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The Prince Washington

Sandy Island is one of the most interesting communities in the Gullah Geechee Corridor. To start, it is one of two communities that are only reachable by boat...

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Project Update for the Months of August and September

The development of the Gullah Geechee Conservation Immersive Experience has been progressing nicely over these last few weeks. In our team, we have a total of six members,...

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Meet the Team

  Jennifer Terry is a junior undergraduate student at Coastal Carolina University. She is from Lancaster, South Carolina, but lives in Conway most of the year, where she...

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Learning and New Beginnings

I’ll be the first to admit that growing up I didn’t have an extensive knowledge of Gullah Geechee cultures. History classes briefly touched on Gullah Geechee information, with...

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Phillip Washington

Sandy Island was founded by a man named Phillip Washington in 1880 as a freedman community. Originally, the area was named Mt. Rena, after the Gullah term which...

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