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035			_a(OCoLC)1348380063
092			_a306.362 _bM145
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100	1		_aMcGill, Joseph, _cJr., _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aSleeping with the ancestors : _bhow I followed the footprints of slavery / _cJoseph McGill, Jr. and Herb Frazier.
250			_aFirst edition.
264		1	_aNew York, NY : _bHachette Books, _c2023.
264		4	_c©2023
300			_axiv, 337 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (chiefly color) ; _c24 cm
334			_asingle unit _2rdami
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
340			_pillustration _2rdaill
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (307-324) and index.
520			_aIn this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in former slave dwellings that still stand across the country--revealing the fascinating history behind these sites and shedding light on larger issues of race in America. 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 the West, where people are often surprised to learn that such structures exist. Events and gatherings are arranged around these overnight stays, and it provides a unique way to understand the often otherwise obscured and distorted history of slavery. The project has inspired difficult conversations about race in communities from South Carolina to Alabama to Texas to Minnesota to New York, and all over the United States. 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. Altogether, McGill and coauthor Herb Frazier give listeners an important unexpected immersion into the history of slavery, and especially the obscured and ignored aspects of that history.
600	1	0	_aMcGill, Joseph, _cJr. _xTravel _zUnited States.
650		0	_aEnslaved persons _xDwellings _zUnited States _xHistory.
650		0	_aSlavery _zUnited States. _9341801
650		0	_aRacism _zUnited States _xHistory. _9134669
651		0	_aUnited States _xRace relations. _928230
655		7	_aAutobiographies. _2lcgft _9728
700	1		_aFrazier, Herb, _d1950- _eauthor, _eauthor of foreword.
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