An assortment of photographs detailing the descendants of slaves on a once-secluded island off the coast of South-Carolina-Georgia is being donated to the new African-American history museum at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. The Bank of America will be giving the museum roughly 61 photographs taken by Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe, wife of the late tennis player Arthur Ashe. She photographed the Gullah/Geechee people who lived on Daufuskie Island between 1977 and 1981. According to museum curators, the island was similar to a time capsule where the descendants of slaves preserved their West African heritage over centuries. The bank has a collection of about 10,000 works of art and lends items free of charge to museums for 10-12 shows a year. They have also declared a $1 million donation to the museum as well. The National Museum of African American History and Culture is expected to open in late 2015.
