Historians In Awe Over Discovery At Thomas Jefferson’s Monticello Property

Celebrating Independence Day at Monticello

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In July of 2017, Monticello hosted its 55th annual Independence Day Celebration and Naturalization Ceremony. 70 people from more than 30 countries came to the event from Afghanistan to Vietnam and became citizens during the Monticello Mountaintop event. Such a celebration proves that the stigma behind Monticello is slowly being broken, and instead of cursing its name, people are beginning to understand it for what it was, as well as recognize the lives of Jefferson as well as the slaves that lived there.

While the stigma of Monticello is slowly being broken, we are reminded that many other U.S. Presidents had histories of slave ownership. Keep reading to learn about 11 other U.S. Presidents who owned, sold, and freed their own personal slaves.