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'Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello' exhibit at Atlanta History Center

'Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello' exhibit at Atlanta History Center

A poster is shown for the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013.

An enlarged poster of a record book detailing the value of slave inventory imposed over the image of George Granger, Jefferson farm foreman and later overseer at the entry of the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

The headstone of Priscilla Hemings is prepped for the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

A record book of slave inventory from Monticello is on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013.

Michael Rose, Executive Vice President of the Atlanta History Center, stands next to a drum used by Sally Hemings' sons, who served in the Union Army during the Civil War.

A statue of Thomas Jefferson with a backdrop of names of the enslaved at Monticello serves as the centerpiece at the entry of the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

A photo of the children of Sally Heming on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

The Hemings family tree -- beginning with Thomas Jefferson's slave and reported lover Sally Hemings -- is part of the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

The Hemings family tree is on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013.

Bilboes (shackles) for a child and adults from a slave ship are on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down."

A reward posting for runaway slaves is part of the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down. "

Artifacts recovered from slave quarters on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013.

Michael Rose, Executive Vice President of the Atlanta History Center, poses in front of a statue of Thomas Jefferson and a backdrop of names of the enslaved.

An arm chair, thought to have been made by John Hemings, circa 1817, on display at the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013. The chair was made in the Monticello joinery, and is a copy of the French chairs used in the Monticello house.

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A poster is shown for the Atlanta History Center exhibit "Slavery at Jefferson's Monticello: How the Word is Passed Down, " running Feb. 1-July 7 2013.

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