The History Of The Gullah: From Africa To America | Circle Unbroken | Timeline

[@rubylioness727]

I love so much learning about my people. No matter which culture or region they are from! I consider that They are all mine. Our ancestors are shared as far as I am concerned and I love the idea of that! The fact that the Gullah were able to build such a community with rich traditions and observance of ancestral practices and culture is amazing and a blessing.

[@rgibbs9734]

I'm born and raised in north Charleston. I'm originally from union hieghts, my whole family is geechee gullah. I am proud that this video was able to document our history of our people.

[@akilasad5886]

Me too. Htown. Salute Gullah Geechie

[@Growinggracefully843]

Beaufort, SC born and raised in

[@WillRu-j5y]

Come home

[@dawnhopkins3085]

you guys have a beautiful culture ... as an Inuit "eskimo" ( and I say eskimo because it's basically the only way ppl know what an Inuit is) ... our ppl have been beat into religion , moved further and further north to the coldest part of the world and killed village by village ... but we are all still here because we are a lot more powerful than money could ever do for us

[@CatBuchanan]

Hi. Lakota/Powhatan/Iriquios/Celtic mutt here. You might be surprised that more and more people are becoming aware that Eskimo is as perjoritive as Sioux (meaning Enemy in the patois of French-Algonquin) is. Inuit is the correct term to me. Just as Lakota (since I have no idea exactly WHICH sub-group i belong to though i feel strongly drawn to Oglala) is the correct term for the larger language and cultural group. Nice to meet you, sister! We come essentially from the same inscrutable ancestors. May the Great Spirit watch over you in all the travels your moccosins take. May you be granted light and safe passage through this journey to the West and the lands where our ancestors are. May your hunts be fruitful and feed you and your family. My son became a hunter officially this past hunting season with the sacrifice of the biggest doe of the season. He was initiated by me into the travels to become a hunter before he hit his first natal day. Luckily i did so ... his part Cherokee father was so excited he forgot to blood him when the doe fell. I am teaching my son to feel the mother and to thank our brothers and sisters who go so we may eat. I am watched over by Bison, Eagle and Hawk, Black Bear, Mountain Lion and Bobcat and Otter. Some may find my protectors too strong for such a skinny woman ... but in my life I have needed their strength.

[@thumbstruck]

Humans find a way to survive. "Culture" is the pattern of survival.

[@lunakat6369]

@@CatBuchanan I am Powhatan/Renape and French from my father and Choctaw/Chickasaw from my mother! It’s great to see other natives posting 🙃🙂What you said was so moving and SO TRUE! 💛Much love and BLESSINGS 💫

[@roseamberzine5846]

I have Gullah AND Inuit Eskimo Ancestors!💜

[@shelbywatson8695]

It’s unfortunate that people are truly not aware. I was surprised to come across an article about the word “Eskimo”. It was right bf I had my child so I would often love on her with Inuit kisses and taught her the proper word. Recently it occurred to me that even the concept might be offensive, especially if it was created by an oppressive culture. As a Black woman I understand how difficult it is to get people to understand offenses they will never experience or to care enough to even think about such a thing. We have a lot of work to do

[@Arrow32172]

I lived in SC for a year and visited Charleston almost every weekend. Having grown up in the north I never knew about Gullah culture until going to Charleston. I met a lot of very kind and friendly Gullah people down there and came to appreciate their food and culture. Thank you Timeline for presenting this.

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@joyceanderson3165]

USA has lots of hidden treasures 💙🇺🇸

[@autochthonoushistory1]

This video is a disrespect to real geechee not the federally recognized ones who are getting help from the government.

[@SuperGuanine]

@@autochthonoushistory1 mmmmmm

[@sd247]

We must acknowledge the migrated Gullah GeeChee, because we should be included to maintain this culture that is becoming extinct (ex. language, food, making quilts, baskets, fishnets and most importantly the religious culture.). There are a lot of Gullah GeeChee throughout to the United States. Infact, there are a lot of famous Gullah GeeChee. One doesn't have to reside in the Sea Islands to be Gullah GeeChee. My Grandmother and Father were born in John's Island and she taught and instilled the customs into me when I was 3 years old. She was a Midwife and herbalist who identified my Veil when I was born. Let's unit and keep the Gullah GeeChee customs alive?

[@mikejohnson3601]

Thanks for sharing history is truly to be taught . Doesn't matter where you are from . As a black man born and living in Jamaica 🇯🇲 this was so touching. Shalom aleichem

[@tiigerreyes7245]

Tell them again the word... SHALOM! I DON'T THINK THEY FELT YOU! SHEMA O'ISRIEL!😐💯💥🔥

[@tiigerreyes7245]

The true Jews Israelites Hebrews 😐💯💥🔥

[@vanaxeldongenwigs3553]

Mash lom cha Mike ! 🥰

[@sandraswift3489]

Not only from senegal.thousand or so years before.i believe that the pple who were made into slaves.were tribe of Israel.

