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[Port Royal Island, S.C. African Americans preparing cotton for the gin on Smith's plantation]

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Photograph of the Federal Navy, and seaborne expeditions against the Atlantic Coast of the Confederacy, specifically of Port Royal, S.C., 1861-1862. Shows seven African Americans sitting in a pile of cotton in front of gin house.

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01/01/1862
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O'Sullivan, Timothy H., 1840-1882, photographer
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history civil war african americans port royal sc expedition port royal island stereographs wet collodion negatives island african americans cotton gin smith plantation american civil war 1862 port royal stereoscopic views images black history month black history month 19th century navy us navy confederate states of america us civil war united states history library of congress