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The Gullah: Roots of Black America | History Documentary
75% of all enslaved Africans coming to America came in through Beaufort and the sea islands of South Carolina. This beautiful and picturesque tourist destination, by its unique history, is the epicenter of the Gullah culture and the foundation of African American history; the result of the mingling of West African slaves with the plantation culture awaiting them in America.
The Gullah culture is most popularly portrayed in its language, food, art, and storytelling, with the underlying message that the lessons of the past must never be forgotten.
Circle Unbroken - A Gullah Journey from Africa to America portrays the story of these resilient people in music by The Gullah Kinfolk and narrative through the eyes of Anita Singleton-Prather - 'The First Lady of Gullah.'
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From: Circle Unbroken - A Gullah Journey from Africa to America
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@sdsurfgirl60 Жыл бұрын

I am so lucky to have stumbled upon this. I don't know what took so long to find out about the Gullah Geechie but what an incredibly rich heritage. I'm in awe.

@richardmoore8927 Жыл бұрын

55😊

@Soulaan 10 ай бұрын

Root of Foundational Black American Culture ❤

@thomasr3805 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you to my childhood show Gullah Gullah Island! Way ahead of its time.❤️

@Hunter-vp3he 2 жыл бұрын

I LOVED that show!!

@jasminecrawford532 2 жыл бұрын

Our people are strong!!! Been through so much and can still rejoice and trust in God.

@Madmen604 2 жыл бұрын

That is a beautiful thing. Suffering brought too much tragedy, but also cultivated wisdom. There is something in the Bible about faith being forged in the fire of suffering..

@2delicious57 2 жыл бұрын

How can your relate to struggle when you Beecher didn’t not experience generational slavery that lead for many African Americans to lose a lot of their heritage physically not genetically.

@jasminecrawford532 2 жыл бұрын

@@2delicious57 I believe you misunderstood my message.

@ronaldjackson8869 11 ай бұрын

How is we should trust in a book they brought from Europe and gave to us to read? How is it you believe in their god but don’t seek to find who you’re god was before you met those who enslaved and dehumanized us? Seriously though my mom gets mad when I ask this question. I’m not saying their isn’t a god but who did we worship before we met them?

@AbeJacoby 2 ай бұрын

@@ronaldjackson8869"That book" came from the scrolls in Jerusalem where our forefathers came from. Our forefathers were kicked out for their continued disobedience to God's laws. Those wicked demons who enslaved us served as punishers for our disobedience. And they twisted the wording of the bible to fit their agenda..like they do everything else. All of the books of the bible were written by our forefathers, Israelites...who ARE BLACK PEOPLE. Those demons are going to pay.

@MissTippiLu Жыл бұрын

I still have people in Orangeburg,SC. So many people in my family are indistinguishable from West Africans. I don’t need a DNA test to tell me where to trace my roots. I enjoyed the singing. Watched this twice.

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

The beauty of being Gullah Geechee. We know who we are.

@Madmen604 2 жыл бұрын

Fascinating history. It forged a rich African American culture, also extraordinary moral and political leadership in today's America. 🇨🇦. Thanks for this documentary.

@dianegrimes3975 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video!

@AbeJacoby 2 ай бұрын

Beautiful video. Just took me wayyy back to my roots in Charleston. Now live in Chicago. Most close relatives were from a little town call Dale, SC ( just north of Beaufort.) Great job!!!!!!

@breanachanelle689 2 жыл бұрын

Loved this ❤️‍🩹

@luckycharms64 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing my cousin and culture

@zabchan 2 жыл бұрын

It estounds me how strong the christian faith was/is amoung the old and modern african American communities. It makes me wanna go learn more about the origins of the Ame church and how Christianity spread thru slave populations.

@glenn-younger 2 жыл бұрын

Well done! I visited Beaufort SC, and your video gave me a deeper perspective. Thank you for sharing the knowledge. One thing I wonder about is language. Although you said most came from Western Africa, weren't there are lot of different languages in that area of the world? If so, what did that do to their ability to communicate with each other? Anybody know where I can find out more?

@glenn-younger 2 жыл бұрын

Found it!

@loganhalve7869 Жыл бұрын

@@glenn-younger Please tell where you found it, very much interested

@glenn-younger Жыл бұрын

@@loganhalve7869 Hey Logan, I wish I’d kept a record of it because I’d love to share. But I didn’t. Sorry!

@NYChiphop67 2 жыл бұрын

Both my parents Gullah Geechee My dna results 96% African I’m studying my African religion of Nigeria 🧬📚💥

@NYChiphop67 2 жыл бұрын

Gullah we must restore our original African religion which is IGBO - ODINANI IBIBIO - INAM EDO - ELIMHIN MENDE - NGEWO (god) Just search the west African ethnic groups traditional religions and return back to it 💥💥🧬

@iraj.bolden2937 5 ай бұрын

Do you know the DNA test says for entertainment purposes only?