[@SuperGuanine]

@@sandraswift3489 mmmmmmmmh

[@zikahimassa]

from west Africa, tears are still wetting my face while listening , viewing this video. God is alive. We are with you .... always and remember you. Your voices are tearing our eyes. I even recognize some of relatives within you.. The presenter..in the local cloth. Be blessed...

[@gaildavid7086]

In 2004, I met a lady who thought I was from there we were chatting away in the dialect. She then told me of Gullah, my first hearing about it I am yet to visit. My birthplace is Tobago.

[@EricaSwitzer]

I just busted out during Peas and Rice like I was back in school. Thank you for uploading this and sharing our culture!!!

[@BlueTheOracleEmpress]

The BLOOD of my ancestors CRIED OUT upon watching and HEARING all from this wonderful video. May we NEVER forget. Asé

[@irismaxwell5969]

I am from the Caribbean, and was overjoyed at the information; never knew about Gullah people from Africa; thank you very much Timeline! Your documentation is rich and loaded with information

[@fambultik-leadingafricanhe6341]

@iris maxwell, what Caribbean island are you from. And do you know of any ties to Africa from there?

[@RaMahUganda]

@@fambultik-leadingafricanhe6341 the connection goes through out... u see the islands as a whole were in most instances a drop off point for first buck breaking and tagging..and the slaves to be b then brought to the states to be sold for prime dollar.... it didn't work... but... that was the system... so if you are doing any digging...don't leave out the islands...we might have blood related cousins in Brazil right now asking the same questions about us..

[@shaunastokes1906]

There is a strong connection between South Carolina and Barbados. Both were rice growing colonies to which Africans were exported who came from Angola.

[@autochthonoushistory1]

@@shaunastokes1906 people were sent to Europe and from Europe they made it to west Africa.The people came from Canada,The Carolina’s and the carribeans.NO AFRICANS CAME HERE.

[@autochthonoushistory1]

@@RaMahUganda The slaves stories are non sense.Where is your genealogy? Stop telling fake stories you heard from the pale man and find your own HIS story or genealogy.WE DONT ALL HAVE THE SAME HIS STORY.The pale man mislead you.

[@qybbarrett9283]

my great granny i knew who was ghanaian she was from the gullah islands. My granny spoke of her grandma and i use the recipes as a catering chef. My granny told me all my life i spoke as a geechie. and when people here me talk in chicago they always ask where im from. love this video. so wonderfully presented.

[@BabIndy89]

It's a shame they never talked about the Gullah Wars. The two hundred years the South faught the escaped slaves and Seminole Natives.

[@rjlovett160]

I also thought the topic would be brought up. It's a lot of unknown and Untold American history.

[@82566]

Weren't the Seminole Indians the only tribe out of the 5 civilized tribes who kept their word w the freedman as in not kicking them off the lands they shared w them 🤔? . I haven't gotten that far in the book iam currently reading about those Tribes .

[@bahj3758]

Gullah are the Black Seminole we are not African Hallelujah. The Gullah Wars were renamed the Seminole wars universities have acknowledged it but schools don’t teach it

[@christinamcneesecomedy]

Wow, thank you for sharing. Knowledge I may have never learned otherwise.

[@cdb88]

Thank you so much for sharing your culture and knowledge. I am a Gullah descedent and so proud!

[@jleechadwick]

I wish they spoke Gullah in this. I lived in the Charleston area for about 14 years. It has a musical quality to it. You can actually find videos on KZbin of people speaking Gullah. Charleston is surrounded by islands and there are subtle differences in the language from island to island. I love the baskets that they make and sell.

[@beautifulcaptive]

I was hoping there'd be Gullah in it. My family is from McClellanville, and my grandfather speaks it fluently and has a thick accent. It's the most soothing sound in the world.

[@omartistry]

If dem boi krak teef fa hunnuh, E wud not hab undastan we. Loddah y'all yeddi disyah language n be look'n fool up ouchea. Dey mey wan fa watah don de wuds dem fa hunnuh like I doin now, but wen de elder dem run dey mout, eben oda kinfolk kyan not mek out wat dey sey 😂

[@deirdre2000]

@@beautifulcaptive ❤️❤️❤️

[@theseklownskrazyasfuq344]

@@omartistry, I can dig it! I would LOVE to hear it spoken while having some good grub 4REAL 💖💜💖!

[@tonistanford7951]

I think you mean geechie i know I didn't spell it right

[@jaxthewolf4572]

The Gullah people should definitely be a part of black history month

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

They are

[@naeemahali925]

I am Gullah Geechee and I love our rich culture. Peace and Blessings 🙏🏾

[@autochthonoushistory1]

This isn’t even geechee.You sure you are geechee? Real geechee don’t associate with africa or Sierra Leone.We know and understand that the Gullah geechee existed before we ventured to Sierra Leone and helped build it.Our people were Already in America.

