Sapelo Island's Hog Hammock by Johnson, Michele Nicole

Sapelo Island's Hog Hammock
by Johnson, Michele Nicole

(#00125W7)

Paperback Arcadia Publishing, 2009
Description: 127 pages : illustrations, map; 24 cm.
Dewey: 975.8; Audience: Adult

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 127). Captioned, archival photographs provide a history of the Hog Hammock community of Sapelo Island.

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Hog Hammock, located on Georgia's Sapelo Island, is only accessible by ferry or private boat. It is one of the last island-based Gullah-Geechee communities in America--a living connection to West African languages, folkways, and spiritual traditions. With its dirt roads and tin-roofed houses, Hog Hammock is the site of a social hall, two historic Baptist churches, and a former schoolhouse, all built by descendants of slaves. The nearby Behavior Cemetery has burial sites that date back 200 years. Much has been written about the people of Hog Hammock and Sapelo Island, mostly documenting their lives as slaves and then as landowning free people working for millionaires who reshaped Sapelo Island into their own personal retreats. But there is another part of the island's story, one filled with entrepreneurs, skilled craftsmen, and community leaders, that is told here in Images of America: Sapelo Island's Hog Hammock.
Product Details
  • Publisher: Arcadia Publishing
  • Publication Date: March 4, 2009
  • Format: Paperback
  • Series: Images of America
  • Dewey: 975.8
  • Classifications: Nonfiction
  • Description: 127 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
  • ISBN-10: 0-7385-6847-3
  • ISBN-13: 978-0-7385-6847-8
  • Follett Number: 00125W7
  • Audience: Adult