Plantation & Slavery

Monticello was home not only to the Jefferson family, but to workers, black and white, enslaved and free.

New Exhibitions

Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello: Paradox of Liberty
Coming to the Atlanta History Center in February 2013.

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Landscape of Slavery: Mulberry Row at Monticello
Now open at Monticello.

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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.

Articles on Slavery and the Monticello Plantation

Plantation Agriculture

Quarter Farms
Crops, Produce, and Livestock
Agricultural Machinery and Tools

Plantation Industry

Along Mulberry Row
On the Plantation

People of the Plantation

Enslaved People
Free Workers
Indentured Servants
Overseers

Thomas Jefferson and Slavery

Jefferson and Slavery
Jefferson and Sally Hemings

Slavery FAQs

People
Property
Life
Work

More Highlights

• Modern Archaeology and Slavery at Monticello
  Find out how the work of our archaeologists has changed our understanding of slavery at Monticello.