{"id":381,"date":"2013-04-24T08:11:46","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T13:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theuntoldstoryaths.com\/?p=381"},"modified":"2020-04-22T21:07:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-22T21:07:15","slug":"slavery-and-black-history-at-hampden-sydney-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/2013\/04\/24\/slavery-and-black-history-at-hampden-sydney-college\/","title":{"rendered":"What is &#8220;The Untold Story&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1775, Hampden-Sydney is one of the oldest colleges in the nation. \u00a0Wealthy, white men built the school conceptually&#8211;planning its layout, curriculum, and more&#8211;and often receive all of the credit for founding H-SC. \u00a0However, African American workers literally built the school&#8211;working the land, constructing its buildings, and serving students and faculty in numerous ways. \u00a0These early workers&#8217; lives were closely intertwined with \u00a0the daily life of the college, and many are ancestors of people who still work at Hampden-Sydney today. \u00a0This website is an attempt to share their often untold stories.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Use the menu above or click the photos below to explore this website further, and learn more about the individuals and sites pictured below. \u00a0Enjoy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_30\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/about-the-project\/\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-30\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"About the Project\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-1024x577.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-768x433.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-1536x866.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/03\/JohnEvansGrave-2048x1155.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-30\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">About the Project<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_260\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/slate-hill-plantation\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-image-260 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/plantationmap582-300x223.jpg\" alt=\"Slate Hill Plantation\" width=\"300\" height=\"223\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-260\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Slate Hill Plantation<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_446\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/groundskeepers\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"wp-image-446 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2013\/04\/Sam-Brown-rings-the-bell-for-the-opening-of-the-171st-session-Sept.-10-19461-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Bell Ringers\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-446\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Groundskeepers<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_454\" style=\"width: 259px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/boarding-houses-fraternities\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"wp-image-454 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2014\/08\/Porter-ringing-gong-at-Minnie-Lacys-249x300.jpg\" alt=\"Boarding Houses &amp; Fraternities\" width=\"249\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-454\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Boarding Houses &amp; Fraternities<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Founded in 1775, Hampden-Sydney is one of the oldest colleges in the nation. \u00a0Wealthy, white men built the school conceptually&#8211;planning its layout, curriculum, and more&#8211;and often receive all of the &hellip; <a class=\"readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/2013\/04\/24\/slavery-and-black-history-at-hampden-sydney-college\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=381"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":597,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/381\/revisions\/597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.hsc.edu\/untoldstory\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}