Article: Mitchelville Preservation Project Keeping History Alive, Moving It Into the Future

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Article: Mitchelville Preservation Project Keeping History Alive, Moving It Into the Future

01/27/2016

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The Hilton Head Monthly Voice of the Lowcountry features a January 27, 2016 article, by Luana M. Graves Sellars, on the history of Mitchelville- one of the first self-governing communities of formerly enslaved African Americans, located on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. The account includes these themes: the establishment of Mitchelville its role in the Underground Railroad, its links to African American heritage and the Gullah Geechee culture, and modern preservation and education efforts.

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Hilton Head Monthly Voice of the Lowcountry

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