An Enclave of the Bahamas in South Carolina? History of the Gullah and other Afro-Caribbeans

How did an enclave of the Bahamas end up in South Carolina? Today we're going to be discussing the history of the Gullah people of the Southern United States and other English-speaking Afro-Caribbean peoples all around the Americas, and their impact on American and Latino societies.
Please let me know your thoughts on the Afro-Caribbeans in the Caribbean, the United States, Central and South America. Thanks for watching!
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[@kas3583]

Very cool to see my people being highlighted here. I grew up on the coast of South Carolina outside of Charleston so I'm a real geechie boi. I now live in Miami and many people mistake me of being from the Caribbean. I went to the Bahamas for the first time about a year ago and it was shocking how much we sound alike. Peace to all my Bahamian cousins 😁✌🏾

[@MoniqueMasonplanrightEvents]

Exactly! You had the same experience I had when I went to S Carolina. Shocking! Been fascinated by them ever since. We sound EXACTLY the same. Amazing! Good to meet you.

[@kas3583]

Monique Mason nice too meet u 2 cousin 😁

[@iLuvDetroit17]

The largest Gullah Geechie presence in the Bahamas,is in the island called Andros.

[@splashgodfamily950]

Peace Family I'm from from Miami but my peeps from Hemingway S.C💪

[@childofthechosenseed182]

Kas, hello Cuz 👑💜💯

[@karabahama3266]

Please recognize that most Bahamians are descendents from slaves of the Carolinas so maybe you have the Gullah geechee enclave backwards, and this is coming from a Bahamian

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

This isn’t true actually it’s both...you had some of our ancestors who left Carolinas and moved to Bahamas after slavery... You also had slaves who came from Africa to the Bahamas then traded to Carolinas So technically it’s no way to say where they came from first what matter is Gullah/Geechee and Bahamians are the same ppl (cousins)

[@tamarmoss1289]

This isn't true. Most Bahamians are direct descendants from slaves from Africa via the Slave Triangle.

[@royalmountain873]

@@tamarmoss1289 Actually your wrong do your research They did come from South carolina,Georgia,And Florida,Africa,Bermuda

[@tamarmoss1289]

@@royalmountain873 I have done the research (Bahamian History and Law) Also just pure logic would have you come to the conclusion I stated. It is widely documented fact that the Bahamas like our other West Indian brothers and sisters would have come directly from the slave trade, specifically West Africa...notably West Central Africa, Bight of Biafra, Sierra Leone.

[@royalmountain873]

@@tamarmoss1289 I understand that but not (every) Bahamian in the Bahamas is a direct descendant from West Africa is what im telling u .Sum came from South Carolina,GA,Florida

[@user-ns9wq6sf3p]

I wish he would’ve spoken more in depth about the Bahamas and Gullah Geechee connection 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@randee4550]

@@byronscott8108 I think not much is known. Much of the diaspora, is unknown to most.

[@byanyothernameisarose3310]

Byron Scott me too. I was told that my great mother spoke geechee and that her mother was from the Bahamas. Out side of my own family stories, this is the first time I’ve heard of this. I’d really love to learn more

[@zekemassey7739]

How about you make a video to inform us then ..

[@user-ns9wq6sf3p]

Zeke Massey will do 😉

[@ejproficial]

On God fr

[@michellehubbard8865]

I don’t agree with the title of this video. It’s actually the other way around. Many slave owners left the Gullah Coast and went to the Bahamas as they were loyal to England. The people of the Gullah Coast were isolated black Americans whom were able to retain much of the cultures from the various ethnic groups that we derive from. It is said that most black Americans have some ancestors that entered the US through this coastal area. Most areas of the US with the exclusion of this area & Southern Louisiana..slaves were not allowed to keep obvious things from African cultures such as language, customs etc. Black Americans & Gullahs are the same people.

[@char08fal]

Actually that's not true. Slavery started in the Caribbean hundreds of years before it got to the US. And SC was specifically founded by Bajan settlers and their slaves. Once they realized that SC was rice country the got the rest of their slaves from Barbados, the Bahamas and Sierra Leone (because that's where the rice was farmed in Africa). So he's correct SC Gullah-Geechee came from the Caribbean & Sierra Leone.

[@michellehubbard8865]

Cee Risse You’re not right. Look it up.

[@michellehubbard8865]

Cee Risse The population of the Bahamas tripled after the Revolutionary War when thousands of British Loyalists..who came from the Carolina Coasts & Islands fled the US (which was a colony at the time). They took their slaves with them. This is why the dialect in the Bahamas is almost identical to the Gullah dialect.

[@char08fal]

@@michellehubbard8865 Okay I will research that. You should look up the founding of the colony of South Carolina. It was founded by settlers from Barbados and their slaves. Which means they were also already heavily influenced by the Caribbean. Also, much of the US was influenced by the Caribbean because their culture and plantations were already established and 95% of the slaves brought to the US came from many of the plantations that were in the Caribbean and South America. Only 5% of slaves in the US came directly from Africa. The US was the last country to enforce slavery, so much of what we do here was influenced by others.

[@michellehubbard8865]

Cee Risse Agree to disagree. The majority of US slaves came directly from Africa. The first US slaves came in 1619. However before the Revolutionary War both places were English colonies & would’ve had close ties. The cultures & countries we know that have developed since were all intertwined & didn’t have the boundaries we see today.

[@chrisoleary9876]

I live in the S.C. Lowcountry. Gullah culture is alive and well. It gwan be good fa oonah, jus like it done sposda.

[@chaundrabuchanan3960]

Yesss! The Gullah culture is embraced here in the Lowcountry of SC

[@ninpobudo3876]

Where this N.C Geechees at?

[@chrisoleary9876]

@@ninpobudo3876 It's South Carolina in the title. Not N.C.

[@ninpobudo3876]

@@chrisoleary9876 doesn't matter

[@luvmelonqtym]

@@ninpobudo3876 you’ll hear about Savannah first, Charleston was the second largest slave port in the world with Savannah following close behind... Born and raised in Brooklyn my paternal side did very well educating me thoroughly on our ancestry....I live in Charleston now and Gullah is still spoken heavily...I know they exist/ migrated to NC but it’s hard to find historical context because most likely they settled near the coast as our culture is heavily influenced by the water. I would love to learn of this because we’re all kinfolk☺️

[@naseankershaw543]

My family are Gullah-Geechee people who are in south Carolina. But my grandmother and her family came up to Philadelphia Pennsylvania when she was little because of the WW2 effort and she said the pay was high back then.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Nasean Kershaw my great grandfather went south to work and play music :)

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

And that’s why they say the Philly accent is different from most northern accents

[@tashiagentry3987]

Same for me too - all grew up in SC and some relocated to N. Philly - the rest are still in SC

[@unorthedoxone120]

My cousin margie move to Philly years ago from Charleston

[@nC_DUKE_]

My pop his brother and three of my aunts moved to Philly in there early 20’s from S. Carolina why the rest of my family still resides in S. Carolina didn’t know Philadelphia and S. Carolina had strong ties

[@ejproficial]

¡Long live the Caribbean! 🇧🇸🇨🇺🇯🇲🇭🇹🇩🇴🇵🇷🇧🇧🇨🇼🇨🇴🇦🇼🇧🇲🇦🇬🇦🇮🇦🇨🇧🇿🇬🇾🇰🇾🇱🇨🇲🇸🇵🇦🇸🇷🇸🇽🇻🇨🇻🇪🇻🇮🇹🇹🇰🇳🇬🇩🇭🇳

[@Porkchopapii]

✨🇩🇴🇧🇧🇺🇸✨

[@angelaboyd4281]

I am from the Bahamas and I have always thought the Gullah people sounded like us...now I know the connection is real. Thank you for the infomation

[@graceliagreen5566]

My Ex boyfriend is Bahamian and my father always said that he sounded like he had an Gullah accent.

[@Hiltonliveparanormalnews79]

Actually it's the other way around slaves from low country of SC was taking to the Bahamas and started the island , look it up.

[@Ajay-rc9cv]

Bahamians are descendants of the Gullah people

[@TreyMichael]

I don't like the titling of the video. Gullah Geechee are a subgroup of African-Americans who have retained more of their West African culture and their English Creole has not decreolized into a vernacular. I don't think it's fair or accurate to constitute them as a part of the Anglo Caribbean/West Indians.

[@opensprings]

And Bahamian creole was birthed from Gullah creole, not the other way around. You can look it up. The majority of slaves to the Bahamas came from this region after the American revolution, alongside their masters who were British loyalists. Masaman hasn't done his research in this particular area. Given the title this is a lackluster video he created. In it he documents an audible example of Jamaican patois, but none for the Bahamas & Gullah islands to show the connection? Cmon...

[@TreyMichael]

I am of Jamaican descent and I wish he had given a better example of the patois. I will say that he does a good job overall and I encourage him to continue doing these videos but there are some definite falsehoods in some of his videos. I will continue to watch his videos but I want to see more thorough research done.

[@opensprings]

Trey Cooke, I agree!

[@Masaman]

Trey Cooke hey thanks for the heads-up! I might change the thumbnail to reflect that the Bahamian culture is actually an offshoot of Gullah culture, not the other way around.

[@shayfay00]

J Jackson they are a sub group their culture is very different, they mostly own their land, live in rural communties, speak a creole most afro americans don't understand, have way more oral history, they were slaves but their owners didn't live on the plantations, their traditional dress is very african etc they were isolated from the whites and the blacks causing culture to be different

[@yodorob]

South Carolina was originally an Anglo Caribbean colony to such an extent that its subdivisions were originally known as parishes, the way they still are in Jamaica, Barbados, Bermuda, etc. (not to be confused with Louisiana parishes).

[@brandonwilliams9400]

wake 'em up

[@alejandroabreha4516]

It was a colony it’s not the Caribbean tho

[@AbstractDivinity1]

Bajans were brought to South Carolina during slavery

[@BHFTV441]

Bermuda to d world🇧🇲🙌🏾

[@AbstractDivinity1]

yodorob Bermuda is not an Caribbean island.

[@opensprings]

Bahamian creole was birthed from Gullah creole, not the other way around. You can look it up. The majority of slaves to the Bahamas came from this region in the immediate years following the American revolution (post 1783). Their masters were loyalists to Britain rather than rebel patriots, and when the war ended badly for the loyalist side, they decided to evacuate-taking their slave property in the process and settle down in the Bahamas (a British possession). Prior to this exodus from the States blacks were a minority ethnic group in the Bahamas with most islands being uninhabited. But when some 6,000 loyalists and their slaves settled across the islands-following the American War of Independence, it doubled the Bahamian population and raised the ratio of black to white inhabitants from minority status to majority status. And this is how we get the beginnings of the modern Bahamas. Masaman hasn't done his research in this particular area. Given the title this is a lackluster video he created. In it he documents an audible example of Jamaican patois, but none for the Bahamas & Gullah islands to show the connection? Come on, man...

