Georgia residents who descended from enslaved individuals in the Hogg Hummock community remain resolute in their battle against a contentious decision by county commissioners.
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The community on Sapelo Island rallied supporters and residents to contest zoning alterations they believe favor affluent buyers and may result in property tax increases, placing pressure on them to sell their ancestral land.vowed to keep fighting Tuesday after county commissioners voted to double the maximum size of homes allowed in their tiny enclave, which residents fear will accelerate the decline of one of the South's few surviving Gullah-Geechee communities.
Yolanda Grovner, 54, of Atlanta said she has long planned to retire on land her father, an island native, owns in Hogg Hummock. She left the county courthouse Tuesday night wondering if that will ever happen. "We're still fighting all the time," said Maurice Bailey, a Hogg Hummock native whose mother, Cornelia Bailey, was a celebrated storyteller and one of Sapelo Island's most prominent voices before her death in 2017."They're not going to stop. The people moving in don't respect us as people. They love our food, they love our culture. But they don't love us."
A courtroom in Darien, Georgia, brims with residents, landowners, and advocates for the Hogg Hummock community on Sapelo Island on Sept. 12, 2023. They gather as McIntosh County commissioners consider zoning alterations that raise concerns about the future of this historic Gullah-Geechee enclave, established by formerly enslaved individuals.
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