Is the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission the same thing as the Gullah/Geechee Nation?
No, the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor Commission and the Gullah/Geechee Nation are two distinct and separate entities. The only nation represented by the GGCHCC collectively is the United States of America. Along this historic corridor, enslaved Africans and their descendants, including many of our ancestors, worked the rice, cotton, and indigo plantations that made our country, the United States of America, a great nation. Just where is the Gullah/Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor? The four-state cultural heritage corridor is a congressionally designated National Heritage Area that encompasses coastal communities from Wilmington, NC, through South Carolina and Georgia, to Jacksonville, FL, and extends about 30 miles inland. These historic lands and communities have been inhabited by Gullah/Geechee people for more than three centuries. The GGCHCC is grateful for our collaboration with the National Park Service and the Denver Service Center to develop a management plan that
