Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws.
Descendants of enslaved Africans on Georgia’s Sapelo Island – one of the last intact Gullah Geechee communities in the state – are worried their cultural heritage and property could soon be lost after city officials voted to change the island’s zoning laws.
By Russ Bynum | The Associated Press - Hogg Hummock residents in Georgia are fighting to preserve zoning protections that have shielded them from wealthy buyers and tax increases for nearly 30 years, but county officials have proposed eliminating those protections and allowing wealthy developers to build large beach houses on the island.