by Joseph McGill | Jul 20, 2015 | News
South Carolina, more specifically Charleston, has suffered trauma in the last month or so. The Mother Emanuel Nine succumbed to an animal that distorted his limited knowledge of history and used it for evil. Since that incident, there has been forgiveness from the...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 21, 2015 | News
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 an animal entered a historical edifice, Mother Emanuel African American Episcopal Church, and snuffed out the lives of nine of its law abiding and God fearing members who allowed him to worship with them. I refuse to give this animal a name...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 4, 2015 | News
“A History Denied – Preserving Tangible Evidences of Slave Dwellings” The Slave Dwelling Project was developed out of my desire to bring much needed attention to extant structures that once housed enslaved African Americans. I began sleeping in extant slave dwellings...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 24, 2015 | News
“Do you know descendants of slave owners who are proud that their Ancestors owned slaves?” From the mouth of a 7th grader, this question was quite profound. Yet profound, I had to give her an answer as we stood in the Hugh Craft slave quarters in Holly Springs,...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 13, 2015 | News
Five stays into the 2015 Slave Dwelling Project season and I had not yet added a new extant structure to the portfolio. I did spend a night at an archaeological dig site at Hampton Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina but I slept in a tent because...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 11, 2015 | News
Public is invited to hear historian speak on his work bringing attention to former slave homes NASHVILLE, Tenn. — April 15, at Historic Travellers Rest, Joseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project will be sharing photographs and stories about his visits to...
