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  2. Gullah - Wikipedia

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    The Gullah people and their language are also called Geechee, which may be derived from the name of the Ogeechee River near Savannah, Georgia. [3] Gullah is a term that was originally used to designate the creole dialect of English spoken by Gullah and Geechee people. Over time, its speakers have used this term to formally refer to their creole ...

  3. Sierra Leonean Americans - Wikipedia

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    The Gullah, or (in Georgia) Geechee, are descendants of enslaved Africans that were sent from Africa or since the Caribbean, particularly Barbados, to serve as free labor for the cultivation of rice, whose area of cultivation was the southeast coast of the modern United States, and that still live in Sea Islands and the coastal areas of South ...

  4. Who are the Gullah Geechee people? Here is what you ... - AOL

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    The 57-year-old, who was born and raised in the Georgetown area, is not fluent in Gullah Geechee, so for her it is more of a dialect. Often, she said, Blacks are mistaken for speaking bad English ...

  5. The Gullah Geechee are often omitted from textbooks. One of ...

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    The Gullah Geechee people make up one of the oldest and most extraordinary communities in the United States. ... A 2005 environmental impact statement estimated there were 200,000 Gullah Gechee ...

  6. Daughters of the Dust - Wikipedia

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    Their ancestors were brought there as enslaved people centuries ago, and the islanders developed a language—known as Gullah or Sea Island Creole English—and culture that was creolized from West Africans of Ibo, Yoruba, Mende, and Twi origin, along with some influence from the Bakongo of central Africa as well as the cultures and languages ...

  7. ‘Saltwata Vibes’ Documentary From Simeon And Sara Makeba ...

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    As their generation of Gullah Geechee face the challenges of finding an identity when you are born within a culture, that is within a culture, that is within a culture – this documentary will ...

  8. Georgia's Gullah-Geechee community seeks path forward after ...

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    After the Civil War and Emancipation, some Gullah-Geechee were able to scrimp and save enough to buy land. Researchers estimate there are fewer than 30 incorporated historic Black towns left in the United States, a fraction of the more than 1,200 that existed from the 1880s to 1915.

  9. Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor - Wikipedia

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    Sweetgrass basket made by the Gullah culture of coastal Georgia or South Carolina. The Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor is a federal National Heritage Area in the United States. The intent of the designation is to help preserve and interpret the traditional cultural practices, sites, and resources associated with Gullah-Geechee people ...