ended, whenil war white people abandoned this town, the church was left. methodist african episcopal church moved in and use this. former slaves that were shipped as methodists became ame methodists. after the civil war, this was a town of emancipated slaves. it was 90% african-american. they do three things. they had their own church. they started their own schools. they registered to vote. the way they voted, they were all republicans. .hat was the party of lincoln african-americans voted as republican. they would hold political rallies in the courthouse. placema, they called this the mecca of the radical republican party. this church continued as an ame church until 1954 when the church caught on fire and burned. depending on who you talk to, if you talk to local african american people, they say it was a church burning. if you talk to the white people around here, they say it was a and timber got away and caught it on fire accidentally. i do not know what the true story is, but you have both versions. this is a school. for the farmers here, they could