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Oliver Laughland and Tom Silverstone in Hilton Head

The last Gullah sermon? End of an era looms for endangered language

Pastor Edward Alston inside the Queen Chapel church in Hilton Head, South Carolina.
Pastor Edward Alston inside the Queen Chapel church in Hilton Head, South Carolina. Photograph: Tom Silverstone/The Guardian

On a recent Sunday morning, Pastor Edward Alston approached a pulpit draped in immaculate white cloth and began to preach the gospel.

The reading came from Mark, chapter 12, verse 30 – Jesus’s great commandment. Alston looked down on the Bible as its red cover flopped out from his hand. He cleared his throat and began to read the noted scripture with a rare variation.

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