[@uknowron]

Errol only some aspects

[@opensprings]

Understandably, when a group of people move to a different part of the world they have to adapt to new surroundings and a new lifestyle. So other aspects creep in. But the bulk of the Bahamian population have ancestors who were enslaved in the Gullah region. Slaves also trickled in from Bermuda before 1807. Bermuda was a sought of release valve into the Bahamas anytime the slave population outgrew that very small island's resources. The seasonal salt industry also attracted Bermudan planters looking for extra income for part of the year. In 1807 the British abolished the African slave trade. Going forward, some Africans were resettled in the Bahamas after being freed from slave ships by the Royal Navy. But it wasn't just African-born slaves being resettled. In the 1820s, hundreds of African American fugitive slaves and Seminole Indians escaped from Florida to the Bahamas because Florida became part of United States territory. Because the United States also abolished the International Slave trade with Africa in 1808, they turned to slave breeding to fill their local demand, and their grew a domestic slave market or 'coast-wise slave trade' from the older south (Virginia, Maryland, Carolinas) to the newer south (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi). Sometimes the trade occurred overland and sometimes by sea. When done by sea, the ships would have to pass around the tip of Florida. The British Royal navy never intercepted them because these slaves had not been taken from Africa, but there were cases where some ships were wrecked in the Bahamas like the Comet, Encomium and Hermosa. These slaves were freed in the Bahamas. The most notable case was that of the Creole in 1841. Unlike the previous ships that wrecked in Bahamian waters, the Creole case was the result of a slave revolt whose leaders ordered the American brig to Nassau. It was carrying 135 slaves from Virginia destined for sale in New Orleans. The Bahamian officials freed the 128 slaves who chose to stay in the islands. The Creole case has been described as the "most successful slave revolt in US history". Look it up, it's an interesting read. All that being said, the bulk of the black population of the Bahamas have ancestors who were enslaved in the Gullah region. In fact, blacks did not become the majority ethnic group in the Bahamas until the late 1700s, when some 6,000 loyalists and heir slaves (Gullah) settled the islands following the American War of Independence - doubling the pre-war population and raising the ratio of black to white inhabitants to two to one.

[@uknowron]

Errol You are 100% correct. May i ask are u bahamian or gullah because your knowledge of bahamian demographic history is impressive if u arent one i only said certain aspects because most loyalist and slaves from the gullah region came to the northern islands of the bahamas whereas alot of african slaves in the southern islands were imported / former free slaves from the haitian revolution and they also played a part in influencing bahamian creole. None the less u are still 100% correct

[@opensprings]

I am Bahamian. Are you Bahamian? With regard to Haiti, while Haitians have always had some presence in the Bahamas, their presence has never been felt as much as today. What makes them readily distinctive is that they speak a different language (French). If you look at the Bahamas in 2017, the makeup of the population has changed notably from, say, 1950. As a percentage of the population, the Bahamas is less traditionally Bahamian than it once was. Since World War 2 it has received a number of legal immigrants from other Caribbean countries (Jamaica, Trinidad, Guyana) and even more illegal Haitian immigrants. In fact, refugees from Haiti continue to be an issue as they are still coming in. It has even become a burden on the Bahamas. Some are sent back but most end up staying. Haitians also have the most children in the Bahamas. And the country's population has grown exponentially. For example, in 1960 the population of the Bahamas was 109,528. In the 2010 census it was 351,461 - an increase of 220%. The 2017 estimates show it closing in on 400,000 - largely because of the increasing Haitian-born people & their offspring born in the Bahamas. To put in context, in 1960, the Caribbean nation of Barbados had more than twice the number of people as the Bahamas at 232,327. The Barbados census in 2010 is at 277,821 - an increase of 19.5%. Note how the Bahamas far superseded them in population coming from way behind in 1960. If you look at the United States population in 1960, it went from 179,323,175 to 308,745,538 in 2010 - an increase of 72%. So percentage-wise, the Bahamas population grew far more over this time period than either Barbados or the United States did. All credited to illegal Haitian immigration. In fact, Haitian Creole is now spoken by 25% of the Bahamas population. I would surmise that at LEAST one-third of the Bahamas’ population today could not trace ALL of their roots in the Bahamas BEFORE 1917 (a mere hundred years ago, which is basically in the lifespan of a person). So yes, the demographics have certainly changed in more recent times.

[@melaninsands6822]

Errol I dont know where you got your numbers from. I am a bahamian and can trace my family to the 1860's. Any BAHAMIAN can go to the dept of archives and do that. Even your percentage of bahamians speaking haitian creole is completely off.

[@tc2334]

I'm from Miami with paternal grandparents from the Bahamas and maternal great-grandparents from Georgia. My maternal grandmother would always joke that my paternal grandparents were "geechee" people and I thought that was just her making fun of them in some way, but after I became an adult, I finally got the connection between Bahamians and Gullah/Geechee people. More people should know about it! Great video!

[@zeagazetotsiyon2942]

They were Guale people along the Ogeechee River. To say Gullah Geechee is a Creole version of Guale Ogeechee. Ogeechee and Altamaha Rivers.

[@crimsonkrimson]

Gullahs are not Afro Caribbean. They are a subgroup of Afro Americans.

[@kas3583]

crimsonkrimson no other afro americans are actually a sub group of the gullah/geechee to be exact. We are the origin

[@InIversal]

crimsonkrimson Being Gullah I can tell you that we are both. We are the link between the two.

[@perfectbeat]

Very interesting. I'll have to watch the video again and do further research. I've never heard of this Gullah Caribean connection.

[@ashleyh.5293]

Ford Fairlane you're not both. you've just been able to retain your african heritage. You are subgroup of african Americans. Caribbeans had the opportunity the retain more of their african, which produces that link. You're still unique tho

[@elevatedgoddess3917]

@@ashleyh.5293 Exactly

[@SimplisticallyDigital]

My grandparents on my father's side are from the Bahamas, and my mom's side is from South Carolina.

[@irulanfoucher2183]

My father's side is from the "Low Country" of South Carolina but I am HEINZ 57, European, Amerindian, ASIAN, ( Chinese, {Southern Chinese GGGGRandfather} & Pinoy, {GGGGrandfather }), etc, etc, etc.....

[@damanidorsey1402]

My grandma from South Carolina

[@MrTrinitothebone]

@@irulanfoucher2183 Are they last name Graham Can we connect with each other!

[@lutah23]

You should have mentioned the Sierra Leone connection with Gullah because the Gullah language is very similar to Sierra Leone Krio and that the slaves that were brought into the sea islands were mainly from the rice coast(Sierra leone, Liberia) because they have the experience of growing rice

[@TJJS77]

Yes. Not all Gullah came from the Caribbean. Many came directly from Sierra Leone, mostly of the Mende tribe. Very few Afro-Caribbeans came from Sierra Leone (rather, from Nigeria, Ghana, and Benin/Togo). Gullah, Krio, and Patois sound similar to Nigerian/Ghanaian Pidgin to the layperson, when in fact they are very different and have nothing to do with one another.

[@lutah23]

Big T I speak Nigerian Pidgin English since I’m Nigeria but pidgin English, Krio and other English West African pidgins are mutually intelligible and are related to the English Caribbean creoles because they all came from people that spoke West African languages and we tend to make the same types of adjustments when we came in contact with English. Many words are similar and West Africans can read written English Caribbean creoles and get the gist. The only differences is that English Caribbean creoles have influences from native Americans languages and Spanish

[@buggussg8100]

lutah23 it was the other way around..... slavery was happening in America before Sierra Leone was even made a country and slaves from here and Europe was sent there

[@michellehubbard8865]

The Gullahs..like most black Americans came directly from Africa & not the ‘seasoning’ plantations of the Caribbean. Yes the Gullahs have more heritage from Sierra Leone but there heritage is the same mix of various ethnic groups like most black Americans. Their region was simply isolated due to nature & other circumstances. They were able to retain some of their African identity.

[@awareyah6146]

We are the Israelites but anyway check out this dude from Sierra Leone his name is Drizilik

[@afrothunder2024]

Love my black people.

[@allaboutdaFlo]

Hey man I loved your video. I'm from the Bahamas and I've always noticed whenever I watch videos featuring geechee people I always heard some of the same frequencies in speech. This is gonna make me take a trip to South Carolina. Thanks man.

[@dorresabottex3358]

Yes , there is a connection but this video is so incorrect. He got things all mixed up. It's the other way around. Gullah people did not come from the Bahamians. The Bahamians came from the Gullah people.

[@childofthechosenseed182]

@@dorresabottex3358 Cuz, I agree. I'm Bahamian Gullah and this is 💯 correct 💯. We came from our Gullah decendants in the Carolinas 🙌💯💯

[@ReconPro]

Happy Thxgiving everyone, even if you are not from the U.S.A. I hope everyone is doing alright. 🦃

[@neanam]

ReconPro it's about to be chrimus time🎄

[@gsheverything_2716]

After the genocide of the Native Indians

[@voytek5550]

+GSHeverything _27 you can't genocide what isn't human

[@gsheverything_2716]

Voytek what makes you more human than others

[@gsheverything_2716]

Genghis Khan why should I celebrate a day that represents killing of other people, I don't believe in politics ok, this is for all you nut shell out there

[@JR.Ewing1125]

My Gullah Geechee ancestors migrated from coastal South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida to the Bahamas. The title above is an inaccurate account of events and is very misleading.

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

It’s not because technically it can go both ways meaning some Gullah-Geechee’s came from the Caribbean and some came directly from Africa and moved to the Bahamas after slavery

[@JR.Ewing1125]

@@user-pp9bl5gr1n I commented on the the title that about talked about the “Bahamas” not the whole Caribbean, but the fact remains the same! Please do your research

[@GokuGohan2015]

I think Bahamian Creole was birthed from Gullah Creole not the other way around.

[@opensprings]

Thank you, the majority of slaves to the Bahamas came from this region after the American revolution, alongside their masters who were British loyalists. Masaman hasn't done his research in this particular area. Given the title this is a lackluster video he created. In it he documents an audible example of Jamaican patois, but none for the Bahamas & Gullah islands to show the connection? Cmon...

[@TJJS77]

True. The Gullah came from Sierra Leone, then were again forcibly relocated to the Bahamas. Two times victims of the wickedness of British imperialism.

[@GokuGohan2015]

Big T not just Sierra Leonne though they are actually more from the Congo/Angola region. But they come from various parts of Africa.

[@opensprings]

Neg Ste. Lucie to your point slaves also trickled in from Bermuda before 1807. The Bahamas was a sought of release valve for Bermuda anytime the slave population outgrew that very small island's resources. The seasonal salt industry also attracted Bermudan planters looking for extra income for part of the year. In 1807 the British abolished the African slave trade. Going forward, some Africans were resettled in the Bahamas after being freed from slave ships by the Royal Navy. But it wasn't just African-born slaves being resettled. In the 1820s, hundreds of African American fugitive slaves and Seminole Indians escaped from Florida to the Bahamas because Florida became part of United States territory. Because the United States also abolished the International Slave trade with Africa in 1808, they turned to slave breeding to fill their local demand, and their grew a domestic slave market or 'coast-wise slave trade' from the older south (Virginia, Maryland, Carolinas) to the newer south (Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi). Sometimes the trade occurred overland and sometimes by sea. When done by sea, the ships would have to pass around the tip of Florida. The British Royal navy never intercepted them because these slaves had not been taken from Africa, but there were cases where some ships were wrecked in the Bahamas like the Comet, Encomium and Hermosa. These slaves were freed in the Bahamas. The most notable case was that of the Creole in 1841. Unlike the previous ships that wrecked in Bahamian waters, the Creole case was the result of a slave revolt whose leaders ordered the American brig to Nassau. It was carrying 135 slaves from Virginia destined for sale in New Orleans. The Bahamian officials freed the 128 slaves who chose to stay in the islands. The Creole case has been described as the "most successful slave revolt in US history". Look it up, it's an interesting read. All that being said, the bulk of the black population of the Bahamas have ancestors who were enslaved in the Gullah region. In fact, blacks did not become the majority ethnic group in the Bahamas until the late 1700s, when some 6,000 loyalists and heir slaves (Gullah) settled the islands following the American War of Independence - doubling the pre-war population and raising the ratio of black to white inhabitants to two to one.

[@MoniqueMasonplanrightEvents]

Do tell. Why do you think that? Anything evidence to support your theory? Interested in the connection between the two.

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

Im African American and I did a DNA test and found out that I have a Barbados origin in the new world dating back to the 17th century as well as South Carolina roots that I never knew of. Your videos are very interesting

[@Justafox305]

they took igbo nigerians to barbados and then to south carolina.

[@Incogn3gr0e]

How cool! I have Bahamian ancestry on mine. 🇧🇸😊

[@Justafox305]

@@Incogn3gr0e I just found out about the saltwater railroad, where African Americans and black Seminole’s escaped to the Bahamas

[@YouTubeBlueButterflies]

@@Justafox305 wow so interesting. I'm really impressed by the intelligent comments and how people are interested in their heritage.

[@eve3363]

Actually it's the opposite: an enclave of Gullah people in The Bahamas.

[@heeboisreallight1146]

it goes both ways. some bahamians many descend from gullah brought there by american british loyalists. and some are also descended from escaped slaves who went there on the underground railroad. not everyone went north to canada some went to bahamas and even mexico.

[@jus3278]

Both ways

[@eve3363]

@@jus3278 ok thanks for the information

[@eve3363]

@@heeboisreallight1146 true

[@eve3363]

@@jus3278 true

[@theMOCmaster]

Hey Masaman, you may be interested in knowing that the Dutch islands of Saba and Sint Maarten are actually Anglophone! The USVI were also not highlighted but are Anglophone.

[@ejproficial]

Saycuh deyz territories, dey was only highlightin anglofon countries man

[@LadellTurner]

My family from South Carolina! My Mother was born in Charleston SC Both grandmothers and grandfathers from South Carolina. CHARLESTON , N. CHARLESTON, Summerville, Ridgeville and Greensville.

[@hollys2778]

bombye - a gullah word that made its way around the world and in many languages. I'm a native american Micmac francophone Newfoundlander :) I grew up using the word. I did the research and tracked it back to the gullah as a short for bye and bye. Speaks to the major maritime influence in the areas of the 19th century. You can also find it in the Hawaiian Pidgin.

[@malcomlove6461]

My father is from is from South Carolina, both of my grandparents are gullah

[@lyleevans5921]

Gullah people are not immigrants from the Caribbean, they are a sub group of African Americans similar to Louisiana Creoles

[@luckychops2162]

My childhood friend was Gullah. He never really explained what made him different from the rest of the African Americans, and if asked would only say his culture was more related to the Bahamas than the mainland. Of course that was only partially true because his culture and mine where about the same, Nintendo and MTV.

[@Jjbain2_5]

Proud Bahamian here. Normally enjoy these videos but it is true that most slaves came to the Bahamas after the American revolutionary war with 'LOYALIST' slave owners. The slaves came from the coasts of the Carolina's, Georgia, and North Florida. It's interesting to hear the Gullah peoples speak because it is very similar to Bahamian creole or 'dialect' as we more commonly refer to it home. I see quite a few comments on a direct cultural/linguistic connection to Sierra Leone. The Bahamas has a very rich culture...i would love to travel to Africa and trace some of its origins.

[@warispeaceignoranceisstren704]

That's going to be hard because the Bahamas was a cultural melting pot from its inception!

[@EmilReiko]

Do one on the Cape Coloureds, the Griquas, The Oorlam, the Basters and the Boselious Basters. Or one on how the Oorlam reintegrated with the Namaqua

[@BiracialRuDEBwoY]

I love being West Indian. Big ups.

[@GAZAMAN93X]

Jamaican here! Been subscribed and lurking on your channel for a while now. Please do an entire vid on Jamaica. :)

[@Zerocool91]

You did an amazing job covering all my ppl show more Gullah in an extended video

[@PathsUnwritten]

I'm amazed the the topics you come up with. So many are concepts I've never even considered. Looking forward to many more!

[@WARSMITHAFROW]

Can you make a video about the Ainu people of Japan? Or point me towards one if you already have

[@TheBlueMapper]

How about a video on Tuvalu? No idea why but I like that country a lot XD

[@wafflepenguin4440]

He should do a video on melanesians

[@wafflepenguin4440]

I like Nauru a lot for some reason

[@MorganMingo70]

Well this one is about Black people!

[@danarcher9012]

Masaman, you've produced yet another interesting clip. I love the additional historical details you always include, such as the origins of the somewhat annoying song, Kumbayah.

[@Masaman]

Dan Archer I wasn't sure people read the captions. Thanks for the feedback!

[@jacksonmowell3859]

@@Masaman Bumpy Johnson the legendary Harlem Kingpin who fought Dutch Schultz back in the 1930 is also Gullah Geechee. And Bumpy Johnson also has a tv show GodFather of Harlem which is based on the later half of his life.

[@salutic.7544]

Another great video Mussah-Man! Only OG Masaman fans know what I'm referring to

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Common Zenoric I'm a fan and didn't get it :/

[@salutic.7544]

الياس فرحات watch the QNA on his 2nd channel

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Common Zenoric okey

[@another90daystochangethis34]

It's Massah-Man.

[@salutic.7544]

m0ng o

[@jalenparker7538]

You do an perfunctory job of teaching anything regarding African history, specifically within the African diaspora.

[@desmondgibson6486]

I watched this appreciate the connection but this is inaccurate it is actually the reverse like a previous commentator said. Gullah Geechee slaves came with the Loyalists to the Bahamas and settled in the Abacos and Eleuthera where amazingly you would hear a more distinct Gullah Geechee accent.

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

Y’all missing the fucking point the point is Gullah and Bahamians are the same ppl from the same tribe

[@Ari-jm6xx]

@@user-pp9bl5gr1n That's irrelevant. The title of this video makes it seem as the Gullah are a subset of West Indians when they're not. They're a subset of Black Americans, and some of their descendants populated the Bahamas.

