"Michael, Row the Boat Ashore" (also called "#Michael Rowed the Boat Ashore", "Michael, Row Your Boat Ashore", or "Michael, Row That Gospel Boat") is a traditional #spiritual first noted during the #AmericanCivilWar at #StHelenaIsland, one of the #SeaIslands of #SouthCarolina. The best-known recording was released in 1960 by the U.S. folk band #TheHighwaymen; that version briefly reached number-one hit status as a single in the United States in September 1961.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrH2qV8NjHw
Michael Row the Boat Ashore

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"This is the latest fight against gentrification and the minimization of Gullah Geechee culture throughout the South as developers and newcomers see the waterfront properties as valuable.... Most of those areas are near African American burial sites — a sustaining tradition for ancestors of Gullah Geechee folk to be buried near the water."

#GullahGeechee #SeaIslands

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Gullah Geechee Sue Over Blocked Access to Sacred Burial Ground - Capital B News

https://capitalbnews.org/gullah-geechee-st-helena-island-cemetery-lawsuit/

South Carolina’s Gullah Geechee Are Denied Their Right to Bury Their Loved Ones

For a year, residents on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, have been blocked from their ancestral cemetery by gates erected by property owners.

Capital B News
Beaufort SC Sea Islands Sunset by Norma Brandsberg

Beaufort SC Sea Islands Sunset Photograph by Norma Brandsberg

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Port Royal SC Cypress Wetlands by Norma Brandsberg

Port Royal SC Cypress Wetlands Photograph by Norma Brandsberg

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Fijne avond allen
A lovely evening all.

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Fijne zaterdag en weekend😘😘
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