Digital recreation of Mulberry Row at Monticello showing a straight dirt path lined by wooden buildings on the left and trees on both sides with an image of a very blurred enslaved person walking toward the viewer.

Introduction

Thomas Jefferson enslaved more than 610 people throughout his life. Of those, four hundred men, women, and children lived in bondage at Monticello. 

Explore the world of Monticello's enslaved community and Jefferson's complicated legacy with race and slavery.

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