Face Jug: Video Analysis
In the video a girls grandfather found a face jug. The face jugs were made back around ww2. They were used as grave stones for slaves because they were not treated like other and didn't get a grave stone like we see today. Dave known as potter Dave was born into slavery around 1801. His first known owner was Harvey Drake a young man of Edgefield District, South Carolina. Dave was put to work in a factory while he was still in his teens and taught how to turn stoneware vessels, jugs, churns, and storage jars, all in great demand on plantations across South Carolina. At the same time that Dave was learning how to turn and burn stoneware, he was acquiring another, very different skill. He was learning how to read. We know that Dave knew how to