Curriculum Materials: Art in America
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Image 23 Clementine Hunter Questions: |
The African House at Melrose Plantation
On the right stands a brick and cypress structure called
the African House. The African House was built in 1750 under
the direction of a former slave, Marie Therese Metoyer, who
took over the plantation (then called Yucca) when she
married into the family that owned the land. She had the
house designed and built according to her recollection of
her home in Africa. She used part of the house as a store
and another part as a prison for slaves.
Hunter later painted murals inside,
sponsored by the then-current owner, J. H. Henry. The house
still stands at Melrose Plantation, now a historical
site.
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