by Joseph McGill | Jul 20, 2015 | News
South Carolina, more specifically Charleston, has suffered trauma in the last month or so. The Mother Emanuel Nine succumbed to an animal that distorted his limited knowledge of history and used it for evil. Since that incident, there has been forgiveness from the...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 5, 2015 | Blog Posts
Not every overnight stay fits the mold of the original intent of the Slave Dwelling Project. That intent was to bring much needed attention to extant slave dwellings and to that end, the project has been quite successful. There are some buildings that are clearly not...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 28, 2015 | Blog Posts
Five years into the Slave Dwelling Project and I am still trying to find extant slave dwellings throughout the United States, but sometimes the stewards of these sites find me. This was definitely the case for Effingham Manor in Aden, Virginia. So I get this call from...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 21, 2015 | News
On Wednesday, June 17, 2015 an animal entered a historical edifice, Mother Emanuel African American Episcopal Church, and snuffed out the lives of nine of its law abiding and God fearing members who allowed him to worship with them. I refuse to give this animal a name...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 15, 2015 | Blog Posts
I am always impressed when I am invited back to a site for an overnight stay because it was not my intention to continue this project beyond the initial year. It was also not my intent to take this project into other states. Five years later, with over sixty stays in...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 14, 2015 | Blog Posts
Rare is the time where history and the present team up and rent a room in the hearts of those lucky enough to witness the union. ——–Ardell Sanders There are times when the stars align. Saturday, June 30 was that time. I found myself at Stagville...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 5, 2015 | Blog Posts
Sometimes it takes overnight sleepovers in slave dwellings a long time to materialize. The sleepover at Hofwyl – Broadfield Plantation State Historic Site fits that category. In April of 2014, Patt Gunn who was a board member of the Slave Dwelling Project; James...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 4, 2015 | News
“A History Denied – Preserving Tangible Evidences of Slave Dwellings” The Slave Dwelling Project was developed out of my desire to bring much needed attention to extant structures that once housed enslaved African Americans. I began sleeping in extant slave dwellings...
by Joseph McGill | May 16, 2015 | Blog Posts
As the Slave Dwelling Project continues to evolve, my physical presence to sleep in extant slave dwellings is in high demand. Family and job obligations makes accepting every invitation impossible. Despite those obligations, the show must go on. Pinch hitting for the...
by Joseph McGill | May 9, 2015 | Blog Posts
Twelve of our presidents owned slaves, eight of them owned slaves while they served as president. Public Service Announcement: Montpelier, Virginia is not where Montpelier, the home of our fourth President, is located. I learned this the hard way as the navigation...
