by Joseph McGill | Aug 28, 2014 | News
Question: Who helped launch The Slave Dwelling Project by inspiring, advising, publishing its blogs and creating its website? Answer: Toni Carrier, founding Director of Lowcountry Africana Toni Carrier is a genealogist on the move! She conducts research on a...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 27, 2014 | News
Who can bring the descendants of the enslaved and the descendants of the slave owners together on the plantation where the antebellum big house and the slave cabin are extant? Meet Jon Williams who will present at the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference. North...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 24, 2014 | News
Prinny Anderson’s professional life includes executive coaching, management training, and human capital consulting with microfinance institutions in developing economies. Her education consists of a BA from Bryn Mawr College, a masters in education from Reed...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 8, 2014 | Blog Posts
The stay at the Crocket – Miller Slave Quarters in James City, NC was a lesson on how our enslaved ancestors emancipated themselves. The institution of slavery had my ancestors in a situation where they had to acquiesce to the system of lifetime bondage which was...
by Joseph McGill | Aug 2, 2014 | News
Meet our keynote speaker for the upcoming Slave Dwelling Project Conference, Dr. Carroll Van West. He will speak at the opening luncheon which will be held at The Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm Street, Savannah, GA on Thursday, September 18, 2014, noon – 1:45 pm. He...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 26, 2014 | News
I, Joseph McGill, know enough about architecture just to be dangerous. While my knowledge of history is adequate, I am only a historian by self proclamation. In my limited research to find out who built the antebellum buildings in Charleston, South...
by Joseph McGill | Jul 10, 2014 | News
To register and learn more about the conference please go to www.slavedwellingproject.org 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...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 22, 2014 | News
Less than one month after the Slave Dwelling Project received its non-profit status, it has received a $25,000 Federal Historic Preservation Grant. The grant, which will be administered by the South Carolina State Historic Preservation Office, will fund a...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 21, 2014 | Blog Posts
Not every overnight stay in an extant slave dwelling fits the mold of the intent of the Slave Dwelling Project. There was that overnight stay in a replicated slave cabin at Woodburn Plantation in Pendleton, SC. There was that overnight stay in a freedman’s...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 15, 2014 | Blog Posts
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”24″ gallery_width=”300″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”] Yes! Wisconsin had slaves and Chris Lese a high school history teacher at Marquette University High School is conducting the research...
