Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor -
thomas jefferson

Sun, Aug 9 8:00 A.M. NHPBS (11.1)

Thomas Jefferson is by most accounts the most admired and greatest fig ure in American history. However, he was a man whose behavior in many ways contradicted his public declarations. He supported resistance and revolution in America and France, yet was not a charismatic politicia n or front-line soldier. His eloquence was immortalized in the Declara tion of Independence, which declared that "All men are created equal." He disapproved of the slave trade, yet owned over 200 human beings an d had no intention of granting them their freedom. A Renaissance man i n his own right, Jefferson was an architect, writer, surveyor, statesm an and scientist. In part 1 of Ken Burns' biographical portrait of Tho mas Jefferson, Jefferson's beginnings in Virginia are detailed from hi s education at William & Mary, the building of Monticello, to his marr iage and children. Jefferson is called to Philadelphia as a statesman, and to Paris after the American revolution as an official diplomat. W hile Jefferson was laying the foundations of a new government and coun try, his work was tragically interrupted by a series of personal losse s at his Monticello home.

Duration: 1 hour 53 minutes and 59 seconds

Episode Number: 101

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Sun, Aug 9	8:00 A.M.	Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor NHPBS (11.1)
Tue, Aug 11	9:00 P.M.	Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor NHPBS (11.1)
Fri, Aug 14	9:30 P.M.	Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor NH Explore (11.2)
Sat, Aug 15	11:00 A.M.	Life/Liberty: Our Sacred Honor NH Explore (11.2)

About 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.

Watch Thomas Jefferson - Clips, Episodes & Previews

Drafting the Declaration of Independence

An American Enigma

The Road to Monticello

Part 2

Part 1

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