Abstract

hasty evacuation, white planters left behind the majority of their slaves, numbering about 8,000, then in the midst of harvesting the cotton for which the Sea Islands were world renowned. Suddenly free, some former slaves celebrated, understandably, by looting their owners' properties. The resulting power vacuum in this prosperous area drew the attention of Northern abolitionists as well as administra-

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