Gullah Geechee influence is seen all over the US. Why does a notion of isolation prevail?

A new book from leading scholars and historians pushes back against the narrative that Gullah communities were insulated from the mainland US Gullah Geechee culture is sometimes viewed as static – a common narrative suggests that, isolated from the rest of the country, enslaved…

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