"Slave Huts at Hermitage, Savannah, Ga.," Postmarked January 5, 1908
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The cabins in this photograph were once home to families of enslaved workers on Henry McAlpin's Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia. From the early-to-mid-1800s, these workers made McAlpin's plantation prosper by producing barrels, lumber, and cast-iron products, and growing rice--but mostly by making bricks at the plantation's brickworks. Enslaved workers built about 50 cabins with this brick--an unusual building material for slave quarters.
The cabins in this photograph were once home to families of enslaved workers on Henry McAlpin's Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia. From the early-to-mid-1800s, these workers made McAlpin's plantation prosper by producing barrels, lumber, and cast-iron products, and growing rice--but mostly by making bricks at the plantation's brickworks. Enslaved workers built about 50 cabins with this brick--an unusual building material for slave quarters.
Artifact
Photographic print
Date Made
05 January 1908
Subject Date
1908
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.2406
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Color
Black-and-white (Colors)
Dimensions
Height: 8.063 in
Width: 9.938 in
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