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Monticello
Aerial Of Monticello Mountain
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Monticello House
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Recreation of Sally Hemings's Cabin
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Interior of Sally's Hemings's Cabin
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Monticello's Kitchen
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Primary Sources
From the Book
Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781469647586Publication Date: 2018
Additional Sources
Secondary Sources
From the Book
"Those Who Labor for My Happiness": Slavery at Monticello by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9780813932224Publication Date: 2012
- Lucia Stanton "The Enslaved Family at Monticello: Management and Response". Speech given at Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Conference, Glasgow, Scotland July 2001.The library does not have this item, request it through InterLibary Loan.
The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family by Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor ; E332.74 .G67 2008ISBN: 0393337766Publication Date: 2009
White over Black: American Attitudes Toward the Negro, 1550-1812 by Call Number: eBookISBN: 9781469600765Publication Date: 2014
American Counterpoint: Slavery and Racism in the North-South Dialogue by Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor E185.61 .W85 1983ISBN: 0195032691Publication Date: 1983
Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: An American Controversy by Call Number: Circulating Books - 1st Floor E332.2 .G67 1999ISBN: 0813916984Publication Date: 1997
Additional Sources
- Another View- 60 MinutesThis segment of Sunday Morning is about Thomas Jefferson and his relationships with the slaves he owned.