Long before Hilton Head Island in South Carolina became a vacation destination, it was a refuge for formerly enslaved people. But have you ever heard of the Gullah Geechee?
This community — with its own identity, language and culture — has been under relentless siege by threats of commercial development and land acquisition.
Their story is a warning to tourists everywhere: Your dream vacation could be happening on someone else’s ancestral land.
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