by Joseph McGill | Nov 18, 2018 | Blog Posts
2011, the second year of the Slave Dwelling Project found me traveling to more out of state historic sites to sleep in the spaces that the enslaved Ancestors once inhabited. People began to realize that I wasn’t going away that easily. The footprints of slavery were...
by Joseph McGill | Nov 6, 2018 | Blog Posts
If ever you entertain the thought of driving from Charleston, South Carolina to Princeton, NJ alone, I advise that you do not do so. I took on that task, I was successful, but that is something that I will not do again. That statement speaks highly of my quest to...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 31, 2018 | Blog Posts
For the past six years, on Mondays and Tuesdays, you can find me at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina giving tours of the four restored slave cabins at the site. Most tour participants are White and some express surprise when I express to...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 15, 2018 | Blog Posts
Sometimes the places I lay my head in former slave dwellings throughout this nation is dictated by invitations to participate in conferences. That was the case when in 2017, I accepted invitations from two of my colleagues to participate on panels at the American...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 7, 2018 | Blog Posts
In uncovering the footprints of the chattel slavery that existed in this nation, several dots are connected by the Slave Dwelling Project in interesting ways. While sleeping is a very simple concept, I’ve spent nights at Monticello and Poplar Forest, both of which...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 9, 2018 | Blog Posts
An idea is just that, an idea, if you fail to set into motion the steps necessary to make that idea a reality. In 2010 the Slave Dwelling Project was just a crazy idea in my head until I had my first sleepover alone in a slave cabin at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens...
