Textiles

  Inspiration  Images We decided to up-cycle and donate jeans and jean jackets to a local shelter. Both of us painted on three separate items bought and Goodwill. I am pleased with the way mine came out and I feel someone will really enjoy receiving something personalized that they can call their own.

  Idea 1   Idea 2 In Progress Professional Image Tapestry, 2' x 4', Hand dyed cotton With this piece I wanted to show the beauty in handmade objects. These are all pieces of test dye fabric that I stitched together to display work that goes into entirely handmade pieces.

Chapter 5 pages 73-77 Godin Guerard, the owner of Jupitor who ran away, described him as being "yellow" because he was part Native and part African. This was a very common thing for the slaves to interbreed. They were known as "mustee". This link allows us to see all the names and trades of  Guerard .             Indentured Slave link 1     Indentured Slave 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                As plantation sizes grew and trading became more popular, there was a point where there were more people enslaved than there were free white men. In 1708, Indians made up 25% of the slave population. After the Yamassee War in 1715, the number of enslaved natives decreased drastically as the Africans were seen as more fit to do the job. The colonists also felt t