John & Abigail Adams: Love and Liberty

• Documentary

Episode overview

Theirs was one of the greatest political partnerships in American history. When John Adams and Abigail Smith married on October 25, 1764, they shared an ambitious vision for the new nation. Adams, the Harvard‑educated lawyer who once worried that he might never make his mark on history, was one of the key players in the bid for American independence. His work in the first Continental Congress was in many ways made possible by the support of his wife. In addition to sharing her political opinions with her husband, Abigail also served as the eyes and ears of the Congress while she watched a revolution being waged in her backyard. Using excerpts from their myriad letters to one another and interviews with noted colonial historians, Biography proudly presents the story of one of the most important couples in American history.

60 minutes