former slaves. we visit the historic friedman s farm no learn what life was like for an emancipated slave and his family. welcome to gilmore cabin, freedman s farm, my name is christian cotz. this farm was built in the 1870s, after the civil war, if you follow me inside, i ll show you around. george gilmore was a slave for james madison. what happened to george after dolly madison had to sell montpelier, we re really not sure. slaves were broken into three distinct groups at this time. one group sold with the plantation to lenny monceour. one group of slaves was sold outright to other owners, all over. and one group of slaves accompanied dolly to washington, where she had moved. we believe that george gilmore was among the slaves that were sold with montpelier and stayed on the property after its sale. the next time george gilmore appears in the historical record is in 1870, when he shows us up in the census, living right here on the property. we know this cabin was not