Ninety-eight years ago today, George A. Barfoot & Co. offered “colored tenant homes” in Wilson for $500 and up, and “nice homes for white people” for $2000 and up.
Wilson Daily Times, 5 November 1918.
Ninety-eight years ago today, George A. Barfoot & Co. offered “colored tenant homes” in Wilson for $500 and up, and “nice homes for white people” for $2000 and up.
Wilson Daily Times, 5 November 1918.
$500.00 for houses for Negros, $2,000.00 for whites? This is disturbing, but I guess that was the way it was back then.
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The ad targeted white investors. Build a nice house for yourself or, to bring in a little rainy day money, a substandard one for coloreds.
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Thanks for the clarification. I thought they were selling houses for whites and “Negroes” to be purchased by members of each race.
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