Gullah of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina


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Gullah of Hilton Head Island, South Carolina

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Travel Show host Erik Hastings experiences Gullahs rich history and culture on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Erik visits the Coastal Discovery Museum at Honey Horn, the Stoney-Baynard Ruins, and the Mitchelville schoolhouse, site of the Souths first freedmans village. Historians Dr. Emory Campbell and Louise Cohen give a first-hand account of Gullah heritage from rice plantation origins to current Gullah Heritage Trail Tours. Visit www.hiltonheadisland.org for more information.

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HastingsTravel

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Gullah, slavery, rice, plantations, Coastal Discovery Museum, Honey Horn, history, culture, Dr. Emory Campbell, South Carolina, Stoney-Baynard Ruins, slave quarters, Mitchelville, Louise Cohen, St. James Baptist Church, Hilton Head Island, Erik Hastings, Hilton Head, Civil War History, Sea Islands,

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