by Joseph McGill | May 3, 2015 | Blog Posts
As the Slave Dwelling Project continues to evolve, there are many sites of which I have spent the night in their extant slave dwelling more than once. As other individuals and entities begin to understand that I come in peace and that this is a project with great...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 26, 2015 | Blog Posts
There are times when one has to break traditions. I would much rather know well in advance when an overnight stay in an extant slave dwelling will occur. This allows me the time I need between stays to catch my breath, spend some time at home with the family and get...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 24, 2015 | News
“Do you know descendants of slave owners who are proud that their Ancestors owned slaves?” From the mouth of a 7th grader, this question was quite profound. Yet profound, I had to give her an answer as we stood in the Hugh Craft slave quarters in Holly Springs,...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 13, 2015 | News
Five stays into the 2015 Slave Dwelling Project season and I had not yet added a new extant structure to the portfolio. I did spend a night at an archaeological dig site at Hampton Plantation in Charleston County, South Carolina but I slept in a tent because...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 11, 2015 | News
Public is invited to hear historian speak on his work bringing attention to former slave homes NASHVILLE, Tenn. — April 15, at Historic Travellers Rest, Joseph McGill of the Slave Dwelling Project will be sharing photographs and stories about his visits to...
by Joseph McGill | Mar 15, 2015 | Blog Posts
While I like to think I’m in control, sometimes I have to go where the Slave Dwelling Project takes me. Such was the case with the overnight stay at Old Alabama Town in Montgomery, Alabama. It started with an email and then a phone call from Vanessa Fernandez, a...
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.
