Jun 12, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
no images were found Operated by the state of Georgia’s Department of Natural Resources, Ossabaw Island, Georgia would be the second stay for the Slave Dwelling Project with a high level of bureaucracy, Sweet Briar College in Sweet Briar, Virginia was the first. The...
Jun 4, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
no images were found When I started the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010, I established some rigid rules. Here are a few: 1) No sleeping in dwellings that are not in their original location. 2) No sleeping in dwellings that have been recreated. On Thursday, May 2, 2013,...
May 27, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
Source: Records of the Field Offices for the State of South Carolina, Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands, 1865–1872 (NARA Micropublication M1910), Reel 23 Names of 166 USCT veterans who were paid bounties from 1866-1868 ~ Please...
May 2, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, SC Ancestors, SC Records
The first military action of the United States Colored Troops in South Carolina was an expedition organized by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, commander of the 1st SC Infantry (later redesignated 33rd USCT). From January 23 to February 1, 1863, the 1st South...
Apr 29, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
By Joseph McGill, Slave Dwelling Project [ngg_images gallery_ids=”100″ display_type=”photocrati-nextgen_pro_horizontal_filmstrip” gallery_width=“500″ gallery_height=“500] I know for sure that I have spent nights in slave dwellings in...
Apr 16, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog, Uncategorized
Year two would see many positive changes for the Behind the Big House Tour. One such change was adding school children, so on Thursday morning, April 11 local school groups were scheduled to visit the Hugh Craft House and slave dwelling. This was also an improvement...
Mar 28, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
Contact: Aurora Harris, Community Outreach Manager|aharris@preservationsociety.org |843.722.4630 Thomas M. Pinckney Alliance Reception March 13, 2013 Charleston, SC– The Preservation Society of Charleston will honor African American craftsmen and...
Mar 22, 2013 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
no images were found The first stay for the Slave Dwelling Project in 2013 was a repeat stay at Hopsewee Plantation on Friday, March 1. Located on the North Santee River in Georgetown County, SC, my familiarity with the property and this being my 39th overnight stay...
Mar 9, 2013 | LCA Main Blog, LCA Main Blog
The South Carolina African American Heritage Commission will hold it quarterly meeting on Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 6:30 p.m. at the South Carolina Archives and History Center, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia. Anyone interested in the preservation of African American...
