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11/05/2022

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10/26/2022

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10/11/2022
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10/08/2022

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09/22/2022
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BTBH Final 9-21-22

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09/12/2022

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09/11/2022

The Slave Dwelling Project is fortunate to have had historian Peter H. Wood compose this brief history booklet "What Was Stono" for our conference this past week - and in reflection of the 283rd anniversary. We would like to share this brief bit of early Charleston history with you. Please share it far and wide. bit.ly/srglance

National scholars to headline Stono Rebellion conference - Charleston City Paper
08/30/2022
National scholars to headline Stono Rebellion conference - Charleston City Paper

National scholars to headline Stono Rebellion conference - Charleston City Paper

Two nationally known scholars will lead the list of speakers during the 7th national Slave Dwelling Project Conference on Sept. 8-10 at the College of Charleston. The conference, themed The Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic Word, will offer an in-depth look at the 1739 rebellion, the largest and dead...

08/11/2022

We are pleased to announce Dr. Hilary Green of Davidson College as a keynote speaker at the 7th national Slave Dwelling Project Conference: the Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World. Dr. Green is a professor of history in the Africana Studies Department at Davidson College and previously worked at the University of Alabama, where she developed the Hallowed Grounds Project. She is the author of Educational Reconstruction: African American Schools in the Urban South, 1865–1890 (2016) and is currently at work on several projects, including a second book manuscript examining how everyday African Americans remembered and commemorated the Civil War. The conference will take place at College of Charleston in partnership with National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program and Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program (CLAW) at the College of Charleston and presented by The 1772 Foundation. Register today at bit.ly/sdpconf2022

08/05/2022

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We are pleased to announce Dr. Edda L. Fields-Black, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University in the Department of History as one of our keynote speakers at the 7th national Slave Dwelling Project: the Stono Rebellion and the Atlantic World. Dr. Fields-Black has written numerous scholarly studies on the trans-national history of West African rice farmers, including Deep Roots:

Rice Farmers in West Africa and the African Diaspora and the forthcoming book, ‘Combee’: Harriet Tubman, the Combahee River Raid, and Black Freedom during the Civil War, which will be released Juneteenth 2023 and is the first full-length study of Harriet Tubman’s Civil War activities. The conference will take place at College of Charleston in partnership with National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Program and Carolina Lowcountry and Atlantic World Program (CLAW) at the College of Charleston and presented by The 1772 Foundation.

Photos from Joseph McGill's post
07/02/2022

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07/02/2022

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06/18/2022

Charleston Facebook Family: This one is for you.

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06/15/2022

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June 23: Join us at the Main Library to learn about the Slave Dwelling Project with founder Joseph McGill.

The project has been bringing attention to historical slave dwellings across the country by sleeping in them and hosting campfire conversations about slavery.

Learn More: https://bit.ly/3MNGiTv

05/23/2022

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“My son, Malcolm, was at a loss. He couldn't understand why we would journey to a plantation to have our reunion or why,...
08/21/2019
Family Reunion at a Plantation | The Slave Dwelling Project

“My son, Malcolm, was at a loss. He couldn't understand why we would journey to a plantation to have our reunion or why, on Earth, I would consider spending the night there. I sought to explain the relevance of doing so for me. He shook his head; not being able to comprehend. Cousin Essie McCullough, the eldest member of our family at 96 years old, was also perplexed by our decision to bring our family celebration to the site. The experiences of the weekend proved transformative for them both.”……….Mina Wilson

https://slavedwellingproject.org/family-reunion-at-a-plantation/

Historical trauma, as used by social workers, historians, and psychologists, refers to the cumulative emotional harm of an individual or generation caused by a

07/12/2019

Many thanks to everyone who came out to Magnolia Plantation and Gardens on Saturday for their annual, public history day. Visitors were able to learn about the variety of ways they can go out and explore history -- including traveling the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. There was also a moving afternoon of historic interpretation, "Living History Through the Eyes of the Enslaved" organized by Mr. Joe McGill of The Slave Dwelling Project and presented by Mr. Jerome Bias, Ms. Germaine Jenkins, Mr. Gilbert Walker, Mr. Rodney Prioleau, Ms. Christine Mitchell, Ms. Sara Daise, Ms. Carolyn Evans, and Mr. Dontavius Williams. They shared Gullah history, taught about skills such as blacksmithing and brick-making and educated about the economics of slavery.

Thanks to our Program Coordinator Ms. Bria Graham for representing the Corridor this weekend and Commissioner Herb Frazier (SC) who was instrumental in organizing this event.

Photographs: Herb Frazier/Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.

“Slavery in New London was different with often just one enslaved person living with a family in their house. During man...
06/25/2019
Junteenth and One Enslaving Chief Justice | The Slave Dwelling Project

“Slavery in New London was different with often just one enslaved person living with a family in their house. During many months of the year, the garret was not a pleasant spot for sleeping. It was storage for foodstuff, as well as a sleeping quarters. It is the place that Mr. McGill wanted to sleep in to experience a night like Adam Jackson.”…………Aileen Novick

https://slavedwellingproject.org/junteenth-and-one-enslaving-chief-justice/

I get the most push back from people when I talk about slavery in northern states. In those states, African American history is more than just the Underground

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Slave cabins at Magnolia Plantation, Charleston
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Slave cabins at Magnolia Plantation, Charleston
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I'm so glad to see the cabins in a better state than when I worked there. I was the head gardener of the historic gardens for 3 years and can remember the state they were in. Also the one by the snack shop. I was embarrassed when Hastie insisted putting the black mannequin in the cabin so (his words) " people can see how the lived." The man never got it from a historical view,just a money view. So happy to see a good end result.
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