by Joseph McGill | Jun 15, 2014 | News
Question: Who would label oneself a wretch? Answer: John Newton, the writer of the song “Amazing Grace”, English poet, clergyman and former captain of a slave ship. Today I had the privilege to participate in “Remembrance”. This annual event collectively honors the...
by Joseph McGill | Jun 8, 2014 | Blog Posts
Alabama, Connecticut, Georgia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia and now Tennessee are the states of which I have spent at least one night in an extant slave dwelling. To make up for lost time,...
by Joseph McGill | May 31, 2014 | Blog Posts
[ngg_images gallery_ids=”20″ gallery_width=”300″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_basic_slideshow”] With the state of Virginia having a history so rooted in slavery, it is expected that it should have a representative stock of extant...
by Joseph McGill | May 24, 2014 | Blog Posts
With stays at Bellamy Mansion in Wilmington, the Hall House Kitchen and Slave Dwelling in Salisbury and Stagville in Durham, the state of North Carolina is beginning to be well represented in the number of places I’ve spent nights in extant slave dwellings. The...
by Joseph McGill | May 16, 2014 | Blog Posts
After spending nights in fifty four extant slave dwellings in twelves states over the past four years, one would think that I would have slept at a National Park Service site by now. Until I got the invitation from Cane River Creole National Historic Park that was not...
by Joseph McGill | May 4, 2014 | Blog Posts
The Hugh Craft House The 1860 U.S. Census was the last U.S. census recording of slaves and slaveholders. Slaves were documented in 1860 without listing their names; only their gender, age, and race were provided. At the Hugh Craft House 9 slaves are listed: Female,...
by Joseph McGill | May 1, 2014 | News
Hello! It’s May and it’s Preservation Month. The Slave Dwelling Project will commemorate the month in a big way. While spending nights in extant slave dwellings in many states across this nation continues to be fun, engaging and educational, the preservation of...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 23, 2014 | Blog Posts
The Slave Dwelling Project seeks extant slave dwellings wherever they exist. Some are more obvious than others. The out buildings of former plantations and antebellum stately mansions can easily qualify as former slave dwellings. One telltale sign of the...
by Joseph McGill | Apr 18, 2014 | Blog Posts
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 | Apr 12, 2014 | News
The Slave Dwelling Project came into season four with high expectations. For the second consecutive year, the first stay would occur at Hopsewee Plantation in Georgetown County, SC. Owners Frank and Raejean Beattie have unofficially adopted...
