Thomas Jefferson purchased a 1,334 acre tract in Virginia, known first as "Indian Camp" and then later named Morvena, as a testing ground for various agricultural methods and labor systems experiments that presented alternatives to slavery. Professor Onuf moderated a panel discussion of new scholarship that reflects on Jefferson’s motivations, his relationship with anti-slavery visionary and "adoptive son" William Short, and their exchange of ideas on how to best manage this land. Professor Gordon-Reed served as respondent.