Solar-powered Library on Sapelo Island
The Hog Hammock Community Library serves the Hog Hammock community on Sapelo Island. In the summer of 2019, partner groups from across the state banded together to build a picnic shelter on the library's playground. The picnic shelter is topped with solar panels, allowing the library to go off the grid during the day.
Partners involved:
Three Rivers Regional Library System
Georgia Public Service Commission
Georgia Department of Natural Resources
Southern Current
EDF Renewables
YellaWood
DS Smith
United Rentals
Darien Telephone Company
Life on Sapelo Island (Short Documentary)
Sapelo Island is one in a long chain of barrier islands along the coast of Georgia, starting in South Carolina and ending in Florida. The island has a rich history including being a former slave plantation where they harvested wheat, tobacco and cotton. During the 1960s, the state government of Georgia bought the island from its current owner and turned it into a nature preserve and biology research center. Since then, part of the island has come back into the ownership of the descendants of former slaves. The rest is still owned by the government and part is a satellite campus for the University of Georgia. The town of Hog Hammock is the last human residence on the island and the population is dwindling. Older residents are fighting to preserve their heritage as children who go to school off the island, often choose not to return once they become adults. The future of the island and its residents is uncertain at this time.
Director - Tony Phillips
Executive Producer - Joshua Morton
Producer - Ken Daniels
Cinematographer - Allie Kairos
Sound Director - Roman Fruehan
Editor - Jed Lin
Starring:
Yvonne Grovner
JR Grovner
Nathaniel Thompson (Voiceover)
SCAD Film & Television Department 2015
Sapelo Island sugar cane
Clemson University is playing a lead role in a months-long effort to reintroduce an ancient breed of sugar cane to Sapelo Island, where the towering grass first originated in the United States.
Nestled off the coast of Georgia among a string of barrier islands, Sapelo has remained anonymous, which is both its blessing and its curse. With isolation comes preservation. But also poverty.
Though 97 percent of Sapelo is owned by the state of Georgia, a private community named Hog Hammock still survives. Many of the inhabitants of this 434-acre tract are blood-related – through direct lineage – to West Africans torn from their homeland more than three centuries ago and forced into slavery in America.
Explore Remote Sapelo Island, Ga.
Sapelo Island, Ga. is an remote island off the Georgia coast. It is only accessible by the Sapelo Island Ferry. You can visit for the day, or stay on the island. Groups can rent the Cabretta Camping sites or the Reynolds Mansion. There are also VRBO home available. Sapelo Island has about 70 residents that live in a community called Hog Hammock. For more information on Sapelo, see this post on 365 Atlanta Family
Sapelo Island - Visitor Center Tour
Public tour of Sapelo Island featuring the North end of the island, Indian shell ring, lighthouse, Reynolds Mansion and Hog Hammock.
To make reservations or for more information, please call the Sapelo Island Visitor Center at 912-437-3224.
Costs:
Adults (13 and up): $15.00
Children (6 – 12): $10.00
Ages 5 and under Free
Public Land | Sapelo Island Day 1 & 2
We are on a 10 day hunting vacation. this video contains day 1 and 2 of the vacation. this island that we are on is boat access only. Its all Public Land other than the south end where the natives live. Most of the deer do not get very big due to the hog and wild cow population eating all the vegetation. We been making this trip the past 4 years and have a blast. In this video the first day was a bust due to us being in such a hurry to get camp set up and get to the woods. When I set up in the tree my camera and bow was still on the ground when I had two bucks walk in. Stay tune we have more videos from the island. Thanks for watching and remember to SUBSCRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!
Public Land | Sapelo Island Day 3 & 4
Mike ends up shooting a doe and a big hog. The wind kept blowing so hard it made it hard to sit in the tree. Over the next few days we start our quota hunt with the state. Stay tune for that video. Thanks for watching and remember to Subscribe for more content.
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Gathering Whelks On Sapelo Island With Cornelia
Gathering whelks or conch has been a generational tradition on Sapelo Island Georgia for over 200 years. This video is produced by Cornelia Walker Bailey and Doc Bill
The Darien & Sapelo Island Excursion - FULL Episode 304
In this episode of the Excursion, host David Zelski will be crabbing, bowling through history and exploring the wonders of Sapelo Island in McIntosh County Georgia...And if he succeeds, he enjoys an award winning breakfast at the historic Open Gates Bed and Breakfast located in the heart of Darien Georgia, but if he fails, it’s the crew that gets this sunrise spectacular!
