Geechee
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"And I say that simply to emphasize the strength and power of the Gullah Geechee table, which relates directly to the West African culinary expression."
From Salon ● Feb. 20, 2025
Small communities descended from enslaved island populations in the South, known as Gullah, or Geechee in Georgia, are scattered along the coast from North Carolina to Florida.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2024
The writer traveled to seven praise houses in South Carolina and Georgia, along the Gullah Geechee Corridor.
From New York Times ● Nov. 23, 2023
Nearby, an elderly member of South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee people — descendants of Africans who were forced to labor on plantations along the Atlantic Coast — was busy weaving a traditional hat out of sweetgrass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2023
Hogg Hummock is one of just a few surviving communities in the South of people known as Gullah, or Geechee, in Georgia, whose ancestors worked island slave plantations.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 12, 2023
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