by Joseph McGill | May 31, 2014 | Blog Posts
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”20″ gallery_width=”300″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”] With the state of Virginia having a history so rooted in slavery, it is expected that it should have a representative stock of extant...
by Joseph McGill | May 24, 2014 | Blog Posts
With stays at Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, the Hall House Kitchen and Slave Dwelling in Salisbury and Stagville in Durham, the state of North Carolina is beginning to be well represented in the number of places I’ve spent nights in extant slave dwellings. The...
by Joseph McGill | May 16, 2014 | Blog Posts
After spending nights in fifty four extant slave dwellings in twelves states over the past four years, one would think that I would have slept at a National Park Service site by now. Until I got the invitation from Cane River Creole National Historic Park that was not...
by Joseph McGill | May 4, 2014 | Blog Posts
The Hugh Craft House The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census recording of slaves and slaveholders. Slaves were documented in 1860 without listing their names; only their gender, age, and race were provided. At the Hugh Craft House 9 slaves are listed: Female,...
by Joseph McGill | May 1, 2014 | News
Hello! It’s May and it’s Preservation Month. The Slave Dwelling Project will commemorate the month in a big way. While spending nights in extant slave dwellings in many states across this nation continues to be fun, engaging and educational, the preservation of...
