Ngo-1715, uSir William Robertson wakha lesi sithabathaba, esakhiwe njengo-L nesitayela saseGeorgia eColonial Williamsburg, eVirginia. Kamuva, yadlulela ezandleni zomholi odumile wezinguquko uPeyton Randolph, uMongameli wokuqala we-Continental Congress. Yile ndlela lesi sakhiwo esidala sesitayela sangaphambi kukaVictoria esathola ngayo igama elithi “Peyton Randolph House,” futhi kamuva saqokwa njengeNational Historic Landmark ngawo-1970. Lesi sithabathaba somuzi saziwa nangokuthi yiRandolph-Peachy House.
Lesi sithabathaba somndeni sidlulisa umkhondo wenhlekelele nosizi oluvela emlandweni walo oluzodabukisa noma ngubani. Kuthiwa unkosikazi kaMnu Randolph, uBetty Randolph, wayaziwa njengenkosi yezigqila enonya kakhulu. Ekugcineni, esinye sezigqila zakhe, u-Eve, sase sibeke isiqalekiso esibi kule ndlu ngenkathi ihlukaniswa ngonya nengane yayo eneminyaka emine.
Kwakuyisikhathi lapho abantu base-Afrika baphoqelelwa ukugqilazwa e-United States babehlukaniswa njalo nezingane zabo - hhayi nje ukuthunyelwa emazweni aseMelika, kepha baphindelela lapho kudayiswa khona indali. Hhayi izinkulungwane, kepha izigidi - zomama nobaba, amadoda nabafazi, abazali nezingane, abafowabo nodadewabo - bonke behlukaniswe ngamandla. Futhi lesi akusona isikhathi esifushane somlando wesizwe, kepha isici sesikhungo sobugqila esasikhona e-United States iminyaka ecishe ibe ngama-250, kuze kube ukuchibiyelwa kwe-13 kuka-1865.
Selokhu kwahlukaniswa u-Eve nendodana yakhe, kunabantu abaningi abebengalindelwe ukufa kulesi sigodlo: “Phakathi nekhulu le-18, umfana wayekhuphuka esihlahleni eduze kwale ndlu, ngenkathi igatsha liphukile wawela phansi wafa. Intombazane encane ehlala esitezi sesibili yawa ngefasitela layo yafa. Umakadebona owayesebenza naye owayefunda eKolishi likaWilliam noMary ngokuzumayo nangokungaqondakali wagula futhi washonela endlini. Kamuva ngasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-19, amadoda amabili ahlala endlini angena empikiswaneni eshubile adubulana abulalana. ”
Ngaphandle kwalokhu, ngesikhathi seMpi Yombango YaseMelika, lesi sakhiwo kwakungesoPeachy Family, futhi sasetshenziswa njengesibhedlela samabutho e-Union kanye ne-Confederate abalimala ngesikhathi seMpi yaseWilliamsburg ngoMeyi 5, 1862. Ngakho-ke, indlu ibone ukufa okungaziwa nosizi kuwo wonke umlando.
Ngo-1973, le ndlu yamenyezelwa njenge-National Historic Landmark, ngokwakhiwa kwayo kwasekuqaleni kwekhulu le-18, kanye nokuhlangana kwayo nomndeni odumile waseRandolph. Manje, isebenza njengemyuziyamu yezindlu emlandweni eColonial Williamsburg.
Kodwa-ke, izivakashi zivame ukuthi zibone futhi zizwe izenzakalo eziyizipoki kulesi sakhiwo. Abaningi babike ukuthi bahlaselwa ngezinto yimimoya emibi okuthiwa ihlala kule ndlu yasendulo. Ngisho nonogada wake wabika ngokuvaleleka ngaphakathi egumbini elingaphansi kwalesi sakhiwo ngumphefumulo othukuthele. Ngakho-ke, ingabe lesi yisipoki sesigqila u-Eva esisacasukele ingane yakhe? Noma zonke lezi zindaba zingamazwi omlomo nje?
