enslaved workers were provided few resources for improving their shelter
Source: Library of Congress, Slave cabin near Warrenton, Va and Slave cabin near the Long Bridge, Chicahominy River, Va., June 13th 1864 (by Edwin Forbes, 1863 and 1864)
enslaved workers were provided few resources for improving their shelter
Source: Library of Congress, Slave cabin near Warrenton, Va and Slave cabin near the Long Bridge, Chicahominy River, Va., June 13th 1864 (by Edwin Forbes, 1863 and 1864)
Staring in the late 1600's, the wealthy elite in Virginia society demonstrated their status by constructing mansions of brick and stone. The reverse staus of the enslaved workers was also demonstrated by the low quality of their cabins.
one of the myths about slavery was that the cabins were filled all the time with happy people singing and playing the banjo
Source: Library of Congress, Oh carry me back to ole Virginny