Interesting, I will have to share that. The slave trade got started
here by bringing up Africans from Barbados (and I learned on a visit,
Antigua) as the planters who had set up there found promise in the
Lowcountry. It likely traveled from there.
--R
On 7/26/15 2:51 PM, M. Mitchell
I had supper with Sidi the other night and he shared another term used
by the Gullah folk. He said when he was little (he is probably 75ish)
growing up among the Gullah folk the kids would call him a buckrah or
something like that. Apparently this was the term used by the slaves
for the
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 10:17 AM, Rich Thomas via Mercedes
mercedes@okiebenz.com wrote:
I had supper with Sidi the other night and he shared another term used by
the Gullah folk. He said when he was little (he is probably 75ish) growing
up among the Gullah folk the kids would call him a
http://islandconnectionnews.com/?p=1949
Gullah ghost story
By Sidi Limehouse, Rosebank Farms
The English began to populate the Charleston area in the late 17th century
and their numbers multiplied in the early 18th century. Most
