St. Helena market will celebrate Gullah sustainability, key Reconstruction figure

St. Helena Community Market will celebrate Gullah sustainability and a key figure in the Reconstruction Era on Saturday.

The market, at Sea Island Parkway and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive on St. Helena Island, will hold a seed swap and recognize Tunis Campbell, a Freedmen’s Bureau commissioner and key figure during Reconstruction in the South Carolina and Georgia sea islands.

The event is scheduled from 10 a.m. until 3 p.m. and will include a presentation on Campbell.

This story was originally published March 27, 2017 at 9:01 AM with the headline "St. Helena market will celebrate Gullah sustainability, key Reconstruction figure."