Harriet Barber House







			11.10.09 Marie Barber Adams joined Frank Peterman and Tracy Swartout on the weekly radio show "Conversations with Al McFarlane." This weekly live radio broadcast airs on 90.3 RM in Minneapolis and 106.7 FM in St. Paul. The Nov. 11th show focused on the partnership between the Harriet Barber House and the Congaree National Park where Tracy Swartout works as park superintendant. Frank Peterman is the director of public and political awareness of the eastern forest program for the Wilderness Society. more

	The Harriet Barber House Foundation received, in May 2008, an additional grant of $25,000 from the Richland County Conservation Commission to complete the exterior work. The grant will be used to provide funds for roofing, new siding, front porch repair, painting, and other structural work. The house will be used for community events and meetings more	The Harriet Barber House is significant for its association during the late 19th century with the South Carolina Land Commission, a unique attempt by a southern state to give freedmen the opportunity to own land. Samuel Barber, a former slave, purchased land in 1872 from the commission. In 1879 his wife Harriet, also a former slave, received title to the land. more

			Send donations to: SERCO c/o Marie Adams, Post Office Box 332, Hopkins, SC 29061

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