Editor’s note: Gullah people are descendants of enslaved Africans brought to plantations along the lower Atlantic Coast who have long shaped the cultural and spiritual tides of South Carolina. This is the first part of Gullah Keepers , an occasional series from The Post and Courier that will highlight Gullah communities and those who advocate, preserve and lead in an ever-changing Lowcountry.

DAUFUSKIE ISLAND — Sallie Ann Robinson walked confidently through a house that was falling apart.

Glass window panes were broken or stolen years ago. Dust and debris littered a weather-worn faded carpet beneath a rusted metal roof. The dank smell of damp wood permeated a dark hallway. The 66-year-old paused in the doorway of a bedroom.

“I was born in that room,” she said with pride.

It’s a cl

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