Reported by Maya Brown, Live 5 News, Charleston, SC. The Charleston Reparations Task Force, in coalition with Gullah Geechee community members and descendants of enslaved Africans, confronted representatives of three major Lowcountry plantations and issued a formal demand for land transfer and reparative justice. 1. This is reparations as…
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Charleston Reparations Task Force
They’re Hosting Weddings on Stolen Land. Charleston Descendants Fight to Reclaim What Slavery Took.
Direct descendants of enslaved people in Charleston, South Carolina are demanding the transfer of more than 7,000 acres of former plantation land, and they are giving the owners 40 days to respond. Charlotte Drayton is a white descendant of plantation owners. She is joining the fight. “I have always felt…
Charleston Reparations Task Force
Charleston Reparations Task Force and Gullah Geechee Descendants Demand 7,000 Acres and $9M
Source: ABC News 4 (April 30, 2026) & BLM Grassroots (April 24, 2026) On April 22, 2026, the Charleston Reparations Task Force issued a formal demand for the transfer of over 7,000 acres from three of South Carolina’s most prominent historic plantations — Middleton Place, Boone Hall, and Magnolia Plantation — to permanent Gullah Geechee stewardship….