People Enslaved at Monticello
Learn more about some of the people who lived and worked at Monticello.
Find out about the 5,000-acre Monticello plantation that was home to both the Jefferson family and an extended community of workers that some years included up to 130 enslaved individuals.
Learn more about some of the people who lived and worked at Monticello.
Picturing Mulberry Row - understanding slavery at Monticello through this critical component of the greater plantation (5 min.)
Jefferson's Daily Ride - a retracing of Jefferson's daily ride around his Monticello plantation (5 min.)
"The whole machine would move in exact equilibria" - Jefferson Seeks to Perfect the Wheat Harvest (1.5 min.)
ADDRESS:
1050 Monticello Loop
Charlottesville, VA 22902
GENERAL INFORMATION:
(434) 984-9800