What is the Gullah Geechee history?

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What is the Gullah Geechee history?

As visitors were leaving Sepalo

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, which celebrates the

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heritage, a ferry dock on Sapelo Island collapsed on Saturday afternoon.

The collapse ******* seven and left others injured.

Dock collapse on Sapelo Island

About 700 visitors were in attendance at Sapelo Island, about 60 miles south of Savannah, before the collapse which tragically ******* seven people and left three in critical condition.

According to state officials, the collapse on Oct. 19 was due to a “catastrophic ********” of the gangway.

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Seven people ***** Saturday when a gangway ******* at the Sapelo Island ferry dock.

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 history on Sapelo Island?

The Gullah Geechee people are descendants of ******** Americans who were enslaved on plantations along the lower Atlantic coasts.

Many came from West *******’s rice-growing regions. Their isolation on these plantations led to the development of a unique culture with strong ******** influences, visible in their arts, crafts, food, music, and language.

Gullah Geechee is a creole language spoken in coastal areas of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. It developed as a way for people from diverse backgrounds, including ********* ****** traders, ****** owners, and various ******** ******* groups, to communicate.

The language combines elements from ******** and ********* languages and has influences in Southern vocabulary and speech patterns.

The Gullah Geechee Cultural Day is an annual event on Sapelo Island that honors this rich culture.

Savannah Morning News reporter John Deem contributed to this article.

This article originally appeared on Savannah Morning News:

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