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Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon drives a pick-up truck through the dirt streets of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. The roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community are simple dirt roads without traffic signs, marking or lighting. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)

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Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon drives a pick-up truck through the dirt streets of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. The roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community are simple dirt roads without traffic signs, marking or lighting. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax assessor, threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)