We are here at the James A Fields House.  Fields was born a slave, became a contraband in 1861 and was in the first class to graduate from Hampton Institute in 1871.  After graduating with a law degree from Howard University in 1881, he became Commonwealth Attorney for Warwick County in 1887 and served one term as a member of the General Assembly.  He built this elegant Queen Anne style house in the 1890’s.    By the time of his death in 1903, Field’s was a shining example of a man who would overcome slavery’s legacy.