An Advocate’s Quest to Bring New Life to Slaves’ Homes
September 6, 2010
Georgetown, S.C.
Joseph McGill, a program officer at the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Charleston, S.C., office, has been sleeping in former slave cabins as part of an effort to raise awareness about their historical importance.
He discusses his crusade from the doorway of a cabin at South Carolina’s Hobcaw Barony.