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Season 1 - Dear America
March 14, 1999

Season 1 - Dear America

01. A Picture of Freedom

In the pre-Civil War South, a young slave girl secretly learns how to read and write. She determines to help and teach other slaves.

30min
March 14, 1999

02. Dreams in the Golden Country

A Russian Jewish immigrant girl lives with her family in a tenement on the Lower East Side. She strives to learn English and pursue her dream of acting.

30min
April 1, 1999

03. A Journey to the New World

Mem, a 12-year-old Pilgrim, has just arrived in the New World. With the help of an American Indian, she endures her first year at Plymouth Colony.

30min
May 6, 1999

04. Standing in the Light

A young Quaker girl captured by an Indian tribe falls in love with a handsome warrior and wonders if she will be able to return to her old life.

30min
September 12, 1999

05. So Far From Home

Mary, a teenage immigrant from Ireland, finds that working in a mill in Lowell, Massachusetts is not what she'd envisioned as new life in America.

30min
October 2, 1999

06. The Winter of Red Snow

During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.

30min
November 6, 1999

07. Color Me Dark

A young African-American girl moves north with her family to Chicago -- the land of opportunity -- hoping to escape the racism of the rural south.

30min
February 7, 2000

08. A Line in the Sand

In this fictional account of Texan history, a young pioneer girl writes in her diary of the fight for freedom against the Mexicans.

30min
April 10, 2000

09. When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

Living in the Confederate South during the Civil War, a young Confederate girl faces a dilemma when a Union soldier is injured at her doorstep.

30min
July 5, 2000