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First, off.. 𝑯𝑨𝑷𝑷𝒀 𝑩𝑳𝑨𝑪𝑲 𝑯𝑰𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑹𝒀 𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑻𝑯 𝑭𝑨𝑴𝑰𝑳𝒀!! 😍 

Now, let’s learn about the 𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐒 that were enslaved on this land AND the abolitionists that worked aganst all odds to empower them ✊🏼✊🏽✊🏻✊🏿

🗺️ 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟𝐟, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝?
📍 Saint Helena Island, SC 
🧭 1 Hour and 30 min south of Charleston

💡 𝑭𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝑺𝒕 𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂

💒 Enslaved Africans built this Baptist Church (𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨) BY HAND for their enslavers.. ONLY to have it shift hands to being OWNED by them a few years later after the Union came into town. 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒍𝒆𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉 𝒔𝒂𝒚 𝒂𝒎𝒆𝒏!

📚 The Penn Center is home to the first school for enslaved Africans, started by abolitionists that were Quakers and Unitarian in 1862. This school remained running after the enslaved were FREED and continued as a running school that not only prepared children for college, but 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰 𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗔𝗳𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗻 𝗰𝗿𝗮𝗳𝘁𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽, 𝗰𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗢𝗥𝗘.

💡 𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎’𝐬, the school’s legacy shifted towards an institution and museum that actively serves today as a community education center on Gullah Geechee history in the region.

🎉 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲.. 🎉🥳 Yes, the Gullah Geechee festivals are full of food, music, and games for all ages!

🗺️ This land is part of The Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. 𝑻𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒂 𝑵𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑨𝒓𝒆𝒂 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒆𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑼.𝑺. 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒊𝒏 2006 that runs through the sea islands of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Florida.

What did you learn NEW today? 

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