On a plantation, the blacksmith took care of many of the working needs by providing tools and equipment for the other enslaved people to use in their work and homes. Jamal, the Middleton Place interpretive blacksmith, demonstrates the process of working the forge and making things like hooks, hinges, tools and other items. He even made a new latch to fix a gate the draft horses broke. #history #plantation #blacksmith #historyofslavery | Middleton Place