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...
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...
Jul 27, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Several Firsts in Maryland Slave Dwelling at Sotterley Plantation, Hollywood, Maryland Saturday, July 9, 2011 found me at Sotterley Plantation in Hollywood, Maryland. Southwest Airlines deserves credit for allowing this stay and lecture to fit perfectly...
Jul 12, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Slavery in the North Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the City of Brotherly Love, these are all things we associate with the city of Philadelphia. I find it ironic that the purpose of my last stay in Philadelphia was to highlight that peculiar...
Jul 4, 2011 | Joseph McGill, LCA Main Blog
Sleeping in a Relocated Slave Dwelling Visitors at Roper Mountain Science Center, Greenville, SC Saturday, June 11, 2011 found me in Greenville, SC to stay at Roper Mountain Science Center in a former slave dwelling that was disassembled from its...
