The year is 1775. The fuse of defiance has already been lit, and it is now hissing and sputtering towards the powder keg of rebellion. Thomas Jefferson has feelings of uneasiness and guilt. All around him he hears outcries for freedom, justice, equality and yet he knows these fervent demands are not being made for everybody. There are those human beings who have neither equality, nor equity in this brave new world that is soon to be born...