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11 Soul Food Restaurants in Jacksonville
Summary by Ground News
The Gullah Geechee are descendants of Central and West African ancestors who arrived in America through the transatlantic slave trade. For centuries, the enslaved were given only the “leftover” and “undesirable” cuts of meat while plantation owners took the meatiest cuts of ham, roasts, etc. The result was a variety of southern dishes that were called “soul food” during the midst of the Black Power movement of the 1960s.
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