The Samuel D. Outlaw Blacksmith Shop stands as a living piece of history that offers a glimpse into the essential trade of blacksmithing that once played a vital role in shaping the Eastern Shore community. The Cape Charles Museum with present Gerald Boyd: A Lecture on Samuel Outlaw Blacksmith Shop in Onancock, Virginia.
The lecture is scheduled for July 26th @ 7 pm. The location is the Cape Charles Museum, 814 Randolph Ave, Cape Charles. The cost is $5.00, free with new or renewed membership.
Blacksmiths like Outlaw played a crucial role in the development of rural America, forging tools, horseshoes, and other metal items essential for daily life.
According to local residents, Samuel D. Outlaw, an African American blacksmith from Windsor, North Carolina, constructed the shop where he began his business about one year after moving to the Town of Onancock in 1926. Outlaw, a 1925 graduate of the blacksmithing program at the Armstrong-Slater Memorial Trade School of Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University), worked at his shop for more than 60 years during Virginia’s segregation period, producing specialized metal tools to Black and white watermen, farmers, carpenters, and community members throughout the Eastern Shore.
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