In a message dated 5/19/2000 7:51:01 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
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<< Hunter Research Inc. out of Trenton NJ conducted Phase II excavations at
the
 Morgan Kiln Site in Cheesequake, New Jersey.  As part of that research it
 was revealed that Morgan used slaves in his stoneware clay mine.  They were
 probably used in conjunction with his pottery business as well.  Louis
 Berger and Associates (out of East Orange, New Jersey), conducted
 excavations on Morgan's son's waster dump, the Mogan/Vanwickle Pottery
 Waster Dump Site they also came up with a hole network of slave use and
 trade beyond the dates of legalized slavery.

 Bill Liebeknecht
 Hunter Research Inc. >>


African American slaves were used in pottery making by both Colonial and
Federal Period potters in South Carolina. They were especially common in the
Old Edgefield District. Best known is the slave named Dave who inscribed his
vessels with verse. They were also used in iron making in the Spartanburg
District, textile manufacture in Edgefield/Graniteville, and in brick making
around Charleston.

Colonial pottery--see South et al 1993  John Bartlam at Cainhoy: The Search
for America's First Creamware Pottery. pub. by SC Inst. of Arch. and Anth.,
Columbia

Edgefield-- many sources, see Baldwin, "Great and Noble Jar" by USC Press,
Columbia

Brickmaking--Lucy Wayne of this list has done extensive work in this area.
Ironmaking--Terry Ferguson and Tom Cowan in Zierden et al--Carolina
Landscapes volume from Univ. of Alabama Press (I think--can't find it!)

Textiles--no archaeology, but recent historical works on William Gregg and
the Graniteville factory should be useful.