How slave descendants are fighting to protect their land from property developers
Georgia island community founded by freed slaves in danger from property developers
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Georgia supreme court sides with Gullah Geechee residents fighting to protect land
Decision reversed lower court ruling that weakened zoning restrictions put in place decades ago to preserve lands
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Georgia's highest court sides with slave descendants fighting to protect threatened island community
Georgia's highest court is siding with Black landowners in a zoning dispute affecting a historic Gullah-Geechee community
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Georgia county says slave descendants can't use referendum to challenge rezoning of island community
A Georgia county says Black slave descendants can't legally force a referendum that could overturn zoning changes they say threaten their island community
The Independent UK ·
Slave descendants are suing to fight zoning changes they say threaten their island homes off Georgia
Black residents descended from slaves on a Georgia island have filed suit in hopes of stopping zoning changes that they fear will force them to sell their homes
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Slaves' descendants seek a referendum to veto zoning changes they say threaten their Georgia island
Lifelong residents of a tiny Georgia island who are descended from slaves are pushing to give voters a chance to override local zoning changes that they say threaten one of the last Gullah-Geechee communities in the U.S. South
The Independent UK ·
Slave descendants vow to fight on after Georgia county approves larger homes for island enclave
Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are vowing to keep fighting after county officials voted to double the size of houses that can be built in their tiny community
The Independent UK ·
Slave descendants face local vote on whether wealthy can build large homes in their island enclave
Descendants of enslaved people living on a Georgia island are watching anxiously as county commissioners consider doubling the size of homes allowed in their tiny community
The Independent UK ·
Slave descendants on Georgia island face losing protections that helped them keep their land
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
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