Edith Cumbo (born ca. 1735) was born a free black woman in the Tidewater region of Virginia. By the late 1770s, she was living in Williamsburg as one of only a handful of free blacks in the city. Independent and resourceful, Cumbo headed her household and used her housewifery skills to earn a living. Her story illuminates the lives of free blacks during the American Revolution. Please join host Rose McAphee for her discussion with Nation Builder character interpreter Emily James as they reflect on their decades of experience at Colonial Williamsburg as historical interpreters and researchers. Why do they do it? How is it done? What has changed over the last 40 years?