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Thought this would be worthy of sharing.
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Kaelin R. Vernon
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Re: MESDA Slave Cloth & Clothing Slaves article
A fascinating article...thank you for sharing this!C. Scott Brown
Co M 1st MO Light Artillery Turner Brigade
Camp Commander, SUVCW Sigel Camp #614 Dept. of MO
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Treasurer, S. Central MO Civil War Round Table
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[B]my maternal Great great-grandfather, Pvt. James Madison Hendrickson, along with brothers Pvt. Thomas Jefferson Hendrickson and Pvt. Solomon Hendrickson, all of Co. G, 99th IL Inf[/B] -
Re: MESDA Slave Cloth & Clothing Slaves article
Thanks for posting this--It's a very thorough and well researched article.
It will certainly be something I'll re-visit while building up my next impression...[B][FONT=Courier New]~Mia Marie[/FONT][/B]
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Re: MESDA Slave Cloth & Clothing Slaves article
An equally interesting read which is a great interpretive plank when talking about the evolution of clothing both free and enslaved is this thesis which is available via ILL. ""By measures taken of men" : clothing the classes in William Carlin's Alexandria," By Katherine Egner. It is available at the Swem Library at the College of William and Mary. It is the result of the only known Virginia account book from the 18th century which Egner transcribed and annotated before doing her analysis. As such it allows me here at Colonial Williamsburg to refute the myths which are often perpetuated by 19th century slave clothing memory by scholars and the public. Furthermore it is an incredible insight into how clothing in the 18th century are is not as stratified by class as we assume. A great resource for anyone interested in material culture not to mention for anyone who studies 19th century textiles, specifically slave clothing.
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