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The Best Episodes of Thomas Jefferson Season 1

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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...
Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Part 1" is the best rated episode of "Thomas Jefferson" season 1. It scored 7.6/10 based on 25 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 2/18/1997. This episode is rated 0.2 points higher than the second-best, "Part 2".

  • Part 1
    7.6/1025 votes

    #1 - Part 1

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 2/18/1997

    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.

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  • Part 2
    7.8/1020 votes

    #2 - Part 2

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 2/19/1997

    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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    Writer: N/A