Slave Dwellings, Monuments, and the United Daughters of the Confederacy
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- Опубликовано: 31 май 2024
- The history of America can be told through the buildings we preserve and the monuments we raise. For decades, that history has been revisionist. This lecture examines how iconography bolsters White supremacy and privilege.
Joseph McGill, Jr., is a history consultant for Magnolia Plantation in Charleston, SC, and the founder and director of The Slave Dwelling Project. Previously, as a field officer for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mr. McGill worked to revitalize the Sweet Auburn commercial district in Atlanta, GA, and to develop a management plan for the Mississippi Delta National Heritage Area. He is a former executive director of the African American Museum in Cedar Rapids, IA, and a former director of history and culture at Penn Center, St. Helena Island, SC. He has also served as a National Park Service park ranger at Fort Sumter National Monument in Charleston.
Outstanding presentation and discussion, thank you so much for posting this.
Interesting point about expanding the description on monuments to include the dark side of their achievements, rather than just pull the thing down. I don't personally object to changing names, including cities. Think of the post-colonial places that changed the entire country's name to shake off the vestiges of enslavemennt!
Regarding overnight stays in slave dwelllings, I'm sure there are lots of ghost sightings! When I visited Mississippi plantations, I could glimpse things lurking on the sidelines.
Those slave owner's homes were dysfunctional places. Alcoholism, incest, mental illness. What a creepy, miserable life, even for the rich. Not glamorous as Hollywood would have us believe.
Most of the UDC monuments are dedicated to those that died or to the women of the south.
Preserve always history, so people can relate to their forefathers background at certain times in American history, as long as it doesn’t raise hatred toward each other ethnicity.
@Claudio Saltara
Do you mean information that might anger victimized populations should be suppressed?
@@aninewforest If our ancestors were strong enough to live and survive the times, then we should be strong enough to look at & learn from it.
Me interesa, pero no hablo inglés, sería bueno que le pusieran subtítulos.
Don't tear down history, period...
*Turns off own audio*
"I think you're muted"
Most boomer zoom thing ever.
@Corey Parchem
Ha ha, yes, though it was boomers who invented the computer.