[@user-pp9bl5gr1n]

@@Ari-jm6xx honestly you wasn’t there so U don’t know which came first….meaning they could have came from Africa to Caribbean then to America or from Africa to America then to Caribbean But the argument you stated show how ppl are not educated, the main point is Geechee ppl and Bahamians are from the same tribe and that’s all that matters

[@andreluismarin8095]

I love this video! (and the one about the ABC islands, etc). No new information for me (most of the time), but I really like how you present it. Keep on going Masaman! Hit me up when you come down to Aruba!

[@Masaman]

André Luis Marín When I was in high school, I read my geography textbook at least 3 or 4 times over, so I know what you mean!

[@djpioneer937]

You're incorrect abut Gullah/geeche people. they did not come from the Caribbean. They came directly Sierre leon and Senegal for their rice growing expertise, among other things.

[@mssadity114]

YES THEY DID COME FROM THE CARIBBEAN ISLANDS BABY SHHHH ON HISTORY YOU DON'T KNOW ABOUT THEY ALSO HAVE ROOTS IN THIS THREE ISLANDS 🇭🇹🇧🇸🇧🇧And ALSO THEIR GULLAH/GEECHEES IN TRINIDAD SECRET GROWING RICE

[@islandgyal5269]

And your wrong,because the slave trade story was told in reverse!

[@diamonds0613]

Love Turquoise I’ve been hearing this, can you point me in the direction of a source?

[@islandgyal5269]

@@diamonds0613 yes ma'am!,Dane Calloway, Phoenix Moon and I'll hit you up later with more😊

[@kisha4040]

@@mssadity114 No we didnot hun. Geechee people have no connection to Caribbeans and donot like being compared to them.

[@salu880]

Very interesting, my gullah ancestor was brought/sold to the states from St. Vincent. I was told by a historian that many of the coastal African American Carolinians were brought there from the Caribbean.

[@kisha4040]

This is not true. Geechees are not Caribbean.

[@anti.bctards7376]

@@kisha4040 Correct, Caribbean descent. Lol are you one of the non coastal AA’s

[@solsoul6449]

@@anti.bctards7376 welp, Geechee here who IS from the coast. WE’RE NOT CARIBBEAN 😂 hope that clears up any confusion lol

[@solsoul6449]

@@anti.bctards7376 neither Caribbean descent lmao

[@xtraprebel6274]

only a few were brought from Carribbean majority were in the Carolina area.

[@checkmateatheists7627]

All I know about the Gullah is Gullah Gullah island. I hope there's a reference in the video

[@dapperc611]

That show is actually based off South Carolina culture. They even went to the Charleston Market in one of the episodes and also the guy who plays the dad is from SC.

[@islandsaltwaterqueen7862]

They weren’t real you have to come to Charleston to experience US, and the Gullah geechee culture

[@ntwadumelamata7785]

Excellent video keep up the good work.🌍🌍🌍

[@LatoyaLaugh]

Yes Gullah Accent is exactly like ours in the Bahamas

[@epixdevo3180]

We related I literally have family in Nassau

[@wholewheatcracker3561]

Can you do a video on the Order Of Malta

[@wholewheatcracker3561]

Nobody important yup, I just want Mason to talk about it I feel like he packs in more information

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

SMOM the Knights Hospitaller Deus Vult! images-cdn.9gag.com/photo/aDzOA7w_700b.jpg

[@ricardoguanipa8275]

Fun fact: In Aruba and Curacao, The Shell oil company build Refineries, most engineers were British and Americans so they needed English speaking workers therefore they brought a West-indians to the Dutch islands bringing Carnival and Soca and Calipso music and Giving the San Nicolas district in Aruba the Nickname of "Chocolate City"

[@pembrooksmith248]

Jazz came from the Bahamas and travel to the states

[@mightylaser0000]

Lol

[@najma242]

when you say things you have to provide some proof...but junkanoo music was from the 1800s and then the evolution of music took place after abolition of slavery...

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Happy thanksgiving to all you Americans, and to all you not Americans happy…Thursday.

[@tauceti8060]

Nobody important research the origin of thanks giving and you wouldn't say that.

[@mr.dr.genius2169]

Alpha581 I am too laaaaaaaaaaaaaazy to do it. Also it's super late so could you explain.

[@markant9534]

+Nobody important Type in TeleSUR English-the true story behind thanksgiving.

[@jalengee8421]

Nobody important Canada's past so yea

[@DegenerateSharingan]

Please do a video on the former Ryukyu kingdom of Okinawa ,Japan.

[@eugenejuniormiles9334]

Don't do that we still our African Americans i'm from Harris Neck Ga Island. We are Gullah geechee but from the Caribbean, my great grand mother and grand mother spoke a language from Sierra Leone.

[@epixdevo3180]

You related to me then my family from Harris Neck but I also have family in the Caribbean

[@josephphoenix1376]

Great Episode....You forgot JOE FRAZIER from Beaufort SC!🤔😄

[@julesennis5147]

Do one on Vanuatu or Canaries both were really important stopping points at many points in history and I think itd be super interesting.

[@The1ByTheSea]

many islands were just as Canararias were for Spain :Cape Verde,Sao Tomas and Principe,Madeira Azores were stopping points for Portuguese. St.Helena and Asuncion islands were inhabited ,so was Bermuda

[@andrescool6000]

How about a video where you discuss how Africa would have looked like if it where properly devided from the start, taking different ethnic and cultural groups into consideration

[@xamael1989]

nice video bro i really like your content next time cover ethiopians in america

[@judykester3970]

BRAD PITT SPEAKING JAMAICAN CREOLE IS OFFICIALLY MY NEW FAVORITE THING IN THE WORLD

[@mohmedabdul-wahid6105]

Meet Joe black was my shit

[@makedaeagle7023]

That just a irish accent.We do have old town in the countryside with irish descent that speak like irish.

[@SaMajesteD]

My Gullah Geechee people are not merely an extention of Caribbean groups. But rather a distinct group of Africans who preserved our culture in the USA and yes, others came and added to what was already being preserved here in the USA adding to what we know as the Gullah Geechee culture. We are still practicing it today.

