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Dave the Potter
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Artist, Poet, Slave

By Laban Carrick Hill ● Pictures by Bryan Collier
Step into the clay dusty workshop of Dave, a man who lived nearly two hundred years ago. While Dave was a slave in South Carolina, he was also a remarkable artist and a brave poet. This beautiful story shows you how Dave would take a simple mound of earth and transform it into magnificent jars and jugs, some large enough to hold a whole harvest. Before he sent his pottery to the kiln, Dave did something incredible: he carved his own poems and signed his name into the wet clay. At a time when he was not supposed to know how to read or write, Dave used his jars to speak to the world. You will see how his steady hands and creative spirit helped him find a sense of freedom, leaving behind a legacy of beauty and words that we still admire today.
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