inside of it while they were holding them in custody, waiting for the black mariah, known as the paddy wagon, to pick them up. this is a depiction of the house --ed by sully and susie susanna watson. in 1852 ohio. kind of immigration. virginia to ohio to milwaukee. what was interesting was it was a family driven in immigration. their oldest daughter, she moved here. mother and daughter longed for each other so much. there were letters back and forth about how the family should be together. they the cholera breakout said we are moving, and they came here by wagon in june of 1850, settling among the earliest milwaukee african-american community, which was only about 100 people. the african-american community a closedilwaukee was tightknit community, religiously centered in the early years. people who came here had wonderful skills. daughteratson and her were trained seamstresses. african-americans that were here were working as barbers. farriers working as and blacksmiths. they were a growing and vibrant community. tom the end of the civil war thered of world war i, was a fairly good sized inf

sometimes they would put people inside of it while they were holding them in custody, waiting for the paddy wagon to come pick them up. this is the watson unit. it is a depiction of the house owned by the watsons. ohiocame here in 1850 from after gaining their freedom in virginia in 1834. it was a hopscotch kind of emigration that came here. what is interesting, again it was family driven. , she movedt daughter here, mother and daughter longed for each other so much, and they were letters talking about how much they miss each other and how the family should be together. breakout,1849 cholera they said we are moving, and they came here by wagon in 1850, settling here. the african-american community community,tightknit very religious. many who came here had skills. these people were trained masons. trainedhters were seamstresses. many others here in the early part were working as barbers, as barriers --as farriers and blacksmiths. over the course of the time in the end of the civil war into the time of about world war i, there was a good size influx of african-americans from other parts of the coun

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