Sweet Briar College
Museum
Sweet Briar, VA 24595
{P} 434.381.6246
{E} museum@sbc.edu
The Sweet Briar Promise outlines our distinctive approach for providing meaningful, enduring education for women. It includes:
This cabin is the only architectural remnant of the African-American slave community at Sweet Briar and one of the few slave structures in the region. In 1865, the 110 slaves belonging to the Fletchers were freed. Some families stayed nearby and continued to work at Sweet Briar as paid laborers, including that of Indiana's close personal friend and employee, Martha Penn.
Historic and archaeological research is ongoing to uncover more information about the African-American community.
