by Joseph McGill | Dec 7, 2014 | News
OUR MISSION – The Slave Dwelling Project’s mission is to identify and assist property owners, government agencies and organizations to preserve extant slave dwellings. OUR PURPOSE – The purpose of our work is to become a clearinghouse for the identification of...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 31, 2014 | News
Thank you to all who will be attending the fundraiser for the Slave Dwelling Project at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, South Carolina on Thursday, November 6th. Your donations will support the effort to assess and preserve extant slave dwellings that...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog Posts
With overnight stays in more than sixty extant slave dwellings, people appear to be most surprised when I mention stays in northern states. The stay at the slave quarters at the Royall House in Medford, Massachusetts seemed to test that theory the most. While some...
by Joseph McGill | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog Posts
Cotton fields were abound on the route that I took to get to the slave dwelling of which I was going to spend the night in Camden, South Carolina. Passing by those fields of cotton made me more aware of the slave labor that was involved historically in its production....
by Joseph McGill | Oct 1, 2014 | News
Prinny Anderson I was asked to do a presentation about Coming to the Table at this year’s Slave Dwelling Project conference, and with two years’ experience and 11 slave dwelling overnights behind me, I was happy to be involved. But this was the first time that I...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 28, 2014 | News
As I contemplate where the Slave Dwelling Project should go from here, the 125 people who showed up in Savannah, Georgia September 18 – 20, 2014 for the 1st Annual Slave Dwelling Project Conference have helped to influence that direction. The geographic diversity of...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 23, 2014 | News
An Evening with Joseph McGill and the Slave Dwelling Project will be held Nov. 6 at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens to benefit McGill’s effort to assess and preserve extant slave dwellings that represent an important part of American history. McGill, a historic...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 11, 2014 | News
It’s amazing how an effort to preserve and interpret the dwellings of the enslaved Ancestors can lead you in to studying the aspects of their daily lives….including the food they ate. We are proud to have the famous culinary historian Michael W. Twitty to...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 4, 2014 | News
At the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference, visual artist Arianne King Comer will create and coordinate exhibits that will capture the Project’s work through an array of visual artists. Photographic exhibits of preserved and extant slave dwellings will be...
by Joseph McGill | Sep 1, 2014 | News
Have you ever thought about the opportunities and challenges of Interpreting Slave Life? Then you should attend Nicole Moore’s session on this subject at the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference. Nicole Moore – Museum Educator Nicole A. Moore is a public...
