After almost 50 years spent in the basement of Ora McCoy's Appomattox home, a bell that began its journey in a time of slavery is now used as a symbol of power for a black family.
APPOMATTOX, Va. — After almost 50 years spent in the basement of Ora McCoy's Appomattox home, a family bell passed down through five generations has found a new life ringing in history along the East Coast.
That house was the first place she can remember seeing the bell, on the same land as the original Scruggs family farm, propped in its stand behind the smokehouse. Both she and Jones, a generation apart, have memories of playing with the bell as children. "I said, 'Oh, I have a bell, and I think it's just what you want,'" McCoy said, laughing."And that's how it all got started."
Appomattox Court House NHP Superintendent Robin Snyder said McCoy's bell was a big part of what made it special. Jones stressed that the bell was put into existence before slavery was over, and recognized that Phoebe — the first of their family to own the bell — not only lived to be a free woman but to have a house and autonomy.
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