by Joseph McGill | Sep 22, 2015 | Blog Posts
“I thought of children who might have been afraid of benign things like the sounds of animals scuffling through the night when there were much larger, darker things that stirred fear in their parents. I thought of mothers, tired from the day’s work, still tending to...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 7, 2015 | Blog Posts
Preserve: (1) to keep alive or in existence; make lasting (2) to keep up maintain My love of preservation was really tested in a recent stay in an extant slave cabin. I was very enthusiastic about my opportunity to work on a HistoriCorps restoration project especially...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 1, 2015 | News
The 1772 Foundation has donated $48,250 to the Slave Dwelling Project to support its 2nd Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference. The conference theme is: “A History Denied – Preserving Tangible Evidences of Slave Dwellings” and will be held at the Embassy...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 30, 2015 | Blog Posts
If in 1703, more than 42 percent of New York City households held slaves, often as domestic servants and laborers and the last slaves were freed in 1827, why is it that when I interpret slavery in northern states, I often get push back? I can now add the state of New...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 23, 2015 | Blog Posts
Now in its fifth year, the Slave Dwelling Project has allowed me to spend nights in extant slave dwellings in fourteen states. The stewards of these dwellings range from private, non-profit, local government, county government, state government and federal government....
