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Wood stove, Director Kristina Estle

Most slave cabins consisted of fireplaces, but some were fortunate to have wood stoves. They could serve multiple purposes; they would heat the…

Washboard, Director Kristina Estle

This is an antique washboard. During this time, washing of clothes was done by hand. Slaves would have washed their master and his family's clothes…

Wanted!, Director Kristina Estle

When slaves would runaway, bounty hunters would run after them and capture them for the reward money. Slaves were very valuable to the masters of the…

Wagon Wheel, Director Kristina Estle

Though most production was done by hand, horse-drawn wagons would have been the main type of transportation. The horse and buggy had many uses on the…

Transport Collar, Director Kristina Estle

This transport collar is inscribed, "Montague & Dawson- Dealers of Fine- Horses & African Negroes- Montgomery, Alabama 1854". Slaves were treated and…

Trails of the Underground Railroad, Director Kristina Estle

William Siebert mapped all the known underground railroad trails after the ending the slavery. Thanks to this historian, we can continue educating on…

Tools 2, Director Kristina Estle

Tools such as these were similar to those on the plantation.

Tools, Director Kristina Estle

The slaves would have used these types of tools. The number one type of production in the South was cotton production, following in second would have…

Thumb Screw, Director Kristina Estle

This thumbscrew was used as a torture device to retrieve information from the enslaved or used as punishment. The screw would crush the knuckle of the…

The Runaway, John Mattox Jr.

As we look out the window in the slave cabin, we see a fleeing man, all he takes with him is tucked away in the sack on his shoulder. He is fleeing…