The History Channel’s new docuseries “Thomas Jefferson” looks at one of America’s Founding Fathers and author of the Declaration of Independence. Who was Thomas Jefferson as a man?

Directed by Jon Hirsch, the six-part docuseries Thomas Jefferson is a comprehensive look at the life of the Founding Father who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence ...

Thomas Jefferson was a contradictory character: the Virginia aristocrat known as the "man of the people"; the president who simplified the office yet never denied himself a luxury; the slave owner ...