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A.C.O.R.N. Helps to Preserve Black History by Moving Cottage
For years, the cottage in Manchester was overgrown and overlooked. But research, uncovered by Brent Hosier of Charlottesville and Bill Thomas of Richmond, suggested the two-room house was conveyed to an African-American woman named Emily Winfree in 1866 along with 100 acres of prime real estate in the port city of Manchester. At one time, the cottage was situated on a block with the First African Church--also known as the First Colored Church--founded in 1820. Few reminders of this chapter of African American history remain in this neighborhood, now an industrial area. If the cottage turns out to be a former slave cottage, it will be one of a very few still in existence. It is also a wonderful example of vernacular architecture.
If you have information, please contact A.C.O.R.N.
As more information is uncovered about Ms. Winfree and this cottage, it will be posted on this site along with a final decision on where the house will be relocated and how it will be used.
Click here to see a photo of Emily Winfree.
Articles on the Cottage
* October 23, 2002 Style Weekly's Preservation Group Rescues Slave Cottage
* Richmond Free Press
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