Earlier this year, archaeologists began work on the South Wing of Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello to restore it to specifications that the Founding Father made in his twilight years. As part of the ...

Until now, the slaves who lived at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate, existed largely in the background. On Saturday, Monticello unveiled new exhibits designed to amplify hundreds of ...

The display at the National Museum of African American History and Culture devoted to Thomas Jefferson and the enslaved people he owned. CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The room where historians believe Sally ...

Monticello curators are celebrating a milestone in their mission to restore the historic site to the vision Thomas Jefferson had for his now world-famous estate. With the launch of a new mobile app ...

A view of Monticello, the home of Thomas Jefferson, the third president of the United States, Charlottesville, Virginia, 1950. Getty Images Sally Hemings, who was one of the 607 slaves kept by Thomas ...

Earlier this year, as part of the Mountaintop Project, curators and restoration staff at Monticello began examining letters, invoices, packing lists and account books to restore Jefferson’s private ...

As the country slowly, surely comes to grips with its slaveholding past, one of its most iconic buildings is set to do the same. Suggested Reading The Great American Debate: Will The Democrats Ride ...

The ghosts of those who spent their lives in bondage to the third president of the United States wander under the shadow of Monticello, but now some of their stories are coming more fully into the ...

As part of a restoration initiative to interweave Monticello's dynamic history, a new exhibit at Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate gives humanity... Jefferson's Monticello Makes Room For Sally ...

A new exhibition at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlottesville, Va., displays artifacts from Sally Hemings, in her living quarters. Jefferson fathered six of her children. (Thomas ...