People outside Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, Chatham County, Georgia, 1901
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Artifact Overview
The cabins in this photograph were once home to families of slaves on Henry McAlpin's Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia. The brick - an unusual building material for slave quarters - was made at the plantation's brickworks. In the mid-nineteenth century, McAlpin's prosperous plantation was run by enslaved workers, who constructed and lived in around 50 of these brick cabins.
Artifact Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Subject Date
1901
Creators
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.2421
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Gelatin silver process
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8 in
Width: 10 in
Inscriptions
Verso, in pencil:
Taken in 1901
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