by Joseph McGill | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog Posts
The Slave Dwelling Project seeks extant slave dwellings wherever they exist. Some are more obvious than others. The out buildings of former plantations and antebellum stately mansions can easily qualify as former slave dwellings. One telltale sign of the...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 18, 2014 | Blog Posts
OUR MISSION – The Slave Dwelling Project’s mission is to identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings. OUR PURPOSE – The purpose of our work is to become a clearinghouse for the identification of...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 12, 2014 | News
The Slave Dwelling Project came into season four with high expectations. For the second consecutive year, the first stay would occur at Hopsewee Plantation in Georgetown County, SC. Owners Frank and Raejean Beattie have unofficially adopted...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 4, 2014 | News
So my most recent field trip revealed that the dwelling located on Kathwood Plantation in Jackson, SC (Aiken County) was not a slave cabin. Originally called Cedar Grove Plantation, it was owned by Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimons Hammond and her husband...
