Carolina Clay The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave

Name: Carolina Clay The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
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ISBN: 9780393058567

ISBN-10: 0393058565

ISBN-13: 9780393058567

Edition: 2008

Authors: Leonard Todd

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The compelling story of a slave, owned by the author's ancestors, who became one of the singular artists of the nineteenth century. He is known today, as he was then, only as Dave. His pots and storage jars were everyday items, but because of their beauty and massive size, and because Dave signed and inscribed many with poems, they now fetch six figures at auction. We know of no other slave artist who dared to put his name on his work, a dangerous advertisement of literacy. Fascinated by the man and by this troubling family history, Leonard Todd moved from Manhattan to Edgefield, South Carolina, where his ancestors had established a thriving pottery industry in the early 1800s. Todd studied…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 10/17/2008
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Size: 6.40" wide x 9.60" long x 1.10" tall
Weight: 1.364
Language: English

Leonard Todd, the author of three previous books, has written for Travel & Leisure and Cosmopolitan, among other magazines. He is a graduate of the Yale School of Art and Architecture and works as a graphic designer. He lives in Edgefield, South Carolina.




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A Word on Sources


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