She was the only one to receive financial support in 2020 because Middleton Place’s scholarship program was brand-new, not yet well funded, and no one but her applied. She told Middleton Place Foundation she hopes to start a nonprofit that promotes integrative nutrition and helps people with inflammatory and neurological diseases. Todd said he expects the initiative to become a regular part of what Middleton Place does for years to come. “Hopefully, it’s just going to go on and on.”Barr's enslaved ancestors were James and Sabina, whose tenure with the Middleton family began in 1826. “It was nice that they gave my family the floor to speak, to speak with the family that used to own my family,” Barr said.

Source: The North Africa Journal December 30, 2021 20:43 UTC