This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Last Slaves of Sea Islands Echo Civil War Era
The narrative describes the 1860 arrival of about 300 enslaved people on a South Carolina coast near the Sea Islands, their distribution among planters, and subsequent federal actions. It notes coast Negro communities in South Carolina and Georgia preserving unique dialects, customs, and a nearly pure African lineage, with scattered mentions of contrabands, regiments, and postwar social changes along the coast.
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Mexico
South
South Carolina
Sea Islands
Georgia
United States
War Department
United States Army
Africa
Charleston
West Indies
West India Islands
Yazoo River
Mississippi
North Carolina
James City
Newbern
Louisiana
Raleigh