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Thomas Commeraw, Free Black Potter in 1800s New York
Category: Arts
Duration: 00:57:06
Publish Date: 2023-03-29 00:00:00
Description: For nearly two hundred years, from his death in 1823, New York potter Thomas Commeraw was out of sight. In 2010 it finally became possible to positively identify him: as a prosperous free Black craftsman with a manufactory in Corlears Hook employing seven people, an enterprise that provided stiff competition to the legacy affairs of Pot Baker’s Hill in lower Manhattan.
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