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Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's plantation estate where over 600 people were enslaved across five decades. The Getting Word oral history project, launched in 1993, has documented over 200 descendants. The site now features the Lives Bound Together exhibition centering enslaved individuals and their descendants' voices.
Counter-Narrative
The myth this site refutes: that enslaved and oppressed people accepted their condition. Every stone here is evidence of refusal.
Descendant Voice
This site is actively engaged with descendants of those enslaved here.
Enslaved Focus Exhibit
Lives Bound Together exhibition features 13 enslaved individuals' stories, with descendant input on curation and interpretation.
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Before & After This Era
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Sites in Conversation
"Both connected to Elizabeth Hemings"
"Both part of: Presidential enslavement"
"Both part of: Presidential enslavement"