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Season 1

  • S01E01 A Picture of Freedom

    • March 14, 1999
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E02 Dreams in the Golden Country

    • April 1, 1999
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E03 A Journey to the New World

    • May 6, 1999
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E04 Standing in the Light

    • September 12, 1999
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E05 So Far From Home

    • October 2, 1999
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E06 The Winter of Red Snow

    • November 6, 1999
    • HBO

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

  • S01E07 Color Me Dark

    • February 7, 2000
    • HBO

    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.

  • S01E08 A Line in the Sand

    • April 10, 2000
    • HBO

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

  • S01E09 When Will This Cruel War Be Over?

    • July 5, 2000
    • HBO

    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.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Cleopatra VII, Daughter of the Nile

    • September 9, 2000
    • HBO

    Princess Cleopatra uses intelligence and charm to navigate a spiral of intrigue at the Egyptian court, and win Julius Caesar's support.

  • S02E02 Elizabeth I, Red Rose of the House of Tudor

    • November 4, 2000
    • HBO

    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.

  • S02E03 Isabel, Jewel of Castilla

    • December 2, 2000
    • HBO

    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!