2.5 hours
From Slavery to Freedom
This guided, small-group tour focuses on Monticello's enslaved community and discusses the enduring legacies of slavery and freedom.
- Ticket $42
Black History Month
Learn more about tours, exhibits, and resources that share the history of Monticello’s enslaved community and their descendants.
Page Image: Upper row: Isaac Granger Jefferson (1755-c. 1846); Willis Shelton Henderson (1885-1966); lower row: Coralie Franklin Cook (1861-1942); William Monroe Trotter (1872-1932); Sally Cottrell Cole (c.1800-1875).
Daily Tours
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![The names of people enslaved at Monticello cut into spaces in a corten steel wall so that they stand out from the light behind them.]()
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![A guide stands next to a dwelling for enslaved people leading a tour for a group of visitors]()
45 minutesSlavery at Monticello Tour
These one-hour, guided outdoor walking tours focus on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation. Start on the hour, available throughout the day.
- All Guests Included with Every Ticket
Exhibits at Monticello
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![Visitors leaving a small wooden, mud-and-daub building, known as the Storehouse for Iron, that has been recreated on Monticello's Mulberrry Row.]()
ExhibitSites along Mulberry Row
Monticello's main plantation street features reconstructed cabins and workshops — including the Textile Workshop, Storehouse for Iron, and Hemmings Cabin — telling the stories of the enslaved community who lived and worked here.
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![The names of people enslaved at Monticello cut into spaces in a corten steel wall so that they stand out from the light behind them.]()
ExhibitContemplative Site
A powerful, yet tranquil space to reflect upon lives and legacies of Monticello's enslaved African Americans.
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![A wide image of the wooded area surrounding the Burial Ground for Enslaved People at Monticello, showing the sites updated fencing and plantings from 2022.]()
ExhibitBurial Ground for Enslaved People
The site of several graves of enslaved African Americans at Monticello is a place to honor and reflect on the over 400 enslaved people who lived and labored at Monticello during Jefferson's lifetime.
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ExhibitPlantation Model
A bronze relief model of Jefferson's entire 5,000-acre Monticello plantation.
Online Exhibits
Resources
Past Events in this series
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Pursuits of Knowledge: Christopher Brown on Antislavery and the American Revolution
Join us in conversation with Christopher Brown for a program reconsidering the Revolution through the lens of antislavery thought and action.Past Event -
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Black Family History Symposium
Join our Getting Word African American History Department at the Jefferson School Heritage Center in Charlottesville, VirginiaPast Event
