Gullah Geechee

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1. Synonym of Gullah

   Hoppin’ John and its associated superstitions originated from the Georgia and South Carolina Lowcountry and its people known as the Gullah, Geechee, or Gullah Geechee.

   2020, Morgan Jerkins, Wandering in Strange Lands: A Daughter of the Great Migration Reclaims Her Roots, →ISBN

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   When Roots Die by the late Dr. Patricia Jones-Jackson of Howard University is the most recent book-length offering to the growing body of literature which seeks to illuminate and bring clear perspective to our understanding of the history and culture of the Gullah/Geechee speaking African-Americans of South Carolina and Georgia.

   1987 October 29, “Book Reviews and Notes”, in South Carolina Historical Magazine, volume 88, number 4, page 220

   TransAtlantic Linkage: The Gullah/Geechee–Sierra Leone Connection Traveling exhibition and scholarly symposium on the history of cultural similarities between inhabitants of Sierra Leone and descendants of slaves residing in Georgia and South Carolina Sea Islands.

   1995 January 29, NEH Exhibitions Today: A Report from the Division of Public Programs, page 27

   Synonyms: Gullah

alternative Gullah-Geechee · alternative Gullah/Geechee

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   One of the enduring legacies of those African Americans is the Gullah/Geechee culture and language, a rich mixture of African, European, and American customs and dialects.

   1998, Kevin M. McCarthy, Georgia's Lighthouses and Historic Coastal Sites, →ISBN, page 6

   Synonyms: Gullah