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A film honors America’s first self-governed town founded by formerly enslaved people

International EN 28 Feb 2026, 16:00 Source: The Guardian

The Spirit We Move With explores the legacy of Mitchelville on Hilton Head Island and its Gullah Geechee communityIn 1862, while the American civil war spread across the country, formerly enslaved people on Hilton Head Island in South Carolina were imagining a new future and envi...

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