Peter Oliver was an enslaved man in the late 1700s who lived and worked in Salem as a Moravian Single Brother. He gained his freedom on June 13, 1800. Winston-Salem is hosting a week-long celebration ...
In Winston-Salem, leaders gathered to mark the 225th anniversary of Peter Oliver's freedom from slavery.They also announced the creation of an art gallery to honor his life and legacy. Oliver was ...
A rendering of the Peter Oliver Pavilion Gallery. It will be located on the land that Peter Oliver farmed. It is adjacent to the MUSE Winston Salem building on Liberty Street. Peter Oliver was a ...
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — In 1802, four acres -- on what is now Liberty Street in Winston-Salem -- sat a house and a farm. It's where Peter Oliver and his family put down roots. By June next year, that ...