Black Craftspeople Digital Archive · Unnamed Blacksmith LA-BLA59

Unnamed Blacksmith LA-BLA59

Title: Unnamed Blacksmith LA-BLA59
Identifier: LA-BLA59
Subject: African Americans--History, African Americans--History--To 1863, Artisans, African American Blacksmiths
Source: New Orleans Weekly Delta, January 6, 1851, page 4, Newspapers.com
Date: January 6, 1851
Trade: Blacksmith
gender: Male
events: 1. Works for Gas Works under superintendent Colonel Wm. S. Campbell
Transcription: Summary of beginning: A celebration is taking place at Gas Works, and workers are sharing toasts and speeches. Transcription of paragraph where the blacksmith is mentioned: "There were many other sentiments offered by members of the company, for which we have not space in our paper. We cannot, however, forego giving the toast of the chief negro blacksmith of the establishment. It was: "The Union- May its henges never grow rusty!""
homeLocation: New Orleans