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The Levys of Monticello

(The Levys of Monticello)
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Original Title : The Levys of Monticello
Time : 70 Min
Genre : Documentary
Project Type : Movie
Year of release : 2022
Director : Steven Pressman
Writer : Steven Pressman
Producer : Steven Pressman
Project State : completed
Origin Country/Region : United States
Original Language : English
About : Thomas Jefferson was heavily in debt when he died on July 4, 1826. His beloved home, Monticello, was nearly in ruins when it was purchased a few years later by Uriah Phillips Levy, a Jewish officer in the United States Navy. Over the ...See moreThomas Jefferson was heavily in debt when he died on July 4, 1826. His beloved home, Monticello, was nearly in ruins when it was purchased a few years later by Uriah Phillips Levy, a Jewish officer in the United States Navy. Over the course of the next 90 years, the Levy family not only owned Monticello but saved it from ruin on two different occasions. Along the way, however, the family endured the brunt of antisemitism, while also being confronted by the stain of slavery that existed at Monticello before the Civil War. Written by Steven Pressman See less Read more: Plot summary

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