A mass shooting that killed four and left several others injured on Sunday took place on a small island off the coast of South Carolina where a historic Black community has lived for generations.

Here is what to know about the community where the bar was located as investigators search for “persons of interest.”

Largest Gullah community in America

The shooting early Sunday morning took place on St. Helena Island, an idyllic 140 square mile (363 kilometer) island off the coast of South Carolina that is home to the largest Gullah community in the country.

The Gullah, called Geechee in some regions, descend from Africans who were enslaved and brought to the coastal region of the southeast, where they were forced to work on mostly rice plantations. After the Civil War and Emancipation, som

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