April 13, 2017, Chicago Tribune by Jesse J. Holland. AP.
Isabell Meggett Lucas, 86, had not been in the tiny house she was born in, a former slave cabin where her ancestors lived in South Carolina. Today, that tiny two-room house will be viewed by millions inside the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture.
The cabin was used during slavery at the Point of Pines Plantation on Edisto Island, S.C..
The new museum has been open for just over six months. Officials scoured the South looking for former slave quarters for years before finally choosing this one.
It is believed to be one of the oldest preserved slave cabins in the United States. The oral history of the cabin is being collected as well.
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