Enslaved people were brought to Sapelo Island in 1802 and their descendants still live in the Hogg Hammock community, which spans nearly 400 acres and is only accessible by boat or ferry, according to the Sapelo Island Cultural and Revitalization Society.

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Sapelo Island, Georgia, is in McIntosh County, and it is the site of the historic Hog Hammock Community, also known as Hogg Hummock. Some historians believe Hog Hammock is one of the last intact island-based Gullah-Geechee communities in America.

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Archaeological investigations on the island have determined an extensive Native American presence on Sapelo during the Archaic Period of pre-history (2,000-500 B.C.). The name Sapelo itself is of Indian origin, called Zapala by Spanish missionaries who established themselves on the island from ca. 1573 to 1686.

Sapelo Island #8 in Best Beaches in Georgia Only accessible by passenger ferry, Sapelo Island is a barrier island with a storied past. Once the site of a cotton plantation, Sapelo Island became an area where many enslaved African Americans established settlements after the Civil War. Check out the village of Hog Hammock, which is home to a small but significant Gullah-Geechee community, or visit the Sapelo Island Light, an 80-foot lighthouse built in 1820. After getting a sample of Sapelo Island's history, bike to Georgia's most extensive unmodified beach dunes at Nannygoat Beach to sunbathe and look for nesting sea turtles.