dr. schuman. the town of salem did not allow individual ownership of slaves. so i house was built for schuman on the salem farm of the salem plantation. people.7 enslaved emancipate's the people he enslaved and they go to liberia, some of the first freed people to go to liberia. he moved back into the town of salem. after the civil war, a school is built and what has become known as the happy hill community. 1872 when land was purchased and the community is formed. moving on to the 1880's you have 25 families who have settled in the community. the community begins to grow. the cemetery is established as well. nowhave 50 more families living in the happy hill community. 1910 to 1920 there is a growth for it due to industrialization of winston. so many people coming up from south carolina to work in the factories. around 1920 there are 130 families living and what we now know as the happy hill community. formedose and it bond is and i think that is the irony of it. the happy hill community was put together, designed to keep black people away but, as a result they