Historical Marker

Enslavement, Resistance, Creativity, and Resilience

Brunswick · Glynn County

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The Story

Brought in chains to coastal Georgia's isolated plantations, enslaved West Africans forged the enduring Gullah-Geechee culture, preserving a distinct language, foodways, music, and crafts as acts of survival, memory, and quiet defiance.

About this site

Enslavement, Resistance, Creativity, and Resilience is a historical marker in Brunswick, Glynn County. It is one of 121 historical markers documented in Glynn County, among 181 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 31.3049, -81.4551 near Brunswick. The nearest cataloged historic site is Hofwyl Dairy (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Commissary - Pay Shed, Hofwyl Plantation, and Twentieth-Century Changes.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 31.3049, -81.4551 · Brunswick, Glynn County

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