Season 1: Episode 3 | The Uniform

Premieres January 31, 2016

Dr. Foster confronts his family’s divided loyalties when his mother and wounded Confederate brother arrive. Alice is shocked to find her fiancé, Tom, deeply changed by war. Samuel and Aurelia try to persuade a slave boy to seize a chance at freedom.

Directed by Roxann Dawson 

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Audrey P. Davis, Director of the Alexandria Black History Museum, dives into the dives deeper into the lives of enslaved children.

Season 1: Episode 3 Footnote

Season 1: Episode 3 Footnote

Did You Know? The Oath of Allegiance to the United States was passed in 1861 and required signatures of residents in areas under Union control.

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