Thomas Jefferson's Monticello MENU Search The Plantation Find out about the 5,000-acre Monticello plantation that was home to both the Jefferson family and an extended community of workers that some years included up to 130 enslaved individuals. People Enslaved at Monticello Learn more about some of the people who lived and worked at Monticello. Work on the Plantation The Monticello plantation was both an agricultural farm, where wheat, tobacco and other crops were grown, and a site of "cottage" industries, including a textile factory, a blacksmith shop, nailmaking and barrelmaking operations, and water-powered mills. Organization of the Monticello Plantation To manage his 5,000-acre plantation, Jefferson divided the land into separate "farms." Free Workers Employed at Monticello More than 100 free workmen were employed on the plantation during Jefferson's ownership of Monticello. Videos about the Monticello Plantation Play 1 OF 3 Picturing Mulberry Row - understanding slavery at Monticello through this critical component of the greater plantation (5 min.) Previous Next The Plantation People Enslaved at Monticello Work on the Monticello Plantation Organization of the Monticello Plantation Free Workers Employed at Monticello People Enslaved at Monticello Slavery FAQs Jefferson and Slavery Life of Sally Hemings Exploring Freedom & The Legacies of Slavery Slave Memoirs & Oral Histories Exploring Slavery at Monticello Paradox of Liberty Landscape of Slavery: Mulberry Row at Monticello Thomas Jefferson's Monticello ADDRESS Monticello 1050 Monticello Loop (Mapping and Directions Only!) Charlottesville, VA 22902 GENERAL INFORMATION (434) 984-9800 HELPFUL LINKS MAILING ADDRESS GET EMAIL UPDATES CONTACT US PRESS JOBS AND INTERNSHIPS ABOUT TERMS OF USE & PRIVACY POLICY HOURS OF OPERATION ACCESSIBILITY A WORLD HERITAGE SITE A SITE OF CONSCIENCE Facebook Instagram Twitter Pinterest TripAdvisor YouTube Flickr monticello.org - Charlottesville VA Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1987 United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization