1865-1945 (Temporal Keyword)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Richard Kanaski.

A small Gullah community once existed on the northern end of Harris Neck, Georgia.  This community, like their non-Gullah neighbors, was forced to move when the Department of War acquired the land in order to construct an Army airfield.  Since 1979, descendants have sought the return of 2400 acres.  Two descendant groups based their claims to this landscape on Margaret Harris' 1865 will, purported failure of the federal government to adequately compensate the Gullah land owners, and verbal...