[@ZalamaTheDragonGod]

​@@autochthonoushistory1 We ? So there's a group of sea Islanders that call themselves the real native americans? please elaborate, I didn't know there was another school of thought.

[@itssssjadee3731]

So sad that more people would never have things like this come up as suggested content on their timeline. A video on the Gullah wars I watched earlier brought up my first EVER content warning from KZbin itself and I’ve watched videos explaining cults and murderers and never had such a thing. Something has to change 😥

[@carolinagirl2428]

Bless the Gullah Nation & my home state of South Carolina 🤞🏿❤🤞🏿❤

[@lildancer54]

Blessed to have been born in SC as well … proud to be part of the Gullah nation.♥️

[@stealthman34]

We love and cherish you our brothers and sisters in the US, from Sierra Leone

[@williecoley7495]

We love y'all too I'm from Macon ga in the Americas which is Babylon and us black people are the real jews of the bible and Mexicans and Puerto Rican and native indians we all belong to the 12 tribes of Israel.

[@johnnymitchell8361]

@@williecoley7495 the real people of God comes out of the Kongo

[@CocoaKissesSC]

Love and cherish you all in Sierra Leone 🇸🇱 too! Growing up on Wadmalaw Island in Charleston, South Carolina we've always heard that most of us were from Sierra Leone and were brought here because they grew rice. My Salone ancestors made South Carolina rich with Carolina Gold Rice. I've done my Maternal DNA test and it leads straight back to Sierra Leone. Temne and Mende tribes. I often wonder if I still have blood relatives there.

[@mylesmills9666]

@@CocoaKissesSC kzbin.info/www/bejne/omTUmGufZ6ejeZY

[@shelbydavis3311]

@@williecoley7495 check out Stephen Darby's who are we.....hebrews are from Africa and went through the slave trade

[@kmendo215]

1:31 is my Mom and Step-dad making the sweet grass baskets! I wasn't expecting to see that when I searched up this video. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

Nice!!! I bought some baskets when I came to Charleston !!!!!

[@philliplyn2692]

Loving this one thanks for sharing very information blessed love to all knowledge is power hopefully everyone pays attention keep up the good work 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

[@BronxRisen]

Omg the hymns sang in this sent me to a place I’ve never been, thank u for sharing your insight❤️

[@VickHushpuppy215]

That Peas & The Rice Joint Was 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🤣

[@Amala.Aduola...]

I love my people. I’m so proud to be African American. ✊🏾💪🏾💯🥰💕🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ninpobudo3876]

Geechees aren't Black Americans

[@wardawg50]

😊❤This Beautiful

[@anikacorbett7714]

yes me to im from the kanuri tribe Nigeria and Angola and Gabon ...mother's side and father side..😊

[@ShaneM420]

I don't know where my people are "from" other than the United States. But I know I am of African descent; BLACK. And proud to be that. I think it's wonderful you guys know where both your mother and father's people are from.

[@itsbeyondme5560]

​@@ShaneM420 DNA testing duh

[@rhythmictiger]

@14:19 I can't imagine standing in chains like that, re-enacting those scenes. Must send a chill up your spine.

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@ariamason9324]

This is why black Americans wear so much jewelry around their necks and body, its their history of being in chains

[@aponirayn9099]

I learned of the Gullah two years ago, from all places Netflix. It was a beautiful movie. Sad I'm black and didn't know of them before. So much history we are not learning even from our own country. Sad!!

[@petebondurant58]

I'm white and I learned about them in elementary school.

[@Patrick3183]

Then go learn it yourself. Why are u relying on “this country”

[@shadowguard3578]

@@Patrick3183 ???

[@maureenjackson2041]

@@petebondurant58 I've known about the gullah for a number of years now, but this documentary has help no more about their customs and traditions whereas before I I only knew they lived in South Carolina and the islands nearby.

[@beautifulcaptive]

@@petebondurant58 You must be from the southeast then. That's typically something taught in South Carolina elementary schools in very small part, but not taught at all as you go further north and further west.

[@treneebrown4203]

What an awesome video!! I recently started my quest to learn all that I can about our culture and history because although some traditions were carried on my family didn't teach it. I am proud of my Gullah roots and I want to be able to share as much as I can with my children and grandchildren.

[@mionty]

This is a great history which has enlightened me about the importance of the Gullah People and its cultural influence within the Bahamas.

[@repurposedart9897]

It takes many generation to overcome this type of type of abuse on humanity... This generation can make the different that will last onto the next generations. The internet has open the door to tell your story.

[@evessawallace174]

That would be great if they'd stop hiding views:/.

[@FM19MONTH]

Yeah but demons are walking and gov/elites trying to further divide as well as fuel hate between many. We need to all bond together, agree we have some diff opinions (we all are diff yet the same!]. We have a common enemy. To survive we must stop the hate and come together.

