tell me.

I saw you at Yorktown when the British forced you out

into no-man's land.

- Moses, an amazing thing happened to me at Yorktown.

(explosions)

- General Clinton, we no longer have enough food or water

to sustain our men.

I'm afraid our negro soldiers

will have to fend for themselves

- No, it's too dangerous!

Do not send them out of the fortifications.

- We risked out lives for the Br

You promised us our freedom!

- Come here, here, come!

I'm going to help you!

I'll hide you, hurry.

Trust me!

- Since then, more white people have helped me remain free.

They're not all bad.

Moses, I can't explain it, but knowing that,

it's like a weight's been lifted off my soul.

(dramatic music)

(chair creaks)

(knocking at door)

- William, open up!

It's only me.

It's a petition, William.

It asks the state of Massachuset to stop selling our farms

and throwing us in prison for de

to show some appreciation and understanding

of what we sacrificed to help wi

Enough of us sign this thing,

maybe the government will start to listen to us.

- This is amazing, Daniel.

It's democracy in action.

- Yes, James.

This is what I fought for in General Washington's army.

- I'm not surprised by my poor t

at the hands of the Americans.

I am, however, shocked at the wretched behavior

of my own mother England.

- What has England done?

- Very little.

They've given us a few shillings

Would you like to see what else they've given us?

- I would.

- Open those boxes behind me.

(suspenseful music)

- A hat?

- Heavy clothes, for the horrible Nova Scotia climate.

Open the other one.

- What's this?

- It's called a pitchfork.

There are other farm supplies to

Tell me, Sarah.

What is a woman like me going to do with farm supplies?

- I...

I...

- While you have a pencil,

do write King George a thank you note from me.

- [Cato] Some black people are even going back to Africa.

- It's hard enough to get you across the street

without getting caught, much less all the way to Africa.

- More are going up to Nova Scotia, lots of British too.

- That letter from Sarah!

Her friend!

(dramatic music)

Hurry!

- And, the state's answer to our honest petition is silence

or just about.

- This won't stand!

We must act.

- If the courts mean to take away our farms

and throw us in jail, maybe we have to close down the courts

any way we can.

- We'll take our freedom!

- Down with the courts!

- [Man] We'll fight if we have t

- Wait, wait a minute, everyone.

Fighting your own government?

Has it really come to that?

- I'm afraid it has, James.

We owe it to ourselves, and yes, we owe it to our country.

(men cheer)

- We're almost to New York City.

Come on out.

Remember, my papers prove I'm a

If anyone questions us, do as I

Act confident.

- Brother, I'll act like a roost

if that's what it takes to be fr

(suspenseful music)

- Moses!

And, Cato!

(curious music)

- I found you!

Wait, come back.

- But Sarah, I don't even know t

- Mrs. Radcliffe, he's a farmer.

He'll help you survive in Canada

All you have to do is hide him on your way up there.

- Ma'am, my brother will clear y

the finest farm in Nova Scotia.

- How do I know he won't disappe

the moment we reach Canada?

- Because he says he won't.

- He's my brother, and I promise

- Excuse me.

Ma'am, powers beyond our control are forcing both of us

to start our lives all over.

I'd like to help you start your

if you'll help me start mine.

- [Moses] It was easier saying goodbye this time.

- Why is that?

- Because this time he's going off to freedom.

- Henri, stop!

Henri?

I hope you are in here and can h

It caused me great pain to say goodbye to George Washington.

I do not want you to feel that kind of pain.

I want to take you to France.

You can live with me there

and help me tell the world

of this amazing new thing called

(speaking foreign language)

Oui?

- I am here!

Thank you for choosing me.

- [Woman] Apples, get your apple

- Clean streets, merchants, new

- Newspapers!

Newspapers!

- And, look at all these newspap

Here you go.

Children, New York City is coming back strong.

- I've been thinking,

maybe I could run my own newspaper some day.

I could help keep our government

- Like your article about the Massachusetts farmers.

Maybe it'll urge the government

to help them before there's any

- Defending freedom of the press is a fine goal, James.

The fight for freedom never ends

- Sarah, could I borrow some money to buy a newspaper?

- But, Moses just bought one.

- No, I mean to buy a newspaper.

(laughs)

- Oh, James.

(uplifting music)

(dramatic music)

- There he is!

Dr. Franklin!

(crowd cheers)

- Henri, be careful.

- Whoa.

- Dr. Franklin, good to have you back home.

- Dr. Franklin, I don't think I've ever seen

a more joyous day.

- My dear, I believe you're righ

- Mother!

Oh, mother!

(uplifting music)

(dramatic music)

♪ Looking at life through my own

♪ I'm searching for a hero to id

♪ Feeling the pain as innocence

♪ I'm looking at life through my own eyes ♪

♪ I'll take my heart into battle

♪ Give that freedom bell a rattl

♪ Get my independence signed ♪

♪ Declare it on the dotted line

♪ Red white and blue never give

♪ You represent America ♪

- [Kids] Cookie jar!