St. Helena Island

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St. Helena Island is a historic sea island in South Carolina known for its rich Gullah Geechee culture, African American heritage, and coastal landscapes.

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St. Helena Island canonical 5
Saint Helena Island 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf census-designated place
sea island
administrativeDivision Beaufort County
contains Chapel of Ease ruins
Dataw Island (connected by causeway)
Fort Fremont
Frogmore community
Lands End community
Martin Luther King Jr. Cottage at Penn Center
Penn Center
Penn School Historic District
country United States
economicActivity agriculture
fishing
tourism
hasCulturalGroup Gullah people
linked to: Gullah
hasHeritageDesignation Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor site
hasHistoricEvent Port Royal Experiment
Reconstruction-era education of freedpeople
hasLanguage Gullah language
linked to: Gullah
historicRole center of African American land ownership in the Sea Islands
site of early schools for formerly enslaved people
knownFor African American heritage
Gullah Geechee culture
linked to: Gullah

Reconstruction-era history
coastal landscapes
historic churches
praise house traditions
rural character
sea island cotton history
landscapeFeature maritime forests
salt marshes
tidal creeks
locatedIn Beaufort County, South Carolina
Lowcountry, South Carolina
Sea Islands
South Carolina
locatedNear Atlantic Ocean
Beaufort, South Carolina
Port Royal Sound
nearbyIsland Hilton Head Island
Hunting Island
Lady’s Island
partOf Gullah Geechee Cultural Heritage Corridor
region American South
religiousTradition praise house worship
state South Carolina
timeZone Eastern Time Zone
transportConnection Sea Island Parkway (U.S. Route 21)
linked to: Sea Island Parkway

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Lowcountry of South Carolina contains St. Helena Island
Port Royal Sound hasMouthNear St. Helena Island
Port Royal Sound adjacentTo St. Helena Island
Ladder Hill Road locatedIn Saint Helena Island
linked to: St. Helena Island
Sea Islands hasPart St. Helena Island
St. Helena Sound hasNearbyIsland St. Helena Island