[@stephent.8888]

Gullah culture fascinates me. The intelligence and tenacity of the people is so uplifting. The performers had magnificent voices! CA Nt wait to visit and learn more. Thank you for sharing this wonderful story ❤

[@10cabe]

The narrator is an eloquent and captivating spokesperson for this ghastly and terrible part of American history.

[@fambultik-leadingafricanhe6341]

@Michele Thomas watch this film too to see the narrator. Anita Singleton-Prather also known as Aunt Pearlie Sue, from Beaufort, SC: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqjMZJyfosyGjcU

[@monie2514]

Is never any emotion we just tell it like it is the ones that have a problem with it is the ones that they know their family prospered off of slave labor the ones that innocent children were murdered Lynch sodomized with no apology I say when you say it's too much emotion it's not nearly enough because.you never say that to other cultures just the African Americans only. But God is so good justice will prevail every man every woman will give accountability for what they have done. There's a verse in the Bible when God says I may not punish you for your deeds. but I will punish your offspring down to the 6th and 7th generation and that day is here. Knowledge is power what a wonderful documentary 😇👌🏼📽️📺♥️💚💛

[@shellyedwards2875]

I love 💕 my people grew up so proud to be Gullah I am sad America does not honor the Gullah as a culture more black Americans need to know where they come from it's so important gives people some sense of belonging. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@burlietowner2851]

Indeed.

[@kaskieseven2944]

And most black american in the southern slaves Came from Angola🇦🇴 and Congo drc and not sierra leon or any wa nation most wa slaves went to the Caribbean islands.

[@burlietowner2851]

My ancestors are from west Africa, Gullah people.reside in Sc.

[@Afrocreolebombshelle]

I’m black American and my ppl aren’t Gullah …. I have Texas/mexico Native American and Louisiana/haiti creole ancestry

[@Gullahbae-xm6ms]

She didn’t say all Black Americans are Gullah. Us Gullah folks know that lol

[@mormonfreeman6202]

This is my new favorite documentary. American history isn't something I know very little about so I want to thank this channel and all the people in this documentary for telling me an amazing and important part of American history that until now I knew nothing about, God bless you all, and thank you for sharing this story.

[@treasurehunter183hunter8]

Wow I thought I could watch all this video from beginning to end but right now my heart is heavy and I can't stop crying because I have been telling anyone that would listen to me that I'll ancestors need us to return to Africa so that the ancestors that died here in America can have their DNA in US return to the motherland so they can rest in peace. I can't wait for my financial pocket to get to the point to make my exit. Right now covid is wreaking havoc on a lot of businesses and hours of being cut more and more. Thank you for making this video if you only know how fulfilled and proud to see how our people were before they were brought to America. May the gods of our ancestors bless you and give you abundant prosperity so you can continue to help blacks in America that they are Africans too

[@ariamason9324]

Your goal should be getting to heaven because your ancestors are dead and know nothing until Jesus resurrects them.

[@leticiachikelu.2109]

Hope you made it to the motherland. If you haven't yet,don't go alone

[@ariamason9324]

You better stay where you are or you might become an ancestor. No one without a good pension or regular income stream should go over there to burden the system.

[@lucytoo2130]

My Grandma had her Own words. And her Own way of speaking.

[@jayharris8113]

I knew an older lady who lived close to us when I was a kid. She was nice. I use to hear her tell my mom, "I gwing on home now." She didn't know when she was born and she always talked about Gen. Forrest come back through here n we won't have nothing. I found she was talking about a Gen. who fought in the Civil War in 1861-1864.

[@Kymcook73]

Beautiful! Hello from Lady island SC

[@warzonenature3370]

Great documentary very emotional sad truth, we love ❤️ you our people Gullah. But remember Gullah people are not only on Serria Leone they are in Ivory Coast, Mali, Burkina Faso & Ghana

[@akakaskie]

U wrong too most Gullah Geechee came from Angola 🇦🇴 not West Africa,

[@warzonenature3370]

@@akakaskie I’m here in west Africa telling you the truth & you are saying I’m wrong ? I used to speak their dialect when I was in Ivory Coast 🇨🇮. Do your research properly

[@kaskieseven2944]

@@warzonenature3370 do u use any social media? I need to tell u about gullah cullture More Angolan were leave in Sc Overall, by the end of the colonial period, African arrivals in Charleston primarily came from Angola (40 percent), Senegambia (19.5 percent), the Windward Coast (16.3 percent), and the Gold Coast (13.3 percent), as well as the Bight of Benin and Bight of Biafra in smaller percentages. important

[@yusefnegao]

@@akakaskienope from West Africa

[@yusefnegao]

@@kaskieseven294440 percent is less than half the remaining 60 percent is the majority and 90 percent of the surviving influence is West African from the words and grammar in Gullah language to basket making techniques to redred rice which descends from Senegal and Nigerian jollof to the storytelling that’s all west Africa there is no berimbau no semba influenced dancing traditions none of the food ways or religious influence from Angola that are evident in Colombia particularly the Cartagena region especially San basilo de palenque and the south east of Brazil and even the northeast which was heavily influenced by Benin and Nigerian tribes

[@j.leeedwards2780]

This should be shown in every US school.

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@lucillabertani8502]

Anita you are such a great person...thank you for your videos.

[@GrandmaGrannyLuvs.....]

Thank You for posting this!! I love AA history. Learned so much watching this.

[@markjarrett9400]

One of the best documentary I have seen in a long while. I love the use of drama and song to tell a story. It is such a powerful method

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@imaniMiller]

I am proud to come from gullah geechee ppl, I am from south Carolina and my grandfather’s family is from charleston sc. I love charleston

[@youcanthandletheheat]

Omg I learned funga alafia (spelling sorry) ashay ashay in elementary school. We sang it all the time. Wow did that bring memories back.

[@Msjones1277]

I got chills as I sung along❤

[@km1526]

Definitely same here I can relate 💯❤

[@sharonkaysnowton]

I enjoyed this video. I love history. I am black American from Texas, but now you make me want to know if any of my ancestors were Gullan. I will be asking around. I did not know that 75% of American blacks were Gullan. I knew my ancestors were Nigerian by DNA testing. Keep making the videos and helping us learn black history in the USA.

[@poloprofits8743]

Yess Gullah people migrated all over US !

[@Gullah_James_TheCrow]

You are most likely Gullah; our ancestry is from Western Africa..!!!

[@sharonkaysnowton]

@@Gullah_James_TheCrow We checked our DNA. Our ancestors are Nigerian- Ibu tribe.

[@Gullah_James_TheCrow]

Nigeria is in West Africa. That's right in the west where most of the Gullah people were kidnapped. I lived in Europe for nearly 30 years. I have a lot of African friends from Gambia and South Sudan. The Sudanese people in Africa speak Arabic. The Gambia people speak a warloof, which is similar to the gullah language. This is how I discovered most of the Gullah culture; long before the Internet.!?

[@AfroCreoleFBA]

If you are ethnically Black American you are Gullah Geechee. We all started in low country. Also the domestic slave trade scattered us all over the country.I

[@Duwor]

The Gola language is spoken in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ivory Coast

[@RaMahUganda]

Adebode we fambol... Se'Lione is our sistah city back home!!

[@MickeyAndMore]

​Sierra Leone Krio is mostly influenced by Jamaican patois

[@mercyfrost9869]

Wow powerful and heartbreaking documentary.Thankx and thete will indeed be no more tears again....its over...Amen.

[@duanejones2973]

Thankyou for shareing .

[@ADE-of-LAGOS]

The first lady said that the roots of Gullah culture begin in Sierra Leone, Gambia, Senegal, and Angola. Going by the song she said was popular among them then, which those in the video sang, it's clear the slaves were predominantly Yoruba. Few keywords from the song include "Alafia" (meaning Well-being), Ese (meaning Thanks). These are Yoruba words. If she is right about where the slaves were originally from, then it's possible they were Yoruba people that were part of the former Oyo Empire which extended as far as parts of Sierra Leone, Ghana, Togo, Ivory Coast, and Benin. She did include part of present day Nigeria as a possible origin.

[@asiyahad-deenislam5289]

Absolutely correct.

[@kadijatumvkargbo5564]

Alafia is a Krio word in Sierra Leone too

[@THEONLYOBA]

I knew it. Those were definitely Yoruba words

[@THEONLYOBA]

@@kadijatumvkargbo5564 yes but the way they use it in the video is the way the Yoruba people of south western nigeria would say it

[@YoutubeFabLifeOfJan1]

Exactly

[@FingersFew]

I’ve been touring around SC and checked out a few things in Charleston. Found out about the Gullah culture at the Boone Hall Plantation and found it very interesting. It saddens me that the culture has been lost or forgotten in too many places in the USA. Fantastic documentary!!

[@antoniofokes5442]

Don’t be sadden they liars and manipulators we aren’t from Africa we from the southeastern coast of America show me the artifacts that’s we came here on boats otherwise we won’t our land back

[@supernaturalqueen3522]

It’s amazing how some people think they can tell us who we are. Some of these comments are disrespectful. Still we rise as Gullah Geechee people. We will continue to teach our children and tell our own stories.

