These guided outdoor walking tours focus on the experiences of the enslaved people who lived and labored on the Monticello plantation. Included in the price of admission.
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All guests |
Included with admission
Daily at 11am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm
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Daily at 11am, 12 pm, 1 pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm
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Reservations for this tour are not required.
Tours begin on Mulberry Row near the Hemmings Cabin (view a map of Monticello for visitors).
Reduced number of tours from November - March; check back for updated tour times.
Explore Before You Visit
Thomas Jefferson and Slavery
People Enslaved at Monticello
Slavery FAQS
Videos related to Slavery at Monticello

"Picturing Mulberry Row" - a look at slavery at Monticello through this critical component of the greater plantation

"Some visitors think we're trying to knock Jefferson off his pedestal" - A Guide's Perspective

The 1827 Monticello Dispersal Sale

"A Fight in Monticello's Nailery"

"Wormly Hughes - Master of Many Trades"

"An Enslaved Mother Leaves Monticello"

"Mary Hemings Bell, an enslaved 'common-law wife'"

"Overseers and Violence"

"Ursula Granger, an Enslaved Cook Prepares Food on the Hearth"

"James Hemings, an Enslaved Chef Creating French Cuisine"

"The Life of Nance Hemings" - a Monticello Weaver