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  • Magnolia Plantation Living History

    Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, SC 3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join Joseph McGill and Living Historians from the Slave Dwelling Project as they call attention to the agency of enslaved people through cooking, blacksmithing, brickmaking and storytelling demonstrations.

  • Oldham County History Center, LeGrange, KY

    Oldham County Historic Center 106 N 2nd St, La Grange, KY, United States

    Joseph McGill and Living Historians will spend the night in a cemetery with some of the descendants of enslaved people who are buried in the graveyard.

  • SDP Conference: The Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World

    Join SDP, NPS, and CLAW for this 3-day hybrid conference focused on the 1739 Stono Rebellion by enslaved African Americans, and the ensuing legacy of African-American rebellion, resistance and resilience.

  • Prince George County, Echoes of the Enslaved

    Prince George County, Maryland Prince George, MD, United States

    This event includes panel discussions, conversation circles, public archeological experiences, and overnight camping at sites where enslaved ancestors once lived.

  • Magnolia Plantation Living History

    Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, SC 3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC, United States

    Join Joseph McGill and Living Historians from the Slave Dwelling Project as they call attention to the agency of enslaved people through cooking, blacksmithing, bricking making and storytelling demonstrations.

  • Telfair Museums

    Owen-Thomas House and Slave Quarters 124 Abercorn Street, Savannah, GA, United States

    This two-day event includes a community dialogue and overnight stay in Savannah’s historic Owens-Thomas House and Slave Quarters.

  • Belle Grove Plantation

    Belle Grove Historic Plantation, VA 336 Belle Grove Rd, Middletown, VA, United States

    SDP founder and director Joseph McGill is joined by Living Historians and scholars for a two-day online program at Belle Grove Plantation.

  • Preserve Arkansas: Behind the Big House

    SDP’s Joseph McGill joins Preserve Arkansas in hosting this year’s Behind the Big House at Hollywood Plantation in Drew County, Arkansas.

  • Descendant Communities Social Innovation Lab

    The National Museum of African American History & Culture and the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund of the National Trust for Historic Preservation are hosting the Descendant Community Social Innovation Lab

  • Historic Natchez Foundation, Mississippi

    Please join Joseph McGill, the living history troupe, and Historic Natchez Foundation for a sleepover and living history campfire conversation.

  • Behind the Big House Tour, Holly Springs, Mississippi

    Behind the Big House 151 South West Boundary Street, Holly Springs, MS, United States

    Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc.’s preservation initiative: the “Behind the Big House” Program

  • Aveson Charter School

    Magnolia Plantation & Gardens, SC 3550 Ashley River Rd, Charleston, SC, United States

    Aveson Charter School at Magnolia Plantation & Gardens

  • Klein Art Center Wallace House, Harpersville, AL

    Klein-Wallace House Rt 25 / Rt 38, Harpersville, AL, United States

    Klein Arts & Culture provides a venue to facilitate racial reconciliation through the arts and education

  • Combahee River, SC

    Fields Point Green Pond, South Carolina

    Join us on Friday, June 2 for an overnight experience to commemorate the 160th anniversary of the Raid on Combahee Ferry. Registration required.

  • Juneteenth, Hempsted Houses, New London, Conn

    Hempstead Houses 11 Hempstead Street, New London, CT, United States

    Please join Joseph McGill on Juneteenth at the Hempsted Houses in New London, Connecticut for a book signing and sleepover.