Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_event
gptkbp:commemoratedBy public tours
Getting Word oral history project
Monticello exhibits
gptkbp:documentedIn oral histories
Jefferson’s Farm Book
archeological evidence
gptkbp:educationalResource publications
museum programs
Monticello website
gptkbp:freedomPetitions gptkb:Joseph_Fossett
gptkb:Edith_Hern_Fossett
other enslaved people
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Slavery at Jefferson’s Monticello
gptkbp:impact cultural legacy
family separations
generational trauma
gptkbp:involves enslaved African Americans
gptkbp:legacy descendants of enslaved families
gptkbp:location gptkb:Monticello
gptkbp:notablePerson gptkb:Eston_Hemings
gptkb:Madison_Hemings
gptkb:John_Hemings
gptkb:Joseph_Fossett
gptkb:Sally_Hemings
gptkb:Edith_Hern_Fossett
gptkbp:numberOfEnslavedPeople over 600
gptkbp:owner gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkbp:period 18th century
19th century
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Hemings_family
gptkb:Jefferson_family
American slavery
United States history
plantation life
Virginia history
enslaved community at Monticello
gptkbp:saleOfEnslavedPeople 1827 estate sale
after Jefferson’s death
gptkbp:serviceType gptkb:art
agriculture
blacksmithing
cooking
gardening
childcare
carpentry
domestic service
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Smithsonian_exhibitions
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7