For the second time in three days, Washington philanthropist David M. Rubenstein has made a multimillion-dollar donation to a historic national landmark. The latest gift — $10 million to Thomas ...

The news of slave owners raping or carrying on full—not entirely consensual relationships with their slaves is not exactly a surprise to Black folk. But it’s a history many Americans conveniently ...

When Thomas Jefferson died, scores of slaves were sold from his plantation to settle his debts. Peter Fossett, 11, was among them, recalling that he was "born and reared as free, not knowing that I ...

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. After more than 50 years being denied access to a cellar on Thomas ...

Straight from the files of “Historical Shit That Can’t Be Made Up,” we woke up this morning to a pretty unbelievable email from the Thomas Jefferson Foundation with the subject line, “Taste: Chocolate ...

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 ...

This exhibition explores slavery and enslaved people in America through the lens of Jefferson’s Monticello plantation. Thomas Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence and called slavery ...

Monticello, the magnificent mountaintop plantation home of our most intellectual, enigmatic and supposedly enlightened Founding Father, has long been a compelling destination for Americans with a bent ...

Reporting from Charlottesville, Va. — I’ve never met an American who didn’t have a soft spot in his heart for Thomas Jefferson and Monticello, his home and plantation in Charlottesville. After his ...