Description: The Charleston Freedmans Cottage, South Carolina, Paperback Charleston's "freedman's cottages" are some of the most understudied and undervalued vernacular buildings in the city, found as far south as Council Street and as far north as North Charleston. Though these cottages have long been associatedwith African American history and culture, they in fact extend much further into the history and development of Charleston and deserve to be studied and understood. The predominant theory is that these tiny houses, often no larger than five hundred square feet, were constructed by and for freed slavesafter the Civil War, due to a rising need for inexpensive housing. Who occupied these houses over time? What were their lives like? Most of them were ordinary citizens to whom we can all relate. Each one of these houses has at least a hundred stories to tell, many of which have been uncovered and recounted here. Join local preservationist Lissa D'Aquisto Felzer as she elevates the freedman's cottages to their rightful place in the history of Charleston architecture.
Price: 14.29 USD
Location: Columbia, South Carolina
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All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)
Brand: Unbranded
MPN: 9781596292864
Book Title: Charleston &Quot;Freedman's Cottage&Quot; : an Architectural Tradition
Item Length: 9in
Item Height: 0.3in
Item Width: 6in
Author: Lissa D'aquisto Felzer
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: United States / State & Local / South (Al, Ar, FL, GA, Ky, La, ms, Nc, SC, Tn, VA, WV), American / African American, Subjects & Themes / Historical, United States / 19th Century, Museums, Tours, Points of Interest, Buildings / Residential, General, United States / South / South Atlantic (DC, De, FL, GA, Md, Nc, SC, VA, WV), Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
Publication Year: 2008
Genre: Photography, Biography & Autobiography, Travel, House & Home, Architecture, History, Literary Collections, Social Science
Item Weight: 9.3 Oz
Number of Pages: 160 Pages
