Sleeping with the Ancestors

With a new Afterword and Reading Group Guide exclusive to the paperback edition.In this enlightening personal account, one man tells the story of his groundbreaking project to sleep overnight in f ...

With a new Afterword and Reading Group Guide exclusive to the paperback edition.In 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 count