okmangeez01

Due to a mysterious transcendent being, United States Marine Corps First Lieutenant Samuel Kim from 2016 is thrown back in time to the year 1775. To make matters worse, he wakes up near Bunker Hill, mere hours before the famed Battle of Bunker Hill begins. Realizing the unique situation he finds himself in, the lieutenant takes the opportunity to change the fate of the battle and ensure an overwhelming American victory. Guided by his "patronizing" "God" and the American revolutionaries, Lieutenant Kim embarks on a journey to help America gain its independence and to ensure the nation upholds its "most promising" ideals from the very beginning. 

Author's Warning: The story is very rough in the first few chapters (and as some readers pointed out, some parts are laughable, such as "American idealism"). However, the pace and quality of the story improve from chapter four and onwards. You will enjoy the story if you are interested in history, worldbuilding, and the butterfly effect (along with a few badass characters). So even if you are a bit turned off initially, I promise that the story improves quickly. Some early details were accidentally left out, as I wrote the first two chapters a year before writing the third chapter.

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The American Dream: A Modern Officer Sent to the Revolutionary War

Hillsborough, North Carolina, the United States of America


"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness," Charles recited the words of the Founders by reading from a copy of the Declaration of Independence, "That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form."


"What does that mean, Charles?" James, one of the dozens of slaves, gathered around the literate slave, asked.


"It means we're equals! You've seen those other Negros walking around like the white man, haven't you?" Charles looked around and raised his fist, "Haven't you all? Those Negros strut around as freedmen while we sit here and toil away on the fields!"


Murmurs of agreement echoed throughout the crowd, and those murmurs only emboldened Charles, "So why are we, slaves? These men, great men, said that all men are equal. They built this nation, so we should be equals too! There are already free Negros; why can't all of us be free?"


The agreement from the crowd became louder and more apparent. "Some of our masters are good men, men that take care of us and promise us freedom soon. But what about the others? I know some of you have mean masters, cruel ones even. What if they don't want to free us and keep us down forever? Do you want to live as slaves instead of those free Negros forever? Do you want your children to live the same?"


"Then we fight for freedom. For equality! If they don't give it to us now, then we will take it ourselves!" Charles looked around the crowd dangerously and smiled, "Gather our brothers and sisters. Take up your farm tools and march with me! Together, we will all become freedmen!"


Within a few days, the word about rebellion spread throughout the slaves, and by the end of the month, the Hills Slave Rebellion broke out across North Carolina. More than five thousand slaves would raid a militia armory some distance away from New Bern and march on a crusade to earn their freedom... themselves.


Stirs of Rebellion