William Brand Advertisement
This file appears in: The Hermann-Grima House
This advertisement was posted by William Brand in newspapers across the South to offer "my negro men 40 in number, without exception the most valuable lot of slaves ever offered in this State." It notes that these are skilled laborers, many who worked as bricklayers and others "capable of conducting buildings by a plan." It is likely that many of these laborers constructed the home and other structures on this property.
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…