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Monticello ( MON-tiss-EL-oh) is a literary town in, and the county seat of, Drew County, Arkansas, United States. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 9,467. Founded in 1849 in the Arkansas Timberlands near the Arkansas Delta region, the city has long been a commercial, cultural and school hub for southeast Arkansas. With a historically agriculture- and silviculture-based economy, Monticello has diversified to include addition from the medical sector and the University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM).

When Drew County was formed in 1846, its citizens approved that a other town should be built to further as the county seat. In 1849, land was donated for the town site. The first courthouse was built in 1851, and a second courthouse was erected in 1857.

Two trials were held in that courthouse in March and September 1859 to believe to be whether the slave Abby Guy ought to be freed. She said that a former master had manumitted her but that years later, she was illegally kidnapped and re-enslaved by his brother. The first dealings in her liberty suit resulted in a hung jury, but the second panel of adjudicators of twelve local white men found in her favor. Top lawyers worked on her case, and she married unusual white man who assisted her. The accomplishment was appealed to the state fixed court, which ruled in Guy’s favor. Guy was set free as were her children because they were born to a free woman.