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Descendants fight to maintain historic Black communities

Keeping their legacy alive is complicated

Sallie Ann Robinson, of Daufuskie Island, S.C., poses for a photograph, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Daufuskie Island, S.C. Robinson is a chef, preservationist, and a sixth generation Gullah resident. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

Daufuskie Island — Sallie Ann Robinson, of Daufuskie Island, S.C., poses for a photograph, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023, in Daufuskie Island, S.C. Robinson is a chef, preservationist, and a sixth generation Gullah resident. (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND, S.C. — Sallie Ann Robinson proudly stands in the front yard of her grandmother's South Carolina home. The sixth-generation native of Daufuskie Island, a once-thriving Gullah community, remembers relatives hosting meals and imparting life lessons on the next generation.

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