An estimated 5,000 or more Gullah people live on St. Helena Island and trace their ancestry to enslaved West Africans who worked rice plantations in the area and were freed by the Civil War.
October 12, 2025
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demographic
Demographic and historical background about the Gullah community on St. Helena Island.
Expelling members from the Tennessee Legislature is an extraordinary measure that has been used only a handful of times since the U.S. Civil War.
October 08, 2025
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political
Historical rarity of legislative expulsion in Tennessee.