The words and wares of David Drake: revisiting 'I made this jar' and the legacy of Edgefield pottery

Abstract

David Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield, South Carolina, at the turn of the nineteenth century. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, Drake was literate and signed some of his pots. This volume collects multifaceted scholarship about Drake and his craft