Irons
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Sarah, enslaved by the Hermanns from 1832 until 1851, worked in this space as a laundress and, before her sale in 1851, in the kitchen as a cook. Weights and a variety of irons were tools commonly used by laborers in the workrooms of upscale urban residences.
This file appears in: The Hermann-Grima House
The Hermann-Grima House
The Hermann-Grima House at 820 St. Louis Street, which today operates as an historic house museum, was a site of enslavement from its construction in 1831 through the Civil War. At least sixty people of African descent served both the Hermann and…