Search
- Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - 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.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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.
- Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 2007 - 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.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, September 2007
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.
- 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.
- September 01, 2007
- Collections - Artifact
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.
- "Old Slave Huts, The Hermitage, Savannah, Ga." - Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
- Collections - Artifact
"Old Slave Huts, The Hermitage, Savannah, Ga."
Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
- People outside Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, circa 1930 - Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
People outside Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, circa 1930
Hundreds of enslaved people worked on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia, before the Civil War. They cultivated rice, raised livestock, made bricks, and operated a sawmill and foundry. After the war, depictions of the "old slave huts" and the now-freed people who lived in them appealed to tourists seeking the last vestiges of the "Old South" and intent on romanticizing times of enslavement.
- Children outside Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, circa 1990 -
- circa 1990
- Collections - Artifact
Children outside Hermitage Slave Quarters in Greenfield Village, circa 1990
- Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia - 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.
- Collections - Artifact
Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia
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.
- Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia - 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.
- Collections - Artifact
Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia
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.
- Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, April 1919 -
- April 06, 1919
- Collections - Artifact
Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, April 1919
- Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, circa 1930 -
- circa 1930
- Collections - Artifact
Enslaved Quarters at Hermitage Plantation, near Savannah, Georgia, circa 1930