by Joseph McGill | Aug 19, 2018 | Blog Posts
The footprints of the chattel slavery that once gripped this nation can be found in many states. In southern states, the built environment of slavery exists in many structures erected prior to 1860. These antebellum structures were either built by the enslaved, or...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 23, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 14, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 5, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 29, 2018 | Blog Posts
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...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 18, 2018 | Blog Posts
Chasing the footprints of the chattel slavery that gripped this nation takes members of the Slave Dwelling Project to some interesting places. Some of these places are welcoming and do a great job of interpreting the stories of the people who were enslaved there,...
