One of the few remaining Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. is in another fight to hold onto land owned by residents' families since their ancestors were freed from slavery
local officials who have proposed eliminating protections that for decades helped shield the Gullah-Geechee residents from high taxes and pressure to sell their land to developers.
Residents and landowners planned to speak out at a public hearing Thursday evening. McIntosh County’s five elected commissioners scheduled a vote on the proposed zoning changes next Tuesday. The proposed changes before county commissioners would eliminate those limits on development. It also gets rid of language that recognizes Hogg Hummock as a community with “unique needs in regard to its historic resources” and says the county should help prevent “land value increases which could force removal of the indigenous population.”
Commissioner Roger Lotson, whose district includes Sapelo Island, said he plans to vote against the zoning changes. He said he doesn’t think county officials are intentionally trying to drive out Hogg Hummock’s Black residents.
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