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Friday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
Black Seminoles—Gullahs Who Escaped From Slavery The Black Seminoles are a small offshoot of the Gullah who escaped from the rice plantations in South Carolina and Georgia. They built their own settlements on the Florida frontier, fought a series of wars to preserve their freedom, and were scattered across North America. They have played a significant role in … [Read more...] about Friday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
The Gullah people have been able to preserve much of their African cultural heritage because of geography, climate, and patterns of importation of enslaved Africans. Taken from the Western region of Africa in primarily the Krio and Mende populations of what is today Sierra Leone as slaves and transported to some areas of Brazil (including Bahia), the Gullah-Gheechee … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread: The History of the Gullah People
Tuesday Open Thread- Famous African-American Painters
Jonathan Green is the first individual of Gullah ancestry to train at a professional art school, Jonathan Green has created an acclaimed body of work that documents this rural culture, which emerged among West African slaves who lived on the Sea Islands or along the adjacent coast of South Carolina and Georgia. Descendants of these people have preserved ancestral … [Read more...] about Tuesday Open Thread- Famous African-American Painters