[@autochthonoushistory1]

It’s sad how y’all accept this non sense of a video and this coming from a person who’s family is straight from the Carolina’s.GEECHEE ARE AMERICANS.THE STONO ARE MELANATED THEY ARE APART OF THE GULLAH.They gave you your his story in reverse and y’all accept it and continue to spew it.Without your own genealogy everything you think is inaccurate and false.His story is merely made up from whoever’s perspective is telling it.We do not all have the same his story but we think we do and walk around like we do cause we are too lazy to do research.Their aren’t even records of slave ships from Africa

[@Gullahbae-xm6ms]

The ignorance in this society is astonishing

[@kada2741]

I used to watch Gullah Gullah Island🥺...this doc is amazingly informative

[@keirstenhanson6544]

Schools really need to teach kids ab culture anyones infact because I feel it will give kids more respect for ppl

[@patriciapalmer1377]

Growing up in S Caolina, I hitched rides on shrimp trawlers to beloved Dafuskie to fish wit da foke and their houses with jewel colored doors to ward off haints. Boat was the only access for generations, and many of us locals spoke Geechie. Pat Conroy and John Voight shined a spotlight on it in their 80s successful movie.

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@kittyfoster7779]

This was brilliant and beautiful.

[@oojafink]

Given that my name is Gordon Ullah (GULLAH) I wholly approve of this!

[@pamelaleannefreeland9025]

Absolutely incredible documentary. The music is fantastic as well.

[@kimbya]

I am the descendant of the Gullah/Mende people. The blood remembers because I feel the sorrow and grief of my people today.

[@iamjohnne1]

When I was in high school back in the sixties, my parents and I visited Charleston, my grandfather and great grandfather had been building contractors between the civil war and early 1920s. I remember stopping by the side of the road and my mother purchased a handbag made from Pinestraw and broom sage. I saw one in this video and it brought back such a sweet memory. Thank you so much for sharing this video.

[@lucytoo2130]

Slave Owner descendant 🤢🤮👹

[@lovesyah4618]

@@lucytoo2130 👍🤔 Yessss

[@nataliereedy850]

All of the Timeline videos are good but, this one is FABULOUS!

[@mylesmills9666]

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[@williecoley7495]

I'm from Macon ga the songs sounds like the ones they sang down there and also my grandma use to take us to those tent church service in the woods. I know the black slaves are the real jews from the bible. Don't know body love the heavenly father more than us because we are his people.

[@shaunastokes1906]

Charleston and Savannah are considered cousin cities. So, you will find remnants of Gullah culture in both places, as well as the sea islands of Georgia (Tybee Island) and coming across into Hilton Head and other places.

[@domonique1890]

The best documentary I found so far 🙌 this culture is so similar to Bahamian culture ❤

[@stormship1647]

It’s all African

[@MickeyAndMore]

​@@stormship1647it's not African. African culture is African. It's a new culture created by our African ancestors in America and the Caribbean.

[@UnfilteredAmerica]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us! Brilliant!!!

[@erict7093]

I hope I'm Gullah. I learned about the Gullah culture due to the program called Gullah Gullah Island. That was many years ago. I was just talking to a co-worker last week about Gullah culture and how I need to know more!

[@blkindians7974]

where are your parents and grand parents from?

[@erict7093]

@@blkindians7974: My father's Dad was born in Alabama and my father's mother was born in Indiana. My father's parents met in Indiana. Both of my mother's parents were born in Alabama. My dad was born in Indiana and my mom was born in Alabama.

[@dinglelawrence8890]

Wow, I am awed! This is where I looked first when I started wondering about us as originally Africans? Wow! Y’all gone make me cry! Ahhh!

[@tanjar7362]

Currently trying to learn about my culture. Recently did a dna test to see where I should start but learning about the different Afro religions and spiritual practices has been a wonderful learning experience. Hopefully one day I’ll be able to place my hands and feet on the soil of my ancestors. Nigerian 49.0% • West African 16.8% • North African 3.9% • Central African 3.5% EUROPE • Scandinavian 12.5% • Finnish 1.3% South Asian 5.7% West Asian 2.7% AMERICA • Mesoamerican and Andean 4.6%

[@aahmonddelite690]

How does a blood test tell you or anyone where a person ancestors is from? Records don't lie but PEOPLE DO...🤷🏾 physically History tell a person

[@kjsosmooth7630]

@@aahmonddelite690where can I find records?

[@teresafernandez9849]

The Gullah ppl r African, and their genetics r from West Africa. What makes them different, is they are the only ppl who kept their tribal traditions from Africa. Respect to them for that!

[@nvggabxby]

They're a subgroup of african americans, we're a much more diverse ethnic group than the media likes to show

[@ZalamaTheDragonGod]

1 in 4 African Americans have Gullah roots, pretty cool

[@inmythoughts718]

I have lived in Africa, I can seen nothing but the exception of skin color.. I don't see much African here.

[@irisahmad6974]

Respect ✊🏾

[@Komeshokakunanwene]

​@@inmythoughts718I am African and I see a lot of Africa here.

[@sylviaalambar9350]

Love the narrator's voice and more film has to be made....accurate history.

