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hummock

[huhm-uhk] / ˈhʌm ək /






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The annual event happening at the time of the collapse celebrates the island's community of Hogg Hummock, which is home to a few dozen Black residents.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

Hogg Hummock was founded by newly-freed former slaves from plantations in coastal Georgia who settled on Sapelo Island following the US Civil War, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation said on its website.

From BBC • Oct. 19, 2024

The zoning changes doubled the size of houses allowed in Hogg Hummock.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

About 30 to 50 Black residents still live in Hogg Hummock, founded by former slaves who had worked the island plantation of Thomas Spalding.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 20, 2024

We were surprised to find the time of high-water here nearly two hours earlier than at Three Hummock Island; the flood-stream came from the southward.

From Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea. by Stokes, John Lort




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