Slavery and Plantation Life

Info Sheets

Joseph Fossett, an enslaved blacksmith Add to Favorites
Burwell Colbert, an enslaved butler Add to Favorites
Edith Hern Fossett, an enslaved cook Add to Favorites
Enslaved Craftsmen Add to Favorites
Farm Laborers Add to Favorites
Frances (Fanny) Gillette Hern, an enslaved cook Add to Favorites
Isaac Jefferson, an enslaved blacksmith Add to Favorites
Israel Gillette, an enslaved house servant Add to Favorites
James Hemings, an enslaved cook Add to Favorites
Jefferson and Slavery Add to Favorites
John Hemmings, an enslaved craftsman Add to Favorites
Monticello Slaves who gained freedom Add to Favorites
Plantation Economy Add to Favorites
Sally Hemings, an enslaved house servant Add to Favorites
Slave Life at Monticello Add to Favorites
Working in the Great House Add to Favorites

Handouts & Downloads

Who Lived at Monticello (.pdf) Add to Favorites
Exploring Monticello: A Guide for Young People Add to Favorites
The Role of a Plantation Mistress - Using the Documents Add to Favorites

Websites

Monticello Classroom Slideshow Builder Add to Favorites
Thomas Jefferson Wiki Add to Favorites
Online Domestic Life at Monticello Tour Add to Favorites
The Thomas Jefferson Papers at the American Memory Web site Add to Favorites
Monticello Plantation Database Add to Favorites
Thomas Jefferson Papers at the Massachusetts Historical Society Add to Favorites
Reminiscences of Fountain Hughes, grandson of Wormley Hughes Add to Favorites

Bibliographies

Dear Benjamin Banneker Add to Favorites
Free Some Day: the African American Families at Monticello Add to Favorites
Meet Thomas Jefferson: statesman, ambassador, father, grandfather . . . Add to Favorites
Slavery at Monticello Add to Favorites
Thomas Jefferson: The Revolution of Ideas Add to Favorites
Thomas Jefferson: Third President of the United States Add to Favorites
To Be a Slave Add to Favorites