SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT CONFERENCE 2014 PRESERVING SACRED PLACES THE WORKSHOPS, PLENARIES, EXTANT TOURS, DINNER THEATER, FOUNDER S CIRCLE & MORE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thursday, September 18, 2014 9:00am 10:00am Registration / Continental Breakfast 10:00am 11:00am - Welcome To Savannah Conference Overview - Auditorium 11:00 11:45am - Opening of Exhibitors Hall - Vendor s Marketplace Noon 1:45 pm Opening Luncheon Speaker: Dr. Carroll Van West Dr. Carroll Van West, director of the Center for Historic Preservation at Middle Tennessee State University, currently serves as Tennessee's State Historian, is the co- chair of the Tennessee Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission, and is director of the Tennessee Civil War National Heritage Area. He also serves as editor- in- chief of The Tennessee Encyclopedia of History and Culture web site (University of Tennessee Press). West continues to work extensively with the National Register of Historic Places program; a recent project is the The U.S. Public Health Service Syphilis Study, Macon County, Alabama, 1932-1975, Multiple Property Submission. West is currently working on a website entitled "Revisiting Montana's Historic Landscape" that showcases his fieldwork in Eastern Montana, as well as "Tennessee's Historic Landscape" showcasing fieldwork in Tennessee. Breakout Sessions: 2:00 3:45 Holly Springs, Mississippi s Behind the Big House Tour Chelius Carter / Jenifer Eggleston 2:00 3:45 The Foods of Our Ancestors Michael Twitty, Food Writer, Independent Scholar, Culinary Historian, Historical Interpreter 2:00 3:45 A Heritage Uncovered: The Bellamy Museum Slave Building Gareth Evans, Preservation North Carolina / Bellamy Mansion, Wilmington, NC
THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT CONFERENCE 2014 2:00 3:45 Teaching Sacred Places: High School Students Compare Slave Memory and Historic Landscapes in the North and South Chris Lese, Social Studies Teacher, Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 2:00 3:45 Palmetto Trust and Creative Ways to Save Extant Slave Dwellings Michael Bedenbaugh, Executive Director, Palmetto Trust for Historic Preservation 2:00 3:45 In Their Own Words: Slave Narratives and the Slave House Jobie Hill, Historic Preservation Architect 2:00 3:45 Rice Plantations of the Lowcountry Jane Aldrich, Lowcountry Heritage Education 4:00 4:30 Closing Plenary Workshop Resolutions - Auditorium 4:45 6:00 Founders Circle Cocktail Reception 7:00pm 9:00pm * An Evening With Michael Twitty Plantation Cookin @ Wormsloe State Historic Park/ Featuring the Sweet Field of Eden Baptist Church Choir *To Be Confirmed
SLAVE DWELLING CONFERENCE 2014 COASTAL GA CENTER / SAVANNAH, GA Friday, September 19 8:30am 9:15am Plenary: Forced Immigration: The Atlantic Slave Trade & the American Connection 1619 1860 Donald West, Professor, Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC 9:15 9:45 Questions and Answers - Audience Breakout Sessions 10:00 11:45 The Success of Public History at Savannah State University, Georgia s Oldest Public Historically Black University Felisha A. Bell, Assistant Professor of History, Savannah State University 10:00 11:45 Sustainable Practices for the Preservation of Slave Dwellings Matt Foree, Attorney, Atlanta, GA 10:00 11:45 Changes Over Time: Documentation and Preservation of the Slave House Jobie Hill, Historic Preservation Architect 10:00 11:45 The Extended Life of a Slave Quarter 10:00 11:45 Stagville: Black & White Regina Faden, Executive Director, Historic St. Mary s City, Maryland Dr. Brenda Scott, Photographer 10:00 11:45 Record, Research, Revise: The Process of Developing a Slave Housing Survey Ashley Dumas, Ph. D., Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of West Alabama 10:00 11:45 I Don t Feel Welcome and I Don t Want to Remember: Facilitating Preservation Initiatives and Community Engagement 10:00 11:45 Who Built America Jennifer Hurst, Membership Chair Preservation Virginia / Statewide Education Coordinator Jeffrey A. Free Harris, Independent Historian and Preservation Consultant 10:00 11:45 Timber by Timber: Relocating the Point of Pines Slave Cabin to the Smithsonian s National Museum of African American History and Culture Toni Carrier, Director, Lowcountry Africana
SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT CONFERENCE 2014 10:00 11:45 Slave Dwellings of Tennessee Dan Brown, Certified Local Government Coordinator, Tennessee Historical Commission Lunch Noon 1:15 pm - Boxed Lunches - Visit Exhibitors Booths and The Vendor Marketplace 1:30 3:15 Interpreting Slave Life Nicole Moore, Museum Educator at the City of Virginia Beach 1:30 3:15 Interpreting the African American Experience on Charleston County Plantation Renee Donnell, University of Georgia 1:30 3:15 My Brother s Keeper: The Slave Dwelling Project and Hopsewee Plantation Jerry Harper, Director, My Brother s Keeper 1:30 3:15 Chattel Houses of Barbados and Slave Cabins Rhoda Green, Director, Barbados and the Carolinas Legacy Foundation 1:30 3:15 Bringing it all Together: The Slave House Database (Survey Work) Jobie Hill, Historic Preservation Architect 1:30 3:15 Slave Dwellings and Heritage Farms in Tennessee; Decoding and Preserving the landscape of Work in the South MTSU 1:30 3:15 People and Spaces: Using Genealogical Research to Rediscover and Preserve the Stories of the Enslaved Toni Carrier, Director, Lowcountry Africana 1:30 3:15 From Slavery to Freedom: Interpreting the Slave Cabins of Magnolia Plantation Jenn Haupt, Tour Guide, Magnolia Plantation 1:30 3:15 Slave Dwellings and Family Reunions Jonathan Williams, Social Studies Teacher, Principal Inter, McMichael High School, Mayodan, NC 1:30 3:15 Teaching Sacred Places: High School Students Compare Slave Memory and Historic Landscapes in the North and South Chris Lese, Social Studies Teacher, Marquette University High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT CONFERENCE 2014 3:30 4:45 Assessing Extant Slave Dwellings of South Carolina Craig M. Bennett, PE, Bennett Preservation Engineering PC, Charleston, SC 3:30 4:45 I Don t Feel Welcome and I Don t Want to Remember: Facilitating Preservation Initiatives and Community Engagement 3:30 4:45 Who Built America 3:30 4:45 Interpreting Slave Life Jennifer Hurst, Membership Chair Preservation Virginia / Statewide Education Coordinator Jeffrey A. Free Harris, Independent Historian and Preservation Consultant Nicole Moore, Museum Educator at the City of Virginia Beach 3:30 4:45 People and Spaces: Using Genealogical Research to Rediscover and Preserve the Stories of the Enslaved Toni Carrier, Director, Lowcountry Africana 3:30 4:45 2-3 Potential Added Workshops: (1) Artist Arienne - & (2) A Reenactor s Workshop 5:00 5:30 Closing Plenary Workshop Resolutions - Auditorium 7:00pm 9:00pm Friday Evening Gullah Geechee Dinner Theater
THE SLAVE DWELLING PROJECT CONFERENCE 2014 Saturday, September, 20 8:30 9:45am Plenary: The Coalition of the Willing Slave Dwelling Property Owners Hear from representatives of stewards of extant slave dwellings. Through a power point presentation, each representative will be given 5 minutes or less to present their properties. /Their photos will also be showcased in the Slave Dwelling Exhibit Hall 10:00 Noon Closing Session: Missouri Little Dixie: The Slave Dwelling Project Conference 2015, State of Missouri Gary Fuenfhausen, Director Missouri Little Dixie Joseph McGill, Founder, SDP and Patt Gunn, Board of Directors Slave Dwelling Project Current and Future Work Joseph McGill, Founder 1:00-3pm *A Journey From Slavery to Freedom Tour - Wormsloe Historic Plantation/State Park Tour Host: Karen Wortham This Far By Faith Productions *Tour includes lunch on site at the Plantation, provided by a local Savannah Lowcountry chef!