Mr.Charles H. Hall Jr. Sapelo Island Descendant
Reginald Hall Sapelo Island Press Conference
Reginald Hall Sapelo Island press conference at the State Capital
Georgia Detours Georgia's Coastal Islands
We head to Georgia's Eastern coastline to visit two islands with rich history and culture. Tybee and Sapelo Island are not only two of Georgia's most sought after destinations for their beauty and untouched natural surroundings, but they are also deeply rooted in history. Join us as we find out what is so luring about these quiet communities just off the Eastern shores of Georgia.
Gullah Geechee Heritage Tour: Remembering the Culture January 17-19, 2014
UNESCO-TST, JGGCDC and SPOHP have co-organized in providing participants an opportunity to visit national monuments, to learn the history of rice production, to understand legal terms such as regulatory agency, become acquainted with Gullah Geechee cultural expressions and explore the Legacy of the Gullah Geechee Culture on the Highway 17 Corridor from Jacksonville, Florida to Charleston, South Carolina. These tours will continue to confirm that people of African heritage retained their cultural identity through families, religion, music, spoken words, labor, crafts and cuisines. These tours are active exchanges promoting and sustaining a focus on Gullah Geechee history. Who Knows You May be Gullah Geechee and Don't Know It!
UNESCO-TST
The United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization - Transatlantic Slave Trade (UNESCO-TST) Education Project, links three regions which were involved in the triangular Transatlantic Slave Trade (Africa, the Americas and Europe). The goal of the TST is to increase awareness of the causes and consequences of the Transatlantic Slave Trade - including modern forms of slavery and racism - through educational exchanges, sharing best practice and developing and diffusing educational material.
JGGCDC
The Jacksonville Gullah Geechee Community Development is a domestic corporation registered in the State of Florida for the purpose of serving Gullah Geechee descendants domiciled within the State of Florida and serve as a support arm for the United States National Park Service, Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor. Additionally, the corporation is responsible for the dissemination of historical information about the African Diaspora and the migration of blacks in the New World.
SPOHP
The Samuel Proctor Oral History Program is dedicated to gathering, preserving, and promoting living memories for current and future generations. As a leading repository of oral histories in Florida and elsewhere in the South, the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program strives to educate, research, and serve North Central Florida by collecting many voices of its community.
Special Tour Guide Adventures
Tour 1 - Sapelo Island GA, by ferry boat, tour guide, Mr. R.J. Grovner
Tour 2 - Gullah Heritage Trail, Hilton Head, SC, tour guide, Mr. E. Campbell
Tour 3 - Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, SC, by ferry boat, tour guide, Ms. Olivia Williams, NPS
Tour 4 - Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston, SC, tour guide, Ms. Christine Mitchell
Tour 5 - First African Baptist Church, Savannah, GA, tour guide, Mr. Jamal
Tour 6 - African American Tour, Savannah, GA, tour guide, Mr. Jamal
Historic Monuments & Sites
*R.J. Reynolds House & Estate, Sapelo Island, GA
*The Light House, Sapelo, Island, GA
*Post Office, Sapelo Island, GA
*Behavior Cemetery, Sapelo Island, GA
*Hog Hammock Community, Sapelo Island, GA
*Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society, Sapelo Island, GA
*UNESCO-TST & JGGCDC Planting Ceremony of a Japanese Plum tree, Sapelo Island, GA
*African American Gullah Geechee Community, Hilton Head, SC
*Coastal Discovery Museum, Hilton Head, SC
*Fort Sumter National Monument, Red Bricks made by Slaves, Charleston Harbor, SC
*Fort Sumter National Monument, Canons, Charleston Harbor, SC
*Art of Jonathan Green, at Gullah Cuisine, Mt. Pleasant, SC
*Old Slave Mart Museum, Slave Holding Pen, Charleston, SC
*Haitian Monument, Franklin Square, Savannah, GA
*Slave Holding Pen, 2nd Street, Savannah, GA
*African American Family of Four Monument, Savannah, GA
Gullah Geechee Cuisines
*Grovner's Cuisine, Sapelo Island, GA
*Alice & Ike's Hot Chicken and Fish Restaurant, Charleston, SC
*Gullah Cuisine Charlotte Jenkins, Mt. Pleasant, SC
*Garden of Eden Restaurant, Savannah, GA
Sapelo Island House Resolution 727 part 2
Sapelo Island House Resolution 727 part 2
Sapelo Town Hall Meeting 3
Sapelo Town Hall Meeting 3
Allen Bailey: Pride of Sapelo Island
Journey back to the home of Chiefs defensive lineman Allen Bailey
Black Creek Golf Course
Black Creek Golf Course - Black Creek, Georgia.
