Underground TOURS of Savannah

08/01/2024

~ SLAVE DUNGEONS OF ELMINA CASTLE ~ Lowcountry Gullah ~ 'On Sacred Grounds' in Ghana, West Africa,,

Remember, they must remain here sometimes 3-4 months in horrendous conditions while they await their voyage to America to be sold on auction blocks in places like Richmond, VA, Charleston And yes, Savannah.

This captivity and free labor ' commodity' should never happen to anyone again....ever.🙏🏽

07/23/2024

With Lowcountry Gullah – I'm on a streak! I've been a top fan for 5 months in a row. 🎉

07/22/2024

Thank U Grayline Tours! What a. Honor to Partner with U to take Visitors on this Historical Journey.
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07/21/2024

‘UNNAH/I be So Glad When the Sun Goes Down!’

‘Come June’/Join WE/Us!’
~ Sistah Patt
Tour Conductor / Truth-Teller

07/18/2024

‘On Sacred Grounds All Over the GA Coast!’

~ ‘Come June WE!’

~ Sistah Patt 👒MASTER GULLAH GEECHEE TRUTH-TELLER

07/18/2024

Underground Tours of Savannah ~ We Create Living History Every Day!

~Come Walk the ‘Sacred Grounds ‘Downtown With Us! Summer Hours ~ 6 pm Evening Tours available by appointment.

~ LOCAL GULLAH GEECHEE TOUR GUIDES

~ MASTER GULLAH GEECHEE TRUTH-TELLERS

~ Sistah Patt - Tour Conductor
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07/18/2024

With Carl Gilliard – I just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers! 🎉

07/17/2024

‘Come Walk With Us!’

‘We Da’ Ones Dat’ Know De’ Journey!’
~ Sistah Patt Gunn -🌾👒🎤

07/12/2024

LestWeForget …. Truth-Telling Recinciliation, Healing & Repair🙏🏼

32 likes, 2 comments. “Did you know that a hidden piece of history was rediscovered in our ? In the early 2000s, workers stumbled upon an African burying ground that was active in the 1700s, but had been paved over and largely forgotten by the 1800s. Today, with the help of a dedicated ...

07/11/2024

‘ COME RIDE WITH LOCAL GULLAH GEECHEE TRUTH-TELLERS!’



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07/11/2024

‘Amazing Grace…. Laurel Grove South Cemetery - SLAVE BURIAL LANE.

‘Journey From Slavery to Freedom©️’🙏🏽

‘Come Ride With Us!’

# SacredGrounds

07/10/2024

I Love This❤️💙💛

Congrats to Brother Melvin - it is an honor to represent the voices of our Ancestors.🙏🏽

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Marvin Dunn, 84, is expanding his "Teach the Truth" tours with $1.5M from the Mellon Foundation, taking his mission to sites of racial violence beyond Florida to other Southern states. The tours aim to educate on the painful history of lynchings and racial violence, emphasizing that it's a shared American history. "It's not just Black pain or white guilt: it’s all of our pain; it’s all of our responsibility to correct this record," Dunn says.

07/08/2024

May the Honorable and Beloved MOSES DICKSON REST IN POWER FOREVER!

The work this warrior did is astonishing!

I will begin to ‘Say His Name’ in in my ‘ Ancestral Libations’ indeed!

‘As Long As We SAY THEIR NAMES. THEY SHALL ALWAYS BE WITH US!’

Ase’🙏🏽💙

Radical abolitionist Moses Dickson was born free in Cincinnati, Ohio, on April 5, 1824. Orphaned by the age of 13, he became a barber to support himself, finding work on steamboats moving through the South and Midwest.

Dickson helped organize two secret abolitionist organizations with like-minded Black men he met while working on the rivers. The Knights of Liberty, founded in St. Louis in 1846, sought to organize enslaved people throughout the South, train them in military tactics and by 1857, lead them in a massive uprising that never came to fruition. The Order of Twelve, another abolitionist organization, founded in Galena, Illinois, in 1848, included future politicians Alfred H. Richardson and Richard Harvey Cain.

Dickson married his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Butcher, a widow and free woman of color, in 1848. He continued to work on steamships like the Oronoco and the Nominee and the couple moved from Galena to Saint Paul, Minnesota Territory.

Dickson was likely the first Black business owner in St. Paul, operating Nonpareil Restaurant and Dickson’s Eating Saloon in the early 1850s, followed by barbershops in the Fuller House and Winslow House hotels later in the decade. He was also the first teacher of African American students in town.

