United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871Bowen, Jesse M.2005-05-06Encyclopedia article about Cornelia Bailey. As a member of the last generation of African Americans born and educated on Sapelo Island, Cornelia Bailey as become one of Georgia's most vocal defenders of her homeland and its African American heritage. Sapelo Island, a barrier island off the southern coast of Georgia, has protected the state's interior for thousands of years. Although the island has withstood countless hurricanes and the arrival of colonial settlers, a new threat has come to the people of Sapelo--the threat of industrial development.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.African American authors--Georgia--Sapelo IslandAfrican American women authors--Georgia--Sapelo IslandGullah women--Georgia--Sapelo IslandGullahs--Georgia--Sapelo IslandBailey, CorneliaAuthors, American--Georgia--Sapelo IslandWomen authors, American--Georgia--Sapelo IslandCornelia Bailey (1945-2017)Text