Ngowe-1715, uMhlekazi uWilliam Robertson wakha le ndlu inemigangatho mibini, imile okwe-L, yakhiwe ngendlela yaseGeorgia kwiColonial Williamsburg, eVirginia. Kamva, yadlulela ezandleni zenkokeli eyaziwayo yomzabalazo uPeyton Randolph, uMongameli wokuqala weNkongolo yelizwekazi. Yiloo ndlela ke esi sakhiwo sidala sangaphambi kweVictorian safumana igama laso "iPeyton Randolph House," kwaye kamva sachongwa njengophawu lweMbali yeSizwe ngeminyaka yoo-1970. Le ndlu inkulu ikwabizwa ngokuba yiRandolph-Peachy House.
Le mansion idlulisa umkhondo wentlekele kunye nosizi olusuka kwimbali yayo oluya kwenza nabani na abe lusizi. Kuthiwa inkosikazi kaMnumzana Randolph, uBetty Randolph, wayesaziwa njengenkosi yekhoboka ekhohlakele kakhulu. Ekugqibeleni, elinye lamakhoboka akhe, uEva, laliqalekise kabuhlungu le ndlu ngoxa lalisahlulwe ngenkohlakalo nomntwana wakhe oneminyaka emi-4 ubudala.
Yayilixesha apho ama-Afrika anyanzelwa ukuba ebukhobokeni e-United States ayehlala ahlukana nabantwana babo - kungekuphela nje ekuthuthweni eMelika, kodwa ngokuphindaphindiweyo kwibhloko yefandesi. Akunjalo amawaka, kodwa izigidi - zoomama nootata, abayeni nabafazi, abazali nabantwana, abazalwana noodade - bonke bahlukana ngenkani omnye komnye. Kwaye eli yayingeloxesha lifutshane kwimbali yesizwe, kodwa yayiluphawu lweziko lobukhoboka elalikho eUnited States phantse iminyaka engama-250, de kwaba ngowe-13 ulungiso ngo-1865.
Ekubeni uEva nonyana wakhe bahlukanayo, kuye kwafa abantu abaninzi ngokungalindelekanga kule ndlu inkulu: “Ngenkulungwane ye-18, inkwenkwana yayikhwela emthini kufutshane nale ndlu, ngoxa isebe laphuka yaza yawa yafa. Intombazana eselula ehlala kumgangatho wesibini yawa ngefestile yaza yafa. Igqala elihamba naye eliya kwiKholeji kaWilliam noMary ngequbuliso lagula ngendlela engaqondakaliyo lafela endlwini. Kamva ebutsheni benkulungwane ye-19, amadoda amabini awayehlala kuloo ndlu angenela ingxabano eshushu aza adubulana aza abulalana.”
Ngaphandle koku, ngexesha leMfazwe yaseMelika yaseMelika, isakhiwo sasiphethwe yiPeachy Family, kwaye sasisetyenziswa njengesibhedlele seManyano kunye ne-Confederate amajoni angxwelerhekileyo ngexesha leDabi laseWilliamsburg ngoMeyi 5, 1862. Ngoko ke, indlu iye yabona ukufa okungenakubalwa. neenkxwaleko kuyo yonke imbali.
Ngo-1973, le ndlu yabhengezwa njengeMbali yeSizwe yeMbali, ngenxa yoyilo lwayo olulondolozwe kakuhle ekuqaleni kwenkulungwane ye-18, kunye nokunxulumana nosapho oludumileyo lukaRandolph. Ngoku, isebenza njengembali yemyuziyam yendlu kwiColonial Williamsburg.
Nangona kunjalo, abatyeleli bahlala bebanga ukuba babona kwaye beva iziganeko zemimoya kwisakhiwo. Abaninzi baye babika ukuba bahlaselwe ngezinto yimimoya engendawo ekuthiwa ihlala kule ndlu yakudala. Nditsho, unogada wakha waxela ukuba uvaleleke ngaphakathi kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwesakhiwo ngumphefumlo onomsindo. Ke, ngaba lo ngumoya wekhoboka uEva osacaphukela umntwana wakhe? Okanye onke la mabali ngamazwi nje omlomo?
