by Joseph McGill | Mar 8, 2020 | Blog Posts
My role at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, SC, has changed. I am now the History and Culture Coordinator on a full-time basis. Duties include ensuring that the stories of the people who were enslaved at Magnolia Plantation are interpreted...
by Joseph McGill | Mar 2, 2020 | Blog Posts
2020 and I still find myself chasing the footprints of slavery. What started ten years ago as a simple quest to spend one night in a slave dwelling has transformed into the Slave Dwelling Project. Ten years and 25 states later, I’m still finding and...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 26, 2019 | News
The Slave Dwelling Project envisions a future in which the hearts and minds of Americans acknowledge a more truthful and inclusive narrative of the history of the nation that honors the contributions of all our people, is embedded and preserved in the buildings and...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 24, 2019 | News
Dear Mr. McGill: Enclosed please find a donation from the Magnolia Plantation Foundation for 2019. We truly value the work your organization is doing, and we hope these funds will help to further your efforts. The Magnolia Plantation Foundation was created by...
by Joseph McGill | Dec 1, 2019 | News
So, what do you do when you operate a non-profit organization from your home, and a potential funder asks for a site visit? First, you revel in the fact that potential donors think that your organization is more than it is. Second, you notify the people who...
by Joseph McGill | Nov 24, 2019 | Blog Posts
People often ask me if I am a college professor or schoolteacher. It must be my delivery when I present to audiences and my experience of being a Park Ranger for the National Park Service. I’m neither schoolteacher nor professor; I can’t say that being one...
by Joseph McGill | Nov 8, 2019 | Blog Posts
Ben Franklin, William Penn, and Quakers enslaved people. That statement is shocking to some, especially northerners, because, in their shocked and misinformed minds, chattel slavery was strictly a southern thing. Yes, it did take a Civil War and the...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 22, 2019 | Blog Posts
On Monday and Tuesday of each week, you can find me at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina. I take pride in giving the tour titled, From Slavery to Freedom. The opportunity to disseminate the history of the enslaved people at...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 13, 2019 | Blog Posts
Sleep, a condition of body and mind which recurs for several hours every night. Sleeping is an action that everyone placed on God’s green earth can do. Sleeping denotes a time of peace and serenity, but how could those qualities be found in a...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 6, 2019 | Blog Posts
Since 2010, members of the Slave Dwelling Project have been applying its vision, mission, and goals at historic sites in twenty-five states and the District of Columbia. We must honor the enslaved Ancestors through our actions. You can find many locations that...
