Topic: Slavery
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Plan and Section of a Slave Ship
This image depicts the cramped and inhumane conditions existing on a British slave ship. Anti-slavery advocates publicized such images in order to generate public outrage and garner support for banning...
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The Abolition of the Slave Trade
This anti-slavery cartoon shows Captain John Kimber savagely beating a fifteen-year-old girl for trying to protect her “virjen modesty.” Kimber killed the girl, who had refused to dance naked for...
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All-weather Passage
Food from the kitchen was brought to the Dining Room along this all-weather passage that runs below Monticello and under its L-shaped wings.
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Joinery
Only the hearth and chimney remain of the Joinery, which was a carpenter’s shop where some of the furniture in Monticello was made....
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Virginian Luxuries
This image shows the evils of slavery. On the left panel, a white man attempts to kiss a black woman, apparently against her will. On the right panel, a white...
Lesson Plan
Explore the daily life of a slave at Monticello
During this lesson the learner will use primary and secondary sources found in the Slavery at Monticello app to determine how slaves truly impacted the production at Monticello. ...Lesson Plan
Personal Morals vs. Political Moves
Because he wrote that “all men are created equal” in the Declaration of Independence in 1776, should Thomas Jefferson be thought of as a hypocrite for owning slaves?
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Textile Workshop
This building on Mulberry Row served as a house for free workmen and later as a location for Monticello’s weaving operations....
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Aerial of Monticello and the Rivanna River
In this image, taken from an airplane, you can see to small sections of the Rivanna River, which Jefferson used to ship wheat and other goods to markets in Richmond...Lesson Plan