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Historic Deerfield Spring Forum Invisible Makers: Textiles,

Dress, and Marginalized People in 18th and 19th-Century America

DEERFIELD, MA – Historic Deerfield presents the virtual forum, Invisible Panel 1: The Fabric of Enslaved Labor
Makers: Textiles, Dress, and Marginalized People in 18th and 19th Century From Home Spun to Household Industry: Textiles in the Archives of the
America, on Saturday, April 10, 2021 from 9:15 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. William Floyd Estate on Long Island, Dr. Jennifer L. Anderson, Stony
Globalized manufacturing in the 21st century has stimulated a greater Brook University (SUNY)
need to understand where, how, by whom, and under what conditions our ‘Rachel made Moses a scarlet waistcoat’: The Contributions of Enslaved
clothing is made. In the past, the weaving of textiles and making of everyday Women to Clothing Production at Rose Hill Plantation, 1814-1845,
clothing has largely been perceived as anonymous, especially with regard to Dr. Ann Buermann Wass, Independent Researcher
marginalized people living in white societies. Research into the efforts of Panel 2: Fashioning an Appearance as Negotiation and Self-Expression
Black, Indigenous, and other people of color to design, produce, acquire, Luxury Slaves, Negro Governors, and Jim Crow: Black Dandy
and modify textiles and dress within the Anglo-European, North American Beginnings, Dr. Monica L. Miller, Professor of Africana Studies and
framework has historically been difficult to quantify because of a paucity of English, Barnard College, Columbia University
surviving evidence as well as limited attempts, past and present, to record ‘A boy’s shirt for Waghrosra’s wife’s son’: the global history of an early
and credit those efforts. This forum details contributions of often-over- American Indigenous trade garment. Dr. Laura Johnson, Linda Eaton
looked populations in American society to the textile and clothing trades, Associate Curator of Textiles, Winterthur Museum, Gardens, &
and promises to enrich and deepen current conversations about fashion both Library, and Affiliated Assistant Professor, University of Delaware
past and present. Panel 3: Following the Threads of Dressmaking and Tailoring
Join Historic Deerfield on April 10th to hear lectures from a dynamic ‘Dresses set beautiful’: Black Craftswomen in the Nineteenth-Century
roster of academic and museum professionals discussing examples of the Connecticut Valley, Dr. Marla R. Miller, University of Mass., Amherst
important roles and contributions of BIPOC textile and clothing producers Behind the Seams: Enslaved Labor in the 1770s Boston Tailoring
and consumers in the 18th and 19th centuries. Presented as case studies, the Trade, David E. Lazaro, Curator of Textiles, Historic Deerfield
research includes textiles and clothing produced by forced labor within plan- Registration Information:
tations; people of color working as tailors and dressmakers in Massachusetts; This program will be presented live via Zoom. The link to the webinar
and marginalized people who fashioned their dressed bodies using Anglo- will be sent to registrants prior to the event. Recordings will be available to
European garments in ways that both subverted normative styles while registrants for a period of two weeks after each session. The cost for the webi-
expressing “other” cultural identities. nar is $60 ($50 for members), $85 for new members (includes member-
Speakers and Topics ship), and $45 for students. Register online at www.historic-deerfield.org or
Keynote Lecture: Someone Knows My Name: A Framework for contact Julie Orvis at jorvis@historic-deerfield.org or 413-775-7179.
Researching the Lives and Experiences of Under-represented Craftspeople in Historic Deerfield is a museum of early American life situated in an
Early America, Dr. Tiffany Momon, Assistant Professor of History, authentic 18th-century New England village in the Connecticut River
University of the South, and founder, Black Craftspeople Digital Archive Valley of Massachusetts.

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