Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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In 1850, two hundred enslaved African American workers cultivated rice and manufactured bricks, rice barrels, cast iron products, and lumber on the Hermitage Plantation owned by Henry McAlpin, located north of Savannah, Georgia. The enslaved workers built and lived in 50 brick quarters. Two of the original buildings were moved to Greenfield Village in 1934--this image shows one building's interior in 2007.
In 1850, two hundred enslaved African American workers cultivated rice and manufactured bricks, rice barrels, cast iron products, and lumber on the Hermitage Plantation owned by Henry McAlpin, located north of Savannah, Georgia. The enslaved workers built and lived in 50 brick quarters. Two of the original buildings were moved to Greenfield Village in 1934--this image shows one building's interior in 2007.
Artifact
Digital image
Subject Date
September 2007
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
2008.171.634
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
Technique
Digital photography (Digital camera)
Color
Multicolored
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