Black History

Liberty Hall welcomes guest writer Rachel Grimes for a series of blog posts entitled Tracing the Harts!

In 1860, Mason Brown enslaved about 31 people, and one was a little girl around five years old. Recently, we’ve discovered that her name was likely Amanda Preston née Nichols.

By Sharon Cox

Orlando Brown House exterior, photograph by Hilly Dobner, 2019.

By Sara Elliott, Director

By Sara Elliott, Director

By Sara Elliott, Director

By Sara Elliott, Director