Joseph McGill, Jr.

Joseph McGill, Jr. is a native of Kingstree, SC and is the founder of the Slave Dwelling Project and history and culture coordinator at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, SC.

Mr. McGill received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Professional English from South Carolina State University. He spent six years in the United States Air Force and has been employed by the National Park Service, Penn Center, and the African American Museum of Iowa.

Mr. McGill is the founder of Company “I” 54th Massachusetts Reenactment Regiment in Charleston, SC. The 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was the regiment portrayed in the award-winning movie Glory. As a Civil War reenactor, Mr. McGill participates in parades, living history presentations, and lectures.

As founder of the Slave Dwelling Project, since 2010, Mr. McGill has slept in slave dwellings throughout the United States to bring much needed attention to these structures. McGill is co-author of “Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery.”

Joseph McGill, Jr. requests an additional honorarium to the $250 contributed by SC Humanities.

Speakers Bureau Topics by Joseph McGill, Jr.

Slave Dwellings of South Carolina and the Slave Dwelling Project

African-American History and Culture Antebellum Period Nineteenth-Century History and Culture South Carolina History and Culture

54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry & Africans in the Civil War

African-American History and Culture Chautauqua and Reenactments Civil War Nineteenth-Century History and Culture Weapons and Warfare

Joseph McGill, Jr.

Speakers Bureau Topics by Joseph McGill, Jr.

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