Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For Andrea “Annie” Cayetano-Jefferson, this tradition ties her to generations of Gullah people, including her mother and daughter.

Who are the Black or African Seminoles? Who are the Black (African) Seminoles descendants of? Enslavers intentionally separated captured Africans from the same village or region to reduce the ...

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C. (WCSC) - A White House-ordered review of the Smithsonian museums could result in the removal of a Lowcountry sweetgrass basket maker’s work. The internal review is designed to ...

WEST COLUMBIA, S.C. — On Saturday, the first day of February and the first day of Black History Month, over at the Riverbanks Botanical Garden, people of all ages showed up for a sweetgrass ...

As a native of Hilton Head Island, Lola Campbell grew up with a deep appreciation for her Gullah-Geechee heritage and history. Her family has been on the island for six generations and are dedicated ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Jery Dine Taylor has been sewing sweetgrass baskets for nearly 70 years, a tradition she said was born out of necessity and rooted in survival. Taylor, a sweetgrass basket sewer ...

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. THEN SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED ...

Gullah-Geechee heritage is unique to South Carolina, and a visit here is a fascinating way to learn about the people who grew world-famous Sea Island cotton on plantations in the lower part of the ...

Enslavers intentionally separated captured Africans from the same village or region to reduce the likelihood of rebellion. Lowcountry enslavers kept many captured Africans on the nearby islands.

CHARLESTON THAT WEAVES TOGETHER THE PAST AND THE PRESENT. SWEETGRASS BASKETS WERE BROUGHT INTO THE CAROLINAS IN THE 1600S BASED OFF OF RICE CULTIVATION. SWEETGRASS BASKETS HAVE CONNECTED GENERATIONS ...