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Speaker 1: On his work the poem Jar, Enslaved artist David Drake

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Speaker 1: wrote that he made it for cash, and now his

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Speaker 1: descendants are finally seeing some of it. The Museum of

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Speaker 1: Fine Arts has had the poem Jar and signed jar

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Speaker 1: on display for years, but now they've returned ownership to

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Speaker 1: his descendants. Victoria Reid is the Chair of Provenance at

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Speaker 1: the MFA and says this was the first of its

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Speaker 1: kind restitution case for them.

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Speaker 2: Because the artist was enslaved and as such would not

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Speaker 2: have received any money for his creations and would have

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Speaker 2: had no agency in giving them away or disposing of them.

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Speaker 1: The museum purchased the poem Jar from Drake's family and

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Speaker 1: the sign jar is on long term loan. Reid says

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Speaker 1: they were lucky to be able to track down the

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Speaker 1: true owners of the jars, because they can't do that

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Speaker 1: for other works by enslaved artists.

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Speaker 2: There are other objects in the collection that we believe

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Speaker 2: to have been made by enslaved artists. We don't know

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Speaker 2: who they are anymore.

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Speaker 1: From the MFA. Kyle Bray WBZ, Boston's News Radio