Untitled (Verse Jar)
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The maker, David \"Dave\" Drake, was an enslaved craftsman in 1860 when he produced this jar. Drake used wheel throwing and coiling techniques to make vessels of an uncommonly large scale."}, {"label": "New Acquisition Label", "content": "The first line of the rhyme on this jar suggests it was used as a container for preserved meats. But the presence of the text itself is as compelling as the poem's intended meaning."}, {"label": "New Acquisition Label", "content": "An 1834 South Carolina law prohibited enslaved men and women from learning to read or write. Despite the risk, Drake prominently signed the name \"Dave\" and inscribed short poems onto the surface of dozens of large storage vessels he made while enslaved in the Edgefield area."}, {"label": "New Acquisition Label", "content": "Drake's signature asserts his role in creating this jar and its inscription, but he also calls attention to his bondage by inscribing the initials of his enslaver, Lewis Miles, alongside the date of production."}, {"label": "New Acquisition Label", "content": "As enslaved men and women used and admired this massive jar, they would have understood Drake's unmistakable act of defiance. To them and to future generations, he refuted anonymity by making his mark."}, {"label": "New Acquisition Label", "content": "Born around 1800, Drake was enslaved for most of his life, as virtually no pathways to freedom existed in South Carolina prior to the Civil War. 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