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Hog Hammock resident Cornelia Bailey talks to a neighbor in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Bailey and many of the residents in the community can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)

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Hog Hammock resident Cornelia Bailey talks to a neighbor in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Bailey and many of the residents in the community can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)