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Thomas Jefferson

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  • 1997-1997
  • 1 Season
  • PBS International
  • Documentary
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Thomas Jefferson is a two-part portrait of our enigmatic and brilliant third president. Thomas Jefferson embodies within his own life the most profound contradictions of American history: as the author of the Declaration of Independence, he gave voice to our fervent desire for freedom, but he also owned more than 150 slaves and never saw fit to free them.

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Gwyneth Paltrow
Jefferson's Grandaughter
Sam Waterston
Thomas Jefferson
Michael Potts
Isaac

Season 1 Episode Guide See All

Episode 1

Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor

Thu, Jan 23, 1997

The paradox of Thomas Jefferson, a Renaissance Man turned Founding Father and ambassador to Revolutionary France, and a plantation owner who argued that the matter of abolition should be left to future generations.

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