Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 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.