SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — An enclave of slave descendants on the Georgia coast has settled a federal lawsuit alleging that a lack of government services has left its island community, one of the few remaining Gullah Geechee settlements on the U.S. southeast coast, undermines.
The agreement says residents in the small community of Hogg Hummock on Sapelo Island will receive improved emergency services and road maintenance from McIntosh County, while some residents’ property tax assessments will be frozen until 2025.
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