Shout Freedom!

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 The Scenes:

Time: The 1750s, and the period of 1768-1781

Places: Mecklenburg (the original county); Charlottetown, near Phifer's Mill in the present Cabarrus County, Alamance, Alexandriana, Philadelphia, Kings Mountain.

Scenes in Act I:

1. Charlottetown of the 1760s [2]
2. Charlottetown in August, 1768 [3]
3. The Cabarrus Black Boys near Phifer's Mill, late at night, 1771 [4]
4. Alexandriana. On the Alamance. Jack’s Tavern in Charlottetown [5]
5. Tryon Street in Charlottetown, 1775 [6]
6. Tryon Street in Charlottetown on May 20, 1775 [7]
7. Tryon Street in Charlottetown on May 20, 1775 [8]

Scenes in Act II:

1. The Inn of the Golden Pheasant, Philadelphia, late June, 1775 [9]
2. Charlottetown, in front of Jack's Tavern, late July, 1776 [10]
3. Jack's Tavern, 1778 [11]
4. Alexandriana, 1779 [12]
5. In front of Jack's Tavern, late at night [13]
6. Charlottetown, September 26, 1780 [14]
7. Charlottetown, in front of Court House and Jack's Tavern, 1780 [15]
8. In front of Jack's Tavern, late at night, 1780 [16]
9. Kings Mountain. Tryon Street in Charlottetown, October, 1780 [17]
10. In front of the Court House and Jack's Tavern, Charlottetown, 1781, Finale [18]