A Night With the Ancestors

A Night With the Ancestors

The historic built environment of the United States reveals a history of prosperity. You can find this in the architecturally significant buildings that have been preserved. Far less will and resources exist to preserve the buildings that portray sins, missteps and...
Light in the Night, Bluffton, SC

Light in the Night, Bluffton, SC

Destiny sometimes brings you back to places you’ve been before, moreover, it’s always nice to be invited back to those places. Being invited back often means that you are doing something right. Being invited back is also important because sometimes that message...
Slavery in Conneticut

Slavery in Conneticut

Connecticut blocked the importation of slaves in 1774 and began a gradual emancipation of slaves in 1784 with slavery finally abolished in 1848. Usually, when one thinks about the history of Connecticut, slavery is not in the forefront of that thought process. It is...
Slavery in Pennsylvania

Slavery in Pennsylvania

I love road trips, especially when those road trips include several people and I don’t have to do all the driving. Every year that we develop the schedule for where members of the Slave Dwelling Project will spend nights in extant slave dwellings, it is always our...