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A Culture on the Brink
Members of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church on Hilton Head perform a river baptism. As with fishing and hunting, development of private residential communities along the highly valued marshes and rivers of the Sea Islands has limited the Gullah/Geechee’s access to the rivers where they perform the ceremonies.Image credit: Pete Marovich
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