Wednesday, May 11, 2005

CNN.com - Slave cabin in Maryland to be restored - Will be surrounded by affluent African-American community

This developer had a project underway in PG County, and ran into a little piece of local history:

A tumbledown shack believed to be the only slave cabin left in Prince George's County will be restored in the field where it was found. And surrounding it will be a neighborhood of million-dollar homes, most of which will probably be owned by African-Americans...About 18 months ago developer Haverford Homes came up with plans to build "estate homes" on a 116-acre portion of the tract, each on lots of five acres or more, over the next few years. But while the land was being surveyed, a couple who lived in the former planter's house told the company about the cabin.

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