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 […]
10.25.2017
Remembering Cornelia Walker Bailey, A Giant Of Gullah Geechee Culture
On the coastal edge of Georgia sits a small, dwindling community known as the Gullah Geechee. The people in the community are direct descendants of […]
12.21.2015
Gullah-Geechee Residents Fight Sapelo Island Development
Most of Sapelo Island is a wildlife preserve owned by the state: bright white beaches, wide-open salt marsh and giant live oak trees with Spanish […]
09.25.2012
Taxes Threaten an Island Culture in Georgia
SAPELO ISLAND, Ga. — Once the huge property tax bills started coming, telephones started ringing. It did not take long for the 50 or so […]