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Magnolia Plantation SDP 12th Anniversary Sleepover

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

Join Joseph McGill as he marks the 12th anniversary of the Slave Dwelling Project by sleeping in the same cabin where he spent the night in May of 2010. REGISTRATION REQUIRED

Dallas Heritage Village

Dallas Heritage Village, TX 1515 S Harwood St, Dallas, TX, United States

Join Joseph McGill and the SDP Living History troupe as they make their third visit to the Dallas Heritage Village for a day of Living History

Marquette University High School

Marquette University High School Nasvhille, TN, United States

For the 8th year, SDP founder and director Joseph McGill gathers with students from Marquette (WI) University High School in a campfire conversation and overnight focused on slavery and its legacy.

Hempstead Houses

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

Joseph McGill holds a Friday evening campfire conversation and takes part in a Saturday afternoon Juneteenth Festival at Connecticut’s historic Joshua Hempstead House.

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.

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.