Vernacular Houses Vernacular Houses Everyone who immigrated to America brought their own culture with them. Some immigrants were eager to discard their own culture and assimilate that of the dominant group, the Anglo-Americans. African Americans were, as slaves, involuntary immigrants. Their owners forced them to adopt some Anglo-American cultural practices, especially the English language, but many practices survived. Although owners typically provided housing for their slaves, it was designed and built by African slaves, later by African American slaves.
Slave quarters represent African ideas about housing adapted to the American environment.
This style is called African American Vernacular . No glass windows. A post-emancipation cabin. Quite likely the only cash money the builder needed to spend to build this log structure was for the bricks for the chimney. No glass windows.