

ECGH Graduate Workshop
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@ECGHGradWrkshp
Graduate Workshop of the Edinburgh Centre for Global History, University of Edinburgh - promoting exchange and growth in emerging global history scholarship.











This madras headwrap, now housed in the permanent collection of @LaStateMuseum, was worn by Mary Franklin, an enslaved woman referred to as "Pinkie" by the donor's grandmother Marion Hoey Stem. Following the Civil War, Franklin remained with the donor's grandmother, and the headwrap was preserved, ostensibly as a memento of her imagined loyalty. Crafted from red, yellow, and green woven madras, the headwrap features two selvedge ends and two machine-stitched ends. I will explore the history of this headwrap anf similar objects in my upcoming talk on madras at the @connectthreads symposium at the V&A on October 11: vam.ac.uk/.../connecting…...














We have come to the end of our first panel. Thank you to all the three speakers for such fascinating papers! #eshgrad2024
















