A young free black man faces a crucial choice between freedom and loyalty amidst the turmoil of the American Revolution.
On his farm in Maryland, sixteen-year-old Caleb Jacobson, a free black living in a slave colony, hears rumors of an armed rebellion of the Massachusetts colonists against the oppressive tyranny of King George III and his soldiers. Educated in a small Quaker school, Caleb has been taught that violence is wrong. Yet he knows firsthand the horrors and hardships of slavery and wonders what good an American victory will do if his fellow blacks - including his best friend Gaddi - remain shackled in bondage.
Then comes news that the British Governor Lord Dunmore promises freedom to any slave who joins his army against the Americans. Can he be trusted to keep his word? Or should Caleb support the colonists' fight in hope of a better future for his people? In 1776: Son of Liberty, Caleb must choose where his loyalties lie in a pivotal moment of American history.
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