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SapeloTax

Watching for rain Cornelia Bailey sits in the yard outside her trailer-home in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. Bailey can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)

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Watching for rain Cornelia Bailey sits in the yard outside her trailer-home in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012 in on Sapelo Island, Ga. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. Bailey can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)