McGee Cabin in Perspective
This file appears in: Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township
The McGee cabin’s small size might surprise some (pictured here on right). Many modern homes feature closets larger than this cabin. Yet this was typical of quarters for servants on the frontier, where homes were often quickly constructed and the rigors of life laid bare inequalities.
This file appears in: Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township
Guinea Bottom: The Earliest Black Settlement in Jeffersonville Township
Falls of the Ohio State Park’s George Rogers Clark Homesite in Clarksville, Indiana is located near what was Guinea Bottom, an early Black settlement established for the convenience of the wealthy, powerful, White Clark County residents who came to…