Dickson left Minnesota and moved to St. Louis, Missouri in 1860. Before leaving Minnesota, he wrote an impassioned letter to the Minnesota Weekly Times condemning the US Supreme Court’s 1857 Dred Scott Decision. Mary gave birth to their only child, Mamie Augusta Dickson, in December 1860. The following year, Dickson signed a required free negro bond with former St. Louis mayor John How acting as his guarantor.

After the Civil War Dickson co-founded Lincoln University with a group of USCT Veterans. He also became an ordained minister in the African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church and opened schools and churches in St. Louis.

Dickson was a delegate at every Republican State Convention in Missouri between 1864 and 1878 and in 1865 he cofounded the Missouri Equal Rights League. In 1872, he was an elector-at-large for President Ulysses S. Grant. The following year he was named consul at the Port of Victoria in the Seychelles. He also held a leadership role with the Refugee Relief Board that aided the Exodusters in 1879 as they moved from Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas to Oklahoma, Kansas, and Colorado.

Like many civil rights leaders of the era, he was active with the Prince Hall Masons, helping found lodges throughout the Midwest including the Pioneer Lodge in St. Paul. The Order of Twelve, which Dickson founded in 1848, eventually became the International Order of Twelve Knights and Daughters of Tabor. The Order, which eventually counted over 100,000 members, promoted race advancement through moral action, education, wealth attainment, temperance, and religious commitment.

Following the death of his wife Mary in 1891, Moses briefly remarried a woman named Ina, but the two divorced a few years later. Moses Dickson died in St. Louis on November 28, 1901, at the age of 77 and is buried in what would become the Father Dickson Cemetery.

07/08/2024

Love THUS!!! Thank U Savannan Black
Savannah Black History💯

Black railroad men in Savannah had a baseball team called the Central of Georgia All-Stars. The All-Stars had a devoted following and played other black teams in the area. According to one account of a 1925 game with the Augusta Tigers, a special chartered train from Savannah carried 974 passengers to Augusta. The Savannah team took a quick lead with eight runs scored in the first inning and defeated the Tigers 17-12.
The outing was such a success that the next year African American church congregations were invited to join Central employees on an excursion train to Augusta for a game between the All-Stars and the Anderson, South Carolina Giants. A baseball committee that included West Savannah's James Hazel made round-trip tickets available for $2 each. The response was overwhelming and two trains were chartered to take nearly two thousand fans to Augusta. The crowd cheered on the All-Stars to a 3-1 victory.

For the company, the baseball excursion trains were good for morale as well as for business!



-Savannah tribune

07/07/2024

UNDERGROUND TOURS with KELLY TOURS - Signature Tour: ‘
Journey From Slavery to Freedom©️’

‘We Be On Da’ Ground!’

Book us @ Kelly Tours Today!

07/04/2024

Happy 4th of July, Ya’ll!

Always be the ‘Guardian of Your Own Freedom’.⚖️

07/04/2024

~THIS will be a fabulous RETREAT for Social Justice Activists!

~ There are a FEW SEATS LEFT….. SAVE THE DATE - BOOK YOUR SPOT TODAY!!

Join us for this inspirational Circle of Trust Retreat, one that opens a door to history and an opportunity to engage in deep conversations about justice and humanity. Be part of an experience that invites us to share our lived-experiences, listen to the voices and stories of those who came before u...

07/03/2024

Thank U Kelly Tours ~ What an honor to board your shuttle/busses to tell the stories of Gullah Geechee communities as well as the Journey from Slavery to Freedom…. Don’t miss us - it’s our honor to host Ya’ll!’

‘SISTAH PATT’
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! Today we highlight our partnership with Underground TOURS of Savannah and the two mesmerizing tours available:

➡️ Savannah Slavery to Freedom Tour
Running Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday ⏰9:45 am
https://ow.ly/tOgw50SraQR

➡️ Gullah Geechee Tour and Lunch
Running every Friday ⏰10:30 am
https://ow.ly/mVh150SraQQ

⚠️Use our FREE shuttle service for unlimited drop-offs and pick-ups at our convenient trolley stops for two days after completion of your tour!

07/02/2024

~ ALL ABOARD, Ya’ll!

