These guided outdoor walking tours focus on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation. Included in the price of admission.
For | Pricing | When |
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All guests |
Included with admission
Multiple times daily, varies by season
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Multiple times daily, varies by season
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Reservations for this tour are not required. Check signs onsite or ask a Monticello staff member for a daily schedule.
Tours begin on Mulberry Row near the Hemmings Cabin (view a map of Monticello for visitors).
Explore Before You Visit
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
People Enslaved at Monticello
Slavery FAQS
Videos related to Slavery at Monticello
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"Picturing Mulberry Row" - a look at slavery at Monticello through this critical component of the greater plantation
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"Some visitors think we're trying to knock Jefferson off his pedestal" - A Guide's Perspective
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The 1827 Monticello Dispersal Sale
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"A Fight in Monticello's Nailery"
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"Wormly Hughes - Master of Many Trades"
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"An Enslaved Mother Leaves Monticello"
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"Mary Hemings Bell, an enslaved 'common-law wife'"
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"Overseers and Violence"
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"Ursula Granger, an Enslaved Cook Prepares Food on the Hearth"
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"James Hemings, an Enslaved Chef Creating French Cuisine"
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"The Life of Nance Hemings" - a Monticello Weaver