Apr 27, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
One can say that the reason that the 22 slave dwellings at Evergreen are still with us is because they were built of cypress wood. I attribute their existence to the fact that someone in their past made the conscience decision to preserve the dwellings so that...
Apr 13, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
Slave Cabin, Egypt Plantation. Artist: Ted Ellis March 29th through April 2nd found me in the State of Texas to spend nights in former slave dwellings at Egypt Plantation, Egypt, TX and Seward Plantation, Independence, TX and be the keynote speaker...
Apr 10, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
In the early 1900s, the Seashore Farmers’ Lodge No. 767 was a center of African American cultural life in the Sol Legare community on James Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. One of many mutual benefit societies in the Lowcountry, the Seashore...
Apr 4, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) has been awarded a “Save America’s Treasures” grant from the National Park Service. The grant will fund a re-analysis of a collection of artifacts excavated at Yaughan and Curriboo...
