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Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footsteps of Slavery
Fifteen years ago, Joseph McGill began sleeping in extant slave dwellings on American South plantations to protest their lack of Black heritage interpretation. Now, an award-winning public historian, McGill will discuss his experiences as he created the Slave Dwelling Project on his first-ever Canadian visit.
Joseph McGill Jr is a history consultant for Magnolia Plantation, South Carolina, and a former field office for the National Trust for Historic Preservation and National Park Service Ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument, Charleston.