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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Encourage your loved ones to get an annual mammogram and a base one at 25 if they have a family history of it.

Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

One in Eight women in the U.S. are living with breast cancer. Women of African descent get it much earlier—in our 20s and 30s—than average. It was a shock when I was diagnosed with it at 38 and my niece at 23.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

We’re at the Prancers Against Breast Cancer - Georgetown Community Breast Cancer Walk this morning! Look what Baby Sister No. 1 asked me to make last night—a Breast Cancer Awareness Month bottle tree!

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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 · 02/10/2026

• Sallie Ann Robinson, Cookbook Author, Chef, & Cultural Historian • Jonathan Green, Internationally Renowned Contemporary Artist

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Sen. Raphael Warnock • Sen. Tim Scott • Rev. Richard Cain, U.S. Congressman, Pastor, Newspaper editor, & Entrepreneur • Robert Sengstacke Abbott, American Lawyer, Newspaper Publisher, Editor, and Founder of the The Chicago Defender

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

• Chris Rock, Comedian, Actor, Producer • Joe Frazier, Former Heavyweight Champion of the World, Olympic Gold Medalist • Robert Smalls, Freedom Fighter, 5-Term U.S. Congressman & the “Father of Public Education” in the U.S.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

• Joseph Rainey, First African-American Congressman Elected After Emancipation & Georgetown Native • Darius Rucker, Multi-Grammy Award Winning Singer/Songwriter • Septima Poinsette Clark, Civil Rights Pioneer & Educator

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

She’s in good company! Here are some other notable folk who are Gullah Geechee: • Michelle Obama, Former First Lady of the United States • Michael Jordan, Greatest NBA Player of All Time • James Brown, Singer, Record Producer, Bandleader, and Soul Brother No. 1

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

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

Rachel Jones is an oil and watercolor artist and instructor who paints in oils and watercolors and relies on floriography, text, collage, and symbolism to complete her richly layered works. The Art & Wine Walk is Sat: 10 AM – 5 PM | Sun: 11 AM – 4 PM. artwinewalk.com

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Home Page - Georgetown Art &; Wine Walk

4th Annual Event Guided Wine Walk 2026 The 4th annual Georgetown Wine Walk 2026 will be a fun-filled evening of wine tasting and exploring local businesses in Georgetown’s historic district. Grab your...

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

Here’s a little bit about these accomplished artists: Bettye Brookfield is a painter, fine arts educator, and horsewoman who splits her legacy between Kentucky and South Carolina. She is best known for her colorful oil and acrylic paintings.

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

The first piece is “Bees Knees” by Bettye Brookfield, of Myrtle Beach, S.C. And the next one is “We Have Been Found Out” by Rachel Jones, of Conway. Beautiful painting by local artists !

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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

Festival highlights include: Indigo Dyeing Demonstrations, Gullah Geechee Heritage, a rice cook-off, Food Vendors & Food Trucks, Children’s Activities, Museum Exhibits, Community Organizations, and more!

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

Join us this Saturday at the SC250 Indigo Festival for hands-on demonstrations, live music, food, artisans, and family activities as we explore the legacy of indigo, Carolina Gold rice, and the Gullah Geechee people who helped shape South Carolina.

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

South Carolina planters actively sought out enslaved people from regions with agricultural expertise in rice and indigo, recognizing that they needed skilled labor to do the complex chemical extraction process to make the lucrative dye known as “blue gold.”

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

When considering indigo cultures, most people immediately jump to Asia. But parts of Africa have a long rich history of dyeing textiles with indigo. The indigo dye-making tradition in West Africa is at least 1,000 years old, with physical archaeological evidence dating back to the 11th century.

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

In many West African cosmologies, the color blue represents spiritual protection. It is the color of the celestial realm—linking humans to the sky, the heavens, and the unknown.

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

Learn about the West African connection to Gullah Geechee indigo history and culture during the SC250 Indigo Festival on Saturday, 9/5 @ 11:00 am - 6:00 pm. Free admission and the Gullah Museum of Georgetown is gonna be there! southcarolina250.com/event/sc250-...

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SC250 Indigo Festival - South Carolina's 250th Anniversary of the American Revolution

Celebrate South Carolina’s rich history, culture, and community at the SC250 Indigo Festival! Join us for a full day of living history, hands-on demonstrations, music, food, artisans, and family activ...

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

Indigo was once known as “Blue Gold”, a luxury commodity so profitable that it bankrolled early colonial empires in the Americas, including the U.S. However, its wealth was extracted entirely through the forced labor, specialized knowledge, and lives of enslaved people.

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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 · 13/08/2026

Many of these Africans applied the agricultural skills of Africa’s Rice Coast, benefiting the economy of Georgetown, South Carolina, the 13 original colonies and eventually the U.S.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

At least 3 additional vessels, whose names remain unknown, also entered the port. One vessel arrived in 1756 carrying nine captive Africans from Angola. In 1764, two more vessels entered Georgetown—one transporting thirteen captives and the other bringing nine.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Among the documented slave ships known to have arrived at the port of Georgetown were the Warwick (1737, 8 captives), Endeavor (1738, 30 captives), Susanna (1767, 13 captives),and Betsy (1784, 19 captives).

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Africans who survived the horrors of the Middle Passage brought with them the languages, technologies, cultures, knowledge, and wisdom that would shape the Americas.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

During the Transatlantic Slave Trade, approximately 12 million Africans were forcibly carried across the Atlantic Ocean in floating prisons to the Americas. This was the largest forced migration in human history.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

For centuries, the stories of the Africans who arrived through ports like Georgetown have been underrepresented in public memory. The Middle Passage Port Marker will help ensure that their history, sacrifice, and cultural legacy are permanently recognized.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The Middle Passage Ceremonies and Port Markers Project is a national initiative developed to acknowledge and memorialize sites connected to the Transatlantic Slave Trade. The project places permanent markers at significant ports where enslaved Africans were brought to the Americas.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The installation of a Middle Passage Port Marker on Oct. 24 will publicly acknowledge this history while honoring the lives, resilience, and cultural legacy of the Gullah Geechee.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Georgetown was once one of the most important ports associated with the rice economy and the forced migration of Africans to the U.S.

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Gullah Museum of Georgetown @gullahsc.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

An estimated 2 million Africans perished during the Middle Passage. Lives were lost to slavers’ violence, disease, and despair—the names of the dead were largely unrecorded. The Atlantic Ocean has been referred to as the largest gravesite in history or the largest crime scene.

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

Book proceeds fund scholarships for Gullah Geechee high school students who have been admitted to college to study in the health professions or biomedical sciences and the Original Gullah Festival and the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. gisforgullah.com/scholarship

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

Dr. Toussaint was raised on a small family farm in Beaufort, South Carolina, and the Sea Islands have been home to her family for more than seven generations. You can also buy the book from her website. gisforgullah.com/store

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

The book operates around #GrowingUpGullah & the West African concept of Sankofa, which emphasizes bringing forward useful traditions from the past into the present. Each letter of the alphabet introduces readers to an important person, place, or cultural anchor within the Gullah community.

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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

Thank you to the historians, researchers, and writers whose work is compiled in this thread.

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

Nearly three years after their abduction, the Africans departed New York City bound for home. Only 35 of the original 53 made it back—the others had died at sea or while in federal custody. The Amistad case stands as one of the most powerful stories of resistance and justice in American history.

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

The U.S. government did not provide any aid to the acquitted Africans who were known as the “Amistads” in America. The United Missionary Society, a group of Black abolitionists, helped raise money for the return of the survivors to Mendeland.

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

There were 2 trials, former U.S. President John Quincy Addams represented them, and the case went to the U.S. Supreme Court. SCOTUS ruled in favor of the Africans and ordered their immediate release.

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

The planters wanted the Africans, the Spanish government wanted the captives returned to Cuba so they could execute them, and the Americans wanted their cut under maritime salvage laws because they “saved” the cargo.

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

The murder charges were eventually dismissed, but the Africans remained imprisoned & their case U.S. vs. The Amistad sent to Federal District Court in CT. The plantation owners, the government of Spain, and the American naval officers who helped the planters all claimed some sort of compensation.

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

The Africans were charged with murder on the high seas. The planters, who had purchased, enslaved, and transported their captives illegally, were let go but unwilling to let go of their claim to their human cargo.

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

Instead, the planters zigzagged around the Caribbean and Eastern seaboard of the U.S. for 60 days. They eventually ran into a U.S. Navy ship off Long Island, near Montauk Point. The Africans were imprisoned in Connecticut, which, unlike New York, was still a slave state at the time.

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

Sengbe Pieh freed himself and loosed others. They killed the captain and the ship’s cook, seized the ship, and ordered the planters to sail to then across the Atlantic—they wanted to go home to Mendeland.

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

On July 1, while sailing through the Caribbean, heading toward the sugar plantations in what is now the Cuban municipality of Camagüey, the captives organized a mutiny that would become the most famous slave ship rebellion in American history.

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