Calico Slave | 5000+ CONFIRMED |

: In places like Mount Vernon , Martha Washington’s maids wore gowns made of finer materials like calico, which served as a reflection of the enslaver's affluence.

: Certain South Carolina slave codes explicitly banned enslaved people from wearing high-value apparel, but permitted cheaper textiles including "blue linen, check linen... or calicoes". calico slave

: Some enslavers used small amounts of calico as a form of "encouragement"; for example, one 1835 record describes a merchant being asked for "cheap calico" to be given to women after childbirth. : In places like Mount Vernon , Martha