Thomas Jefferson
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.
- 1997-1997
- 1 season
- PBS International
- Documentary
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.
Season 1 Episode Guide
2 Episodes 1997
Episode 1
Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor
Tue, Sep 9, 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.
Episode 2
Liberty: The Age of Experiments/The Pursuit of Happiness
Tue, Sep 9, 1997
After one of the ugliest presidential campaigns in history that almost destroyed the young nation, Thomas Jefferson becomes the third President of the United States, only to spend his twilight years in heavy debt and die bankrupted.
