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Research Brief #02: Land Loss

Descendants owned nearly 1100 acres on Sapelo Island around the year 1900; Almost 300 acres in Hog Hammock in 1891. While still the majority owner […]

Map of Hog Hammock, 1938

Research Brief #01: Population

Sapelo Island’s Black population and Black landownership both steadily increased throughout the 1800s. Following the Civil War and the failure of the U.S. government’s attempt […]

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