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)
Starting in the late 1600's, the wealthy elite in Virginia society demonstrated their status by constructing mansions of brick and stone. The low social status of enslaved workers was demonstrated by the low quality of their cabins.
Source: Historic Richmond, The History and Documentation of Slave Housing in Virginia
a century after initial construction, some cabins of enslaved people were still maintained for housing
Source: Library of Virginia, Slave Cabin, Built ca. 1830, Photograph
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