Gullah to Seminole: Afro-Seminole Creole (South Carolina/Georgia to Florida to Oklahoma and Coahuila)

Record: the document says itPattern: documents line upLens: our readingOpen: not yet proven

Year: 1970 · Places: Florida, Carolinas, Georgia, Louisiana, Oklahoma & the Five Tribes, Africa

SUMMARYGullah to Seminole: Afro-Seminole Creole (South Carolina/Georgia to Florida to Oklahoma and Coahuila) [Connections: Five Tribes, Florida & maroons, Nov 5, 2026]
RECORD"Afro-Seminole Creole is closely related to the Gullah language," spoken in Seminole County, Oklahoma, Brackettville, Texas, and Nacimiento de los Negros, Coahuila; about 200 speakers. The Black Seminoles article says most Africans who reached Florida were Gullah people from South Carolina and Georgia rice plantations and that they brought rice to the Seminole
PATTERNa living language links the Gullah coast to Seminole towns
LENS (WW9)the Gullah tongue is still spoken inside Seminole country
OPENsecondary (Wikipedia); needs the linguistic studies (Ian Hancock, 1970s–80s) opened directly. The "most were Gullah" claim needs deep research
SOURCEAfro-Seminole Creole (Wikipedia); Black Seminoles (Wikipedia).
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