[PAR] [TLE] Penn Center (Saint Helena Island, South Carolina) [SEP] The Penn Center, formerly the Penn School, is an African-American cultural and educational center near Frogmore, South Carolina, on Saint Helena Island.  Founded in 1862 by missionaries from Pennsylvania, it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African-Americans.  It provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves freed after plantation owners fled the island, and continues to fulfill an educational mission.  The campus was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1974.  Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist Church on the campus were declared part of Reconstruction Era National Monument in January 2017. [PAR] [TLE] Gullah [SEP] The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina, in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands.  They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African Americans.
[PAR] [TLE] Penn Center ( Saint Helena Island , South Carolina ) [ SEP ] The Penn Center , formerly the Penn School , is an African - American cultural and educational center near Frogmore , South Carolina , on Saint Helena Island . Founded in 1862 by missionaries from Pennsylvania , it was the first school founded in the Southern United States specifically for the education of African - Americans . It provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves freed after plantation owners fled the island , and continues to fulfill an educational mission . The campus was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 1974 . Darrah Hall and Brick Baptist Church on the campus were declared part of Reconstruction Era National Monument in January 2017 . [PAR] [TLE] Gullah [ SEP ] The Gullah are the descendants of enslaved Africans from various people who lived in the Lowcountry regions of the U.S. states of Georgia and South Carolina , in the area of both the coastal plain and the Sea Islands . They developed a creole ethnicity and language that is distinctive among African Americans .
The Penn Center provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves, who are are the descendants of enslaved Africans in what US states?
The Penn Center provided critical educational facilities to Gullah slaves , who are are the descendants of enslaved Africans in what US states ?
Georgia and South Carolina
Georgia and South Carolina