Thoughts and Works in Progress | Binhammer Photographs

Thoughts and Works in Progress

George and Polly Gilmore, Montpelier, Virginia

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The cabin is representative of not just the Gilmore family’s early years of freedom, but countless other newly freed African Americans in the Piedmont region of Virginia during Reconstruction.

Abandoned, On the Way to Nat Turner’s Cave

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In Southampton, VA, the old folks warn them not to sneak into abandoned houses, where rotting floors and walls are said to be stained with blood. This is a haunted landscape where Nat Turner's rebellion occurred.

The Slave Chapel at Bremo Bluff, Virginia

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The slave chapel at Bremo Bluff, Virginia

The Pontiac at GlenRio

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a Texaco gas station with a white Pontiac out front, the ghost town of Glenrio, TX

Martin Luther King in Connecticut

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15 year old Martin Luther King spent time here working on tobacco farms and become inspired about change.

Nat Turner Rebellion

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Probably the most significant uprising (after Jan 6? ) in American history. Lots of legends and stories here...Nat Turner rebellion