Blacksmith Shop Features:

(Williamsburg Town & Recreation of Jamestown)

– Nails were extremely common in houses

– They were very cheap

– About 30,00 nails were used in an average blacksmith shop

Slave House Features:

(Location: Great Hopes Plantations & Shirley Plantation)

– Holes were dug in the ground to hide belongings

– Logs were used because logs were used for lower class rather than planks or bricks

– The houses could be built in a week or so if ten people were working on it