by Joseph McGill | Jun 14, 2015 | Blog Posts
Rare is the time where history and the present team up and rent a room in the hearts of those lucky enough to witness the union. ——–Ardell Sanders There are times when the stars align. Saturday, June 30 was that time. I found myself at Stagville...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog Posts
Sometimes it takes overnight sleepovers in slave dwellings a long time to materialize. The sleepover at Hofwyl – Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site fits that category. In April of 2014, Patt Gunn who was a board member of the Slave Dwelling Project; James...
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 | May 16, 2015 | Blog Posts
As the Slave Dwelling Project continues to evolve, my physical presence to sleep in extant slave dwellings is in high demand. Family and job obligations makes accepting every invitation impossible. Despite those obligations, the show must go on. Pinch hitting for the...
by Joseph McGill | May 9, 2015 | Blog Posts
Twelve of our presidents owned slaves, eight of them owned slaves while they served as president. Public Service Announcement: Montpelier, Virginia is not where Montpelier, the home of our fourth President, is located. I learned this the hard way as the navigation...