The Will To Survive 3
Story of The Gullah Geechee people the last authentic African society
Redneck oyster roast at Gills Hill at Colonels Island Georgia
Redneck oyster roast
BILALI MUHAMMAD FINAL
New Dramatic Production from “Living History Heritage Project” & “Images of the Motherland”
“FREEDOM”
“Bilali Muhammad-Almamy of Sapelo Island, GA”
Play Description:
“Bilali Muhammad-Almamy of Sapelo Island, GA” is the resurrection of an “untold story”… a “Legacy of Forgotten Roots”. A truly unique chapter in early American History.
Bilali Muhammad was born in 1770 in one of the five Fulani States of West Africa, known as Futa Djallon (Guinea W. Africa). Futa Djallon was the Fulani State that existed on the southern end of the Senegal River in present day Guinea W. Africa. Bilali Muhammad lived in the village of Timbo, which was the political capital of Futa Djallon. This is where Almamy Ibrahim Sori, the father of Abdur Rahman Ibrahima (known as “Prince Among Slaves”) was in power.
Bilali Muhammad was born in 1770, which was also the same birth year of another famous Fula, known as Omar ibn Sayyid, who would be born in the other Fula State known as “Futa Torro” at the northern end of the Senegal River in present day Senegal.
Bilali Muhammad was an extraordinary African Fulani who in 1782 was enslaved at 12 years of age and sold into the “Middle Passage” section of the “Trans Atlantic Slave Trade” which would take him to the Caribbean Islands.
Ironically, like Bilali Muhammad, 6 years later in 1788, Abdur Rahman Ibrahima, the son of the Almamy Ibrahim Sori, would also be captured and sold into the “Middle Passage” section of the “Trans Atlantic Slave Trade” which would take him also to the Caribbean Islands. Neither man would know each other, and Bilali Muhammad along with his acquired wife and children, would be sold into Sapelo Island, GA, while Abdur Rahman Ibrahima would be sold into Natchez, Mississippi. Omar ibn Sayyid, from Futa Torro (Senegal W. Africa) would be captured in 1807 and sold direct into the “Trans Atlantic Slave Trade” into Charleston, SC.
All three men, linked by tribal ancestry, culture, and religion, would leave an impact by way of their numerous “literary documents” written while enslaved in America. Geographically, they wound up in states with close proximity. South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, and Mississippi were in some cases contiguous.
Out of the trio, it would be the circumstances and fortunes of Bilali Muhammad that would lead him to become a “head master” over 500 slaves, 80 of which were Muslims, acting as their Imam, building a mosque, celebrating Muslim Holidays, and even being armed by the slave master, Thomas Spalding, during the War of 1812.
There exists no other documented incident of a slave master arming his slaves in American history.
Bilali Muhammad became the “ex-facto” Almamy of Sapelo Island, GA. He wrote from memory a 10th century Arabic Language Islamic instructional document known as the “Al-Risala” (The Message) originally written by 10th century Islamic Scholar Imam Zayd al Qarywany as a handbook to teach children and new Muslims about the cardinal beliefs and practices of their Faith. Bilali Muhammad studied this book as a child in school, memorizing it, to preserve and teach his Faith to others, as well as writing the plantation ledger in Arabic language.
Bilali Muhammad’s story, and the impact of his descendants upon Gullah culture in Sapelo Island, GA aand upon American history are amazing.
You, your children and grandchildren will never forget this truly profound “untold story”… a “Legacy of Forgotten Roots”.
45 Min.- 1 Hr.-No Intermission
10 Minute Interactive Workshop Included
Portrayed by:
Imam Roberto Rashid
Play Written by Baba Ahmad Kenya *Bilali Muhammad & Omar ibn Sayyid* Video Portrait Paintings by Baba Ahmad Kenya
Contact Info:
Images of the Motherland-Interactive Theatre
Email- imagesofthemotherland@yahoo.com
Tel: (215) 848-3651
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“And what is the ascent to virtue: it is to free a slave.” Quran 90:12-13