MARC Record from Library of Congress

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100 1 $aSpencer, Charles$q(Charles Sackett),$d1938-
245 10 $aEdisto Island, 1861 to 2006 :$bruin, recovery and rebirth /$cCharles Spencer.
260 $aCharleston, S.C. :$bHistory Press,$c2008$g(2012 printing)
300 $a224 p. :$bill., maps ;$c26 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-210) and index.
505 0 $aThe 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.
651 0 $aEdisto Island (S.C.)$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865.
650 0 $aReconstruction (U.S. history, 1865-1877)$zSouth Carolina$zEdisto Island.
651 0 $aEdisto Island (S.C.)$xHistory$y20th century.
651 0 $aEdisto Island (S.C.)$xHistory$vPictorial works.
651 0 $aEdisto Island (S.C.)$xSocial life and customs.
651 0 $aEdisto Island (S.C.)$xRace relations.
650 0 $aFreedmen$zSouth Carolina$zEdisto Island.