Aug 30, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors
Please join Lowcountry Africana for a very special seminar at the South Carolina Historical Society, “Unearthing Treasures: Tracing Your African American Ancestors at the South Carolina Historical Society” on Saturday, November 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m....
Aug 29, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
I was once told by a genealogist early on in this project that “you concentrate on saving the places, we will put the people there.” Since the Slave Dwelling Project started in May 2010, unexpected liaisons have been formed. At the Bush Holly House in Greenwich,...
Aug 6, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
150th Anniversary Commemoration, Assault on Battery Wagner By Joseph McGill “Approximately 200,000 African American men served in the Union Army and Navy during the American Civil War. For this particular stay, it was not much of a stretch for the Slave Dwelling...