Gullah Geechee people set out to keep their family land. Unclear titles and surging taxes are pushing them out

O n Arthur Champen’s half-acre property in Hilton Head Island, South Carolina, a thicket of southern live oaks, palmettos and pine trees muffle the roar of cars on nearby highway 278. His house, lightened by the sun, sits on stilts to protect it from flooding that comes with the high tide. During th...

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