by Joseph McGill | Dec 7, 2014 | News
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 | Oct 31, 2014 | News
Thank you to all who will be attending the fundraiser for the Slave Dwelling Project at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday, November 6th. Your donations will support the effort to assess and preserve extant slave dwellings that...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog Posts
With overnight stays in more than sixty extant slave dwellings, people appear to be most surprised when I mention stays in northern states. The stay at the slave quarters at the Royall House in Medford, Massachusetts seemed to test that theory the most. While some...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog Posts
Cotton fields were abound on the route that I took to get to the slave dwelling of which I was going to spend the night in Camden, South Carolina. Passing by those fields of cotton made me more aware of the slave labor that was involved historically in its production....
by Joseph McGill | Oct 1, 2014 | News
Prinny Anderson I was asked to do a presentation about Coming to the Table at this year’s Slave Dwelling Project conference, and with two years’ experience and 11 slave dwelling overnights behind me, I was happy to be involved. But this was the first time that I...
