Stony Bluff

LEWIS MILES, 1849

 

Nearby

in Stony Bluff

I’ve built a new pottery works

with a furnace bigger than any

in South Carolina.

But a furnace without a potter

is worth nothing.

 

My wife’s brother, Franklin,

is a man without scruples.

Although her father’s will

appointed Franklin

to manage her affairs,

Mary has demanded

that he no longer be in charge.

My brother is Mary’s new trustee,

and he has requested the purchase

of one of Franklin’s slaves.

That would be

Dave.