{"id":17411,"count":1,"description":"Daufuskie Island is a residential \"sea island\" between Savannah, Georgia and Hilton Head Island, South Carolina about 2.75 miles (4.43\u00a0km) offshore. The total island surface is just 8 square miles (21\u00a0km) within the maximum length of 5 miles (8.0\u00a0km) and maximum width of 2.5 miles (4.0\u00a0km).\nDaufuskie has a full-time population of around 250. There are two resorts, a private residential community, and a large undeveloped tract of lands identified as residential property.\nThe island's recorded history traces back to Pre Revolutionary War times. It was the site of a skirmish called the \"Daufuskie Fight\" during the Yamasee War of 1715\u20131717. The island was home to a sizable population of Gullah inhabitants from the end of the Civil War until very recently. Gullah are the descendants of freed slaves. The 1988 Jimmy Buffett song, \"The Prince Of Tides\" laments the urbanization of the island and loss of the Gullah. The 1972 Pat Conroy book The Water is Wide was set on Daufuskie, fictionalized...","link":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/tag\/daufuskie-island\/","name":"Daufuskie Island","slug":"daufuskie-island","taxonomy":"post_tag","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/17411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/taxonomies\/post_tag"}],"wp:post_type":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.skateboarding-lessons.com\/go\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?tags=17411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}