Shadwell, Virginia Colony

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Shadwell, Virginia Colony was an 18th-century plantation community in Albemarle County best known as the birthplace and early home of Thomas Jefferson.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf plantation
unincorporated community
associatedWith American Revolutionary era elite
Monticello (plantation)
surface form: Monticello
birthplaceOf Thomas Jefferson
coordinateLocation near Rivanna River
country British America
economicActivity mixed farming
tobacco cultivation
era 18th century
foundedBy Peter Jefferson
governedBy House of Burgesses
surface form: House of Burgesses (Virginia Colony)
hasFunction agricultural estate
tobacco plantation
hasReligion Anglican cultural context
historicalRegion Piedmont region of Virginia
language English
locatedIn Albemarle County, Virginia
surface form: Albemarle County, Virginia Colony

Colony and Dominion of Virginia
surface form: Virginia Colony
locatedNear Charlottesville, Virginia
namedAfter Spitalfields, London, England
surface form: Shadwell, London
notableResident Thomas Jefferson
ownedBy Jefferson family
partOf Monticello (plantation)
surface form: Jefferson family estates in Albemarle County

Shadwell plantation
significance early home of a future U.S. president
significantEvent birth of Thomas Jefferson in 1743
timePeriod colonial Virginia
usedFor enslaved labor-based agriculture

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Thomas Jefferson placeOfBirth Shadwell, Virginia Colony
Peter Jefferson deathPlace Shadwell, Virginia Colony
this entity surface form: Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia
Peter Jefferson burialPlace Shadwell, Virginia Colony
this entity surface form: Shadwell, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia