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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 9h

Too many politicians are trying to manipulate the outcome of the 2026 elections by cutting early voting & questionable purging of voter rolls. SC residents can check their voting status at the SC Election Commission website. 10/5–that’s the last day to register! vrems.scvotes.sc.gov/Voter/Login

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 23h

Happy Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Awareness Month! Excited to report that U.S.Senate candidate @AngieNixon—a 5th-generation Jacksonville,FL, native—is #Gullah #Geechee! youtu.be/rmw3gsS--uU?...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We’re a venue for the Georgetown Art & Wine 2026, September 12-13! Stop by to see the amazing painting on display and vote for the artists! The Art & Wine Walk features a juried fine art show, music, food, kid’s activities, and a market! artwinewalk.com

“We Have Been Found Out” by Rachel Jones

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Long before European traders arrived in West Africa or synthetic dyes were concocted, communities in Nigeria and Mali were growing the indigo plant and creating a true, long-lasting, intense, blue dye in a secretive process that dates back at least a millennia.

Enslaved Africans processing indigo in the Americas

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Join us for a day of culture, history, and community at the SC250 Indigo Festival on 9/5 from 11am - 6 @ the Williams Vineyard & Farm, 21 & 26 Gabriel Place, Nesmith, SC! We’ll be there with indigo art, jewelry, and more! Free indigo seeds w/ each purchase! southcarolina250.com/event/sc250-...

Flyer — Join us for a day of culture, history, and community at the SC250 Indigo Festival on September 5 from 11:00 am - 6:00 pm at the Williams Vineyard & Farm, 21 & 26 Gabriel Place, Nesmith, SC! We’ll be there with indigo art, jewelry, & books on the topic. And you get a free packet of indigo seeds we grew ourselves with every purchase! https://southcarolina250.com/event/sc250-indigo-festival/

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Look what came in today’s mail! Gullah Geechee author Ebony Allen Toussaint, PhD, wrote "G is for Gullah" to teach children the alphabet while educating them about Gullah Geechee culture. We sell the book at the Gullah Museum of Georgetown!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

It’s raining hard so I’m making new items for the museum’s gift shop, my Etsy shop, & upcoming festivals. We have new adjustable Gullah O’oman cameo rings, small and large cameo brooches. And, of course, our gullahmuseumsc.com mini blue bottle trees. gullahshop.etsy.com

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Peoples living in the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor know what I’m cooking for breakfast on the Fourth of July! This recipe is older than our country! (Our red rice and our Louisiana cousins’ jambalaya are Africanisms.)

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Happy Amistad Slave Revolt Day! On this day in 1839, a rice farmer named Sengbe Pieh—also known as Joseph Cinqué—led the African captives aboard the slave ship La Amistad in a revolt, breaking free from their chains and seizing the ship. Let’s get into some slave resistance!

"The Mutiny on the Amistad" (A 1939 oil on canvas painting by Hale Woodruff, in the collection of Savery Library, Talladega College, Talladega, Alabama / National Museum of African American History and Culture)

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

For forever, teachers in the U.S. taught school children that George Washington had a mouth full of wooden dentures. In fact they were a mix of wine-stained hippopotamus ivory, human teeth—from Africans enslaved on his Mount Vernon Plantation—brass screws, and gold wire.

Portrait of George Washington , the first president of the United States with a photo of one of his dentures.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

We’re ready for Suessical Jr. — The Musical at Winyah Auditorium in historic Georgetown, SC!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Stop by the museum for the Ag+Art Tour! We have special guest artisans and more!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

On this day—June 21, 1832—marks trailblazer Joseph Hayne Rainey was born in Georgetown, South Carolina. He was the first African American, and Gullah Geechee, elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1870 . He served five consecutive terms during the Reconstruction era.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

The boss, aka the baby sister, said the museum needed some children’ jewelry so I Shazamed these up using leather cord and handmade, fused-glass, Krobo beads from #Ghana.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Juneteenth commemorates the effective end of slavery in the U.S in 1865. Bubba #sunnmcheaux recently pointed out that this didn’t include the Indian Territory. The Emancipation Proclamation and the 13th Amendment only legally applied to U.S. states and rebellious territories.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

There’s a saying passed down from earlier generations of Black Texans who were there for the first Juneteenth: “It was not a piece of paper that freed the slaves, but the men with the guns.”

