1st Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference

1st Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference

As I contemplate where the Slave Dwelling Project should go from here, the 125 people who showed up in Savannah, Georgia September 18 – 20, 2014 for the 1st Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference have helped to influence that direction. The geographic diversity of...
Magnolia supports fundraiser for Slave Dwelling Project

Magnolia supports fundraiser for Slave Dwelling Project

An Evening with Joseph McGill and the Slave Dwelling Project will be held Nov. 6 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens to benefit McGill’s effort to assess and preserve extant slave dwellings that represent an important part of American history.   McGill, a historic...
Slave Dwellings and Foodways: Meet Michael Twitty

Slave Dwellings and Foodways: Meet Michael Twitty

It’s amazing how an effort to preserve and interpret the dwellings of the enslaved Ancestors can lead you in to studying the aspects of their daily lives….including the food they ate.  We are proud to have the famous culinary historian Michael W. Twitty to...
The Slave Dwelling Project Through the Eyes of Artists

The Slave Dwelling Project Through the Eyes of Artists

At the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference, visual artist Arianne King Comer will create and coordinate exhibits that will capture the Project’s work through an array of visual artists.  Photographic exhibits of preserved and extant slave dwellings will be...

Interpreting Slave Life

Have you ever thought about the opportunities and challenges of Interpreting Slave Life? Then you should attend Nicole Moore’s session on this subject at the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference. Nicole Moore – Museum Educator Nicole A. Moore is a public...