HARRIS NECK LAND TRUST
The fight for our land and justice continues...
PO Box 42 Townsend, Ga 31331 904-534-1028 dkelly91@hotmail.com
Preserving a unique culture / Re-creating a green community / Protecting and preserving our natural and cultural resources
Harris Neck Tours
COME JOIN US FOR A 2-HOUR ESCORTED TOUR
"Power properly understood is nothing but the ability to achieve purpose." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Tours led by a Harris Neck descendant
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Listen to the amazing 250-year history
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Hear the Mende song that links the African American people of Harris Neck to the very village in Sierra Leone from which their ancestors were taken
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Enjoy storytelling, Gullah cuisine, and the art and crafts work of local artisans
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Experience this birding and naturalist's paradise
Come, listen to the 250-year history, as told by an African American Harris Neck descendant being escorted through this incredibly beautiful coastal area.
Keepers of the song - Mary Moran (center) and granddaughter Jarette Moran (left) of Georgia sing the Mende song with Baindu Jabati (right) in the Village of Senehun Ngola, Sierra Leone.
We Are Easily Accessible
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Harris Neck is a peninsula, 40 miles south of Savannah in McIntosh County, one of the last unspoiled areas of the south eastern coast. Since 1962 Harris Neck has been a National Wildlife Refuge, but its significant history dates back to the rice-growing plantation's of the late 1700's.