America’s First Freed Slaves Bought This Island. Now It’s A Luxury Resort.

Long before Hilton Head Island in South Carolina became a vacation destination, it was a refuge for formerly enslaved people. But have you ever heard of the Gullah Geechee?

This community — with its own identity, language and culture — has been under relentless siege by threats of commercial development and land acquisition.

Their story is a warning to tourists everywhere: Your dream vacation could be happening on someone else’s ancestral land.

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