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News Release: Joseph McGill, Jr. to present The Slave Dwelling Project

For the past 15 years, Joe McGill has been sleeping in former slave dwellings throughout the United States. His adventures are now chronicled in the book Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery. Join us at the Horry County Museum at 1 PM on Saturday, February 7th as McGill discusses why this simple act is still being requested by historic sites of enslavement.Joseph McGill, Jr., is the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project. By arranging for people to sleep in extant slave