{"product_id":"sleeping-with-the-ancestors-how-i-followed-the-footprints-of-slavery-9780306829666","title":"Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep in former slave dwellings--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Since founding the Slave Dwelling Project project in 2010, historic preservationist Joseph McGill Jr. 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. Sleeping with the Ancestors 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Together, McGill and coauthor Herb Frazier give readers an important emersion into the history of slavery, and especially the obscured and ignored aspects of that history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Contains a new afterword and reading group guide. \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50599731233042,"sku":"9780306829666","price":20.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_6f24e194-c637-45c5-a138-10959e776b8c.jpg?v=1744225196","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/sleeping-with-the-ancestors-how-i-followed-the-footprints-of-slavery-9780306829666","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}