Find out about the 5,000-acre Monticello plantation that was home to both the Jefferson family and an extended community of workers that some years included up to 130 enslaved individuals.
Work on the Plantation
Organization of the Monticello Plantation
Free Workers Employed at Monticello
Videos about the Monticello Plantation

Picturing Mulberry Row - understanding slavery at Monticello through this critical component of the greater plantation (5 min.)

Jefferson's Daily Ride - a retracing of Jefferson's daily ride around his Monticello plantation (5 min.)

"The whole machine would move in exact equilibria" - Jefferson Seeks to Perfect the Wheat Harvest (1.5 min.)