Footprints of Fayette

Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contract
Freedmen’s Bureau Labor Contract

The Road to Holman Valley – John Rem’s 1300-Mile Journey By Michelle Susberry Hill, Ed.D. and Anthony Bernard Hill, Masters of Leadership 

In the years following the Civil War, many African Americans traveled great distances in search of opportunity and freedom. Among them was John Rem, a man born into slavery in Pitt County, North Carolina, whose journey would eventually take him more than 1,…