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 Marme
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
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 ove
> > 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.