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

We are big fans of Tastee Treats a Gullah Geechee specialty foods company owned by Michael Allen and his wife Latanya Allen, who learned to cook from her mother and to bake from her grandmother. The peach cobbler syrup is like eating my mother’s version in liquid form! blacknews.com/news/latanya...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Join the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor in historic downtown Georgetown, South Carolina for the 2026 Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor South Carolina Summit a two-day gathering celebrating culture, community and preservation. Register: gullahgeecheecorridor.org/event/

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Today, the Gullah Museum of Georgetown’s staff had to ask a guest to leave because he was making other guests uncomfortable with his comments. It started over the venerable Joseph H. Rainey, of Georgetown, SC, the 1st black American ever seated in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Joseph H. Rainey, of Georgetown, SC, the first black American to take a seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Join us at the Lincolnville HomeTown Festival today, 5/30, from 1-6 pm! We’ll have books for children and adults on Gullah Geechee history and culture, jewelry, mini blue bottle trees and more!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

The original name for Memorial Day was Decoration Day, and it was started by formerly enslaved and free Gullah Geechee people in Charleston, SC, some of whom fought in the 1st and 2nd South Carolina Colored Regiments and other U.S. Colored Troops.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Enslaved and free Black men formed the backbone of the American colonies' maritime industries. This work offered enslaved men unique autonomy and provided free Black men with pathways to financial independence, political agency, and community leadership.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

We’ll be in Lincolnville, S.C. on 5/30 for the festival! The site is historically significant as one of the oldest Black-founded towns in the U.S. We’ll have books on Gullah Geechee history and culture for adults & children, activities for kids, & more! lincolnvillesc.org

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Vermelle “Bunny” Smoth Rodrigues, our mother, would be 88 today. She was the driving force behind the Gullah Museum of Georgetown. We continue her work to tell the story of the Gullah Geechee people and how we shaped America. This is one of several long interviews she did. youtu.be/U6rlzkfSZDc?...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

In early May 13, 1862, the enslaved Gullah Geechee crew of the military transport the CSS Planter—Robert Smalls, John Small, Alfred Gourdine, and Abraham Jackson, Gabriel Turner, David Jones, Jack Gibs—began a series of secret meetings that would lead to one of the most daring escapes in history.

Smalls, age 23, shortly after he piloted the Planter to freedom.

Smalls and other members of the Planter’s crew

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

We are pleased to share the good news that the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission has chosen a new leader—Djuanna Brockington!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Let’s get into why ⚪️’s became depicting people of African descent as monkeys. The origin is rooted in a centuries-old, systematic effort to dehumanize Black people, dating back to early European colonial to justify slavery, colonialism, and white supremacy.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

FREE EVENT: SINO Speakers Series: Safeguarding Our United States History, Saturday, Feb 21, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM, 150 Meeting St, Charleston, SC 29401. THIS EVENT WILL ALSO BE LIVE STREAMED AT www.youtube.com/@CircularChu... RECORDING MAY BE WATCHED LATER AT www.youtube.com/@CircularChu...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Botanists may debate where sesame seeds originated from, but we know that the plant has been cultivated in Africa for millennia. Sesame seeds were brought to the Americas by enslaved Africans like the ancestors of the #Gullah #Geechee. #Senegal #Mali #Mauritania #HiddenHistory

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

The Gullah word of the day is—Sanyd Claw!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

They can remove names and historical incidents from federal entities. They can remove MLK Day and Juneteenth from National Parks Fee-Free Days. Black folk are unbowed and unbothered. We have been through this before—and still we rise. That and the internet is forever.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 29/11/2025

HAPPENING TODAY: Come meet Santa Claus—“Sanyd Claw” in Gullah—and take free photos with him at the Gullah Museum on 11/29 and 12/13 from 11 am - 12 pm. We’re at 123 King Street, Georgetown, SC—behind the Wells Fargo Bank on Front Street in the historic district.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