[@epixdevo3180]

We got direct West African Ancestors and Caribbean Ancestors who also came from Africa

[@bulletbill1104]

Do a video about the settlers of French America outside of Louisiana and Quebec

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

French Ontarians, French in Vermont

[@DONNYPESO]

The Bahamas have nothing to do with Gullah and Geechee people they're more similar to Seminole Creoles they are African Americans with a strong African culture

[@DONNYPESO]

@They Felton this white men know nothing about our African American culture he's not even an American when I looked at him he looks like some type of Pakistanian this is why Trump wants to build a wall

[@kiowayesah1955]

@They Felton After Seminoles/Gullah and Geechee went West (Trail of Tears) many were sent into slavery by the Comanche and sent to the Islands via Canada. That could be a way of how they got there

[@epixdevo3180]

No what you talking about im literally Gullah and Caribbean

[@jeffreysetapak]

HAPPY THANKSGIVING AND HAVE A GOD BLESSING DAY!!!

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Do a video about Druzes

[@markant9534]

Jamaicans don`t always speak with a fast strong ethnic accent! Sometimes they speak much slower, listen to Usain Bolt. My dad is Jamaican and only has a mild accent he said talking patois is what lower class Jamaicans speak and that accents there are more diverse than what this video is stating, it`s actually patronising.

[@maryharvey6909]

Make your own video Mark Ant

[@juanacastillo1772]

Mark Ant. Exactly!!

[@CPT543]

Well of course in every country you have the same accent with slight differences. I don't think only lower class people speak the ethnic language though. It's more of a cultural thing throughout the country

[@lovenchan167]

Coming from the Caribbean this sounds very prejudice honestly

[@shamika5300]

@@lovenchan167 its not at all

[@elsakristina2689]

Cool :3 I’m Bahamian but I never grew up in the Bahamas so I don’t know much about the islands, and I didn’t really know about this either. I don’t speak the Bahamian Creole, I can’t do the accent even though I’ve tried, but I have adopted British spelling (but not/not yet the vocabulary)

[@CPT543]

Well the accent and isn't something you can copy. I've heard people try. It's interesting for people of Bahamian heritage to visit and learn about The Bahamas

[@omartistry]

It’s ok. I’m of Gullah decent and I don’t speak my native tongue or have an accent, but I’m learning my language every day so that maybe one day I can speak it a lil when I’m much older. It is very similar to Bahamian Creole and Sierra Leone Krio. Tenk Gawd fa mi ancesta dem ✊🏿 (thank god for my ancestors)

[@lovenchan167]

Asa bahamian it's not hard lol, our accent isn't as strong but the family islands own are strong depending which island

[@julesennis5147]

Also Belize havinga Caribbean culture is pretty true. I went when I was a kid, and for like half the trip I thought it was an island lol.

[@eliasfrahat7074]

Maybe you should do a video about Russia and it ethnic groups

[@ReconPro]

I think there 180+ groups. Tatars, Volga Germans, most are part of many Siberian native peoples, some people groups of from former USSR republics and many more.

[@nicbrown2281]

Ayyyye man my family Gullah Geechee great video

[@The13thGoddessAries]

I wish people like this narrator would stop dehumanizing our ancestors by referring to people as slaves.

[@SAINTOFTHEMOSTHIGH]

You have to do a video on gullah geechee and black seminoles

[@draleighd]

They were the barbadians and the barbadian moors who took control of the area before the united states was formed. That is were the name "Carolina" comes from. That particular company that named the region.

[@damanidorsey1402]

Gang gang I'm half Caribbean because I'm black and from South Carolina

[@kiowayesah1955]

Many Gullah were sent to the islands via Cananda as they were enslaved by Comanche and other tribes after the trail of tears. They were called Seminoles at that point.

[@TragoudistrosMPH]

Nice, I appreciate your efforts. I'm partially Gullah.

[@jus3278]

The vast majority of African Americans have Caribbean roots of some type it's just most of us don't know of ours due to United States enslavement. Only about 6% of the African Americans were directly shipped here from Africa, so the term African American is not as neat as people make it out to be. If you have deep family history from Florida, Louisiana, the Carolinas, Georgia, along the East Coast (NYC, DC, Boston, Philly, etc)you probably have more knowledge on your Caribbean heritage than most. The Carolinas have always appealed to me, because of my Bahamian roots. I'm strongly considering moving that way, because of it.

[@mamadoudiabira1023]

I am proud of my African ancestors

[@char08fal]

Just FYI for all the people saying it's the other way around. It's not the US is not the center of the world smh. Slavery was occurring in the Caribbean and South America yearssssss before the US which is why countries like Brazil and Cuba (even though they try to hide it) have the highest amount of African descendants. And SC was founded by Bajan settlers and they brought their slaves with them. Gullah-Geeche is based off Caribbean and even more specifically Sierra Leonian culture. Also, they were able to retain their culture and history due to the isolation of the islands off the coast as well as the climate. Africans were able to survive and Europeans were not therefore, they were able to retain their roots as opposed to rest of the US states especially those that were colonized by the British.

[@Ari-jm6xx]

The part about Bajan settlers is irrelevant. Many, if not most, slaves that wound up in the US went through the Caribbean first. I think it's interesting that you ignored the Bahamians who themselves said most of their ancestors descend from the Gullah, just to take a shot at Americans ("you're not the center of the world!").

[@Kriwistus]

Could you make a video about the Albanians and their origins?

[@booneboone9705]

We are not caribbeans please stop we are Black Americans.

[@jstorm416]

David Justin facts

[@kiowayesah1955]

Black? What is Black? Im Indian not black. Do your geneaology find and know thy self. Black doesnt belong to any original people on earth.

[@elongreen8566]

The Gullah or Sierra Leone lingo is strong in the Bahamas, but how ever there's a strong Nigerian Benin element there Very strong, check out cat island Turks and Caicos, and don't forget the Haitian as mixture in the Bahamas.

