- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Antebellum artisans
- Creator:
- Gillespie, Michele
- Date of Original:
- 2002-08-28
- Subject:
- Artisans--Georgia
African American artisans--Georgia
Georgia--History--1775-1865
Decorative arts--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Antebellum artisans in Georgia. Artisans, white and black, slave and free, made significant contributions to the social, political, and economic landscape of antebellum Georgia. Skilled craftsmen--from shoemakers and coopers to silversmiths and furniture-makers--played a major role in the spread of Georgia's plantation economy as well as its urban and industrial development. Moreover, many of the objects they produced have provided Georgians with a lasting cultural legacy in the form of decorative arts, buildings, and architecture. The Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, has done an especially impressive job of collecting information about these early artisans and preserving their crafts for posterity.
- Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/antebellum-artisans/
- Language:
- eng
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- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: "Antebellum Artisans," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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