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by | Feb 14, 2025 | Furniture and Clocks, Highlight, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Chair, Unknown Enslaved Worker, Mid-19th century, Port Gibson, Mississippi, Wood, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

Chair

Chair, Unknown Enslaved Worker, Mid-19th century, Port Gibson, Mississippi, Wood, Mississippi Department of Archives & History
Maker Unknown Enslaved Worker
Date of Creation Mid-19th century
Location Port Gibson, Mississippi
Materials Wood
Institution Mississippi Department of Archives & History
Credit Line N/A
Accession Number 2017.7.4
Photo Credit Museum Division, Mississippi Department of Archives & History

This chair was likely made by an enslaved individual at the Shaifer House in Port Gibson, MS, in the mid-19th century. During the Battle of Port Gibson, the Shaifer House served as the headquarters of Union General John A. McClernand and as a hospital.