THE GULLAH/GEECHEE CULTURE
MASTER STORYTELLER
DEDICATED TO MEMORY OF MY GRANDFATHER, WILLIE 'BLUE FOX' SARGENT
A GRAND SOURCE

MY GRANDFATHER WILLIE 'BLUE
FOX' SARGENT WASN'T A MAN OF
HUGE STATURE, HE DIDN'T RIDE
HURRICANES OR TAME TURKEY
BUZZARDS, NO HE WASN'T A MAN
WHO DID ANY OF THOSE THINGS
BUT TO ME HE WAS BIGGER THEN
THAT.
BLUE FOX AS MOST USED TO CALL
HIM (GRANDDADDY WAS BORN
WITH JET BLACK SKIN WITH HIGHS
OF BLUE AND HE HAD BRIGHT RED
HAIR THUS THE NAME) WAS THE
FINEST STORY TELLER I HAVE EVER
HEARD. WE USED TO LITERALLY SIT
ON THE PORCH UNDER THE
EXPANSIVE OAK TREE, FIGHTING
OFF THE COW FLIES, MOSQUITOES
AND OTHER PESTS, LISTENING AND
HOWLING AT HIS STORIES. I WAS 19
WHEN I REALIZED HIS STORIES
CONSTITUTED A LIVING HISTORY,
GULLAH/GEECHEE HISTORY.