[@sgtpppr]

I was born in Charleston and grew up on James and Johns Island. This was a very informative and engaging film. Thank you

[@MichiDavis09]

Had no idea about Moses and her role in this area! Makes my heart smile!

[@patsycoyle9510]

I’m indigenous not of America but Irish. Indigenous people revere the MotherEarth,. Respect nature and most importantly: know who they are ,! The strength they born with!

[@MickeyAndMore]

Black people are indigenous to the whole world.

[@SuzieQ90]

To be honest I've never heard of the Gullah. I'm from Ghana and their culture seems verys African. From the Kente, their body their headwraps, the pots they were cooking in ect.

[@THEONLYOBA]

In the first song they sung they spoke yoruba a language native to the yoruba people of south western nigeria

[@jaxthewolf4572]

That is because they are descendants of West Africa

[@tdr.220]

Thank you for this national treasure!

[@tainapura4766]

So happy I am across this excellent documentary. My first trip to Charleston will hit me different .

[@tl3233]

Grew up watching Gullah Gullah island. Has to be some connection

[@Growinggracefully843]

Yep same place, it’s called St Helena island. I’m from here. Mr Ron was actually a high school teacher and my mom did their kids hair

[@tl3233]

@@Growinggracefully843 whoa

[@ashb234]

I thoroughly enjoyed this, I felt excitement flowing through my veins with every second of this video. Thank you for your work.

[@juliettetameka28]

Saint Helena Island native checking in! #GeecheeGal❤ love my heritage. Some of my family members were apart of the crew for this documentary 💙💙

[@backto-il9ne]

Great documentary but misleading title. Very little is said about the ACTUAL GULLAH PEOPLE, their unique traditions, their food, their creole language etc. etc. Gullah is not synonymous with African American, something this documentary seems to imply. The Gullah people mostly worked on isolated coastal/ island plantations so, compared to other African Americans, they had some distance from white people and this enabled them to maintain some of their indigenous African practices, linguistic influences and traditions - hence why they have a very unique culture. The is a documentary about the transatlantic slave trade, not the Gullah people and their traditions.

[@theseklownskrazyasfuq344]

Thank you for YOUR TRUTHFUL input. This is what happens when OUR story is told by those that look like US & those who look NOTHING like us that are paid by 'THEM' to push the false narrative 🤦🏽. Not kool at all. 🤔 Being as you're an Elder, do YOU believe the 'Trans-Atlantic' Slave Trade from Afrika happened? It seems quite impossible to have that many 'slaves' on such a small vessel CONsidering the vessel could sink from the weight of supplies, crew & alleged 'captives', extremely close quarters, human waste & the possibilities of dis-ease 🤔. Or we were already here & been here? Thank you in advance for your response! 1.08.2022

[@charlestonbrown148]

@@theseklownskrazyasfuq344 believe greed not even hidden today, forced over crowding vessels, under supplied you die you go overboard! Believe it cruelty to the far extremes.

[@williamclark2893]

And the doc never missed a opportunity for singing and dancing. So dishonest!

[@a.andrechisholm8528]

@@theseklownskrazyasfuq344 Your completely right. Blacks were already here. One just has to read the journals of Columbus, Cortez and the other european conquerors. They wrote about all the black Indians being observed. They were told by the other Indian tribe, they would here before our ancestors. Black people are the indigenous to all land masses

[@josweetlove1537]

@@a.andrechisholm8528 so you did not come from Africa ? The native peoples of the Phillipines, Pacific Ocean islands, Andaman islands of India, Solomon Islands, the first Maoris were dark skinned they are all black and they came out of Africa. Our people were ancient sea travellers before the white man. Your roots remain in the land mass now called Africa.

[@Juniper122]

My people all my language my home my hymns my songs

[@thewagonadreambylewis]

This is everything; thank you 🙏🏽

[@tamaramcrae4037]

I remember watching “Gullah Gullah island” on Nickelodeon in the mid 90s lol

[@shauna-k9129]

The music. The singing. Moves every cell in my body. My ancestors sounded like this??? No way 😢😢

[@chimakalu41]

7:09 Props to the reenactment

[@dinglelawrence8890]

Dear Gullah, SC, and the Devout people of God! Out of the Seven Spirits of The earth, our tribes of Africa houses The Spirit of Truth, and God himself affords us Wisdom! I speak from our origin our roots not our connection to the world! Praise God, and Peace to our earth! The Spirit of Truth Gullah, thank you! Liberty, liberty, liberty! Power!

[@anobserver9658]

Beautifully done. A must see for those who forgot.

[@Survivor58]

I started thinking (while watching this rich history documentary) how White Conservative Women (mostly) are fighting to keep this type of history out of the schools and libraries. We didn’t get the true teachings of history in schools and they want to keep it that way. What a selfish thing to do. To deprive your children of learning about a variety of cultures, foods, ways and beliefs, etc. is ensuring generations of people ignorant to truths about where each person comes from and their contributions to the world.

