{"id":13087,"date":"2014-04-08T17:06:49","date_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/?p=13087"},"modified":"2014-04-08T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-08T22:09:35","slug":"behind-the-big-house-tour-in-holly-springs-april-11-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelocalvoice.net\/oxford\/behind-the-big-house-tour-in-holly-springs-april-11-13\/","title":{"rendered":"“Behind the Big House” Tour in Holly Springs: April 11-13"},"content":{"rendered":"

The south has a rich and varied history. The storybook life seen on the silver screen is often just one side of our past. Behind the grand mansions, beyond the freshly pressed linens, lay small and intimate slave dwellings where work, toil, and history also happened.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"2x6<\/a>Many historic figures began their lives in these small dwellings such as Civil Rights icon and journalist Ida B. Wells-Barnett<\/strong> who was born a slave in 1862 and freed four years later. She strove to give rights to women as well as end lynching and was eventually driven from the south to Chicago. Learn more about this human rights pioneer as well as our unique past in the Behind the Big House Tour<\/strong><\/span>, April 11th\u201313th during the Holly Springs Pilgrimage of Homes<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

In addition to touring five of the towns historic mansions included on this year\u2019s Pilgrimage, guests will be allowed a rare look into the lives of Holly Springs\u2019 slave population during the \u201cBehind the Big House Tour.\u201d See another side of antebellum life through these surviving structures and a historic interpretation by Joseph McGill<\/strong>, a field officer with the National Trust for Historic Preservation<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks to grants from the Mississippi Humanities Council, Mississippi Development Authority\u2019s Tourism Division, and coordinated by Preserve Marshall County and Holly Springs, Inc.; McGill will spend a few nights in Holly Springs\u2019 slave cabins and then bring their story to life during the FREE<\/strong><\/span> weekend long event.\u00a0 \u201cFor so long folks have been visiting the plantation and going into the big house, and without those structures, the big house could not have existed,\u201d says McGill.<\/span><\/p>\n

To schedule your group or for any additional information, please call 662-252-3669 or go to www.preservemarshallcounty.org<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Preserve Marshall County & Holly Springs, Inc. (501c3) formed in 2005 with the hope of bringing historic preservation advocacy and educational outreach to the community.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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On Tour: Burton Place, Hugh Craft and Magnolias Slave Quarters<\/strong><\/p>\n

Schedule:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

*All quarters will be available to tour unmanned during the entire Pilgrimage but see schedule below to meet Joe. For more information on Joe\u2019s project go to www.preservationnation.org.<\/em><\/p>\n

Wednesday, 9th April<\/strong>
\n9 am- 4 pm \u2013 School Group Tours<\/em><\/p>\n

Thursday, 10th April<\/strong>
\n9 am- 11:30 am \u2013 School Groups<\/em>
\n1 pm- 2:15 pm \u2013 Oxford Lecture<\/em><\/p>\n

Friday, 11th April<\/strong>
\n9:30 am \u2013 12 pm \u2013 Joe McGill at Magnolia Place slaves\u2019 quarters.
\n1 pm- 2:15 pm- Rust College Lecture<\/em>
\n2:30 pm \u2013 4 pm \u2013 Joe McGill at Burton Place slaves\u2019 quarters<\/em>
\n*Lunch Break from 12-1<\/em><\/p>\n

Saturday, 12th April<\/strong>
\n9:30 am \u2013 12 pm- Joe McGill at Magnolia Place slaves\u2019 quarters.
\n1 pm- 2:15 pm- Ida B. Wells Museum for Lecture
\n2:30 pm- 4 pm- Joe McGill at Hugh Craft House
\n<\/em>*Lunch Break from 12-1<\/em><\/p>\n

Sunday, 13th April<\/strong>
\n9:30 am- 4 pm- All sites open for tours<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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