@NYChiphop67 5 ай бұрын

@@iraj.bolden2937 WHY IS DNA TESTING ACCURATE FOR LATINOS , Arabs , Asians , but not us black ppl ?🤭😲🧬👊🏿💥

@thesaints-7-andrew. Жыл бұрын

Watching from Greece.hi everybody. Great documentary.

@BlackCurrentChannel Жыл бұрын

Hi to Greece! Thanks for watching!

@jasperluke12 2 жыл бұрын

This is fascinating!

@benjamintaylor4402 11 ай бұрын

Born in Charleston , but moved to New York after my dad died. Attended schools Henry P Archer grade school, East Bay elementary School, Simonton Jr High and freshman year at Burke High. I miss my native city, but don't want to move back.

@Hiltonliveparanormalnews79 Жыл бұрын

Alot of gullahs have barbados roots for the first 200 years of slavery the salves came from barbados and Jamaica most don't know SC was a colony of Jamaica at one point too!

@luckycharms64 Жыл бұрын

Not many know this , thank you

@joshuaedwards-nelson6348 Жыл бұрын

The Barbados slave code was very key to the society formed there. Many slave masters from Barbados went there too.

@jessicam.4777 9 ай бұрын

Colonies did not form other colonies. When you say SC was a colony of Jamaica, what do you mean?

@stevenpringle9492 Жыл бұрын

Indarekter. Took me 30 years to understand what grandma was saying.

@craigadams3649 Жыл бұрын

Come and let’s play together, in the bright sunny weather. Let’s all go to..Gullah Gullah island.

@ludovicleprinceroyal8721 Жыл бұрын

dey raggelty

@scottrudd4697 Жыл бұрын

I pray to God that one day there will be no division in this country and everyone will be like Dr Martin Luther said content of character

@bobhenderson7077 Жыл бұрын

Apply for farm status. taxes are the reduced and the difference is deferred until someone wants to develop then ALL deferred taxes must be paid by the person who wants to develop. If this is some of the most expensive property in the US those taxes will mount quickly making it very very expensive to get any development project started. In some locations keeping bees is enough to qualify for farm status. In addition farms are subject to a whole new set of laws so there may be some new risk/reward there. This may not work but I believe it is worth investigating. Reply

@darylsnowden5256 Жыл бұрын

Saturday night, Detroit MI

@chickenchange.6014 2 жыл бұрын

I am an African America originally born and raised in Africa been visiting different former African towns all over the east coast now in mid west Missouri.

@2delicious57 2 жыл бұрын

You are not African American, you are the race of people your parents are. My people are truly African Americans because we relate ancestrally to the slavery in the us, you cannot. Place does not change your ethnicity. Stop lying about your ethnicity

@chickenchange.6014 2 жыл бұрын

@@2delicious57 fine if that makes you happy, I have said claimed what makes me happy.

@brotherkareem181 11 ай бұрын

Question what do you mean when you say your an African American originally born in Africa ?

@chickenchange.6014 11 ай бұрын

@@brotherkareem181 african american =african born in africa but now in america

@brotherkareem181 11 ай бұрын

@@chickenchange.6014 Ok so your family wasn’t caught up in the transatlantic slave trade.

@Madmen604 2 жыл бұрын

I love the headrests and wrap, so beautiful. Is it OK to appropriate your style? Love it.

@mrhimselfalone7657 2 жыл бұрын

No but who can stop you

@Madmen604 2 жыл бұрын

@@mrhimselfalone7657 You can. I understand the patterns have meaning representing family or community origins I think? So, one needs to respect what is appropriate or not.. But there must be generic colors and patterns too... I like the looser style for hot summers. They just make sense.

@RuralmoneyOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Our culture and heritage is and continues to be misappropriated or appropriated; so who will stop you? Nice of you to ask. Wear it proudly. Some people don't like our "crowns" and equate it with black mammy head rag wearing dolls, which they proudly collect.

@brotherkareem181 11 ай бұрын

@@mrhimselfalone7657😂😂😂

@Eeohippus 5 ай бұрын

@mrhimselfalone7657 why not think of it as someone just really loves the culture, and the beauty and would like to participate in it as well? Why is it some sort of theft or disrespect?

@terrytate9873 Жыл бұрын

My GGG Grandmother was from Senagal, my Twin, myself and my brother and my sister all carry Senegal DNA when we took our DNA test. My GGG Grandmother married a Planter in Fairfield South Carolina, they had 9 Children. Her daughter My GG Grandmother on the Census records was Mulatto married a Planter as well in Charleston. She had 10 Children. I have a copy of a Tin type of GGG Grandmother and a photo GG Grandmother.

@RuralmoneyOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Emancipation from free slave labor did not change my surname from Mobley-Borden to ...? I was left with the Anglo European last name (even in marriage) as a reminder...

