by Joseph McGill | Jun 7, 2018 | Blog Posts
In amassing 19 states and the District of Columbia as places where members of the Slave Dwelling Project have spent nights at historic sites, the state of Florida proved to be elusive. My initial request to spend a night at Kingsley Plantation, a National Park Service...
by Joseph McGill | May 27, 2018 | Blog Posts
For unknown reasons, the Slave Dwelling Project has driven me to love archaeologists. Maybe it’s their scientific approach to proving the existence of the enslaved Ancestors, or maybe it’s the way they eliminate the excuse for historic sites not to interpret slavery...
by Joseph McGill | May 20, 2018 | Blog Posts
The Slave Dwelling Project has many sleepovers at historic sites where people were enslaved in the state of North Carolina. Three of those sleepovers are the result of our relationship with Jonathan Williams, Assistant Principal, Walkertown High School – Walkertown,...
by Joseph McGill | May 6, 2018 | Blog Posts
Institutions of higher learning are highly competitive. They align themselves in divisions and conferences to highlight that competitiveness in sports and other activities. They tout their prowess in academics to impress potential students, grants, and donations. More...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 8, 2018 | Blog Posts
It is seldom that I get to scout a site before I perform a sleepover. Last year Jerome Bias, our lead cook for the living historian program, and I visited Historic Arkansas Museum in Little Rock, Arkansas. We had just participated in a program titled Behind the Big...
by Joseph McGill | Mar 18, 2018 | Blog Posts
Historic buildings make great classrooms. Many organized groups have joined members of the Slave Dwelling Project in antebellum slave dwellings that have been preserved. A group from Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, FL joined us at Old Alabama Town in...
