How the Gullah Gee Chee Ended Chattel Slavery In USA!: The Gullah Gee Chee The Middle Passage Reacquainting Ourselves With Each Other

The Middle Passage, Gullah/Geechee, and SAV

by Gullah/Geechee Nation

Queen Quet, Chieftess of the Gullah/Geechee Nation (www.QueenQuet.com) leads the libation ceremony in honor of the Gullah/Geechee ancestors that built coastal Georgia and were sold at River Street in Savannah, GA where the ceremony took place.

Enslavement advertisements in Savannah marketed the "Black gold/Black cargo" to insure people were aware of the "superior attributes of African slaves from Gambia, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast, Angola, and New Calabar." The "slave trade" on River Street in Savannah began as "intercolonial domestic trade" with enslaved Africans being brought from South Carolina to be sold into bondage or to be rented out to clear the land that would become Carolina gold rice and Sea Island cotton fields as well as to be built up to become the city of Savannah.

In 1747 James Habersham and Francis Harris built one of several commercial vessels, the schooner Endeavour, to engage in the intercolonial trade. The Endeavour exported goods to South Carolina for reexport to Britain and imported enslaved Africans from South Carolina for sale in Savannah. From 1755 to 1767, approximately 63 percent of slaves imported into Savannah originated from the Caribbean, and approximately 24 percent came directly from the windward coast/rice coast of the Motherland. From 1768 to 1771, approximately 86 percent of the Africans kidnapped and brought to Savannah to enslaved came directly from the Motherland. St. James, Goree Island, Bunce Islands were major enslavement ports on the western seaboard of Africa from which Africans arrived in Savannah. 1766 the Liverpool, England sloop, Maryborow arrived in Savannah from Senegal with 78 enslaved Africans on-board.

During the early 1790s, Cyprian Sterry of Providence, Rhode Island delivered some 13 human cargoes of over 1,200 enslaved Africans to Savannah. Rhode Island played a major role in the enslavement traded that was taking place all along what is now the coast of the Gullah/Geechee Nation.

Due to the fact that Gullah/Geechees built this port city by hand and with their blood, sweat, and tears, the Gullah/Geechee Nation has led multiple libation ceremonies on River Street in Savannah, GA and they continue to keep people aware of the four to six month Middle Passage journey that many of their ancestors had to take before they arrived on the coast of Georgia. The Gullah/Geechee Nation's legacy is still alive there in spite of this crime against humanity.

Queen Quet offering libations to Gullah ancestors at a sacred grave site

It is important to feed the spiritual energy that comes from offerings to your ancestors daily. In African tradition it is Ancestors/The Egun who answers the prayers of their descendants. Alaafin Sango, ancient Emperor of West Africa, called upon his family ancestors Oduduwa, Yemaya, Obatala to solve his problems, have victory over his enemies, and make Oyo Empire a success. Ancestors surround us, to shield us, protect us, guide us, and teach us lessons when they feel we are betraying our spiritual destiny. We are all alone sometimes, lacking worldly allies, but never alone or abandoned when we call upon our ancestors. But it is important to give them energy, pay homage and honor them.. This is the praise and sacrificial energy they will use to complete what you ask for, move obstacles out of your way, bring prosperity and deal with enemies. Feeding ancestors is like giving someone your car to go to the store to buy your groceries. Without the car it would be very difficult for them to bring quickly all the groceries you wanted. Everything in life requires energy, including the spirit world is fused by and maintained by energy. Each time you pray you build energy. Each time you mediate you build energy. And each time you perform a ritual you build energy. People in the ancient world made amulets, talisman, fetishes, had symbols, had calendars, used individual soul power, and performed rituals, but they understood no greater force to call upon is greater than a spirit, especially an ancestor. You would be wise to locate your ancestors, think of good people in your family bloodline, who lived right, and were true and just. Always avoid negative ancestors who had morality issues, drunkenness, cruelty, ignorance, darkness, perversions, etc. Please tell them they are loved but not wanted in your altar circle or around you when you are calling upon your ancestors! They will obey your wish. It is important be careful in calling upon any spirit, make sure it is a good spirit. When you go into your ritual you enter a trance state, your body's channels open up, this is true with all spiritual practices, dances, singing and chanting, yoga, martial arts, stomping, drumming, etc, they open the channels and during such times spirits will enter your body. Spirits enter when we have opened ourselves to willingly receive them or not. So research your family history and find good souls from your family soul's group. Honor them, revere them, and feed them daily with water, fire, and their favorite foods, upkeep their altar and you will find your prayers are magically answered much quicker. Ase, ase, ase, ooo! Love, Sango.

Understanding the 4 Elements

This is from understanding of Ogboni, the path of the light.

Water

Water is the basis of all life, all wines, alcohols, gins, rummy, blood, has water. There are water spirits in lakes, rivers, oceans, and rain. Yemaya the mother of all and her daugthers, Oya, Oshun and Oba are water spirits.

Earth

Earth is the planet we live on, all ancestors who ever lived going back millions of years are buried on this Earth plane. All food offerings since food comes from the Earth, including animals, plants, etc, are of the Earth. Candles, amulets, talisman, metal, and gems, All belong to the Earth. There are Earth spirits in trees, rocks, caves, caverns, plants, mines, fields, etc. These are ancestors too! Like Ogun and Osain are of the Earth.

Fire

Fire is the sun, fire is heat, fire exists in the human body as body heat. fire is the force behind hot peppers. Fire is in the core of the Earth. Fire is in the air causing storms to emerge. Fire shapes and forms. Fire is a candle, a flame, a fire pit, fire can destroy or create. Light fire to show a spirit the way, to honor the spirit of fire. There are fire spirits and they exist in all these forms. They are the true force behind fire. Fire is an ancestor. Sango is an ancestor. Sango is fire. Oya is fire. Baba Aganju is fire. Heru is fire. Shaka is fire.

Air

Air is more than just the air we breathe, air is gas, air is the scent of a burning material whether a sweet scent, burning rubber, etc. There are air spirits, they are in all forms of gases. The air itself is a spirit. Oya is the queen of all air. Mistress of the wind. Oya is an ancestor.

IyaLe pours Libation, Honors the Ancestors and calls the Energies