of the afro-moravians.sn't fully integrated into the town. so if you didn't go to a certain section of old salem, the saint phillips historic district or the afro-moravian church is located, you really would not have gotten a full sense of how integrated the population of the enslaved was. town project is an ongoing project but this site is very important to african-americans. ofconsider it the touchstone the african-american experience in winston-salem. this is the african-moravian church, known as the negroid church. it is the oldest standing african-american church in the state of north carolina. heart of the salem story. in the 1861, largest facility for african-american congregations that became known as saint phillips. 1823.ginally started in the larger building accommodated 200 members and they had traditional seating for the moravians, for this particular congregation. women would sit on the right side and then sat on the left side. inside this building we continue to talk about how life would evolv

part of thee moravian, you would be a full member of the religious community. very unusually, jack's -- blacks and white's sat next to each other. they could eat together as well as work together. african-americans who were enslaved to be married within the church and their husbands and wives where recognized and their children could be educated here. we very famously had two students who were slaves, but they were also members, or educate by the teachers here. one of those girls, her name was hannah and she was owned by the schumacher's. the other girl was anne-marie and we know she actually lived in this building when it was built in 1785 and she lived here as a full member of the single sister squire. she a, slept and worshiped with the girls and two classes with them. there was a connection, or a focus on being open to all girls that were there at the beginning of school. unfortunately it was lost as moravians excepted the racial attitudes of their surrounding people that diversity and openness was lost. in the 20th century, they started being open to other

the moravian sunrise service, soldiers hiding, none of it is true, it has been the symbol of hospitality. >> we have a belly full of treats. where should we go? >> we will see how rich people used to live. >> what part of town is that? >> the rinaldo area. it started out as a dirt road. when r.j. reynolds's wife decided not to live there, she was the driving force. catherine built this estate. the initial estate was over 1000 acres. this is part of the rinaldo estate. this road was dirt originally. of americana museum art. gett's not the populace you that not the opulence -- >> not the opulence you get from the vanderbilts. >> especially for the time. >> it operates as a museum. how did that happen? >> and through several hands and they wanted to do with the art collection and eventually decided the museum would be the best they did do it. through the woods, that land was given by reynolds for the school to move from wake forest, north carolina. >> we have been all around winston-salem and we are going into wake forest university. if there is something you would like people to know about

losts lost as moravians the diversity and openness. then, in the 20th century, they again started being open to other people and not just to white southern children. the school did grow very quickly because it was so successful and because it was the only school for girls in not just the state of the region. they added college courses in the 1800s and by the beginning of the 1900s, they officially change names to salem academy college but today, there is still a high school for girls and we like to think we still have that diversity because we have girls from all over the world for international boarding students and we are also a collegefor traditional students and we have graduate courses. i think it is very important for there to be a school like salem academy. i think it is a great opportunity for girls to be in a safe surrounding where they can take risks and can try out for things. for example, we have a robotics team and a debate team that has won a north carolina debate. they have come out on top. i do not think necessarily tha

chuman was a moravian, and he owned a slave. however the town needed a doctor. they wanted to bring in dr. schuman. the town of salem did not allow individual ownership of slaves. so a house was built for dr. schuman on the salem farm of the salem plantation. he ended up with about 17 enslaved people. in 1836, he emancipates the people he has enslaved and they go to liberia, some of the first freed people to go to liberia. the doctor moves back into the town of salem. after the civil war ends, 1867, a school was built in what has become known as the happy hill community. 1872 is actually when the land was purchased, and the community is actually formed. moving on to the 1880's, you have about 25 families now who have actually settled in the happy hill community, and the community begins to grow. the cemetery is established as well. you have about 50 more families that are now living in the happy hill community. 1910 to 1920 there is a growth spurt due to industrialization of winston. so many people coming up from south carolina to work in the factories. so aroun