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- Savannah Gray Brick, Likely Made on the Hermitage Plantation, 1820-1850 - This brick was likely made on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia. The Hermitage was the first Savannah River plantation to turn a profit from industrial, rather than agricultural, pursuits--profit made possible by the labor of enslaved African Americans. In 1850, 201 enslaved workers provided the skills and manual labor required to make this industrial plantation a successful enterprise for owner Henry McAlpin.
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Savannah Gray Brick, Likely Made on the Hermitage Plantation, 1820-1850
This brick was likely made on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia. The Hermitage was the first Savannah River plantation to turn a profit from industrial, rather than agricultural, pursuits--profit made possible by the labor of enslaved African Americans. In 1850, 201 enslaved workers provided the skills and manual labor required to make this industrial plantation a successful enterprise for owner Henry McAlpin.
- Hermitage Slave Quarters - 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.
- circa 1820
- Collections - Artifact
Hermitage Slave Quarters
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 - 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.
- circa 1820
- Collections - Artifact
Hermitage Slave Quarters
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.
- Savannah Gray Brick, Likely Made on the Hermitage Plantation, 1820-1850 - This brick was likely made on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia. The Hermitage was the first Savannah River plantation to turn a profit from industrial, rather than agricultural, pursuits--profit made possible by the labor of enslaved African Americans. In 1850, 201 enslaved workers provided the skills and manual labor required to make this industrial plantation a successful enterprise for owner Henry McAlpin.
- 1820-1850
- Collections - Artifact
Savannah Gray Brick, Likely Made on the Hermitage Plantation, 1820-1850
This brick was likely made on the Hermitage Plantation near Savannah, Georgia. The Hermitage was the first Savannah River plantation to turn a profit from industrial, rather than agricultural, pursuits--profit made possible by the labor of enslaved African Americans. In 1850, 201 enslaved workers provided the skills and manual labor required to make this industrial plantation a successful enterprise for owner Henry McAlpin.