In the sweltering summer of 1776, John Adams struggles to persuade the Continental Congress to vote for American independence from Britain. Battling apathy, political maneuvering, and the moral compromise of slavery, Adams enlists Benjamin Franklin and a reluctant Thomas Jefferson to draft a declaration that will change the world. Sherman Edwards and Peter Stone's Tony Award-winning musical dramatizes the fierce debates and unlikely alliances behind the birth of a nation.
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