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Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music - Episode 12 Middle Passage | Gullah Music

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Middle Passage | Gullah Music
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European slave traders brought Africans to the New World on ships as early as the 1400s. These voyages across the Atlantic Ocean are called the Middle Passage. It was a terrible experience for the...
Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music - Episode 12 Spirituals | Gullah Music

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Spirituals | Gullah Music
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Spirituals developed at the same time as work songs on the plantations. Although they were religious songs with a Christian message, spirituals were also heartfelt expressions of the slave experience...
Hip Hop/Rap | Gullah Music - Episode 12 African Music | Gullah Music

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African Music | Gullah Music
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Music was an important tradition in Africa centuries before Africans were brought to America. Singing was a part of everyday life when people were at work, worship or play. The drum was the most...
Roots in the River, Part 4 | Carolina Stories 4

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Roots in the River, Part 4 | Carolina Stories
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In 1970, the environmental movement was just beginning, and the country's youth were taking up the cause. In Columbia, a group of young people began listening to Harry Hampton, building up the the...
Roots in the River, Part 8 | Carolina Stories 8

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Roots in the River, Part 8 | Carolina Stories
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The Congaree Land Trust helps to preserve the land surrounding the park and its neighboring rivers, the Congaree, the Wateree and the Santee Within this huge river system known as the Cowasee Basin...
Roots in the River, Part 3 | Carolina Stories 3

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Roots in the River, Part 3 | Carolina Stories
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The Congaree land was leased to a well-known nature writer, Harry Hampton, and his brothers for a hunt club. But Harry, who served as associate editor of The State Newspaper for many years, was more...
Roots in the River, Part 7 | Carolina Stories 7

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Roots in the River, Part 7 | Carolina Stories
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In 2003, the Congaree became the nation's 57th national park, the only one in South Carolina. The visitor's center is named for Harry Hampton, who died in 1980. It has been declared an international...
Roots in the River, Part 5 | Carolina Stories 5

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Roots in the River, Part 5 | Carolina Stories
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By 1975, public sentiment in favor of protecting the forest was growing, and the issue was gaining media attention. In June 1975, Gov. James B. Edwards took a stand against the land being condemned...
Roots in the River, Part 6 | Carolina Stories 6

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Roots in the River, Part 6 | Carolina Stories
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When a group of kids came on a school bus to tour the Swamp, Frank Beidler was touched, and the Beidlers expressed a willingness to sell the property. But the Senators couldn't agree. The Legislative...