[@epixdevo3180]

I have a grandma from cat island but Gullahs are mixed with Sierra Leone Nigeria Ghana Benin Togo Congo too genetically

[@nickanand8087]

Dude, love your videos, but you gotta work on your pronunciation a little bit. The "i" in Garifuna is not pronounced like the "i" in mine; it's more like the "i" in Caribbean. It kinda takes away from a video about ethnicities where phonology is somewhat important. I've noticed issues in other videos but can't remember them specifically right now.

[@belnoir2552]

Every island nation have a Creole of speaking mixed language of English afro. But other island like Latin speck Spanish. And others speak French Creole and Dutch. South Carolina island speak Gullah their language like others.

[@daniellescott477]

So everyone just going to let the title of this video make them go into an argument. Guess what, y'all probably all right!!!!!! we was here, we was there, we was everywhere!!! we came before them, we came after them!! two places where you could keep your culture; that should be a blessing??!!we shouldn't be arguing about it. Js

[@MyBlackdiamond21]

Is a known fact that black was here 1st on 🌎😲

[@videogamebomer]

Eric Blake That's doesn't make sense. Work on your English

[@xXxSkyViperxXx]

if thats what hes saying then itd be nothing special because the "black" he'd be referring to would be everyone's ancestor

[@fjellyo3261]

xXxSkyViperxXx yes but every humans are related! So the fact that the most heavy crimes are committed within the family gets a new viewpoint^^. So technically all murders are committed within one big family ;)

[@DigitalIslandboy]

After Britain made a "successful" (profitable) slave colony in Barbados it was used as a template for the Carolinas. 7 of the first 21 governors of the Carolinas were from Barbados.

[@kiowayesah1955]

They loaded Barbados with Indians from Amarukan mainlands. Those Indians were sent there for indoctrination because they would fight runaway or kill themselves to escape being enslaved.

[@warispeaceignoranceisstren704]

@@kiowayesah1955 Barbados was a Slave training camp.

[@bulletbill1104]

Make a video on the Phillipenes pls

[@kis_kocosdaddyslittlemonst287]

Big Black... Hoover

[@Sigmanovar]

Crip

[@brandon9172]

That's one big hoover.

[@Samm815]

The president or the dam?

[@juanacastillo1772]

What does Bahamian enclave in the USA has anything to do with indigenous Miskitoes, Garifuna and Bayman Caracoles in central America??

[@epixdevo3180]

He explaining how the British colonies are connected

[@Monaedeezy]

Could you do a video solely on the guhlla geechee in the United States.

[@jalengee8421]

care full * Trinidad and Guyana are slight majority Indian decent * and those are not the only afro Nicaraguans there's over 800 thousand . * French guinea and Suriname also have kind of a Caribbean culture * and there diaspora is also out of USA, like in UK or Canada I'm one of them of Caribbean decent . caribana!

[@reginaldjr100]

jalen gee I agree were Indian

[@tiffineemoore2878]

Afro guyanese were there in guyana before the indian came so. They afro guyanese must be mention

[@islandsaltwaterqueen7862]

As a geechee culture enthusiast and being born into the geechee culture we don’t claim clareabfrv Thomas

[@epixdevo3180]

On god hell with em😂

[@DigitalIslandboy]

I think they mixed The Commonwealth of the Bahamas with Barbados up in some textbooks to be honest.

[@onemario64]

Can you do a video about the people of the ryukku islands?

[@bredrenpauly2710]

charles town nassau, charleston south carolina

[@Shadowbannddiscourse]

i thought brazil had the highest concentrations of africans out side of africa. great video. When I did my blood test at DNA tribes, I found lots of it in the Bahamas and Canada as well and it's funny because my mom told me that she has some gulla and Haitian background when it came to her side of the family tree and so there is a lot of it over in the Bahamas so that plays a whole lot with even what this video is saying to some of them may have fled up to their as well I forgot what I was going to say about that but I think there's a connection there as well cool video dude, even with our disagreements on certain things I really admire the fact that you're doing these videos really cool series

[@AbstractDivinity1]

Brazil still holds the highest number of people of African descent than any other country outside of Nigeria.

[@shamika5300]

unnah have no business speaking on our culture.

[@kingofhornafrican.1415]

Do video about white mexican people.

[@salutic.7544]

king of horn african. He already did a video talking about the different races of Mexico

[@Sigmanovar]

Lol,kinda of weird a African is curious about white Mexicans

[@MyBlackdiamond21]

king of horn african. Wtf you just

[@videogamebomer]

They exist that's all you need to know about them

[@darius5396]

Spaniards who have stayed there during and after colonization.

[@JuJu7700]

I really enjoy all your videos, you have a great speaking voice, but many times you pronounce names and places incorrectly

[@eugenefrazier5019]

Good job.however you also have the black Indians off the islands of the gullah tribe that also speak a different dialect of gullah.

[@dorresabottex3358]

I am from Turks and Caicos Islands just southeast of the Bahamas and we too are a English speaking country. You also forgot to highlight Anguilla, British Virgin Island and Montserrat. You need to be corrected. Just about all the countries that you circled on the map of the Caribbean are no longer British Territories as you mentioned. I have some issues with this video, you have everything backwards in regards to the origins of the Gullah people. They were brought from West African specifically Sierra Leone to grow rice in low country( the carolinas). They did not stem from Bahamian slaves, actually people in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and many other Caribbean nation came from the Gullah Geechee people living in the South Carolina and Georgia. After the America Revolution those slave masters who were still loyal to Britain were given land in British colonies in the Caribbean. This is how the Gullah culture arrived in the Bahamas, Turks and Caicos and other Caribbean Islands.

[@warispeaceignoranceisstren704]

Wasn't Turks and Caicos apart of the Bahamas Island's?

[@gogettalorri]

Thanks