Gullah Geechee Biz Travel Magazine: Hilton Head Island - Beyond the Resorts

Everyone knows Hilton Head Island for its golf courses and luxury resorts. But long before the first bridge was built in 1956, Hilton Head was a sacred homeland of the Gullah Geechee people — a community of formerly enslaved Africans who built a self-sufficient, deeply spiritual culture on the Sea Islands of South Carolina.Hilton Head Island — Beyond the Resorts takes you on a journey to the real ...