Home

HONORING THE MIGHTY PEOPLE OF THE SUN

www.kumbayah-universal.com LLC

KUMBAYAH

Associated Press History of Kumbayah

Gullah-Geechee Expression to "Come By Here"

Who are the Gullah-Geechee People?

A Digital History and Genealogy Magazine

'MY GENETIC TIES' TO THE BAHAMAS: ANCESTRAL HOME OF A SLAVE REVOLT, SYDNEY POITIER, BEYONCE & SOLANGE

See the story here at Medium.com.

Market Day in the Bahamas

Timothy H. O'Sullivan, the Civil War photographer, took this image in Beaufort, SC of enslaved Africans on the Smith plantation in 1862.

Charlotte Forten: 'Soul-uplifting,' educating black Sea Islanders

Also in this issue

Martin Delany:

Back to the Motherland

What to a slave is the 4th of July?

delivered by actor James Earl Jones

and TEXT TO THE SPEECH

> Charlotte Forten: 'Soul-uplifting,' educating black Sea Islanders

> An Epic Journey: The Niger Valley Expedition

> Wesley A. Brown: First black graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy

> Fighting to save America: Black Civil War soldiers of Camp William Penn

Lt. Cmdr. Wesley A Brown

Naval Academy Trailblazer

RESTORING FAMILY ROOTS

From Africa and Barbados to the Gullah-Geechee Sea Islands and Beyond

By Don 'Ogbewii' Scott

Don 'Ogbewii' Scott standing on the ground where his Gullah-Geechee ancestors were enslaved and buried on Spring Island, SC, just northeast of Savannah, Ga., on one of the largest plantations in the Sea Islands owned by the Edwards' family. Resting in the burial ground is John Fripp, aka Collins Mitchell, who is Scott's great-great-great maternal grandfather who served in the 21st United States Colored Troops (USCT). Among other ancestors buried there is Anthony Edwards, also of the 21st USCT. Please see: From Africa and Barbados to the Gullah-Geechee Sea Islands and Beyond

'I bring death to tyrants'

LEGACY OF CAMP WILLIAM PENN:

Fighting to save America: Black Civil War soldiers of Camp William Penn