Exhibit
Burial Ground for Enslaved People
Near Monticello's visitor center
Slavery
Articles on slavery at Monticello, Jefferson's ownership of slaves, and the enslaved people who lived and worked on his plantations.
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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.]()
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![A recipe for Snow Eggs written out in a notebook in Martha Jefferson Randolph's hand.]()
EncyclopediaSnow Eggs Recipe
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![The top of a newspaper article about Peter Fossett, entitled "Once the Slave of Thomas Jefferson," that features a drawing of Fossett's face along with vignettes illustrating moments recounted in his recollections.]()
EncyclopediaRecollections of Peter Fossett
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![Digital rendering of Monticello with no dome, circa 1790 shortly before its redesign.]()
William Rice
At Monticello, 1775 to 1780
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![Digital rendering of Monticello with no dome, circa 1790 shortly before its redesign.]()
Joseph Nielson
At Monticello, 1775 - 1779
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![Digital rendering of Monticello with no dome, circa 1790 shortly before its redesign.]()
William Fossett
At Monticello, 1775 - 1779
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![A engraving depiction of charcoal burning showing men working next to two conical mounds and two low mounds from which smoke is rising.]()
Jacob Silknitter
At Monticello, 1795 -1797
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![A stone house with a red door, no visible windows, and a shingled, pyramidal roof with a tall fence behind it.]()
EncyclopediaStone House
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![Jefferson's 1809 survey plat of Monticello mountain showing the location of the main house and the various plantation roads up to the Rivanna River.]()
EncyclopediaRoundabout Road System
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![A recreated spinning jenny, a large wooden machine that features a 3-foot-diameter operating wheel next to wooden bar threaded with rows of fiber connect to spindles at each end.]()
William McLure
At Monticello, 1812 - 1814
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![The white cornice and pediment above the brick exterior of Monticello's Greenhouse (South Piazza).]()
James Oldham
At Monticello, 1801 - 1804
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![Detail from "Blacksmith 1st Mass. Arty. Harrisons" by Alfred R. Waud, 1862; Library of Congress]()
EncyclopediaBlacksmithing
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![Drawing of two women working with milk on opposite sides of a room lined with shelves holding bowls of various sizes and two small butter churns on the floor.]()
EncyclopediaDairying
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![Cuts of "Pork" and "Beef" drawn out and numbered one side by side images of a pig and cow with the cuts listed out below.]()
EncyclopediaPreservation of Meat
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![A recreated spinning jenny, a large wooden machine that features a 3-foot-diameter operating wheel next to wooden bar threaded with rows of fiber connect to spindles at each end.]()
EncyclopediaSpinning and Weaving
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EncyclopediaNailmaking
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![A small rusted metal drinking cup excavated along Monticello's Mulberry Row.]()
EncyclopediaTinsmithing
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EncyclopediaJoining
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![A drawing labeled "A Sawyer" of a man standing on board holding one side of two-man saw while the hands of another man in pit below holds the other side.]()
EncyclopediaSawing and Rough Carpentry
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![Drawing of Jefferson's mill house and water wheel and other buildings along the Rivanna River and showing a post-Jefferson train track running alongside.]()
EncyclopediaGristmill and Canal Operations
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![A topographic map of part of the larger Monticello plantation showing the main house on the far left and the location of the sawmill to the far right near the Rivanna River.]()
EncyclopediaSawmill Operation
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EncyclopediaMulberry Row Phases
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![Digital model of the interior of the "Negro Quarter" featuring two large rooms with a common wall with a hearth and chimney below two loft spaces.]()
Encyclopedia"Negro Quarter"
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![Jefferson's sketch of Monticello and buildings along Mulberry with descriptions of each written out for insurance purposes, 1796. Labeled as N133; K136. Dimensions: 45.7 cm x 22.1 cm (18" x 8-11/16"). Original manuscript from the Coolidge Collection of Thomas Jefferson Manuscripts, Massachusetts Historical Society.]()
Encyclopedia1796 Mutual Assurance Plat
