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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 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 threatening an already fragile community. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Lula Walker, left, cleans up after serving dinner for more than 50 guests at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Sapelo Island resident Maurice Bailey catches a quick nap on the ferry back to the mainland from Sapelo Island, Ga. The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the public access ferry that is used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • The state of Georgia's Department of Natural Resources operates the only public access ferry used by residents, employees and visitors to the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Several family members from Chicago visiting Lula Walker eat at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Rainwater collects in the ruts of dirt roads in the African Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island, Ga. Many of the dirt roads in the small community of 70 residents are without traffic signs, markings or lighting. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Lula Walker takes a break after serving dinner to customers at her restaurant Lula's Kitchen on Sapelo Island, Georgia. Mrs. Walker is one of several African  Geechee-Gullah residents facing a property tax increase close to 1,000 percents from 2011 county tax assessments. Walker can trace her family's heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. (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)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon throws a cast net for bait along one of the salt water creeks on Sapelo Island, Ga. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Casting for bait off a state owned dock, Brandon Dixon fishes the creeks about Sapelo Island, Ga. The residents, whom many are decedents of slaves, share the island with Department of Natural Resources and the University of Georgia. Much of the infrastructure such as boat docks, paved roads and fire equipment are provided by state college or agency. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Twenty-one-year-old Brandon Dixon throws a cast net for bait along one of the salt water creeks on Sapelo Island, Ga. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Sapelo Island resident Maurice Bailey deposes of trash at the dump at on Sapelo Island, Ga. State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employees and residents must maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Brandon Dixon and Cornelia Bailey stop to talk on one of the main dirt roads in the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock, Thursday, Aug 23, 2012, on Sapelo Island, Ga. Many of the residents of the community can trace their heritage back to slavery before the Civil War. The residents are facing higher property taxes, threatening an already fragile community along the Georgia coast.(Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Framed by spanish moss dripping from live oak trees, the sun rises on a creek bank of spartina on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Casting for bait off a state owned dock, Brandon Dixon fishes the creeks about Sapelo Island, Ga. The residents, whom many are decedents of slaves, share the island with Department of Natural Resources and the University of Georgia. Much of the infrastructure such as boat docks, paved roads and fire equipment are provided by state college or agency. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employee Stanley Walker maintains the trash dump at on Sapelo Island, Ga. State employees and residents must haul their trash to the dump and maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • State of Georgia Department of Natural Resources employee Stanley Walker wipes his face while maintaining the trash dump on Sapelo Island, Ga. State employees and residents must haul their trash to the dump and maintain the site. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county threatening an already fragile Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock. (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)
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  • The sun rises on a creek bank filled with spartina on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Cornelia Bailey walks her dog 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's office. 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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  • 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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  • Clouds move in as the afternoon ferry leaves the Geechee-Gullah community on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • A small wooden row-boat on the bank of a creek near a salt-water marsh near the Geechee-Gullah community of Hog Hammock on Sapelo Island. Property owners are facing higher taxes, and fees from the county tax collector threatening an already fragile community of Hog Hammock. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • SAVANNAH, GA - FEBRUARY 5: Barack Obama supporter Jamal Toure holds a campaign sign for passing motorist urging them to cast their ballots during Georgia's primary Super Tuesday's presidential election January 5, 2008 in Savannah, Georgia. An enormous cache of delegates is at stake. The two dozen state contests are delivering 1,023 Republican and 1,681 Democratic delegates. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
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  • SAVANNAH, GA - FEBRUARY 5: Poll manager Julia Waldon holds her right hand up and swears in poll clerks Dorothy Valcourt, (L) and Diana Fryer (R) before opening a poll for Georgia's primary Super Tuesday's presidential election January 5, 2008 in Savannah, Georgia. An enormous cache of delegates is at stake. The two dozen state contests are delivering 1,023 Republican and 1,681 Democratic delegates. (Photo by Stephen Morton/Getty Images)
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  • Kerry Shackelford, project site contractor for Museum Resources, Construction and Mill Work, Inc., directs his carpenter Ever Salamanca, right, and Rafael Flores how to dismantle the roof joists of an 18th-century slave cabin for the Smithsonian Institution. The cabin is only cabin that remains of the string of cabins built in the 1940s or 50s at the Bailey plantation of Point of Pines on Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled the cabin will be reassembled at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)...Museum Resouces, construction and mill work, Inc. .......
