Osnaburg overalls, calico frocks, and homespun suits: The use of 19th century georgia newspaper notices to research slave clothing and textiles

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 200-203

  Hunt, Patricia K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Newspaper sources; Slave; Textiles

Indexed keywords

GARMENTS; SLAVE; TEXTILE HISTORY;

EID: 0029675860     PISSN: 0887302X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0887302X9601400305     Document Type: Article

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