In this blog post, Devine discusses the development of scientific medicine and professional practice during the Civil War years.

Shauna Devine, Ph.D., discusses 19th Century microscopes and parasitic diseases and their treatments during the Civil War.

Catch up on Episode 6, House of Bondage, with an episode recap. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

In this blog post, Kenyatta D. Berry, J.D., discusses marriages of former slaves in Virginia and recounts her own family story.

Anya Jabour, Ph.D., explains that for emancipated African Americans, wedding celebrations offered one of the first opportunities to enjoy freedom.

Audrey P. Davis, Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, discusses the customs and challenges of marriage during slavery.

Catch up on Episode 5, Southern Mercy, with an episode recap. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

In this blog post, Jane Schultz, Ph.D., gives some background to Samuel Diggs' character by examining the real-life African American men who practiced medicine as surgeons during the Civil War.

Catch up on Episode 5, Unknown Soldier, with an episode recap. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

Audrey P. Davis, Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, discusses the coping mechanisms African American characters must employ to survive plot twists and power struggles in Mercy Street.

Catch up on Episode 3, One Equal Temper. Warning: Spoilers ahead.

Genealogist Kenyatta D. Berry discusses slave resistance in the Colonies and Caribbean, and how education and resistance later went hand-in-hand.

Anya Jabour, Ph.D., explains that even though they were denied education in slavery, African Americans were determined to have it in freedom.

Genealogist Kenyatta D. Berry discusses how education for newly freed African American families was a gateway to a better life.