1
: a member of a group of Black people inhabiting the sea islands and coastal districts of South Carolina, Georgia, and northeastern Florida
2
: an English-based creole spoken by the Gullahs that is marked by vocabulary and grammatical elements from various African languages
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Visit the Edisto Island Museum to learn about the history and culture of the island's Gullah Geechee people, descendants of enslaved Africans who remained on the southeastern coast of the United States.
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Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2024
Green’s paintings are inspired by his Gullah roots in South Carolina.
—Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
The Gullah lifestyle and traditions flow through so many aspects of life.
—Michiel Perry, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
The many variations in the American South include South Midland, Ozark, Coastal Southern, Virginia Piedmont, Gullah, Cajun English and Gulf Southern.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
But the idea for the center had actually been planted years earlier, when Cornelia Bailey, an unofficial historian of the Gullah Geechee, an ethnic group with roots in the South, approached Brown about a new initiative.
—Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, who championed Puerto Rican cuisine; Raghavan Iyer, Indian; Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Chinese; and Emily Meggett, Gullah Geechee of the coastal Southeast.
—William McDonald, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
Forty-four families, all formerly enslaved people with Gullah Geechee heritage, settled on the Georgia island after the Civil War.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
Historians believe Hogg Hammock, on Sapelo Island, is one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands.
—Chandelis Duster, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 7 Feb. 2024
Green’s paintings are inspired by his Gullah roots in South Carolina.
—Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 30 Jan. 2024
The Gullah lifestyle and traditions flow through so many aspects of life.
—Michiel Perry, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2023
The many variations in the American South include South Midland, Ozark, Coastal Southern, Virginia Piedmont, Gullah, Cajun English and Gulf Southern.
—Megan Ulu-Lani Boyanton, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 Jan. 2024
But the idea for the center had actually been planted years earlier, when Cornelia Bailey, an unofficial historian of the Gullah Geechee, an ethnic group with roots in the South, approached Brown about a new initiative.
—Rosalind Cummings-Yeates, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
Cruz Miguel Ortíz Cuadra, who championed Puerto Rican cuisine; Raghavan Iyer, Indian; Eileen Yin-Fei Lo, Chinese; and Emily Meggett, Gullah Geechee of the coastal Southeast.
—William McDonald, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023
Forty-four families, all formerly enslaved people with Gullah Geechee heritage, settled on the Georgia island after the Civil War.
—Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 7 Dec. 2023
Historians believe Hogg Hammock, on Sapelo Island, is one of the last surviving Gullah Geechee communities in the Georgia Sea Islands.
—Chandelis Duster, CNN, 13 Sep. 2023
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“Gullah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Gullah. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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