Mighty Oaks follows the lives of three men, all born into slavery before America's Revolutionary War.
George Liele was granted freedom by his master before the war.
David George was liberated by the British.
Andrew Bryan remained in bondage for some time.
After the war, George Liele fled to Jamaica to escape re-enslavement by his former master's heirs.
David George sailed to Nova Scotia with thousands of other Black Loyalists and Andrew Bryan opted to remain in slavery.