Visiting the SlaveCabin

            I visited the slave cabin on Wednesday October 24th after much trouble in getting the key. I am really glad Professor Rainville recently opened up the cabin for students to visit. My first impression of the cabin was that it was bigger than I expected it to be. Yes, it would be way too small for ten people to live in it, but I was expecting it to be smaller. I was also surprised at how not old the first floor felt. That was probably due to the pretty coat of white paint and the outlets. The loft felt much older, though I was expecting it to open up to the lower room and not be so big. I suspect the loft felt older because the original siding seemed to be used, and downstairs the walls were plaster. I would love to see this cabin reverted back to its 19th century state, I think it would really emphasize what you are standing in if it looked and felt the way the people living in it back then saw and felt it.

The beams on the ceiling which have the square nails.

Crooked stairway to the loft. 

The loft.

View of the lower level of the cabin.

The loft