St. Helena Island, SC. A Better Place.
St. Helena Island is a magical place on the South Carolina coastline where African American men and women have farmed this land and fished this water for centuries--first as plantation slaves, then as freedmen. It's now one of the last communities on the East Coast that hasn't been swallowed up by development and tourism. But St. Helena's way of life is at a crossroads. Watch and see how farmers and fishermen have adapted to the modern world and whether they would be able to pass this rich heritage to the next generation.
Heritage Festival, Penn Center - St. Helena Island, SC -11/14/2015 - Aunt Pearlie Sue 01
Heritage Festival, Penn Center - St. Helena Island, SC -11/14/2015 - Aunt Pearlie Sue 01
Penn Center , St. Helena Island, SC - Heritage Festival 11/14/2015 2
165 Martin Luther King Drive, St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Come home to this 8-acre homesite, which offers the essence of the St Helena Island, as well as close proximity to Historic Downtown Beaufort and also area beaches. St Helena Island is one of the Lowcountry's most picturesque barrier islands. Located less than 20 minutes from downtown Beaufort, as well as the popular beaches of Hunting Island State Park, this 8-acre homesite offers an abundance of wildlife. The homesite is located adjacent to the Penn Center, one of the state's most important historical landmarks, and one of only three nationally designated Historic Districts in South Carolina. This high and dry property does not require flood insurance. The possibilities are abundant on this spacious property, which ideal for those seeking a peaceful and tranquil lifestyle.
The Penn Center consists of 16 buildings, and for more than 150 years has had a pivotal role in dedicating to preserve the Gullah Geechee heritage and encourages visitors to partake and learn its historical significance. St Helena Island has an array of diverse amenities from local dining, unique shops, art galleries, working farms, and picturesque shrimp docks. Fort Freemont, the Chapel of Ease, and the state of the art St. Helena Branch of the Beaufort County Public Library all add to the charm and historical significance of this captivating island.
This homesite is a short drive to the popular and Historic Downtown Beaufort, the award winning community replete with fine dining, shopping, renowned art galleries, historical museums, and the Henry C. Chambers Waterfront Park. Another short ride from this homesite will take you to the quaint Town of Port Royal that has delightful shopping, dining, and beach access. Another convenience of this homesite location is its proximity to Hunting Island, a 5,000 acre secluded semitropical barrier island that has approximately 4 miles of beaches, a large lagoon, and incredible wildlife views.
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For additional information please call Josh Dowling 843-263-4824 or Keith Strawn 843-263-6886 of Ballenger Realty for additional information. Please visit our website jdhomesofbeaufort.com
Rare 3D Photographs of Freed Slaves on St. Helena Island, South Carolina, Documentary (1860's)
Animated stereoscopic photographs with original captions of recently freed slaves on St. Helena Island in the 1860's. By photographers Hubbard and Mix with their original captions.
Source: Library of Congress
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Ancient Live Oak on St. Helena Island, SC
One of the many protected oak trees on the historic Penn Center campus, St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, SC. The Spanish moss brings the hot sunlight into the shade (95 degrees F -- the humidity felt like 105F).
St. Helena Island, South Carolina
Tansi Village on St. Helena Island, South Carolina #homeaway #growingupBeaufort #lowcountryliving
Visit to the Chapel of Ease, St Helena Island, South Carolina Part Two
The second part of a visit to the Chapel of Ease Ruins, on Lands End Road, St Helena Island, South Carolina. This tabby-walled ruin includes a 19th century cemetery, with a partially open elaborate crypt. Quite unusual. There's a story between the partially completed brickwork in the front. But not one I could verify. So you'll have to discover that for yourselves. Another of those interesting places to visit in South Carolina.
Meet Angela Stewart, Margaret Walker Center Archivist
Angela Stewart talks about being an archivist and about the Margaret Walker Center Archive, located in Ayer Hall on the campus of Jackson State University.
Chapel of Ease; Tabby Construction On St. Helena S. C. In Search of My History.
Penn Center for Innovation
The University's new tech transfer initiative, the Penn Center for Innovation, streamlines efforts to bring fundamental discoveries out of the lab and into the marketplace. Penn President Amy Gutmann says it will transform our region's capacity to support an ecosystem of innovative entrepreneurs, companies and workers all making essential contributions to our collective economic future.
