Because if you had come up this mountain top in jeffersons time, the first thing you would have seen most likely would have been enslaved people. There would have been no place on this mountain top that slavery wasnt visible. And we want to make that known to visitors who come here today. So were now in the middle of recreating or restoring dwellings along mullbury row, that main plantation street, as well as rooms attached to the house just behind us. So all of this was part of an effort to sort of shift the focus away from just jefferson and talk about the dozens of other people who essentially made his life possible. Right now, were actually just near jeffersons main house, the main plantation street at monticello, its about 1,300 feet. Through archaeology and documentary research, we foe that over 20 workshops storehouses and dwellings lined this street. There were enslaved families here, there were indentured servants and most of these were jefferson and his white family. So this
First thing you wouldve seen, most likely, would be enslaved people. There would be no place on this mountaintop that slavery was not visible. We want to restore that and make that known to visitors that come here today. So we are now in the middle of recreating and restoring dwellings along mulberry row. The plantation street as well as rooms attached to the house just behind that. All this is part of an effort to sort of shift the focus away from just jefferson and talk about the dozens of other people. We are near jeffersons made house main house. And we are standing next to mulberry row, which is the main plantation street of monticello. 1300 feet through documentary research. Over 20 workshops and dwellings line the streets. There were enslaved families here, indentured servants, hired white artisans. And several of these were supervised by jefferson and members of his white family. Mountaintop,t this but was a 5000 acre plantation. This plantation is enormous. The centered activi
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A Jewish family owned the Monticello estate longer than Thomas Jefferson did A documentary tells their story jta.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from jta.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.