by Joseph McGill | Apr 4, 2014 | News
So my most recent field trip revealed that the dwelling located on Kathwood Plantation in Jackson, SC (Aiken County) was not a slave cabin. Originally called Cedar Grove Plantation, it was owned by Catherine Elizabeth Fitzsimons Hammond and her husband...
by Joseph McGill | Mar 26, 2014 | Blog Posts
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”10″ gallery_width=”300″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”] Four years into the Slave Dwelling Project and one thing that I fear is monotony. With over 50 overnight stays in extant slave...
by Joseph McGill | Mar 23, 2014 | News
The Slave Dwelling Project, whose mission is to identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings, is proud to announce that it received a $2000.00 planning grant from The Humanities CouncilSC. The grant...
by Joseph McGill | Jan 1, 2014 | Blog Posts
Sleeping on Preservation ~ Joseph McGill Reflects on His Preservation Efforts How often have you heard the sentence “Someone should do something about that?” I found myself being that someone when I noticed that there was a void in the buildings that we...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 17, 2013 | Blog Posts
I met Jeremiah DeGennaro at a conference titled “The Future of Civil War History: Looking Beyond the 150th,” which was held in Gettysburg, VA, March 14 – 16, 2013. We were on a panel together titled: “Discussing Emancipation with Visitors.”...
