Dear America (1999)
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Deborah Forte — Executive Producer
Episodes 12
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.
Read MoreDreams 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreStanding 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.
Read MoreSo 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.
Read MoreThe Winter of Red Snow
During the Revolutionary War, young Abby Stewart befriends Martha Washington and helps Revolutionary soldiers in Valley Forge, PA.
Read MoreColor 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.
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreWhen 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.
Read MoreCleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile
Princess Cleopatra uses intelligence and charm to navigate a spiral of intrigue at the Egyptian court, and win Julius Caesar's support.
Read MoreElizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor
Princess Elizabeth yearns for the love of her father, King Henry VIII. Yet, he has beheaded her mother! Young Elizabeth navigates royal intrigue and stays true to her heart.
Read MoreIsabel, Jewel of Castilla
Will Spanish Princess Isabel marry a man she doesn't love under the orders of her brother, King Enrique of Spain? Politics and passion in this Royal Diary!
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