Research Catalog

Title

Edisto Island, 1861 to 2006 : ruin, recovery and rebirth / Charles Spencer.

Author

Spencer, Charles (Charkes Sackett), 1938-

Publication

Charleston, S.C. : History Press, 2008.

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Description

224 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

Charles Spencer recounts the events of the Civil War, the struggles of Reconstruction, the effects of the new freedman class and the island's rebirth as a favorite vacation spot and modern community in the twentieth century. Each chapter offers an enjoyable excursion into the past and a detailed look at the remarkable history of Edisto.

Subject

• 1861-1999
• Edisto Island (S.C.) > History > 20th century
• Edisto Island (S.C.) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
• Edisto Island (S.C.) > History > Pictorial works
• Edisto Island (S.C.) > Race relations
• Edisto Island (S.C.) > Social life and customs
• Freed persons > Edisto Island
• Reconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877) > Edisto Island

Genre/Form

• History
• Pictorial works

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.

Contents

• The Civil War on Edisto. Secession at last; The drums of not-so-distant war; The Calhoun artillery and the Rebel Troop; The blockading fleet arrives; Evacuate the islands! The "Black Republic" of Edisto Island; The Confederate "Expedition" of January 1862; The empty island, 1862-1865; The capture of the nine Edisto "Scouts" in 1863 -- Edistonians in the Civil War. The Rebel Troop. Edisto men in other Confederate units; General Micah Jenkins and Captain Cato Seabrook; Two Confederate surgeons from Edisto Island; General Saxton's U.S. Colored Troops; Edisto men in the Union Army -- Edisto's planters return home. General Saxton's dilemma; The Edisto planters petition President Johnson; A change of policy in Washington; Restoration of possession: the Edisto plantations and churches --^
• Edisto's freedmen: the first years. Edisto's freed people return from exile; The Freedmen's Bureau on Edisto; The freedmen's land certificates; General Howard's visit to Edisto Island; Edisto's new economic policy; The 1866 labor contracts; 1866 outcomes; The end of the freedmen's land titles; The 1867 labor contracts; Economic conditions on Edisto in 1867 and 1868; Law and order on Edisto Island; The first freedmen's schools on Edisto; Permanent freedmen's schools -- Reconstruction and beyond on Edisto. Edisto's economy from 1865 to 1920; Race relations during Reconstruction; Townsend Mikell: the indispensable man; New leadership in Edisto's African American community; Island transportation; Bailey's Store and the Old Post Office; Five hurricanes and an earthquake; Edisto's white churches retrench and survive; Edisto's African American churches grow and multiply; Edisto evolves a segregated but comprehensive school system; Edisto in state politics after the Civil War --^
• After cotton: reinventing Edisto. The Dawhoo Bridge and the Intracoastal Waterway; Sea-island cotton: "The king" is dead; What comes after cotton? Whatever happened to the old places? The birth (and rebirth) of Edisto Beach; Edisto Beach in the "Lybrand Era"; Edisto Beach becomes a year-round community; Oysters and shrimp: Edisto acquires a seafood industry; Perry's Store; Parker Connor, Erline Jenkins, Marian Murray and the Edisto School; Edisto as a haven for artists and writers; McKinley Washington Jr. -- Population density -- Open land -- Water quality -- Governance -- Historic preservation -- A sense of community.

ISBN

• 9781596291850
• 1596291850

OCLC

213307582

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library