PBS NewsHour
PBS NewsHour
US · 2 hrs ago

Thomas Jefferson's complicated legacy 250 years after the Declaration of Independence

It's been 250 years since Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence, a document that declared all men equal even while hundreds of thousands of people remained enslaved. Judy Woodruff traveled to his Virginia home of Monticello to learn more about the third president and how his own contradictions reflected the nation's. It's part of her series, Crossroads: America at 250.
PBS NewsHour
Do you trust PBS NewsHour?
Sign in to rate
Discussion
?

No comments yet — be the first to start the discussion!