by Joseph McGill | Jul 26, 2014 | News
I, Joseph McGill, know enough about architecture just to be dangerous. While my knowledge of history is adequate, I am only a historian by self proclamation. In my limited research to find out who built the antebellum buildings in Charleston, South...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 10, 2014 | News
To register and learn more about the conference please go to www.slavedwellingproject.org 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...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 22, 2014 | News
Less than one month after the Slave Dwelling Project received its non-profit status, it has received a $25,000 Federal Historic Preservation Grant. The grant, which will be administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, will fund a...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 21, 2014 | Blog Posts
Not every overnight stay in an extant slave dwelling fits the mold of the intent of the Slave Dwelling Project. There was that overnight stay in a replicated slave cabin at Woodburn Plantation in Pendleton, SC. There was that overnight stay in a freedman’s...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog Posts
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”24″ gallery_width=”300″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”] Yes! Wisconsin had slaves and Chris Lese a high school history teacher at Marquette University High School is conducting the research...
