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All along the South Carolina coast, land owned by the descendants of enslaved people is being targeted by developers looking to make money on vacation getaways and new homes.
PHILLIPS COMMUNITY — All along the South Carolina coast, developers of new homes and vacation getaways are targeting properties owned by the descendants of enslaved people. From Myrtle Beach to Hilton Head, Black landowners who inherited property have been outmatched in disputes with investors seeking to capitalize on rising property values. State legislation has made it harder for developers to take advantages. But skyrocketing tax assessments are raising pressures to sell, and that's threatening to erase historic Black communities. Elderly residents are clinging to an inheritance that ...
PHILLIPS COMMUNITY, S.C. (AP) — The Rev. Elijah Smalls Jr. once grew okra, butter beans and other vegetables in the neighborhood where his family has
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Orange mesh fencing lines the dirt expanse of a new development site that encircles the ranch-style house where Josephine Wright has taken her stand.