Cellesteen Flippen weaves a basket at her stand in Mount Pleasant, S.C. Known as Gullah in the Carolinas and Geechee in Georgia, the slave descendants living on the sea islands, have preserved a culture based on fishing and crafts such as weaving sweetgrass baskets.

First published in the September 26, 2012, 2:53 a.m. edition

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