Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor – Florida

CULTURAL HERITAGE CORRIDOR

Gullah/Geechee

FL,GA,NC,SC

Designated by Congress in 2006, the Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor extends from Wilmington, North Carolina in the north to Jacksonville, Florida in the south. It is home to one of America’s most unique cultures, a tradition first shaped by captive Africans brought to the southern United States from West Africa and continued in later generations by their descendents.