Slave-made chair

Title:

Slave-made chair

Date:

1830

Description:

Chair made by people enslaved on Ridgley Plantation near Florence, South Carolina. The chair is made with mortise and tenon joints reinforced with square nails. The seat is of animal skin. Evidence that the legs of the chair have been shortened indicates that it was a chair for enslaved people. Enslaved people were not permitted to sit higher than their enslavers and their enslavers children.

Collection Title:

Walter Pantovic Artifact Collection

Contributing Institution:

Avery Research Center at the College of Charleston

Media Type:

Objects

Topical Subject:

Slaves--Homes and haunts--South Carolina--Florence County, African Americans--Material culture--South Carolina--19th century, Furniture--South Carolina--19th century, Plantations--South Carolina--Florence County, and Slaves--South Carolina--Social conditions--19th century

Geographic Subject:

Southern States, South Carolina, Florence (S.C.), and South Atlantic States

Shelving Locator:

1999.001.049

Date Digital:

2009-12-08

Digitization Specifications:

300 dpi; Nikon D80 camera; archival images in .tif and .nef formats.

Internet Media Type:

image/jpeg

Copyright Status Statement:

Public domain.

Access Information:

For more information contact archivist at the Avery Research Center, 125 Bull Street, Charleston, SC 29424.

Admin ID:

31126