Please Join Us for this Award-Winning Heritage Tour…

With Grace,

Sistah Patt
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Truth-Teller

! Today we highlight our partnership with Underground TOURS of Savannah and the two mesmerizing tours available:

➡️ Savannah Slavery to Freedom Tour
Running Wednesday, Thursday, & Saturday ⏰9:45 am
https://ow.ly/tOgw50SraQR

➡️ Gullah Geechee Tour and Lunch
Running every Friday ⏰10:30 am
https://ow.ly/mVh150SraQQ

⚠️Use our FREE shuttle service for unlimited drop-offs and pick-ups at our convenient trolley stops for two days after completion of your tour!

06/09/2024

Sharing - SAVE THIS FATE - EXQUISITE Gullah Beeches event!!

🌟 Join Our Friends Fambul Tik for a Historic Unveiling! 🌟

📅 Date: Saturday, June 15, 2024
📍 Location: Georgia Southern University

Unveiling the world’s first composite sweetgrass baskets! These stunning collector’s items transcend their utilitarian origins and weave together the histories of diverse cultures from the Americas, Sierra Leone, and the Bahamas.

This extraordinary journey began in 2019 when Nakia Wigfall, a talented basket maker from Mount Pleasant, SC, traveled to Sierra Leone. For the first time, she will be joined by artisans from Sierra Leone, the Bahamas, and Georgia, creating unique composite baskets that celebrate our shared heritage.

Event Highlights:
✨ Showcase of two-, three-, and four-region baskets
✨ Live demonstration and cultural exchange
✨ Celebration of art, ancestry, and collaborative artistry

Don’t miss this monumental occasion! 🌍✨

They will be live on Facebook for you to witness this magical event and see the beauty of cultures intertwining through the timeless craft of sweetgrass basketry.

06/09/2024

~ What an Exquisite Event, Ya'll.

Ima' Go! I love the art of Jonathan Green He has always represented his rich Gullah Beeches kulcha' with class and pride, indeed.

Get tickets before they sell out!

A very special afternoon tea. Join Dr. Kim Cliett Long and world-renowned artist Jonathan Green for a one-of-a-kind Market Matriarchs Tea at Thoroughbred Club to honor the Market Matriarchs, Juneteenth, and the one year anniversary of the opening of the International African American Museum.

Dig into delectable flavors of the Gullah Geechee heritage while you learn more about the Market Ladies: https://brnw.ch/21wKwGh

06/09/2024

Straight Talk with Grover Thornton is an amazing show, hosted by Savannah's last iconic Civil.Rights Engager of his era.

This dynamic host is 90 years young and spits fires of wisdom and knowledge about American politics and current events with a specific targeted audience - the African American community.

His goal: Teach, Enlighten - Motivate the Peepul!

💯🙏🏽💯🙏🏽💯📚💯🙏🏽💯🙏🏽📚

05/27/2024

Thank U All Veterans For Your Service ~ Happy Memorial Day!

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My Great Grandfather Served
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05/27/2024

Love This 'Black History Untold!'.

Follow Them Today!! 💯📚

We were taught the Lewis & Clark expedition in school.
We were not taught there was a Black man who played a major role in the success of that expedition! His name was York. He was born to enslaved parents, and served as William Clark's valet from boyhood. As a young teen he served as a trusted member of the expedition. His skills as a tracker/hunter credited with making it possible for the group to reach the Pacific Ocean, despite extreme weather and dangerous overland conditions. York was in fact lauded for his skills: scouting, hunting, field medicine, finding food/water and performing much of the heavy lifting.
Lewis noted in his journal that York saved him from certain death in the grip of a grizzly bear during the expedition. Native Nations treated York with great respect, and he played a key role in diplomatic talks between Tribal leaders and whites in his group...due to his dark skin and open attitude. When the expedition returned, every member received money and land for their services...except York. York asked William Clark for his freedom based upon his
leadership during the expedition. Clark refused. York pleaded to be reunited with his wife, who was enslaved in Louisville. He even offered to work in Louisville and send Clark all of his earnings. Clark still refused, and in 1811 sold York to a brutal white man, who kept him enslaved under harsh conditions until 1816. There is nothing written about York after 1816. Today we must honor York, a Black man who made a difference in US history, but has been ignored in US history books.
York statue - Louisville, KY

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05/27/2024

Lest WE Forget.....

Memorial Day is one of our nation’s two federal holidays that comes from the Reconstruction Era. Officially established as Decoration Day by the Grand Army of the Republic in 1868, Decoration Day was a day for the nation to remember those who died in defense of the United States during the Civil War. You can learn more about the Reconstruction era roots of Decoration Day in this short video that the park created in 2020 as part of a series of “Virtual” Memorial Day commemorations. https://ow.ly/beyL50RTWM7

Harpers Weekly, 1881