Happy Turkey Day! The reigning Mrs. South Carolina America Julie Holmes and her family stopped by the Gullah Museum of Georgetown today! Museum Director Beatrice Rodrigues gave them a special tour. Thanks for visiting, Julie!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Come meet Santa Claus—Sanyd Claw in Gullah—and take free photos with him at the Gullah Museum on 11/29 and 12/13 from 11 am - 12 pm. We’re at 123 King Street, Georgetown, SC—behind the Wells Fargo Bank on Front Street in the historic district.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Looks like one of the Washington sisters—Fredi (left) & Isabelle. Both were multi-hyphenates—actresses, dancers, Civil Rights activists, and “Race Women.” They were Cotton Club dancers once upon a time. And they’re both #Gullah #Geechees from Savannah, GA.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Been prepping for the holiday season! New pieces available now in the Etsy shop, like the sweetgrass and pine straw rings and assorted bracelets and necklaces. And, there are blue bottle and multicolor bottle trees available while supplies last. gullahshop.etsy.com

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It’s officially Spooky-Ooky Season so I’m rewatching #AgathaAllAlong. One of the main characters is an African-American witch Jennifer Kale, who is a midwife/rootworker. Her story resonated w/ me because what happened to this fictional character—a white male doctor ended her career—is based in fact.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Gullah is the oldest English-based creole language spoken in the U.S. Created by the ancestors of Gullah Geechee people, Gullah words like “juke” and “tote” were derived from West and West Central African languages.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Love this Gullah Pictorals art project done Mr. Cribb’s 8th Grade Social Studies class at Ralph Chandler Middle School in Greenville County, SC.!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Gullah Museum of Georgetown co-founder Vermelle “Bunny” Smith Rodrigues’ native language wasn’t English—it was Gullah. She & other Gullah Geechees were once shamed for speaking it. Hear what she had to say about that in her own words. qrco.de/be47zm

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Did you know that after the Stono Rebellion, South Carolina banned the importation of Enslaved Kongolese? Yup, the leader of the revolt—Jemmy—was from the Kingdom of Kongo, now part of Angola. All of this played into why Stono was always going to happen.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Friends—We’re a stop on the 3rd Annual Georgetown Art & Wine Walk so we’re open from 11 am to 3 pm this Sunday, September 14th! See you there!

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Angela Sutton (she/her) @drangelasutton.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

CITIZEN PRESERVATION is our only shot here. If you are in DC, pick a Smithsonian and take pictures of EVERYTHING.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Yesterday, a Trump-appointed federal judge upheld the S.C. ban on teaching truthfully about race & U.S. history. So let’s talk about the Stono Rebellion, when nearly 100 enslaved Black people burned plantations in a bid for freedom on September 9, 1739. (1/9) Art by Kerry James Marshall.

Artist Kerry James Marshall created the Stono Group, a series of works, including “Jemmy Cato" and drawings that depict and commemorate the leaders of the 1739 Stono Rebellion, the largest slave uprising in the British mainland colonies, as a corrective to the historical underestimation of Black resistance.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

A lot of culture keepers like Marilyn Hemingway, commissioner, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, made it out to the @guardian Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement program today at historic Bethel A.M.E. Church, 417 Broad St, Georgetown, SC.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

#Gullah #Geechee people are invited to join us for this @guardian Scott Trust Legacies of Enslavement program event on Monday, August 25, 2025 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM: Bethel A.M.E. Church, 417 Broad St, Georgetown, SC. Learn more about the program: www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

#Gullah #Geechee blacksmith Julian D. Williams is out here making sankofa symbols! Hiding African symbols in their work was traditional among black ironworkers in the South, from South Carolina to Louisiana. blogs.charleston.edu/southern-stu...

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Looking to collect some art by a#Gullah #Geechee painter? Stop by the Gullah Museum in Georgetown! Awesome Jeremy sent us some new pieces! The museum is at 123 King Street behind the Wells Fargo Bank on Front Street.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

The Rice’s Soul Food Truck is right cha at the #Gullah Museum for #agandarttour 2025! Come on down to nyam some Gullah grub! Dey go perloo, fried fish & shrimp, and fried ribs!

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