The Gullah/Geechee were enslaved to grow sugar. Now, their descendants hope sugar can save their cultural legacy.
Author Archives: Maurice Bailey & Nik Heynen
Maurice Bailey is a Saltwater Geechee resident of Hog Hammock, the Director of the Sapelo Island Cultural Revitalization Society’s (SICARS) Agriculture Committee and Co-Director of the University of Georgia’s Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture.
Nik Heynen is a Professor of Geography at the University of Georgia and Co-Director of the University of Georgia’s Cornelia Walker Bailey Program on Land and Agriculture.