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Thomas Jefferson

7.5(11)

First Aired:February 18, 1997

Seasons:1 season

Episodes:2

Status:Ended

The complex life of Thomas Jefferson, who wrote that "all men are created equal" yet owned slaves, is recounted by master filmmaker Ken Burns in this probing documentary. Covering Jefferson's diplomatic work in France, his two presidential terms, his retirement at Monticello and more.

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Sam Waterston

Thomas Jefferson (voice)

Blythe Danner

Martha Jefferson (voice)

Gwyneth Paltrow

Jefferson's grandaughter (voice)

Ossie Davis

Narrator (voice)

Michael Potts

Isaac

Gore Vidal

Self

George Will

Self

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E1Part 1

87m1.0

Feb 18, 1997

Jefferson also made himself into a true renaissance man – a scholar, a philosopher, a diplomat, an aesthete, and an architect. As a young man, he was transformed by the fire of the Enlightenment into America’s most articulate voice for human liberty.

E2Part 2

85m1.0

Feb 19, 1997

Jefferson’s last years were spent founding the University of Virginia and reestablishing his friendship, after decades of estrangement, from his onetime rival John Adams. His influence on and vision for our country reverberates to this day.

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