[@yeahgirl11]

Or better yet, denying any of this stuff is African in origin. Lmao you know your country is delusional when you actually have White people claiming that they made up all forms of popular music, as if Africans didn't influence any part of American culture. I'm not joking either; most White people/kids I know actually think popular dance moves just came out of thin air when they're so obviously African.

[@ariamason9324]

They don't want their children to know that yt people are monsters who perpetrated crimes on humanity and still do. They want to erase all the horrible things they did to black people.

[@kohlerkohler1820]

4 minutes in and I already recognize many similarities with my Senegalese culture from cloth to basket making

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

Best documentary

[@wammskaranja4218]

You here too. 😁😁

[@kevohwapipelinetransami4351]

@@wammskaranja4218 kabisaaà 🤣🤣

[@hillelkita2354]

Thank you so much for sharing your culture

[@GunnShotVisuals]

bless everyone who helped put this together !!!

[@RA1N1TO]

Bahamian gullah here much love

[@CocoaKissesSC]

Eyyyyy! Our dialect sounds the closest to the Bahamian dialect.

[@anthonyterrell4952]

I really enjoyed this and I’m only 28 minutes in!

[@British_Cocoa]

New subscriber. As an indigenous African Yoruba woman this video was extremely informative on black American history. I would have been the one to kill the slave master( shout out to my Haitians) .

[@James-hi9lb]

These are my people from Charleston South Carolina. We are the same as the people in Haiti. We lived in South Carolina, we are actually family with Hatians people. Our heritage is much older than most people living in USAO. Look at their features, identical like the Hatian people.

[@omartistry]

Gullah/Geechee: Disyah be mi fambly culchea. Eny bodi fwom de low kuntry be Gullah geechee! (Black Americans). De Bukrah wan fa teef we identity during maffah, but den we den wen n make we culchea. De wey we krak teef, de wey we nyam, de wey we sing, dey wey we dance. Allah dem cyan be twaced bak to de muddah lan! English: This is my family’s culture! Anybody that’s is from the low country is Gullah Geechee! (Black Americans). The white colonizers wanted to take my people’s identity during enslavement, but then we created this culture to preserve what we would have fully lost. From the way we talk, eat, sing, and dance. All can be traced back to Africa!

[@peterstromboli4835]

Haha oh my goodness, that's just ridiculous. Gotta love how a "dialect" can be literally anything, ehnklooding de speak up den dere.

[@ngang1957]

@@peterstromboli4835 nlʉr mbùu

[@donell360]

I understood 90 to 95% of your speech (or our speech)

[@omartistry]

@@donell360 It’s an African based ENGLISH creole. Most people who speak English should understand it for the most part (if spoke slowly). Just like Jamaican patois. However, just like the previous comments some people still don’t think it’s a real language because they can read my comments. But then I speak to them in public and they go “huh”?. “E be comyeah dem who wah fa yeddi de wuds ouchea mout, yet ak like dey binyah n know wah e sey wah e mean” (It be non Geechee people that want to hear the language, but then act like they can been fluent in the language) just cause I water it down. If you want to learn the language please know that reading it is much easier than hearing an elder speak it fluently. And correct anyone who tries to disrespect our language.

[@donell360]

@@omartistry researching my family history I found out my father's side is from fayettville n.carolina and I have family in south Carolina so I wonder if I'm part gullah geechi

[@fakiny]

So beautiful! Thanks for the education and the effort put in to make this wonderful documentary. God bless you all!!

[@dantemiller7193]

I live in NC my ancestors and family on my moms side mostly reside in Wison County. NC and SC Black culture are basically the same. But Gullah Geecee is different. I was so happy she said all African Americans are gullah but I won't call myself Gullah, I don't know the creole language nor lived in Charleston. But thank you queen for thinking of me.

[@JohnWick-no8oz]

I'm from south Carolina and my family in my mother's side are Gullah folks .

[@albertclark1606]

IAM IN SO MUCH PAIN. I CAN NOT REST. I FEEL HELPLESS.RACISTS WHITE PEOPLE ARE EVERYWHERE.

[@octaviahicks-braye9859]

Both of my dad’s parents, grandparents, snd great grandparents were born, raised, educated, and buried in South Carolina. My great grandparents never left South Carolina. When my grandmother Pearline, who was half negro/ half indigenous passed away. My family had a funeral in Maryland and South Carolina. South Carolina was grandma Pearline’s final resting place, which was her birthplace. I love ❤️ both Maryland and South Carolina. Harriet Tubman served both places.

[@dinglelawrence8890]

I am born here, raised here, from here! I believe I am Gullah, or at least related! Yes!

[@Msjones1277]

I appreciate watching this video and getting educated on my roots,thank you for such a valuable content that was presented sooo well ♥️💪🏽

[@sekkhiaakare7701]

Really like the music and singing.