Apr 10, 2012 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Bush-Holley House “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.” –Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The Bush-Holley Historic Site in...
Mar 26, 2012 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
“The door is open! The door is open! Who are you? Who are you?” According to “Old Reliable” Terry James, those are the words I uttered as I slept in a slave dwelling at Friendfield Plantation on the night of March 23, 2012. While my wife will easily explain that...
Mar 7, 2012 | LCA Main Blog
In 1821, Rebecca Perry Drayton, widow of John Drayton of Drayton Hall, petitioned the House of Representatives, seeking permission to free three family slaves named Abigail, Mahala and Rebecca. Abigail was described as “an old family nurse … now between...
Feb 21, 2012 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Slave Dwelling Project Founder Joseph McGill has set the itinerary of overnight cabin stays for 2012. In addition to overnight stays in slave cabins in South Carolina, the Slave Dwelling Project will also visit Georgia, Connecticut, Mississippi, North Carolina and...
Feb 20, 2012 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Joseph McGill Outside Price House Slave Dwelling Nannie Jeffries, museum administrator of the Spartanburg County Historical Association, must be commended for being a visionary. It was late 2010 when she first proposed that I spend a night in the slave cabin at the...
Jan 11, 2012 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Joseph McGill, a program officer with National Trust for Historic Preservation, will speak at Claflin University on Thursday, Jan. 19. McGill has drawn national attention for his Slave Dwelling Project initiative, which seeks to garner increased recognition and...
Dec 7, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
Q: Can you tell us about the Seashore Farmers' Lodge and how it was a focal point for community life in Sol Legare? A: The community of Sol Legare is very unique and has a very intriguing history. It is one of the last remaining of its kind in the...
Nov 29, 2011 | LCA Main Blog
We have a lot of history hidden in the dark between the pages of our record books. I really wanted to bring it out into the light where anyone can find it. We are accomplishing that.” — Jim Powell, Jr. Since 1999, a small handful of dedicated volunteers...
Nov 28, 2011 | LCA Main Blog, Uncategorized
The Alachua County Virtual Cemetery Project On most Saturday mornings, cousins Taylor Griffith, 12, Camara Casson, 12, Elora Powell, 11 and Rianna Griffith, 6 venture out to spend some quality time with their grandfather Jim Powell. But...
Nov 26, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
On the day after Thanksgiving every year, StoryCorps asks all Americans to start a new holiday tradition: set aside an hour to interview a friend, a loved one, or someone in their community about his or her life. Lowcountry Africana is pleased to be an official...
