Guest authored by Joseph McGill, Jr., program officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation in Charleston and founder of the Slave Dwelling Project. 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 more »
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Part 1 of our Slave Cabins in Texas Series is written by Bryan McAuley, site manager for the Levi Jordan Plantation and San Felipe de Austin State Historic Sites. During the planning for the Texas Historical Commission’s recently conducted Annual Historic Preservation Conference, I was asked to assist with a decidedly rewarding project – looking for more »
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Last week I found myself taking wrong turns down country roads somewhere between Austin and Houston. I had been to Egypt Plantation once before and was equally unsuccessful in a straightforward arrival. Trying to keep my eyes on the road and simultaneously on the GPS, I breathed a sigh of relief as I passed the more »
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We are gearing up for the 2011 Annual Historic Preservation Conference which starts this Thursday, March 31, in Austin. It’s going to be a fantastic opportunity to learn, share, network and be inspired! If you haven’t pre-registered for the conference, come on down to the Sheraton at the Capitol and sign up on site. This more »
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Joseph McGill, Jr. sleeps in slave cabins. His day job is with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Southern Field Office in Charleston, but his “night job” is to experience what it might have felt like to be a slave. He has slept in slave quarters in South Carolina and Alabama, and this month will expand this geography to Texas. We more »
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