Slavery
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Articles on slavery at Monticello, Jefferson's ownership of slaves, and the enslaved people who lived and worked on his plantations.
- Ann-Elizabeth Fossett Isaacs
- Betsy Hemmings
- Beverly Hemings
- Burwell Colbert
- Charcoal
- Clothing for Monticello's Enslaved Community
- Coopering
- Cowrie Shell
- Critta Hemings Bowles
- Dining Room
- Edith Hern Fossett
- Edmund Bacon
- Edward Coles
- Elizabeth Hemings
- Eston Hemings Jefferson
- Free Workmen
- Gabriel Lilly
- George Wythe Randolph
- Harriet Hemings
- Hemings or Hemmings
- Indentured Servants
- Isaac Granger Jefferson
- James A. Bear, Jr.
- James Hemings
- James Hubbard
- James Thomson Callender
- John Hartwell Cocke
- John Hemmings
- Joiner's Shop
- Joseph Fossett
- Jupiter Evans
- Living Free in Virginia
- Madison Hemings
- Martin Hemings
- Mary Hemings Bell
- Mary Hern
- Minerva Granger
- Nace
- Nailery
- Notes on the State of Virginia
- Overview of Mulberry Row
- People Enslaved at Monticello Who Gained Their Freedom
- Peter Fossett
- Peter Hemings
- Robert Hemmings
- Robert Hughes
- Robert Pleasants
- Sally Hemings
- Shadwell
- Textile Workshop
- The Business of Slavery at Monticello
- The Practice of Slavery at Monticello
- Thomas Jefferson's Attitudes Toward Slavery
- Wormley Hughes