Christmas Gif…Celebrating de Big Times
We have just passed Christmas, a time of year where we gather with family and have a good time. Some of us will have attended “Ugly Christmas Sweater Parties” or the office holiday shindig....
Category: US History
Following The Drinking Gourd and Other Paths to Freedom
This time of year reminds me of a few things about interpretation. Not only did I do slave life interpretation at Historic Brattonsville, but this time of year I would also brush up on...
Slavery…not just a southern affair
Most of us realize that slavery was in all of the colonies before the American Revolution, but we don’t think about how it differed between places. We may not think about how not all...
National Slavery Museum..Will It Ever?
What will become of the US National Slavery Museum? If you’ve been following it, you know that last week the New York Times ran an article about the museum and how the dreams that...
Sesquicentennial Madness
Never have I heard such a fun word used so much until now. With this being the 150th year since the American Civil War, there has been a rise in talks about slavery. I...
Featured in the Rock Hill Herald & at Gather at the Table
This past Sunday, I was featured twice in the Rock Hill Herald. The article was the front page!! The video interview was great fun and I enjoyed just talking about slave life and what...
Being the teacher in the moment
So the last post The Teachable Moments in Interpretation talks about how a visitor is brought into the experience of slave life through some powerful first person interpretation at Colonial Williamsburg. Now let’s look...
Freedom Riders pt. 1
For the past few months, I have been coordinating events surrounding the 2011 Student Freedom Ride and their stop in Rock Hill, South Carolina. Needless to say, it has been rather exhausting but so worth...
The Road to Freedom
This week is looking to be phenomenal. The Student Freedom Ride started on Friday and is rolling into Charlotte, NC and Rock Hill, SC Monday and Tuesday. I have been working on setting up...
What’s in a name?
“Are you a slave?” This is probably the number one question I get asked by students who come out and visit on a field trip. Because I am talking about, and dressed like a...
