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THE HEWN TIMBER CABINS:

African-American Life in Rural South Carolina

1840's to 1950's
                                 

African Americans were brought to the farm of J. Eli Gregg in 1836 to raise cotton.  Additionally, they
also had to construct the farm buildings as well as cabins for their own housing.  These two remaining
cabins, along with six others, were built beside a sandy road in a cotton field.  The road ran parallel to
what is now Francis Marion road, just east of the center of campus, and extended from what is now
Stokes Administration Building to the Smith University Center.  After emancipation, most of the
cabins were moved to scattered locations on the farm and small additions made.  The cabins remained
occupied until approximately 1953.  These remaining two cabins were preserved, moved to their
present location on Wallace Woods Road, just off of Highway 301, and permanently reside there to
honor the heritage and contributions of those who occupied them through their listing on the
National Register of Historic Places.

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