by Joseph McGill | Aug 29, 2016 | Blog Posts
There are those who still hold President Thomas Jefferson to the highest esteem. For those who do, to involve him in the activities of the Slave Dwelling Project can be somewhat offensive to some of them. I’ve gotten push back from some of those who still question the...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 16, 2016 | Blog Posts
I get excited knowing that I can in a very small way ensure that the stories of the enslaved Ancestors are told. Sleeping in slave dwellings with the descendants of the enslaved and enslavers is a very simple act which for the last six years has garnered the much...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 31, 2016 | Blog Posts
“The challenge is that exposure to these formerly ignored facets of American history can be unexpected for some visitors, contradictory to what many of us heard in school, and potentially very uncomfortable to learn. So it’s important to remember there are...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 2, 2016 | Blog Posts
In 1670 Albemarle Point was the site of where the first English settlers successfully settled in the state of South Carolina. These settlers brought enslaved people with them. Today this site is a state park known as Charles Towne Landing. In my six years of spending...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 26, 2016 | Blog Posts
I love it when a good plan comes together. For five consecutive years, I have been going to Holly Springs, Mississippi to participate in the Behind the Big House Tour. My friends in Holly Springs figured it out early that there was more to the story than what was...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 13, 2016 | Blog Posts
And just like that, the number of states that I have now spent a night in a slave dwelling is seventeen. On Friday, May 13, 2016, I was joined by Jerome Bias and Jodi Barnes to conduct that sleepover. Dr. Jodi Barnes is Station Archeologist & Research Assistant...