@whitefreeman5798 2 жыл бұрын

let us not forget that we already had black people here before the ships arrived

@tvs9978 2 жыл бұрын

You people are tiring lol

@whitefreeman5798 2 жыл бұрын

@@tvs9978 what people

@tvs9978 2 жыл бұрын

@@whitefreeman5798 you people who feel threatened anytime there is a discussion of slavery and want to insist that black Americans are indigenous to America

@whitefreeman5798 2 жыл бұрын

@@tvs9978 coming from a family that includes ancestry from black native americans i have to disagree.. if you knew what the term white freeman comes from it probably wouldnt have triggered you.. i personally think slavery is a terrible thing and wish it didnt still exist

@tvs9978 2 жыл бұрын

@@whitefreeman5798 I never made any reference to "white freeman" and never even noticed that that was your handle until you pointed it out so sorry not triggered by anything. The point is those of you who esouse this indigenous stuff keep going round to channels talking about slavery pushing this agenda that you were already in America and your ancestors weren't taken there as slaves. Ie denial of history

@nina8340 Жыл бұрын

PROUD GULLAH GIRL 😊

@brotherkareem181 11 ай бұрын

These people are not like the rest of the Black folks here in America. They a different ethnic group from the FBA group.

@nvggabxby 10 ай бұрын

They are our people, stop trying to denounce the cultural diversity in our ethnic group.

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

Not every Black American is the same..

@Largepro21 Жыл бұрын

🇺🇲

@tonyjeffers2606 2 жыл бұрын

Alafia is a Yoruba word

@abangrahim2173 Жыл бұрын

you should speak in gullah not english

@RuralmoneyOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

That black and so-called brown baby making machine is out of control now.

@aahmonddelite690 9 ай бұрын

Are you suggesting these are roots of ALL BLACK AMERICANS?

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

Most but not all. Various African descendants came from/ through various countries and slave ports. Not all came through the Low Country.

@suzannecooke2055 2 жыл бұрын

The Sea Islands produce the finest cotton in the world. Unfortunately it is not available i n commercial quantities As a hand spinner I had the good luck to acquire 2 ounces of it at a trade show. To spin it is like handling silk. The thread is so fine it can be even hard to see!

@Upperroad4480 Жыл бұрын

The first lady of Gullah? Do you mean that there wasn't a woman of Gullah before her?

@ShaneM420 8 ай бұрын

Smh First Lady of the United States? What do you mean? There were no women born in the United States other than those married to Presidents? See how obtuse that sounds? CLEARLY First Lady is a title of respect. Like Queen. You didn't know this? Really? I'm seriously asking you....

@Perk10blvd Ай бұрын

My great grandmother said yall lying she no African

@benjamintaylor4402 11 ай бұрын

ENslaved workers did not dress up in fine clothing to do harsh dirty work like these actors (the ones sawing trees and dressed in vests and hats). They didn't even own fine stylish clothing like this!! Come on, people!

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

How do you know? Were you there during the era of slavery? Not every slave worked outdoors in cotton fields.

@benjamintaylor4402 5 ай бұрын

@@Gullahbae-xm6ms HOW DO YOU KNOW? WERE YOU THERE? JUST ANOTHER NINJA WHO IS OBSESSED WITH "DRESSING UP"!!!!!!

@faithford9143 Жыл бұрын

You are indigenous people.....

@benjamintaylor4402 11 ай бұрын

Get away from here with that delusional filthy lie, you ninja.

@Perk10blvd Ай бұрын

Lmao

@nathaniel-dm7ii 10 ай бұрын

Im not gullah IM GUALE im american Indian. Not african.

@mszgigi0518 9 ай бұрын

Good for you. You don’t speak for us PROUD AFRICAN DESCENDANTS.

@nathaniel-dm7ii 9 ай бұрын

@@mszgigi0518 Okay, africans come from American Negros, we older. 🤡🤡🤡

@nathaniel-dm7ii 9 ай бұрын

@@mszgigi0518 you so Proud but dont even know the nation from which your people descendant just the continent?? 🧢🧢🧢🫏🫏🫏

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

Guile and Gullah are two different groups and aren’t the same.

@nathaniel-dm7ii 5 ай бұрын

@@Gullahbae-xm6ms 🧢 do moe research

@CopperJedi 11 ай бұрын

When we stop regurgitating history the way white historians have taught, then we'll begin teaching our true history. The Gullah are Guale... AMERICAN INDIANS

@Upperroad4480 Жыл бұрын

This dancing looks ridiculous.

@Luci-Cate Жыл бұрын

Solution: Don't look...Look elsewhere...easy peasy.

@LilliLamour Жыл бұрын

Your comment is ridiculous

@benjamintaylor4402 11 ай бұрын

@@LilliLamour We get the message. I still give this documentary an A-. Go away yt boy.

@brotherkareem181 11 ай бұрын

@@Luci-Cate😂😂😂

@Gullahbae-xm6ms 5 ай бұрын

You are ridiculous.