A WORLD AWAY: Historian connects African nation to Gullah community through a slave girl named Priscilla Still in a celebratory mood over the election of America's first black president, students and guests at South Carolina State University's I.P. Stanback Museum and Planetarium on Thursday evening were made privy to the compelling story of one alumna who completed a metaphorical connection to her African origins -- all through a family member brought to the Palmetto State as a slave 250 years ago. |