Honor and Remember

In this section please take a moment to honor and remember some seamstresses and individuals who were part of the African-diaspora during the time this cap was worn in the “Atlantic World.” We have the privilege and freewill to stitch this cap, many in 18th-century “Atlantic World” did not. The individuals listed below were enslaved or self-liberated in 18th-century Virginia when enslaved labor funded and stitched the fashion industry together. A similar labor structure is still used in the fashion and textile industry. It is important to remember and respect clothing makers, now and then.

The first seven people on this list were owned by enslaver Margaret Hunter. I worked and trained at the Margaret Hunter Millinery Shop (mhms) for 10 years. I have studied a cap that Caroline, Charlot and Oney Judge all had the skill to make. Therefore the skills taught in this class have a lineage back to these men and women. Next to their names I have listed where they lived and worked. If you visit these spaces please say their names. While we stitch this cap let these individuals be known and remembered.

Jenny (mhms)

Agga (mhms)

Milly (mhms)

Sall (mhms)

Will (mhms)

A child (mhms)

Chavers (mhms)

Sarah (self-liberated)

Charlot (Mount Vernon)

Caroline (Mount Vernon)

Sall (Mount Vernon)

Alice (Mount Vernon)
Brass (Mount Vernon)