One woman's brave actions set a milestone on the road toward ending slavery in the United States. Everybody knows about the Founding Fathers and the Declaration of Independence in 1776. But the founders weren't the only ones who believed that everyone had a right to freedom. Mumbet, a Massachusetts slave, believed it too. She longed to be free, but how? Would anyone help her in her fight for freedom? Could she win against her owner, the richest man...

"The year is 1775 and war is in the air. Egged on by Ellie the Eagle, poet Ralph Waldo Emerson recalls the story of Paul Revere's ride to Lexington to warn colonial leaders that the British were on the march. Half a day later came the "shot heard 'round the world" and the beginning of our war for independence."