Mu 1715, Sir William Robertson adamanga nyumbayi, yokongola yooneka ngati L, nyumba yaku Georgia ku Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia. Pambuyo pake, idaperekedwa m'manja mwa mtsogoleri wodziwika wosintha Peyton Randolph, Purezidenti woyamba wa Continental Congress. Umu ndi momwe nyumba yakale yakale ya a Victoria sanatchulidwe kuti "Peyton Randolph House," ndipo pambuyo pake idasankhidwa kukhala National Historic Landmark m'ma 1970. Nyumbayi imadziwikanso kuti Randolph-Peachy House.
Nyumbayi ikuwonetsa mavuto ndi zovuta kuchokera m'mbiri yake zomwe zingakhumudwitse aliyense. Amati mkazi wa Mr. Randolph, a Betty Randolph, amadziwika kuti anali akapolo ankhanza kwambiri. Pambuyo pake, m'modzi mwa akapolo ake, Eva, adatemberera nyumba iyi mozunzidwa mwankhanza ndi mwana wake wazaka 4.
Inali nthawi yomwe anthu aku Africa amakakamizidwa kukhala akapolo ku United States anali kulekanitsidwa pafupipafupi ndi ana awo - osati kokha popita nawo ku America, komanso mobwerezabwereza pamalo ogulitsa. Osati masauzande, koma mamiliyoni - amayi ndi abambo, amuna ndi akazi, makolo ndi ana, abale ndi alongo - onse adasiyana mwamphamvu. Ndipo iyi sinali nthawi yayifupi m'mbiri ya dzikolo, koma mawonekedwe aukapolo womwe udalipo ku United States kwazaka pafupifupi 250, mpaka chisinthiko cha 13 cha 1865.
Kuyambira pomwe Eve ndi mwana wake wamwamuna adapatukana, anthu ambiri amwalira mosayembekezereka munyumba ino: "M'zaka za zana la 18, mwana wamwamuna anali kukwera mumtengo pafupi ndi nyumbayi, pomwe nthambi idasweka ndipo adagwa. Mtsikana wokhala pa chipinda chachiwiri adagwa pazenera lake mpaka kumwalira. Mnzake yemwe anali nawo pa College of William ndi Mary adadwala mwadzidzidzi ndikumwalira mnyumba. Chakumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 19, amuna awiri omwe ankakhala panyumbayo anakangana kwambiri ndipo anawomberana. ”
Kuphatikiza pa izi, panthawi ya Nkhondo Yapachiweniweni ku America, nyumbayi inali ya Peachy Family, ndipo idagwiritsidwa ntchito ngati chipatala cha asitikali a Union ndi Confederate omwe adavulala pankhondo ya Williamsburg pa Meyi 5, 1862. Chifukwa chake, nyumbayi yawona anthu ambiri akufa ndi zovuta m'mbiri yonse.
Mu 1973, nyumbayi idatchedwa National Historic Landmark, chifukwa chakumanga bwino koyambirira kwa zaka za zana la 18, komanso chifukwa chogwirizana ndi banja lotchuka la Randolph. Tsopano, ndi malo osungira nyumba zakale ku Colonial Williamsburg.
Komabe, alendo nthawi zambiri amati amawona ndikumva zamatsenga mnyumba. Ambiri akuti awukiridwa ndi zinthu ndi mizimu yoyipa yomwe imati imakhala mnyumba yachikaleyi. Ngakhale, mlonda nthawi ina adanenedwa kuti wagwidwa m'chipinda chapansi cha nyumbayo ndi munthu wokwiya. Kotero, kodi uwu ndi mzimu wa kapolo Eva yemwe akukwiyitsidwabe ndi mwana wake? Kapena nkhani zonsezi ndi mawu apakamwa chabe?
