by Joseph McGill | Feb 8, 2015 | News
For the last three years, the Slave Dwelling Project has started its season with a sleepover in the slave dwellings at Hopsewee Plantation in Georgetown County, South Carolina. That tradition had to be broken when I was presented with two offers that I could not...
by Joseph McGill | Jan 2, 2015 | News
After a series of meetings with Craig Bennett and Lyles McBratney of Bennett Preservation Engineering PC of Charleston, South Carolina, I am beginning to understand all the work that it is going to take to assess 50 extant slave dwellings in the state of South...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 28, 2014 | News
Katherine Ferguson of The ‘Serve Company is now the official videographer for the Slave Dwelling Project. In 2015, Katherine will appear at all of the overnight stays in former slave dwellings in the state of South Carolina to obtain footage. The footage of each...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 22, 2014 | News
Save the Date: Thursday, October 8 – Saturday, October 10, 2015 for the 2nd Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference at the Embassy Suites, 5055 International Blvd., North Charleston, SC. More information will follow as plans continue to be developed.
by Joseph McGill | Dec 7, 2014 | News
OUR MISSION – The Slave Dwelling Project’s mission is to identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings. OUR PURPOSE – The purpose of our work is to become a clearinghouse for the identification of...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 31, 2014 | News
Thank you to all who will be attending the fundraiser for the Slave Dwelling Project at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday, November 6th. Your donations will support the effort to assess and preserve extant slave dwellings that...
