Happy Juneteenth

[ken hatch]

I hope everyone has a joyful and productive Juneteenth.

ken

[chris carter]

I live near D.C. and a two days earlier I took my sister’s family, who was visiting from California, to the African American History Museum. In the Cultural Expressions section of the top floor there is a tasty little Neander morsel. A toolbox with a few hand tools in it. Unfortunately, there is no information regarding the tools’ specific history; just a general description of the contents without context of who owned them which would have certainly made them more interesting.

toolsofthetrade.jpg

I personally have a great interest in African American woodworking, specifically prior to freedom. Unfortunately, there is very little to research out there. There’s info on Thomas Day, John Hemmings, and a few other scattered references or generalizations (Colonial Williamsburg, etc.). But there’s not a whole lot of other stuff.

[ken hatch]

I live near D.C. and a two days earlier I took my sister’s family, who was visiting from California, to the African American History Museum. In the Cultural Expressions section of the top floor there is a tasty little Neander morsel. A toolbox with a few hand tools in it. Unfortunately, there is no information regarding the tools’ specific history; just a general description of the contents without context of who owned them which would have certainly made them more interesting.

toolsofthetrade.jpg

I personally have a great interest in African American woodworking, specifically prior to freedom. Unfortunately, there is very little to research out there. There’s info on Thomas Day, John Hemmings, and a few other scattered references or generalizations (Colonial Williamsburg, etc.). But there’s not a whole lot of other stuff.

Chris,

Beautiful tool tote, As for AA woodworking history I expect most is lost.

ken

[Lewis Justis]

Do some research on Richard Poyner, who was a slave, bought his freedom and became a famous chairmaker in Franklin, TN.

[Kevin Hampshire]

Chris,

I’m in NoVA.

If you haven’t already, take a drive down to Forest, VA and spend some time at Thomas Jefferson’s Poplar Forest. It’s a unique place and I felt it was worth the trip even that’s the only thing I visited down there.

They had a Hemmings door on display. I would have enjoyed seeing it with my hands, but chose to just look.

[Jim Koepke]

Cesar Chelor was a slave of Francis Nicholson, considered to be North America's first plane maker. Nicholson willed freedom, tools and land to Chelor. Planes with the Chelor stamp are not inexpensive.

jtk

[lowell holmes]

See this link:
https://www.galveston.com/juneteenthashtonvilla/

[ken hatch]

See this link:
https://www.galveston.com/juneteenthashtonvilla/

Lowell,

Thanks for the link.

ken