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“The Gullah…had existed without the need for cash. Everything the Gullah people needed was done by them, among them, and you might say in coordination with the entire community.”

“The Gullah…had existed without the need for cash. Everything the Gullah people needed was done by them, among them, and you might say in coordination with the entire community.”

Emory Campbell (em-more-ee kam-bull), micro-biologist, activist

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“With Gullah Geechee people we created and preserved our language under the threat of death for being literate.”

“With Gullah Geechee people we created and preserved our language under the threat of death for being literate.”

Sunn m'Cheaux (sun mih-show), Gullah language teacher

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“Let us remember we descend from folks who…manifested freedom when everything else said otherwise.”

“Let us remember we descend from folks who…manifested freedom when everything else said otherwise.”

Sara Makeba Daise (sah-rah mah-kee-bah dayz), Cultural History Interpreter

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee

“We are one, bound by the spirit of an island and Bilali the slave. Bound by high tide, fields, gossip, smoke mullet and our faith.”

“We are one, bound by the spirit of an island and Bilali the slave. Bound by high tide, fields, gossip, smoke mullet and our faith.”

Cornelia Bailey (kor-nee-lee-yah bay-lee), story-keeper, historian

Proven Free, Proven Sustainable, Gullah/Geechee, Gullah/Geechee - PSBlog Post AuthorMarch 22, 2021Gullah Geechee