@sunnmcheaux We are a foundational and evolutionary culture to African American and American culture. I don't know why they are trying to explain Gullah Geechee to a well-researched GG scholar which should not be a surprised to anyone has the engineers, academics, artisans were
kidnapped
Open-range cattle ranching in the U.S. started in the South Carolina lowcountry during the Colonial period. The first “cow boys” were the enslaved ancestors of the Gullah Geechee, who brought this African style of raising cattle here.
On Feb 25, 1863, Union soldiers informed the enslaved Gullah Geechee ppl of Georgetown, SC that they were free.
This year, @GullahGeChamber celebrated Emancipation Day by streaming a 3-day, community read-a-thon of the FULL TEXT of “Black AF History”
I couldn’t be more grateful
From okra and rice to fried okra to gumbo, Gullah Geechee have cooked with this fruit—yeah, it’s not a vegetable—since the ancestors brought it to these shores. But did you know it’s part of our folks medicine tradition too?
Gullah Geechee Chamber of Commerce
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