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  • A chapter in the story of this cabin's construction is told by the use of this bridal joint. In traditional timber framing this woodworking joint was commonly used to join the tops of principle rafters and walls. Workers found these details while dismantling the 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece before shipping it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Project site contractor Kerry Shackelford, left, carries a ladder while supervising his crew as they dismantle an 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece, Monday, May 13, 2013, in Edisto Island, South Carolina before it is shipped to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Holding onto the door frame of a dividing wall separating the cabin's only two rooms, Junior Meggett remembers his life as a young man visiting his aunt and uncle who lived in the cabin on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, where used to house some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • A workers ladder is framed by the only window in an 18th-century slave cabin in Edisto Island, South Carolina. The cabin dismantled and ship it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Entering the shell of a 18th-century slave cabin, 80-year-old Junior Meggett said he remembers his aunt and uncle raising their family there when he was a boy growing up on the Point of Pines Plantation on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in one of the other cabins that was part of a "slave street" on the plantation. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • LaFleur Paysour, left, with the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture, stands outside one of two surviving 18th-century slave cabins on Point of Pines Plantation. This cabin was recently moved to this location by the plantation owners. It's original location was part of a group of cabins built by plantation owner Charles Bailey in between the 1840s and 50s.(Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Part of the story of the cabin's construction is use of this mortise and tenon joint. In traditional timber framing the woodworking joint was commonly used to join adjoining pieces connect at an angle of 90°. Workers found these details while dismantling the 18th-century slave cabin piece by piece before shipping it to the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Minus the roof and porch the Point of Pines Plantation cabin is halfway dismantled after the first day a construction crew working with the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Stacked, wrapped and numbered several boards from the 18th century cabin are ready to be loaded and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Kerry Shackelford, project site contractor for Museum Resources, Construction and Mill Work, Inc., directs his foreman Larry Francis, right, how he wants to dismantle the roof joists of an 18th-century slave cabin for the Smithsonian Institution. The cabin is only cabin that remains of the string of cabins built in the 1940s or 50s at the Bailey plantation of Point of Pines on Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled the cabin will be reassembled at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Workers use small numbered tags to track the location of each board they remove while they dismantle the 18th-century slave cabin  piece by piece in Edisto Island, South Carolina before shipping it to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • After numbering and tagging a board, carpenter Ever Salamanca uses a pry bar to dismantle a 18th-century slave cabin in Edisto Island, South Carolina. After it is dismantled, the cabin will be part of the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett stands inside the cabin is aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy growing up on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett said the hole in this blue painted piece of sheet metal was where his aunt and uncle wood-burning stove vented outside.  Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, where used to house some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty-year-old Junior Meggett stands in the window of the 18th-century slave cabin his aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Historic records show the string of cabins, built by Charles Bailey in the 1840s or 1850s, housed some of the plantation's 75 slaves. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a "slave street" and his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty two-year-old Evelyn Greer's family is one of the 75 African American families that lived on Harris Neck from 1865 to 1942. Greer said Monday, June 21, 2010 that in 1942 the federal government, via eminent domain, confiscates the 2,687 acres of Harris Neck for the stated purpose of national security to build an Army airfield. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Junior Meggett looks around the inside of the cabin is aunt and uncle lived in when he was a boy growing up on Edisto Island, South Carolina. Meggett said he lived in a neighboring cabin that was part of a community when his family worked on the plantation in the early 20th century. The cabin was recently dismantled and shipped to Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • Eighty two-year-old Evelyn Greer's family is one of the 75 African American families that lived on Harris Neck from 1865 to 1942. Greer said Monday, June 21, 2010 that in 1942 the federal government, via eminent domain, confiscates the 2,687 acres of Harris Neck for the stated purpose of national security to build an Army airfield. (Stephen Morton for The New York Times)
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  • NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.- Metanoia Youth Leadership Academy students discuss leaders in African American culture during class at the school. (BNG/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.- Metanoia Youth Leadership Academy students discuss leaders in African American culture during class at the school. (BNG/Stephen B. Morton)
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  • NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NOVEMBER, 16, 2017 - NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C.- Metanoia Youth Leadership Academy students discuss leaders in African American culture during class at the school. (BNG/Stephen B. Morton)
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