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Freedom: A History of US Season 1 Episodes

Season 1 Episode Guide

Season 1

16 Episodes 2003 - 2003

Episode 1

Independence

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

The Colonies declare independence from England; Boston Tea Party; Paul Revere's midnight ride; George Washington; Samuel Adams.

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Episode 2

Revolution

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

The independent Colonies create a new government; George Washington and Thomas Jefferson become presidents; Lewis and Clark expedition.

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Episode 3

Liberty for All

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Religious freedom; Salem witch trials; Trail of Tears; Gold Rush; Daniel Boone; Andrew Jackson; James K. Polk.

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Episode 4

Wake Up America

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Industrial revolution brings steamboats, the Erie Canal and the railroad; women rally for equal rights.

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Episode 5

A Fatal Contradiction

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Slavery; abolition movement; Underground Railroad; Frederick Douglass; Abraham Lincoln.

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Episode 6

A War to End Slavery

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

The Civil War; the battles of Bull Run, Antietam and Gettysburg; Ulysses S. Grant; William T. Sherman; Lincoln's assassination.

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Episode 7

What Is Freedom?

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Reconstruction in the South begins after the Civil War; a new era of segregation begins with Plessy vs. Ferguson.

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Episode 8

Whose Land Is This?

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Immigrants become targets of white prejudice, while settlers and soldiers massacre western American Indians or force them onto reservations.

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Episode 9

Working for Freedom

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

A new labor movement emerges for workers' rights; Susan B. Anthony paves the way for women's right to vote.

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Episode 10

Yearning to Breathe Free

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

The Statue of Liberty symbolizes what's best about America; Mother Jones brings child labor to the forefront; Jane Addams creates Hull House.

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Episode 11

Safe for Democracy

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

The Wright brothers; the United States joins World War I; women's right to vote; prohibition.

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Episode 12

Depression and War

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

America crashes into the Great Depression; Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal; Adolf Hitler rises to power.

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Episode 13

Democracy and Struggles

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

America strives to rebuild democracies throughout the world; the Cold War begins and the fear of Communism spreads.

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Episode 14

Let Freedom Ring

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Martin Luther King Jr.'s civil rights marches; high school is integrated; John F. Kennedy becomes president.

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Episode 15

Marching to Freedom Land

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

Assassinations of President Kennedy and Marting Luther King, Jr.; war in Vietnam; non-violent civil rights resistance.

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Episode 16

Becoming Free

Tue, Feb 17, 2026

America prospers into the new millennium and rallies together following the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

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