Andrew Saxton, enslaved Cooper
Clothing recreated to represent what was worn by Andrew Saxton when he ran away. The style of coat represents a style popular in the very early 18th century. Saxton would have been given a used or hand-me-down coat to wear. The coat is made from a wool fabric known as Cloth, it's lined in navy blue wool Bays. The green wool Cloth was hand-woven. The breeches and shirt are made of a fabric called Osnaburg or Oznabrug which was a coarse cloth most often used for clothing made for enslaved people. |
Andrew Saxton was the property of Jacobus Van Cortlandt, who may have been a worker on the Yonkers plantation or at his brewery in New Amsterdam. Saxton ran away from Jacobus in August of 1733. A month later, having not returned on his own, Jacobus placed an advertisement for Andrew Saxton in the New York Gazette on September 17th, 1733.
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