Thomas Jefferson: View From The Mountain

A biography about race, slavery and the new nation. Tells the compelling story of one of America's most complex and enduring figures, and his personal and public struggle with an issue that would come to define our nation. The program also examines the possible relationship between Jefferson and Monticello slave, Sally Hemmings. Includes comments from such noted historians as Pulitzer Prize-winner Gordon Wood, former Congress woman Barbara Jordan, noted Jefferson biographer Merrill Peterson and many others.