The Words and Wares of David Drake: Revisiting . Przybysz, Koverman**

University of South Carolina Press

The Words and Wares of David DrakeRevisiting \""I Made This Jar\"" and the Legacy of Edgefield Pottery\nAuthor(s): Jane Przybysz, Jill Beute Koverman\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of South Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: University of South Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781643363219, 978-1643363219\nSynopsis\nDavid Drake, also known as Dave the Potter, was born enslaved in Edgefield, South Carolina, at the turn of the nineteenth century. Despite laws prohibiting enslaved people from learning to read or write, Drake was literate and signed some of his pots, not only with his name and a date, but with versemaking a powerful statement of [url] Words and Wares of David Drake collects multifaceted scholarship about Drake and his craft. Building on the 1998 national traveling exhibit catalog, \""I Made This Jar...\"": The Life and Works of Enslaved African American Potter, Dave, and featuring more than eighty beautiful images and seven new essays, it presents the diverse perspe.