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Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery
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Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery

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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 West, where people are often surprised to learn that structure exist.

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Weight 16.0 oz
Dimensions 6.5 × 1 × 9.5 in

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