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World Service,22 Jan 1997,28 mins

Sea Island Survivors

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3 out of 4 slaves brought to USA from Africa came through South Carolina to work on the region's rice producing plantations. A look at the culture of the people who worked the land then and how their African heritage was kept alive.

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