- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Geechee and Gullah culture
- Creator:
- Sumpter, Althea
- Date of Original:
- 2006-03-31
- Subject:
- Gullahs--Georgia
Sea Islands Creole dialect
Folk art--Georgia
Folk artists--Georgia
African American folk artists--Georgia
Slaves--Georgia - Location:
- United States, Georgia, Bryan County, 32.01322, -81.44247
United States, Georgia, Camden County, Cumberland Island, 30.85107, -81.44843
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, 31.97402, -81.09243
United States, Georgia, Chatham County, Ossabaw Island, 31.80105, -81.09455
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Jekyll Island, 31.07021, -81.42272
United States, Georgia, Glynn County, Saint Simons Island, 31.15051, -81.36954
United States, Georgia, Liberty County, 31.80723, -81.45626
United States, Georgia, McIntosh County, Sapelo Island, 31.39745, -81.27871 - Medium:
- articles
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
- Description:
- Encyclopedia article about Geechee and Gullah culture in Georgia. The Gullah and Geechee culture on the Sea Islands of Georgia has retained ethnic traditions from West Africa since the mid-1700s. Although the islands along the southeastern U.S. coast harbor the same collective of West Africans, the name Gullah has come to be the accepted name of the islanders in South Carolina, while Geechee refers to the islanders of Georgia. Modern-day researchers designate the region stretching from Sandy Island, South Carolina, to Amelia Island, Florida, as the Gullah Coast--the locale of the culture that built some of the richest plantations in the South.
GSE identifier: SS8H3, SS8H2 - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/arts-culture/geechee-and-gullah-culture/
- Language:
- eng
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- Cite as: "ARTICLE TITLE," New Georgia Encyclopedia. Retrieved [date]: http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org.
- Original Collection:
- Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
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