What locals are saying
Godfrey Gullah Jac runs an unscripted sprinter-van tour out of the 375 Meeting St visitor center, positioning it as the only account of Charleston's slave trade told from the inside by a full-blooded Gullah Geechee descendant — and the divide between its champions and its critics is about as stark as anything in the city's touring landscape. Devoted visitors call it emotionally devastating in the best way: a rare, unvarnished corrective to Charleston's pastel-coated heritage narrative, with AV visuals and a storytelling intensity that lingers for days. The sustained criticism, however, is specific and recurring: a meaningful number of visitors — including those of West African descent who came specifically for Gullah cultural education — report that the content leans heavily into Black Hebrew Israelite theology rather than documented Gullah history, that historical claims don't hold under scrutiny, and that conduct toward white passersby during the tour crossed a line.
