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Joe McGill’s Slave Dwelling Project Visits Evergreen Plantation in Louisiana
One can say that the reason that the 22 slave dwellings at Evergreen are still with us is because they were built of cypress wood. I attribute their existence to the fact that someone in their past made the conscience decision to preserve the dwellings so that...
News from Joe McGill’s Slave Dwelling Project: Slave Dwellings of Texas
Slave Cabin, Egypt Plantation. Artist: Ted Ellis March 29th through April 2nd found me in the State of Texas to spend nights in former slave dwellings at Egypt Plantation, Egypt, TX and Seward Plantation, Independence, TX and be the keynote speaker...
History Comes Full Circle: Community Comes Together to Preserve Seashore Farmers’ Lodge No. 767
In the early 1900s, the Seashore Farmers' Lodge No. 767 was a center of African American cultural life in the Sol Legare community on James Island in Charleston County, South Carolina. One of many mutual benefit societies in the Lowcountry, the Seashore Farmers' Lodge...
SCIAA Awarded Grant to Study Artifacts from SC Slave Cabins
The South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology (SCIAA) has been awarded a "Save America's Treasures" grant from the National Park Service. The grant will fund a re-analysis of a collection of artifacts excavated at Yaughan and Curriboo plantations in...
In Her Father’s Footsteps: Daughter Accompanies Dad on Slave Cabin Preservation Mission
It was not your typical father-daughter outing - there was no dance, no barbeque, no scavenger hunt. Instead, 14 year old Jocelyn McGill joined her father in an overnight stay at Middleton Place Plantation, to experience first-hand her father's efforts to preserve...
In Her Father’s Footsteps: Daughter Accompanies Dad on Slave Cabin Preservation Mission
It was not your typical father-daughter outing - there was no dance, no barbeque, no scavenger hunt. Instead, 14 year old Jocelyn McGill joined her father in an overnight stay at Middleton Place Plantation, to experience first-hand her father's efforts to...
Teachers' Resource: The Learning Network: Teaching and Learning with the New York Times
The Learning Network: Teaching and Learning with the New York Times Stories to Tell: Curating an African American History Exhibit Overview: Given that history is composed of many interwoven stories, how do curators and other historians decide which stories to tell?...
Magnolia Plantation Seminar Links
Magnolia Plantation Seminar Links Thanks for joining us Saturday, Feb 12 at the Magnolia Plantation Conservatory for "Lowcountry Africana: Free Resources for African American Genealogy." Below are links to resources mentioned in the...
Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT)
The capture of Port Royal, South Carolina by Union forces in November 1861 set in motion a series of events which would lead to one of the largest social transformations in the history of the Lowcountry Southeast - the emancipation of ten...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames A Through C
This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records of the Freedmen's Savings and Trust (now digitized in the free...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames D Through F
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames D Through F This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames G Through H
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames G Through H This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames J Through L
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames J Through L This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames M Through P
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames M Through P This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records...
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops (USCT), Surnames R Through S
Genealogy of the 33rd United States Colored Troops, Surnames R Through S This page is a portion of the Lowcountry Africana feature article Who Lived This History? The 33rd United States Colored Troops. Here, we present abstracts of records...