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Descendants of enslaved people lost a bid to limit development on an island they inhabit, ensuring the encroachment of mainlanders

Descendants of enslaved Africans are worried their cultural heritage & property could soon be lost due to changes in the island’s zoning laws

Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws.

Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws.

By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press - Hogg Hummock residents in Georgia are fighting to preserve zoning protections that have shielded them from wealthy buyers and tax increases for nearly 30 years, but county officials have proposed eliminating those protections and allowing wealthy developers to build large beach houses on the island.

Sapelo Islands Gullah Geechee descendants are fighting their local government over a proposal to eliminate protections that helped shield them from pressure to sell their land to developers.

Descendants of Black slaves in a tiny island community in the US state of Georgia have resumed a long-time legal battle against local government officials.

One of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. is in another fight to hold onto land owned by residents families since their ancestors were freed from slavery. Residents

One of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. is in another fight to hold onto land owned by residents families since their ancestors were freed from slavery

Descendants of enslaved people who populate a tiny island community are once again fighting local officials who have proposed eliminating protections that for decades helped shield the Gullah-Geechee residents from high taxes and pressure to sell their land to developers. Residents of Hogg Hummock say they were stunned last month when McIntosh County officials unveiled a proposal to cast aside zoning ordinances that limit homes to modest sizes in the enclave of 30 to 50 Black residents on Sapel...