Descendants of more than 100 Monticello slaves gather in Virginia as foundation marks ‘most transformational project we’ve mounted in 90 years’The first log slave quarters with dirt floors to be rebuilt at Thomas Jefferson’s home were formally unveiled on Saturday at Monticello. Descendants of more than 100 slaves from the third president’s plantation marked the occasion in Virginia.Re-creating structures to represent slave life at the home of the author of the Declaration of Independence is part of a larger restoration effort underway to show a fuller history at Monticello.