Posted on Aug 20, 2022
Gullah Geechee community reaches a deal with Ga. county in a fight for services
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Sapelo Island, sitting off the coast of Georgia, has been home to one of America's last intact Gullah Geechee communities. The Gullah Geechee is a community of descendants of enslaved people who arrived before the start of the Civil War. The island was also the focus of a legal battle between its residents and local and state governments.
The Gullah Geechee community filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia and McIntosh County in 2015, complaining that they were neglected, taxed unfairly, and had their civil rights violated. In the suit, the Sapelo Island residents said they've been lacking basic resources like fire or police services and a ferry system that doesn't run enough to link the island and mainland Georgia effectively.
Sapelo Island, sitting off the coast of Georgia, has been home to one of America's last intact Gullah Geechee communities. The Gullah Geechee is a community of descendants of enslaved people who arrived before the start of the Civil War. The island was also the focus of a legal battle between its residents and local and state governments.
The Gullah Geechee community filed a lawsuit against the state of Georgia and McIntosh County in 2015, complaining that they were neglected, taxed unfairly, and had their civil rights violated. In the suit, the Sapelo Island residents said they've been lacking basic resources like fire or police services and a ferry system that doesn't run enough to link the island and mainland Georgia effectively.
Gullah Geechee community reaches a deal with Ga. county in a fight for services
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel thanks for sharing Brother William, the The Gullah Geechee, they have their own language also in South Carolina by Charleston.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
..."Hall hopes that the settlement and new commitments from both the local and state governments is the start of a bigger vision that Hall has for Sapelo Island.
"Bringing our children back home and our grandchildren back home and to sustain for the next 10 generations as we already have," Hall said."
..."Hall hopes that the settlement and new commitments from both the local and state governments is the start of a bigger vision that Hall has for Sapelo Island.
"Bringing our children back home and our grandchildren back home and to sustain for the next 10 generations as we already have," Hall said."
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