Sierra Leone at Gullah Festival in St. Helena, South Carolina Pt. 2
A group from Sierra Leone acknowledges the connection between Sierra Leone and Gullah people by participating in Gullah Heritage Festival
Sun City Cyclers St. Helena Ride. January 7, 2014
Sun City Cyclers St. Helena Ride. January 7, 2014
The Sun City Cyclers looped around St. Helena Island, Beaufort County, South Carolina. Starting from the historical Penn Center historical site, we made a stop at the new St. Helena library, to refresh ourselves. We traveled down Lands End the road to the Chapel of Ease. We traveled the length of St. Helena Island, by way of some back roads and byway of the island's main road, Lands End Road. We visited Fort Fremont Reserve, a historical site built in 1989.
I advise you to read about some of these historical sites on the Internet. And I'm sure it will perk your interest to visit St. Helena Island. We do this for the health of it. Join us next time if you dare.
Gullah Homecoming - Sierra Leone & Gullah People Reunite (1989)
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Emory Campbell is a renowned community leader among the Gullah people, African Americans who live in the coastal low country region of South Carolina and Georgia. The Gullahs have preserved more of their African linguistic and cultural heritage than any other black community in the US.
Campbell was born and raised on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina before that island — now an internationally famous resort area — was connected to the mainland by a bridge. When he went to high school on the mainland in the 1950s, he discovered that his Gullah language was so deep that even his African American teachers had trouble understanding him and the other children from the islands. Campbell would later earn a bachelor's degree in biology from Savannah State University and a master's degree in environmental engineering from Tufts University in Boston.[1] Throughout his adult life he has been a peacemaker within his community and a bridge-builder between the Gullahs and the outside world.
Campbell began his career in the 1970s as a community development activist, working to implement public health measures in impoverished rural areas and to preserve traditional Gullah communities threatened by out-of-control resort development on the sea islands. Later, as the Executive Director of Penn Center, Inc. on St. Helena Island, South Carolina Campbell helped lead the movement to preserve Gullah culture and make Gullah people in the rural areas more aware of the importance of their uniquely rich African cultural heritage. Campbell was a member of the committee that translated the New Testament into the Gullah language.
Beginning in the 1980s, Campbell helped spearhead the efforts to reestablish the family connection between the Gullah people and the West African nation of Sierra Leone. Campbell hosted Sierra Leone's President Joseph Saidu Momoh for the Gullah Reunion at Penn Center in 1988, and led the historic Gullah Homecoming to Sierra Leone in 1989. The Sierra Leoneans made Campbell an honorary paramount chief with the royal title of Kpaa Kori I. These events are chronicled in the South Carolina Educational Television documentary video Family Across the Sea (1990).
In 2005, Campbell received the Carter G. Woodson Memorial Award from the National Education Association for his lifelong work preserving Gullah heritage, the environment, and improving the Gullah community's living conditions.
In 2008 Mr. Campbell was elected Chairman of the Gullah-Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission, an organization empowered by the U.S. Congress to develop a program to commemorate Gullah culture in the low country region from Wilmington, North Carolina to Jacksonville, Florida.
Campbell is author of Gullah Cultural Legacies (2008), a synopsis of Gullah traditions, customary beliefs, art forms and speech. Campbell is the director of Gullah Heritage Consulting Services based on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, and he manages the Gullah Heritage Trail Tours on Hilton Head.
Sunset over St. Helena island SC
Just a nice sunset to end a perfect day. July 2009
Praise Dancers at the Woodland River Festival on St. Helena Island
Praise Dancers perform at the Woodland River Festival at St. Helena Island, SC. The festival was at Land's End Beach.
How to Say or Pronounce USA Cities — Saint Helena Island, South Carolina
This video shows you how to say or pronounce Saint Helena Island, South Carolina.
A computer said Saint Helena Island, South Carolina. How would you say Saint Helena Island, South Carolina?
355 Ocean Point Dr. | Fripp Island | St. Helena island |
An aerial view of 355 ocean Point Dr. and surrounding area.