Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave
- ISBN-10
- 0393058565
- ISBN-13
- 9780393058567
- Category
- African American artists
- Pages
- 317
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2008
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Author
- Leonard Todd
Description
Traces the story of a slave known only as Dave, a singular pottery artist of the nineteenth century, in an account that describes Dave's bold decision to reveal his literacy by signing and inscribing poetry on many of his works.
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