Freeland

Freeland is a fictional neighborhood featured in the CW Network television series Black Lightning. It is the main setting from the series and first appeared in the pilot episode, "The Resurrection".

Description
Freeland is an urban neighborhood in an unidentified city. Nearly a decade ago, Freeland became the base of operations for a costumed super-human known as Black Lightning. Black Lightning was in reality, a school principal named Jefferson Pierce, who had the ability to project bolts of electricity from his body. This power came at great personal cost to himself however, and ruined his marriage. Following his divorce, Pierce retired as Black Lightning and decided to protect the people of Freeland by enhancing their minds and career opportunities through his work at Garfield High School.

In the years following Black Lightning's retirement, a criminal organization known as The 100 exorcised its control over every available enterprise, including weapons dealing, prostitution and the sale and distribution of narcotics. The head of The 100 was a man named Tobias Whale. In time, The 100 had a complete grip on the city, and even the Freeland Police Department seemed impotent to do anything.

Jefferson Pierce had made an arrangement with one of The 100's capos, Lala, who was a former student of his. Lala agreed to a hands-off policy as it related to the school and its students. In 2018, one of Lala's underlings, Will, broke this arrangement when he came to Garfield High brandishing a weapon, and terrorized one of Jefferson's daughters, Anissa Pierce. This altercation eventually led to Will abducting Anissa, as well as her older sister, Jennifer.

Jefferson Pierce was forced to come out of retirement in order to save his family. Seeking the aid of his old contact and mentor, Peter Gambi, he donned a new Black Lightning costume and went to the Seahorse Motel, where his daughters were being held captive, and rescued them.

Residents

 * Anissa Pierce
 * Inspector Henderson
 * Jefferson Pierce
 * Jennifer Pierce
 * Joey Toledo
 * Lynn Stewart
 * Tobias Whale