They were the most prosperous and literate free black population in the nation, with a majority working as artisans, laborers and shopkeepers.
After adjustment on age and region, people exempted from employment, and those working as artisans, shopkeepers or business-owners, had significantly less risk of developing low vision (odds-ratios 2.10 and 1.51, respectively) than did farmers (Table 3).
Still, some women were able to circumvent societal strictures and work as traders, artisans, abbots, entertainers, and scholars.
Ochre showcases the three designers' work -- sleek sofas with a bit of slouch, chain mail chandeliers -- as well as the work of artisans, many of them friends from the London art and design world.
Shen objected to the idea of his peers that ancient relics were products created by famous "sages" in lore or the ancient aristocratic class; Shen rightfully attributed the discovered handicrafts and vessels from ancient times as the work of artisans and commoners from previous eras.
It requires that, to identify and exhibit works as being by a Native American, artists and craftsmen must be enrolled in a Native American tribe or designated by a tribe as an artisan.
She is HIV-positive and works as an artisan for this member-owned women's collective through The Ihangane Project.
William Sanger, born to German-Jewish parents in Berlin, was educated at Cooper Union, turned Socialist and struggled thereafter to make a living as an architect, often working as an artisan in stained glass works to make ends meet.
It introduces people to the work of artisans from around the world.
I marvel at the work of artisans past.
Mamelucos usually worked on fazendas (plantations) or as artisans or traders and were comparable to the mestizos in Spanish America.
