Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia
THF250054 / Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia
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Artifact Overview
The cabin in this photograph was once home to a family 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 Details
Artifact
Photographic print
Collection Title
Location
Not on exhibit to the public.
Object ID
EI.1929.2390
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford.
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Enslaved African Americans built and lived in these brick quarters on the Hermitage Plantation, located just north of the city of Savannah in a rice-growing region. Owned by Henry McAlpin, in 1850 this prosperous plantation had 200 enslaved workers who lived in about 50 similar buildings. These enslaved workers cultivated rice, and manufactured bricks, rice barrels, cast iron products, and lumber.