Daniel P. Jordan, who as president of the foundation that owns Monticello, Thomas Jefferson’s plantation in Virginia, broadened its educational mission — and, perhaps most significant, commissioned a ...

Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello commemorated Black History Month with a series of events centered around sharing the history of Monticello's enslaved community.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – The room where historians believe Sally Hemings slept was just steps away from Thomas Jefferson’s bedroom. But in 1941, the caretakers of Monticello turned it into a restroom.

Thursday, July 5, 2018 -- A new exhibit at Monticello, Thomas Jefferson's mountaintop home hear Charlottesville, Va., underscores the fact that the Jefferson estate was an epicenter of racial mixing ...

One room will show the history of Mulberry Row and how it evolved, particularly focusing on how the plantation supported itself with different industries, according to Niya Bates, public historian of ...

Casa Bianca Missionary Baptist Church in Monticello and congregation welcomed descendants from the former Virginia home of President James Monroe.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fox News dedicated a segment on Sunday to complaining that Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello plantation makes visitors feel bad by ...

He expanded the educational mission of Thomas Jefferson’s plantation. He also embraced research that showed Jefferson had fathered the children of one of his slaves. By Richard Sandomir Daniel P.