Frederick Frederick's Ice Business

In 18 16, he built an ice house in charleston. South carolina, and started selling his ice form there. An ice house in savannah, georgia followed. And as the business grew, in addition to securing licenses and building ice houses, frederick was selling people the idea that they needed ice. Ice really had been considered a luxury until this point. But frederick's whole model relied on its being thought of as a basic necessity,. On tepid or warm beverages being considered undrinkable. He remarkes that he knew his business in charleston was successful once he saw enslaved people with cold drinks. Although slavery was effectively abolished in