{"product_id":"sleeping-with-the-ancestors-how-i-followed-the-footprints-of-slavery-paperback","title":"Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph McGill\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eHerb Frazier\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWith a new Afterword and Reading Group Guide exclusive to the paperback edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea that was sparked and first developed in 1999. Since founding the project, McGill has been touring the country, spending the night in former slave dwellings--throughout the South, but also the North and the West, where people are often surprised to learn that such structures exist. Events and gatherings are arranged around these overnight stays, and it provides a unique way to understand the often otherwise obscured and distorted history of slavery. The project has inspired difficult conversations about race in communities from South Carolina to Alabama to Texas to Minnesota to New York, and all over the United States. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eSleeping with the Ancestors\u003c\/i\u003e focuses on all of the key sites McGill has visited in his ongoing project and digs deeper into the actual history of each location, using McGill's own experience and conversations with the community to enhance those original stories. Altogether, McGill and coauthor Herb Frazier give readers an important unexpected emersion into the history of slavery, and especially the obscured and ignored aspects of that history.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph McGill Jr. \u003c\/b\u003eis a history consultant for Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, South Carolina, and the founder and director of The Slave Dwelling Project. Previously, as a field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mr. McGill worked to revitalize the Sweet Auburn commercial district in Atlanta, Georgia, and to develop a management plan for the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. He is a former executive director of the African American Museum in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and a former director of history and culture at Penn Center, St. Helena Island, South Carolina. He has also served as a National Park Service park ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eHerb Frazier\u003c\/b\u003e is the special project editor at the \u003ci\u003eCharleston City Paper. \u003c\/i\u003eHe is the author of \u003ci\u003eBehind God's Back: Gullah Memories, \u003c\/i\u003e co-author of \u003ci\u003eWe Are Charleston: Tragedy and Triumph at Mother Emanuel\u003c\/i\u003e with Marjory Wentworth and Dr. Bernard Powers Jr., and co-editor of \u003ci\u003eUkwell: Searching for Healing and Truth, South Carolina Writers and Poets Explore American Racism, \u003c\/i\u003ewith the late Horace Mungin. Frazier edited and reported for five daily newspapers in the South, including his hometown newspaper, the \u003ci\u003ePost and Courier \u003c\/i\u003ein Charleston. He has led journalism workshops in Sierra Leone, Zambia, Ghana, Suriname, Guyana, and The Gambia. He was a visiting lecturer at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa. Frazier is also the former marketing director at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.4 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 21, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978299343149,"sku":"9780306829673","price":20.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/lHxYFrYJCt9780306829673.webp?v=1775801516","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/sleeping-with-the-ancestors-how-i-followed-the-footprints-of-slavery-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}