Monticello finally gives Sally Hemings her place in presidential history. Thomas Jefferson’s mansion now features Hemings’ room. June 18, 2018. Perspective by Philip Kennicott.

The first log slave quarters with dirt floors to be rebuilt at Thomas Jefferson's home were formally unveiled Saturday at Monticello, and descendants of more than 100 slaves from the third ...

A new app uses geolocation to bring to life a lesser-known section of Thomas Jefferson's Virginia estate — Mulberry Row, which was the bustling enclave of skilled slaves who worked at Monticello.

Description. Christa Dierksheide spoke about the history of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the importance of Mulberry Row. Ms. Dierksheide also explained how the Monticello is expanding its ...

Textile workshop at Jefferson's historic home is being restored ...

Oof the original structures on Mulberry Row at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello estate in Charlottesville, Va. RICHMOND, Va. — When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his ...

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.

At Monticello’s Mulberry Row, a rebuilt slave cabin has been staged as a space where John Hemmings (Sally’s brother spelled his name with two M’s) might have lived with his wife, Priscilla.

RICHMOND, Va. — When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his Monticello plantation to settle his debts. Peter Fossett, 11, was among them, recalling he was “born and reared ...

The interpretation of slavery at Monticello has come a long way from a 1980 archaeological excavation of Mulberry Row — Monticello’s hilltop dwelling place of the enslaved — to the row’s ...

Some of the buildings of Mulberry Row, including slave cabins and workshops, have been re-created. And an extensive oral-history project, “ Getting Word: African-American Families of Monticello ...

Christa Dierksheide spoke about the history of Thomas Jefferson's Monticello and the importance of Mulberry Row. Ms. Dierksheide also explained how the Monticello is expanding its story to include ...