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Tide of the Free: A Novel of the Gullah Geechee, the Black Seminoles, the Lucayan People, and the Birth of Red Bays, Andros
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ISBN10: 1971929271
ISBN13: 9781971929279
Publisher: Dr. Kayla Bullard
Published: Jun 22 2026
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781971929279
Publisher: Dr. Kayla Bullard
Published: Jun 22 2026
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.36
Height: 0.24 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What does freedom become after the chains are broken?
For generations, the Gullah Geechee people of the Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands preserved their language, traditions, spiritual practices, and ancestral knowledge against impossible odds. Yet after emancipation, many discovered that freedom alone did not guarantee safety, opportunity, or self-determination.
For generations, the Gullah Geechee people of the Carolina and Georgia Sea Islands preserved their language, traditions, spiritual practices, and ancestral knowledge against impossible odds. Yet after emancipation, many discovered that freedom alone did not guarantee safety, opportunity, or self-determination.
When Nana Yaa and hundreds of Gullah Geechee and Black Seminole families hear stories of a thriving free settlement on the island of Andros in the Bahamas, they embark on a daring journey across the waters of the Atlantic in search of something greater than survival.
They are drawn to Red Bays, a community founded by earlier generations of free people who transformed wilderness into a place of opportunity, cooperation, and hope. Along the way, they encounter the enduring legacy of the Lucayan people, the first inhabitants of the Bahamian islands, whose memory still lingers in the springs, blue holes, forests, and waterways of Andros.
Spanning generations and crossing oceans, Tide of the Free is a sweeping historical saga of migration, faith, healing, cultural preservation, and nation-building. Through basket makers, healers, fishermen, teachers, farmers, and community leaders, the novel explores how ordinary people create extraordinary legacies.
As Red Bays grows into a thriving center of commerce, education, healing, and self-governance, its influence extends beyond Andros to communities throughout the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, proving that freedom is not merely inherited. It is built, protected, shared, and passed from one generation to the next.
Rich in historical detail and cultural authenticity, Tide of the Free celebrates the resilience of the African Diaspora, the enduring wisdom of ancestral traditions, and the power of people determined to build a future from knowledge, faith, and hope.
A powerful story of heritage, identity, and freedom, Tide of the Free reminds us that while tides may carry people across oceans, they also carry memory, culture, and the enduring dream of a better tomorrow.
They are drawn to Red Bays, a community founded by earlier generations of free people who transformed wilderness into a place of opportunity, cooperation, and hope. Along the way, they encounter the enduring legacy of the Lucayan people, the first inhabitants of the Bahamian islands, whose memory still lingers in the springs, blue holes, forests, and waterways of Andros.
Spanning generations and crossing oceans, Tide of the Free is a sweeping historical saga of migration, faith, healing, cultural preservation, and nation-building. Through basket makers, healers, fishermen, teachers, farmers, and community leaders, the novel explores how ordinary people create extraordinary legacies.
As Red Bays grows into a thriving center of commerce, education, healing, and self-governance, its influence extends beyond Andros to communities throughout the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands, proving that freedom is not merely inherited. It is built, protected, shared, and passed from one generation to the next.
Rich in historical detail and cultural authenticity, Tide of the Free celebrates the resilience of the African Diaspora, the enduring wisdom of ancestral traditions, and the power of people determined to build a future from knowledge, faith, and hope.
A powerful story of heritage, identity, and freedom, Tide of the Free reminds us that while tides may carry people across oceans, they also carry memory, culture, and the enduring dream of a better tomorrow.
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