Life of Sally Hemings
Exploring Slavery at Monticello
People Enslaved at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
Slavery FAQS
Interpreting Slavery at Monticello
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Slavery in our Monticello Mobile Guide
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1827 Slave Auction at Monticello
Getting Word: African American Families of Monticello
Hear the stories of the descendants of Monticello's plantation community and trace their families from slavery to the present day.
Paradox of Liberty: Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello:
How could the author of the Declaration of the Independence own slaves? How could twenty percent of the population of the newly created United States live in bondage? What was life like for enslaved people in the early republic? This exhibition uses Monticello as a lens through which to examine these questions.
Landscape of Slavery: Mulberry Row at Monticello
As the principal plantation street, Mulberry Row was the center of work and domestic life for dozens of people—free whites, free blacks, indentured servants, and enslaved people.