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| Chef BJ Dennis shares the Gullah Geecheee Menu |
The Lowcountry Open land Trust (LLT) partnered with the Mitchelville Freedom Park and the Slave Dwelling Project to hold a gathering at Fields Point to discuss Harriet Tubman and the Combahee Ferry Raid 160 years ago. Fields Point public boat landing is on the Cambahee River, and is adjacent to Cheehaw-Combahee Plantation which is under conservation easement with LLT. About 30 guests gathered at the high bluff at Fields Point for a diner catered by Chef BJ Dennis of Gullah Geechee Cuisine, and then heard a talk from Dr. Edda Fields-Black about the historical facts from the raid.
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| View of Combahee River from Fields Point boat ramp |
A gentle Northeast wind was blowing, and afternoon temperatures remained comfortable for this outdoor dinner and meeting. This gathering was just one during a three-day celebration in Beaufort County of the Combahee Ferry Raid, and drew people from as far away as Columbia, and all across the Lowcountry. The Combahee River is very wide at this point and it was quite calm, but a moonlit boat ride 160 years ago would have been a harrowing undertaking, and it helps to look out from Fields Point to understand this. History was at a turning point that night, and the participants of that raid likely did not know of the historical role they would play.
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| Dr. Fields-Black addresses our informal gathering |
To view past blog entries from LLT click on 2022 Brosnan Forest Sporting Clays - 2021 White House Plantation Sporting Clays - 2011 Picnic at Lavington Plantation - 2011 Annual Meeting - 2010 Picnic at Center for Birds of Prey - 2009 Annual Meeting - 2009 Picnic at Brosnan Forest / More Brosnan Pics - 2009 Colleton Soil and Water Awards
To view past blog entries regarding Gullah Geechee click on 2021 Queen Quet - 2012 Bill Green
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