Slaves quarters on plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C.

GLC05111.01.0731

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GLC#
GLC05111.01.0731-View header record
Type
Images
Date
circa 1861-1865
Title
Slaves quarters on plantation, Port Royal Island, S.C.
Place Written
Port Royal Island, South Carolina
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 9.5 cm, Width: 9.5 cm
Primary time period
Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877
Sub-Era
The American Civil War

Inscription on verso: "On Port Royal Island, S.C." Numeric Notation on verso: "139." Five small, white shanties in a row with a group of black men and women out front. There are also some large piles of what appears to be woodchips.

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