Overview
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 4, 2003, although PBS continued to air reruns until August 2004. The show has since been syndicated by DiC to affiliates of smaller television networks such as The CW and MyNetworkTV and some independent stations so that those stations can fulfill FCC educational and informational requirements. Since September 16, 2006, the series aired on CBS's new block called KOL Secret Slumber Party on CBS, then it was aired on KEWLopolis, which taking September 12, 2009. In 2008 it ran on The History Channel. The series is currently on the Cookie Jar Toons block on This TV and CBS's Cookie Jar TV. In 2012, Qubo announced the channel will air Liberty's Kids in fall 2012. The series was based on an idea by Kevin O'Donnell and developed for television by Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London, Mike Maliani, and Andy Heyward.
Created by: Andy Heyward, Michael Maliani, Kevin O'Donnell, Robby London
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: The Boston Tea Party
Sep 02, 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. W...
Episode 2: The Intolerable Acts
Sep 03, 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. Hea...
Episode 3: United We Stand
Sep 04, 2002
Moses lets James report on Congress and after a British sailor is ""tarred and feathered,"" James learns about the ugliness of mob...
Episode 4: Liberty or Death!
Sep 05, 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 sla...
Episode 5: The Midnight Ride
Sep 06, 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 ca...
Episode 6: The Shot Heard Round the World
Sep 09, 2002
James, reporting on the Minutemen, and Sarah, falling in with the British forces, report from both sides on the ""shot heard ‘round th...
Episode 7: The Green Mountain Boys
Sep 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 t...
Episode 8: The Second Continental Congress
Sep 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 Mo...
Episode 9: Bunker Hill
Sep 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.
Episode 10: Postmaster General Franklin
Sep 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 servic...
Episode 11: Washington Takes Command
Sep 16, 2002
Washington puts together the Continental Army. Meanwhile James goes with Henry Knox to get cannons from Fort Ticonderoga.
Episode 12: Common Sense
Sep 17, 2002
Sarah, James and Henri meets Thomas Paine and they hear his beliefs on the common man and independence.
Episode 13: The 1st Fourth of July
Sep 18, 2002
Sarah and James meet Thomas Jefferson and witnesses the writing of the Declaration of Independence.
Episode 14: New York, New York
Sep 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.
Episode 15: The Turtle
Sep 20, 2002
Sarah, Henri and James reports on a sea monster in the New York harbor, then they meet the submarine inventor David Bushnell.
Episode 16: One Life to Lose
Sep 23, 2002
Sarah and James witnesses Nathan Hale's commitment to independence.
Episode 17: Captain Molly
Sep 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 ...
Episode 18: American Crisis
Sep 25, 2002
The gang meets back up with Thomas Paine. Meanwhile, George Washington is under pressure to win his battle.
Episode 19: Across the Delaware
Sep 26, 2002
James learns more about the captured British spy.
Episode 20: An American in Paris
Sep 27, 2002
While visiting Abigail Adams, Sarah gets exposed to smallpox. Meanwhile Alexander Hamilton joins George Washington in the battle.
Episode 21: Sybil Ludington
Sep 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, bu...
Episode 22: Lafayette Arrives
Oct 01, 2002
Henri meets the Marquis de Lafayette.
Episode 23: The Hessians Are Coming
Oct 02, 2002
James is found by the British and is tied to a Hessian.
Episode 24: Valley Forge
Oct 03, 2002
James and Sarah see the hardship that foot soldiers endure during the war; Washington faces betrayal.
Episode 25: Allies at Last
Oct 04, 2002
James learns about religious freedom from Moses Michael Hayes; Sarah and Henri are in occupied Philadelphia.
Episode 26: Honor and Compromise
Nov 04, 2002
Henri befriends Abraham Nimham; Sarah and Moses watch Congress debate over the Articles of Confederation.
Episode 27: The New Frontier
Nov 05, 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...
Episode 28: Not Yet Begun to Fight
Nov 06, 2002
Sara's trip back home to England is delayed because of a ship wreck.
Episode 29: The Great Galvez
Nov 07, 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 ...
Episode 30: In Praise of Ben
Nov 08, 2002
The title kinda gives it away, the episode begins with Sarah coming 'home' to Philidelphia, she's greeted by Moses, and eventually, a s...
Episode 31: Bostonians
Nov 11, 2002
James views the acts of the Iroquois and colonists; Sarah reunites with Abigail Adams.
Episode 32: Benedict Arnold
Jan 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...
Episode 33: Conflict in the South
Jan 21, 2003
James and Henri follow General Nathanael Green; Sarah is upset to discover Thomas Jefferson has slaves.
Episode 34: Deborah Samson
Jan 22, 2003
Sarah meets Deborah Samson; James and Henri witness arguments between Generals Washington and Rochambeau.
Episode 35: James Armistead
Jan 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, Mose...
Episode 36: Yorktown
Mar 31, 2003
Moses' brother fights for the British; Moses joins the American mining corps to search for his brother; battle of Yorktown.
Episode 37: Born Free and Equal
Apr 01, 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 t...
Episode 38: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King
Apr 02, 2003
The Americans want George Washington to be king of the United States, but he refuses.
Episode 39: Going Home
Apr 03, 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 ...
Episode 40: We the People
Apr 04, 2003
Moses resolves to open a school for free black children; Sarah reunites with her parents. The Constitution is written.
Cast
Whoopi Goldberg
Robert Shirtliff (voice)
Andrew Rannells
Alexander Hamilton (voice)
Ben Beck
Marquis de Lafayette (voice)
Billy Crystal
John Adams (voice)
Charles Shaughnessy
King George III (voice)
Chris Lundquist
James Hiller (voice)
Dustin Hoffman
Benedict Arnold (voice)
Kathleen Barr
Henri (voice)
Reo Jones
Sarah Phillips (voice)
Walter Cronkite
Benjamin Franklin (voice)
Sylvester Stallone
Paul Revere (voice)
Yolanda King
Elizabeth Freeman (voice)
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