This old one-room cabin with a tin roof is just inside Orangeburg County on U.S. Highway 178 near the Dorchester County line. Although it’s seen its better days, you can imagine tenant farmers from 80 or more years ago sitting on the front porch.
Orangeburg County is home too more than 91,000 people, two thirds of whom are black. The county has a poverty rate of 24.5 percent. The City of Orangeburg, known for its gardens and historically black colleges, officially is home to 13,850 people and has a 31.3 poverty rate in 2012, but the greater area has more than 65,000 people.
Copyrighted photo was taken April 23, 2014 by Andy Brack. All rights reserved.